A classy FC3S drift build
 

so now that i have some free time and i am graduating soon which means real progress, i figured why not make a build thread.


Just gonna get everything caught up until now.
check instagram for more updates!! @dan_doee

picked her up easter weekend of 2014, bone stock owned by an older lady with 93K on the dash
After a proper detail
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finished up the semester, and got right back into working. which meant time to start stockpiling parts:

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installed everything over one weekend and got her on the ground

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then it was time to save for some wheels, which eventually led to this

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eventually picked up tires, got them mounted and threw them on with two weeks to spare before summer was over!!
Resulted in this, i was not very satisfied with the fitment but i had very little cash or free time to do anything about that

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Also made this diffuser and mounted it on the car, this was version #2
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car stayed that way until winter break, where i daily drive it the whole winter, and also i bought a real camera!!!

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Over winter break i saved up some cash and made these skirt extensions

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Used my tax return to pick up some goodies which included G35 rear spats, spacers, a fender roller

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Picked up a rocket bunny V2 splitter which i planned to eventually tie into some canards, but unfortunately a chunk of ice fell off a truck on my way to school, hit the splitter and exploded most of it. el oh el
one of 5 pics i took before it became shrapnal

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Threw on 15MM PBM spacers on the front and knew i wanted/needed more camber

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worked on the car all easter weekend(2015):
slotted upper hole for more camber

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removed rear lower locking ring and threw on 5MM's

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got everything back together, took the car for a test drive and decided i needed to clearance the frame rails in the front and slightly pull the rear

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finished the driver side, lowered car torqued 4 lugs, hit the fifth and bam!
split the PBM key

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Called PBM on monday, and thanks to their great customer service, there is a new one on the way.
this is how she currently sits!!

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and this is the 3rd time i redid the diffuser, trimmed 1.5 inches

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and a random interior shot lol
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Car is looking great.

thanks a lot! it is slowly coming together, can't wait until its swap time;)

I was going to slot my pbm pros as well, but I work next to a machine shope and actually taking the perch's over to them to put another set of mounting hols in it to get the strut to move directly horizontal instead. The goofy coils do: / - \ | - | and \ - /. I wan -- - --. Seems like it should work.

Depending how much you notched that upper hole you may want to consider tack welding a washer on the outside of hole to keep your adjustment from bumping out of place (It WILL happen)

^this is true, my PBM's kept adjusting themselves in the slot that they come with, I ended up using lock washers and tons of red thread lock and a huge impact to keep them from moving

That red interior tho...

diggin it.

Red is coming back man. Deal with it. Love mine

are those the +38s out back?

+18, currently +13 with spacers


got my new lug key and finished her up this weekend. went out on a long cruise yesterday which included some mountain carving ;)

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That is one clean s5! Looks great man

thank you!!

Clean car. This is the drifting section so, what are your plans for the engine? Love to see clean ass FCs. They are rare now days.

nice build so far.

What wheels are those? Also size and whatnot if you remember, Car is looking great! Love the fact that you're using parts you build too. Subscribed!:icon_tup:

thank you sir!

work xd9, 18x9 -2 ,18x10 +18

funny you should ask...

so i have been busy, moved to michigan in june and didnt drive my car up here until august, but she made the 11 hour drive flawlessly.

went to car & drivers cars and coffee
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picked up a BN sports replica kit, which i will be adding some custom touches too soon. test fit
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and finally this showed up and the teardown shall begin in a few weeks. im going to try to daily her as much as possible in the meantime
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the plan right now is to obtain a CD009 (z33) transmission and run the collins adapter plate and clutch setup. also my complete s5 drivetrain minus the engine harness will be for sale in a few weeks if any one local wants dibs.

Red on Champagne is my fave FC combo ever. Good taste, mate.

Thank you, and thanks for reminding me i have this thread lol

current status of the car.

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Damn I would really like to see a little more detailed writeup of the engine work. I wanna go 1j so bad. Looks amazing dude.

Do all PBM coilovers have camber plates like that? Set for caster and camber adjustment?

Yes

Correction - PSM FC3S Coilovers do.

