igottafc

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Hey guys, I know that v8 cars are sacrilegious on this forum but I figured I'd paste my build over here since a lot of the build still applies to everyone!


If you have any questions or advice on race setup or specs please let me know!

Hey guys, I bought this car last fall from a forum member down in Kentucky. Figured I'd toss my build thread from another forum over here to see what your thoughts / advice might be for the car.



As some of you guys already know, I ended up picking up the FC from Kentucky last weekend... if you aren't familiar with the car, it's an LS-1 swapped 2nd gen RX-7 with light modifications to the suspension and motor:

Factory Options:
-Sunroof
-Leather
-Power locks
-Power windows

Exterior Modifications:
Aluminum hood

Performance:
-Stock LS1 w/ Hinson mounting kit
-JTR cooling kit w/ Volvo fan
-Custom CAI
- Supra fuel pump
- Corvette fuel filter/regulator
- Descreened MAF
-BrianCWS6 ported throttle body
- !EGR
- eBay shorty headers
-2.5” y-pipe to single 3” exhaust with Flo-pro twister muffler
-LS6 intake
-Thunder Racing ported MAF ends

Suspension/Chassis:
-KYB AGX's with Racing Beat springs
-Racing Beat swaybars
-Poly transmission mount

Drivetrain:
-Stock T56
-Series 4 Turbo II rear diff
-Hurst shifter

Electronics:
-Scangauge

Initial driving impressions are that this car is absolutely insane, spins 245's all the way through third gear

On the way back from Kentucky the rear end started howling, which the seller told me about prior to purchasing. We did an emergency pit stop in the ghetto of Louisville at an autozone at midnight and did a diff flush, although it didn't fix the problem.

Upon full inspection of the car at my friend's shop in Detroit, we found that the rear swaybar endlinks were snapped, some of the wiring was a mess, etc. tons of random things that are easy to fix but should have been done right when the swap took place.

The good news was that the motor is completely healthy, and the recently rebuilt trans shifts great and makes absolutely no noise.

I somewhat feel that I paid too much for the car and should have done it myself from scratch, but overall it's a very solid car with tons of potential and a good head start with the swap being done!

igottafc

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Pics:

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annnnd one of the race support vehicle:

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igottafc

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Some parts on the way:







Also, my friend Nick and I have already installed solid subframe, diff, and toe eliminator bushings in the rear end, and have the lsd torn apart awaiting all new bearings and seals. The car should be back on the road by the weekend and starting to feel like a race car!

Still in pieces, but the car is coming along slowly. Should have the rear end rebuilt and back in the car by monday.

In the meantime, ChaserAero has been cool enough to hook these parts up at cost for me via a small sponsorship:















Coilovers should be here on monday, endlinks and almost all of the bushings are already installed.

igottafc

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So Christmas came early for the fc, got a couple parts in the mail today via a semi truck in front of my house







Relocated heater hoses, tucked wiring, Aerocatch hoodlatches installed, coilovers installed, hood installed, cooling panel installed.

Also ordered a camo vinyl wrap for the engine covers, and some waaay nicer parts to make a new intake (which will also be camo, I'm going for a jdm redneck theme here).

Pics for those who don't like to read:

Camo vinyl wrap:


Hood latches:


Car (don't hate it's not done yet):


Engine progress:

igottafc

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Engine covers are almost done, relocated some wiring and such so that they sit flush onto the valve covers



Also threw some stickers on my cracked cooling panel, I like the holographic ones



Also finished the intake for the most part, all of the couplers are high pressure silicone and I'm running a 7'' cf k&n. Just needs an airbox fabbed up to keep temps down.

igottafc

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Here's the scoop on the wheels, the rears are actually fitting decently on the stock quarters. Nice roll and pull might save me from cutting up the rear fenders The fronts, however, are poking and 1/2 inch on the outside and pressing on the coilovers on the inside... I'm gonna try a 5mm spacer tomorrow and see if they clear the suspension.

