Buckey's Pro-Am Build: '87 Mazda RX7 TurboII
 

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Grazing K-rails ^^

Name: Buckey
Area: LasVegas, NV - VegasDrift.com
Car: '87 Mazda RX7 TurboII


Parts:
18x9.5 +24 (F) / / 18x10.5 +24 ABC Exclusive's 3 piece wheels by Enkei JP.
Ebay D2 coilovers, no camber adjustment yet.
SuperNow Steering angle kit/bumpsteer correction end links.
no DTSS elims/ no nothing...
BN Sports Aero (Type2)
S5 jdm topmount intercooler
emissions deleted/rats nest deleted/cooler,cleaner, more simplified setup.
intake/hardpipe kit
DSM BOV
deleted S4 twin scroll actuator
boosting 0.5bar
-Tuned by OG Allan.

Interior:
gutted/DE-tarred
NRG quickrelease hub + REAL jdm Mazdaspeed Infini IV 360mm wheel
knockoff ebay fixed back seat


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more to come in the next few days. need to start busting, so i can get the cage going.

if anyone needs advice for their setups, or just wants to talk about drifting, feel free to PM me. i'll help in any way i can.

:)

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more to come in the next week or so. we're pulling it apart to do the cage, the spindles, and the other knick knack safety items for the VegasDrift Pro-Am Point Series mid march. hopefully it holds up, and we get another rotary powered RX7 out there battling with all the nissan's.
:)

Sick set up... +1 for ABC Exclusives....
I thot I had bought knock off wheels as never heard of ABC Exclusives...
Plus im a newb to owning 18's... Keep a update of how that angle mod works with the 18's...
every one I know has 17's with the angle mod...

Definitely get DTSS eliminators.

I got mine through MMR.

Doing XDC?

I wanted to do it in Vegas and then Phoenix but I need a Formula D spec cage and FIA certified seats

Engine bay/Interior shot?

I didn't know enkei made em..... Slidealliance is running some dank shit on the white car and i'm not sure but i think his setup allows for hella lock with 18's. Something to do with extending the lower ball joint. Remember, the control arm tapers so if the edge of the rim is further away from the chassis pickup points, the larger wheel you can run...in theory. I'm probably wrong and just spouting off dumb shit as usual.







I have a couple of suggestions.

Measure your coilovers where the top hat sits up front.

Then contact either mk III or ground control and see if their camber plates will fit your coils.


Next, polish those lips!!!!!!!!


Pinion snubber/aka energy suspension truck bump stops. THey come in pairs. Buy those. Call it preventive maintenance. I'm sure you HATE blowing shit up by now.

They aren't expensive mods given what you'll get out of them. $250 spent tops and both mods can be done in a single day if you have help or some sort of lift to aid in subframe removal/install.



Post pics of your seats. I want to high 5 you if you got the same ones i did.

my wheels are pretty shitty offset... +24 and i run a 5mill death ring upfront, and they dont rub.. when i get the knuckles made, they will for sure. especially on the fenders.

yea, pinion snubber is on its way. we're boxing in the side diff mount... my NA broke so many...

the camber plates are whatever for now. the car drives fine. at lock it is kinda weird without them, but i'm just going to get some legit ones mid season.

i have a SHITTY free fixed back i got. i need to swap them for
FIA approved ones within the next few weeks for the series opener.

thanks for the headsup.

i'll get more pics this week, when we start on the cage.

i know, lol i'm defintiely slacking on alignment setups/ suspension.
it works fine, and im used to it, so im hesitant to change it. i'll do so mid season. i just want to focus on what i know as long as it works, to try to get through this pro am series.

i want to, but i dont know about budget... i'm putting this all together with almost zero cash, so im borrowing shit, and getting junk shit just to make it...
dedication is rediculous.

i do want to make it to ASB this year.

Well, just keep it simple and you cant go wrong. Seems you know what you're doing. Good luck to you!

needz more pictars

thank you! :) i hope i do good, and everything holds up somewhat.
it's going to be tough.

the pics are coming.. lol im sorry for the delay.. ive been working. still waiting for parts.... when it comes ill post tonz of pictures!

lol we're machining some camber plates... 4x4 drift cars cant mop dori's... shit's a fashion show. lol

Updates thus far:

starting on the cage tonight. staying up all night, and tomorrow to bang it out.

Parts came in courtesy of Vegasrotary.com / / euro asian motorworks // area77 rotorworks.

Camlock G-Force 5pt kit.
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SFI roll bar padding, and windshield.
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fresh front tires. federal 215/40/18's.
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updated engine bay pic for those who were asking about it.
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damn that's a nice 7!

I wish i could afford an optima right now so i can test fire my car......

Couple moar months..... Damn me being a wheel whore.....

Didn't federal discontinue the 595 super steels? Those are hands down my favorite tire that i've ran thus far. NICE grip. Haven't drifted with them but my dsm NEVER washed/understeered hard with em. 235 50 16 yummness......

i truly dont even know..

my NA couldn't spin them at all. back to back to back clutch kicks and revving high as shit, then dumping clutch and it would just bog. i hated them. i ran em backwards with 80psi, and they sucked.

now that i have power it should be alright. still grippy, but idk. my NA has my used to shitty, slippery llanteras shop tires. so im gonna have to step my game up a bit. shouldnt be a big deal.

updates as of tonight.

struggled trying to remove a stripped seat bolt, and the original window giving us shit and cracking all to pieces consumed most of the night.... the dash is out. kyle suggested it be best to get some sleep instead of rushing, and breaking more things, just to start fresh in the morning...
so im going to get to sleep. soo much work ahead... :(
fucking event is less than a week away.

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you guys will get it done kyle an you have been banging shit ot fast

dont do the sleepy eye thing again, it looks terrible on rx7s.

i know man it bugs the shit out of me. at first it was cool. any suggestions?? i honestly havent looked into it much. i may just run the fixed foglight shit everyone else does i guess...

i wanna make some thing like the supermade s13 lexan lights, but fuck im broke, and the event is next saturday. still need to paint, and get it aligned, plus other buillshit..

jeff, your car looks sick. the KA is in it. we made the motormount lastnight. ill post pics on vegasrotary.

UPDATES SO FAR.: im fucking lazy as shit for the record..

Updates as of this morning. trying to bust, and update all my threads during takes time lol, so hang in there. the cage is starting in about 2 hrs. need to strip out the tar upfront, and vacuum it all out. then make baseplates.

stripped out the AC/heater boxes.
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had to pull of the heater core lines, and loop them to remove heatercore. god i really wish i had a front mount... lol
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keep shreading man its getting there what color u painting?

wen an what section u post pics in lmk and thanks i need to update my car thread pick would be win

updates:
taking out the tar with dry ice!
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moving/crushing it all up to get into all the crevices.
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after like ten mins, one sides just about done.
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made a base plate.
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seriously atleast 20lbs of sound deadening just in the front...
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the rest of the shit is out of the hatch. getting ready to mock up the main hoop.
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main hoop made, just need to cut the bottom to fit it. (break time to update the build threads lol)
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more to come shortly.

all the way up, or all the way down, The supermade buckets look like shit anyway.

ive always liiked them all the way up. with bn it looks gay though.

all the way down

sleepy eye on the bn looked sick anyother way sleepy is fail