Ask and you shall receive, time for an update anyway....

got the engine pulled out at the end of november
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found a great deal on a CD009 from an 07 G35. comparo to the 13B NA trans
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Checking if it is possible.. seems legit
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youll need a rear sump JZ pan also. scored this on the 2JZ facebook group
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upper pan sealed up
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pulled the dash
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getting ready for the first test fit. engine stripped of twin turbo setup and block cleaned and painted Attachment 612187

removed the old trans mounts which is the only way that chubby transmission will fit Attachment 612188

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$5 harbor freight spot weld drill but FTW
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excessive manufacturing mounts which are very high quality Attachment 612191

mount fitment, other side very similar.
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plenty of oil pan clearance
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picked up some aero too and got started on some canards Attachment 612174

Collins adapter plate bolted up
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and the adapter flywheel which will be mated to an ACT HD 6 puck Attachment 612177

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Engine/trans all mated for the first time:)
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And then sliding in the FCs DMs
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first fit was pretty promising but obvi it needs to fit as far back as possible so no one can cry about ruining my weight distribution

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first test fit shifter placement. this is with the entire shifter assembly removed. I will be running the serial nine shift box when it is released Attachment 612161

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then the engine was pulled a few different times to massage the trans tunnel and notch the pinch weld. this all allowed the engine to sit all the way back and the furthest possible on the mounts

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mocking up heater core lines
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then the engine came out again for cam seals, front seal, timing belt, idler pulley, and VVTi gear rebuild.

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then my underpressure racing development manifold got finished up
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so pumped on this manifold it is an absolute piece of art

running an S362SXE with twin 38MM tials

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got in my fuel rail also and mocked it up. return will be -6 but this is some -8 shown

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ID1000s and the rest of the my fuel system. still need to order a bosch 044

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then got the hood to close. this is with the turbo, oil cap, and the throttle body removed and all inner webbing trimmed out. i will be running a DMAX style vent which should hide the throttle body
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Please don't toss that red interior! Put a cage in there and trim to fit! Coming from someone had a JZ in an fc with a stripped interior, you'll be glad you did haha.

Dont worry the full interior will be going back in

Got my street faction engineering bash bar installed and tinted out the headlights

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picked up a supra 2jz intake manifold and throttle body so i dont have to deal with the pesky DBW throttle body. feeling all the wrinkle black here, valve cover will get the gloss black treatment soon

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as seen before got my dump tubes and down (up?) pipe tacked together where i wanted them. the dump tubes will get extended and then all three will be cut flush to the hood.

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Man that's pretty

Beautiful job man. If ever go this direction I would be stoked to have something turn out like this. Can't wait for more. :nod:

little update!

got the engine harness stripped down and routed. gotta order up a milspec connector next and some looming to finish it up.connector will run to the old speedo cable hole.Attachment 611635

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this is fully wired up minus the wideband and a few temp sensors. Attachment 611637

dropped my subframe to do a refresh on all my suspension and then rebuilt the TII axles. Diff is a Kaaz 1.5 way
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While my subframe was down i got my fuel system plumbed up.
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trimmed the stock fuel line brackets for the -8
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feed line routed
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all tucked up
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waiting on some -6 to finish the return from the rail to the FPR and then throw the bulkhead fitting on the fuel pump cover and that should do it for the fuel system. Engine it gonna come back out to run a new passenger brake line and swap the master cylinder. Also will clean up the rust on the frame rail and reroute the body harness.

ordered this mishimoto SR20 240SX radiator and got it mocked up tonight. might rotate the oil cooler down alittle more so i can squeeze in the fans. Still a rough position as i need to figure out the best intercooler core size too.

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should get the return line and FPR plumbed up this weekend and hopefully get the radiator mounted permanently so i can plumb that up too along with the heater core.

Did you have to cut up your front fenders to fit that new bumper?

no, only thing i have trimmed is the bumper itself

Going to join premiumrices quest to revive the drift section here with a little update. I have been chipping away at this thing but as with any project mostly been ordering parts lol.

feed line plumbed up
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return line
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had to do alittle massaging to fit this big ass 90* -8. Still need to do more work to get this away from the firewall. Attachment 610219

and all set. the return from the FPR is ran to the stock feed hardline back to the tank.
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then subframe went back in and i threw everything on for a couple progress pics
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engine came out again and new front main seal went in.
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new timing belt and idler

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got rid of the stock oil cooler. -10 lines will be ran to the stock rx7 oil cooler.

