thanks bro. spending money over and over gets super old. seeing photos like this though keep me in check when i get all emo...





The rest are here:
http://jofeltolosa.tumblr.com/post/1...y-buckey-laing

 

that photo where your door is pulling out is sick even if you do have to fix the whole thing you still did some awesome driving

 

thanks dude! i probably should have left it, but i want to street drive the car. it really sucks that happened the first event.. lol if it were the 2nd event i would have left it and saved money.



made some custom toe rods for the FC today real fast. still need to weld them up (tomorrow)
pretty much perfect for my ride height, and the best part is they were freee$$$$. scrap tubing, and old/spare toe rods. could care less about them.. lol

 

i've been running around in circles. late to everything the past few days... stressed..


waiting on the S5 TII Rear Iron to come in. Clutch, LSD, RX8 4:30 Ring Gear coming in this week. **** is coming together well in advance for once. really looking forward to sleeping the night before the event for once. lol

 

Buckey make sure you wrap those tie rods in wet towels while you weld the sleeve so the tie rod ends arent destroyed before you ever install them.

 

Why does welding the sleeve destroy toe rods? and How do wet towels prevent this?

Not sarcasm. I actually want to know.

 

The heat from welding will cook the lining of the tie rod ends and grease and pretty much everything, wet towels will keep it all cool and prevent damage.

 

Nice. Good tip dude.

 

Nice Build

 

Buckey

Is it a RX-8 R&P, or a mazdaspeed 4.3?

Only reason i ask is because RX-8 stock R&P is a 4.44

 

What wheels are in that pic dude? Looks hot!

 

i found out RX8 R&P wont work. J.lowe said something, and i looked into it... pretty lame because i was looking forward to getting a little better gearing.

as for the wheels they're Hyper Black Varrstoen ES 2.2.1's. 18x9.5 +12 / / 18x10.5 +15 thanks bro!



Been a busy guy lining up parts, and planning out what to do with this thing. ordered a shitty clutch to get the car moving until i hear back on the OS Twin Plate i've been gawking at. ordered a water meth kit. new injectors so i can give my friend his injectors back finally. also swooped a 38mm tial gate to ditch the egay 50mm china gate that was seeping boost...

getting one step closer to being able to sit the **** down, stop making excuses, and start driving again. Top Drift RD.1 is the next stop.

 

Bucky i check your thred here and there and man this car is DOPE!

i love what your doing with it! Sup with that old door!?


thanks

 

if you ran an N/A diff, you could get a GXL/GTU 4.30... but thats kinda taking a step backwards from a Turbo 8inch ring to a 7inch ring.

 

Buckey I ******* love this car dude! You gotta make it out to jersey at some point for some e town drift action!

 

Thanks bro!! It's getting given away on my fan page. once the page breaks 1,700 likes i'm having my chick pick someone to get it. if it's lagging though probably going to keep it.. lol

yessir. seems like everything is way too expensive... be further ahead instead of spending $800+ on a MS R/P might as well just do a quick change setup... either way, i cant do either right now.

i always see those east coast bash events and get bummed i cant make it. i hope to at some point though!! you guys have too much fun back there lol


notched my front frame rails to remedy the tires locking on the chassis... should've done that a year ago...

Temporary Clutch came in today, waiting on the Tial Waste Gate, Doc Race 13B mani, Oil Coolers, AEM Water/Methanol Injection kit, gang of -an's, and then it's going to be a bunch of installing.

Pics coming in the morning. sleep coming now.

 

lovin the car man hope to see you out on the 24th weekend i'll be out with a buddy of mine with a red s14 that will be competing.

 

Such a sick car. I hope my FC can be this sick someday.

 

Bucky... don't let people steer you away from Water/methanol injection... It's the only way to go for anything 380+whp

 

thanks dudes! come say whats up at the event!

word, i was kinda hesitant to buy it because the $400 i could've spent on tires, or entry fees or something.. but i got it. i need to figure out how to set it up.

only a few things left. Waste gate is in. anyone looking to buy the old manifold, and wastegate ill let em go together for $250

lmk!

 

Lol damn dude.. I woulda sold you my water/meth kit for less than half that. I do race gas now... I don't trust that swill coming from a pump.

They're straight forward to set up. It's pretty easy to tune it too. Just remember to run it a little richer than just normal gas when tuning it, so if you accidentally run the tank dry, or something in the system fails, it won't lean out and pop the motor. Some of the more baller kits have fail safes and warning lights that you could wire into a haltech and if the "warning light" comes on, the 12v power would be used as an input to switch to a safe map, or a limp mode type of map.

What size injector did you get with the kit?

 

if you want to stop by i can show you tips on where and how to set it up.

 

This kit came with 3 nozzles. i think one is like 118cc/min, 550cc/min, and like 800?? idk. i have to look at the instructions.
would it be beneficial to order the inline filter also? i'm not using window washer fluid with this setup... i'm either going to buy a drum, and mix my own blend. or find a deal to buy a few bottles of pre-mixed stuff online. would the filter still be a good idea if im using quality blends?

this thing also has a dash light. i didnt buy the gauge yet, but i probably will in the next few weeks. **** was almost $400...

also i really don't think i'll tune with it. mainly wanted it to keep charge temps down, because summer is coming up, and this year i'm trying to do 3 full, separate series' which are all mid summer almost.

 

Started mounting my AEM Water/Meth Tank, and Pump tonight. Made some fast brackets to weld to the chassis, and step drilled/welded the bolts to the bracket.

Tank Mounted. Pump placement mock up.


Before getting cut to size.


just going to bolt the pump to the brackets and tack them in, and call it a day so i can start wiring up the controller, and move to installing the nozzle into the throttle body. havent even looked at it yet to see if its aluminum. would be nice to just drill and tig it up but pretty sure the nozzles are steel...

 

are meth injection pumps usually that big? that thing is huge! lol