Onto the pics











Engine covers and cooling panel installed

igottafc

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New stuff on the way:

LS7 Clutch kit w/ arp hardware



RAM aluminum flywheel



Ichiba 5mm hubcentric spacers for front



My bank account hurts

igottafc

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18x10 all the way around...... TUCKED!


Well.. sort of. Did you know that you can flare a fiberglass fender? You can't really, but I tried it anyway with mild success! The fenders are now about 1/2 wider and twice as shitty looking!















I drove the car more than 10 feet for the first time in months today, verrrrrry happy with the way everything is going. Although, now that there is serious rubber underneath it the clutch is getting seriously overpowered.

Over the next month the car will get:

Rear overfenders installed + spacers

Clutch, flywheel, slave cyl etc.

Power steering rack, pump, lines, etc.

Header wrap

Motor mounts

Bigger radiator

igottafc

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Ordered a steering wheel (suede)



And a fresh set of kouki lights to replace the ones I destroyed... oops :lol_hitti



Also,

I got these solid rubber diff mounts (to replace my delrin mounts).



Too much solid mounting in the drivetrain is creating a lot of noise and vibration, these should soak up some and still be nice and firm.

More to come, I'm selling stock parts so it'll be time for more new stuff soon!

igottafc

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Got the car back on the road over the weekend.

Lots of improvements, puts the power down great now

Installed fresh tails and NRG suede wheel





Tore everything out of the car, installed racing beat diff mount bushings, wrapped and coated headers.



Installed a Ram aluminum flywheel



Installed LS7 (c6 z06) clutch, slave, rear main seal, throwout & pilot bearing / arp hardware



Put everything back together





Removed the rear wiper and sway bar, took it to the car wash, and started breaking it in

igottafc

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I might look into those if I can't get these to stretch any more without destroying them, tires are 265/40 r888's all the way around.

These are coming.....and they're knockoffs lol





Oh also installed the oil pressure gauge and digicammed the din panel today, pretty sweet.

The sandwich adapter gives me the option to add a temp sensor and cooler later too.

igottafc

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Installed sideskirts and painted the tire lettering.

The car looks 1000x better now with the skirts on, totally fixed a lot of the bad fender gaps.

I decided that the tire letters would look cool in white, so I painted them too I think it looks really cool!





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finishline

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nice build! keep it up!

igottafc

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Got a pair of these coming, not exactly cheap but worth it for the added safety. FIA and SCCA certified until 2014



Took the car to cars and coffee today, surprised a few exotic owners :cheers:

Engine covers are from Ebay, they came in grey gelcoat and I wrapped them.

2 purrs of nomex harness pads




Joe @ Chaser Aero is hooking me up with an FD diffuser next month for the rear :phatyo:

igottafc

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Random snap w/ all tires painted



Mocked up the rear fenders for install, gonna go conservative with a 15mm bolt on spacer most likely. Then it's off to paint!

MaczPayne

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Are you on Norotors? Have ya done any of the oil mods yet?


Edit: Saw your build thread on there

igottafc

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Yeah I'm on norotors, great site for technical info.

An accusump is definitely in the cards in the next year. Also I'm planning on doing a melling oil pump when the cam swap happens over the winter.

Thanks for the input!

MaczPayne

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Gonna be a fun car, no doubt!

Nick_d_TII

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Very Nice! Looking Great!

need RX7

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Nice to see it over here (I've been following your build on xceedspeed, I go by 13B on there). I'm starting to like LS swaps more and more .

Grip

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Cool.

lunardeathgod

makes me want to put in a ls1 now or just steal your car :p

Len-Len

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Holy ****
nice build

Tyler [S5 FC]

Awesome build! Keep up the good work! Diggin the camo vinyl wrap btw.

igottafc

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Thanks guys, harnesses came today and seats should arrive tomorrow.

Still need to figure out if I want to do a full cage this year or just cheap out and do a harness bar. Need to save money for track time!