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cleaned up the surface rust from the old leaking master cylinder

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now i realize why everyone goes crazy with the reflective gold tape. all cleaned up and primed. new passenger brake line is in and much cleaner also

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finalized radiator position with the fans. need to fabricate a cross bar to support the bottom of the radiator and the FMIC.

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intercooler mocked up in position. this is a CX racing unit. there will be ducting above and below the IC to feed fresh air to the radiator.

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painted and shaved the bracket on the spark plug cover

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ready to go in for final mockup, plumbing, and final wiring

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set

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engine in and intake setup mocked up.

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another one of the IC mocked up

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next up is plumbing for the oil cooler, catch can setup, IC, turbo, and cooling system. I just ordered my serialnine shifter relocation and i have to figure out engine management since the adaptronic modular is still 2-3 months out. I also need to order the milspec connectors for my engine harness then strip down the body harness and reloom it. Once everything it mocked up i need to find someone that can help me make my transmission mount as i am not equipped in my garage to do so. After that i can measure up a driveshaft and have driveshaft shop make one.

Update!

CD999 shifter relocation finally came in. thanks to TF works for the hook up. top quality on this thing!!!

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Borrowed my friends harbor freight flux welder and tacked up my radiator/intercooler support.

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Used these radiator isolators that i got on amazon
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IC bracket
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Ducting is next
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this stock VVTI rad hose fits perfectly around the oil cooler.

Then did some trimming to fit the shifter
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Rolled her out and washed all the dust off

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Time to start on plumbing and wiring

Then did some trimming to fit the shifter
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Rolled her out and washed all the dust off

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Time to start on plumbing and wiring

Diggin the build man! Did that splitter just fit just right before it shattered? Or did you have to modify anything?

isnt that a 2j?

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and after it shattered
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yes, but same shit when it comes to mounting and making it work in the chassis

nice!!

thats the drive by wire throttle body (etcs-i) right? whats your plan for running? I know they make delete kits since it does have a normal cable that actuates it, but thats for cars running stock ecu. if you run a standalone im not sure you even need to worry about it and just run a cable to it. curious as i may end up with a drive by wire 1jz, im getting a r154 trans mated with it and more concerned about finding one with oem tripod extended shifter and no hydro fan pump.

no the black intake manifold is from a non VVTI 2JZ but i did have the DBW VVTI one originally. you are correct, with a delete kit you can run a full cable set up. If you are not running a stock ECU then converting to a non VVTI or running a delete kit would make life much easier. Good luck with your build, let me know if i can help answer any questions.

I'm just getting the non vvti block as they all seem to be reg cable throttle. It seems that the factory extended shifter r154 are mainly paired with the non vvti anyway so looks like ill be good. I dont have the budget for stand alone is the issue right now so im just using jz ecu and gonna try to us my fc radiator but re bracket it. I already have 2.5" exhaust all the way back w a rb presilencer so ill make my own dp to that for now. I need my fc as a daily now cuz my other cars are falling apart. I dont recall but are you utilizing the factory fc fuse box at all for anything?

nm on fuse box. scrolled up and dont even see it. ill reread thread lol. i was planning on trying to run coils/igniter through the fc ignition fuse and just rerouting the post fuse wire to the jz ecu or ignition switch, wherever it needs to go. havent looked at fc pinout yet, just the jz pinouts. was planning the same with injectors through the injector fc fuse. is that more or less complicated do you think?

Dude this thing is full goals....

Just got my 2JZ-GTE block back from the machine shop.

Interested on your wiring because that's going to be my biggest challenge.

Looking awesome man, keep up the cool shit! :icon_tup:
Gave you a follow on insta as well!

Time to catch this thread up. There has been hardly any progress made as i first bought a banshee and had been going riding almost every weekend before leaving michigan. I then moved down to dallas and the RX7 got stripped and ended up sitting at my new job for a month until i got settled in my new house.

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