I just added up all my receipts on how much i have spent on my FD int he past year, $42,257.56!!! WTF!!!SOMEONE ******* KILL ME NOW JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!roughly 14k on fixing it, 15k on parts sitting in my garage, and 13k for the car. I am in need of RX7 rehab

 

this explains why I have been living off of ramen noodles for the past year

 

lol i think everyone understands how you feel.

 

ramen noodles ROCK

top ramen is the best... the spicy korean version is good too

 

because of you making me some with steak in it, i can't make it without steak anymore. damn you for making a cheap meal really good and mildly expensive.

 

Maybe it is a good thing my car is down and out for right now... these gas prices are murder.

 

I keep looking for Propane/CNG conversion kits for cars and I can't find **** that'll work on a modern car. (All the one's I've found are carbureted. I don't like carbs.)

I see all these Dodge Stratuses and Ford Tauruses and **** with government plates and CNG stamped on them... Hell, there are three at my college for the maintenance personel...

I just want Propane/CNG injectors that'll fir a standard Bosch O-ring style bung. Alls I have to do is chuck the stock fuel system, chuck the stock electronics, Megasquirt, Drop in a Fork Lift fuel tank, plumb it with stainless steel braided hose, and fab up a fuel rail. I make it sound so easy I'm ready to do it between class and work.

I will take out a chunk of RX-7 budget in order to propane convert the truck.

 

D00d, that is twice as much as I make in a year :p

 

"I just added up all my receipts on how much i have spent on my FD int he past year, $42,257.56!!! WTF!!!SOMEONE ******* KILL ME NOW JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!roughly 14k on fixing it, 15k on parts sitting in my garage, and 13k for the car. I am in need of RX7 rehab "


Doug, I personally know what it feels like to drop 15k into my rx7. But 15k of parts sitting in your garage? What possibly could you have that would add up to that type of coin? 14k fixing it? So you payed 14k to fix eveything back to stock to now put 15k worth of aftermarket parts on? Come on Doug.

 

it is teh yummie.

 

yes, i know. that's the problem.




dammit i'm hungry now. don't make me go stalk you at your work or on padonia rd again or something...

 

Hey jason! I'm pretty sure that I know what's causing your IAT to go up so much when you're just sitting there idling. The part of the intake that you put the sensor in is right above the exhaust pipes. You're probably getting a HUGE amount of heat-soak.

I'd suggest moving it down the intake far enough that it's not directly over the header, and then lean out your idle a bit. I can't help this weekend, but I can help next week if you want.

 

Hey, I'm not going to VA this weekend.

I'm single now.

 

That sucks, but at least you'll save a mint on gas.

 

Yeh, I really couldnt afford to drive down anyway :p

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I'm thinking . . . Propane in the convertable . . .

 

Did you get the GXL running?

Edit- NVM, saw your thread about it.

 

I believe it. FD's are no bullshit. Everybody selling parts thinks they are sitting on a pot of ****** gold.

Oh, btw, I paid 3.49 to fill up the FC.... $$56.78...

Ugh. We are all

 

Holy **** Jason - how the hell did that happen?

ALSO

My car has now gone from "idling terribly" to "not idling and just turning off"

Crashdummy, Jesse and I were trying to find an ellusive vac leak that we belive to be the cause of this shaky idle

Like the inteligent person that i am, i forget to disconnect the batt and bump the UIM against the alternator and blow the main fuze - YAY

After replacing the fuze and after giving up in the darkness, we button the car back together, and now it won't idle. It starts up, and it will stay on if you hold it there, but let go and it will promptly shut off.

We are stumped

any ideas?

~ERIK

 

idle adjustment, coolant temp sensor (what was wrong with jason's gxl), air temp sensor, wiring to one or more of the sensors, vacuum leak (should I keep going?)

 

yes.... i hate rotaries and their damn vacuum problems... idle problems... problems.....

 

Aluminum Driveshaft-800
Chromoloy axles-550
Toelinks/trailing arms-600
Jimlab bushing kit-650
Tein Flex Coilovers-1400
Brembo big brake kit-2700
99spec rear brakes-1900
braces all around-700

add 500 for shipping total, and somewhere around 300-400 for taxes?
and the last one is my lil secret ><(still otw) plus add taxes/shipping on all that

Fixing ****:

Taking it to the wrong mechanic and paying him 65bucks an hour to figure out how my car works----7k around(popping on random vacuum hoses as they pop off for 8 months, cooling system revamp(all brand new stock) including radiator fan shroud(cost like 2300), all I can say is the ****** guy ripped me a new one

3k in body damage

and about 4k has gone to Ray, and he has fixed every problem I have had, and made my car alot better.

I'm also not including all new tires all the way around for inspection. That first mechanic I took it too sucked ***, I spent 2500 or so to get it to pass(fixing 2 bushings in the suspension, bleeding the brakes/new pads/other random stupid ****.

Owning an FD costs a shitload of money, especially if it was abused beforehand, everything on my car was stock, but had a new engine installed in 96? all the hoses were still 10 years old. but anyways ><

 

GOOD NEWS. I'll be home this WEEK (hopefully within the next 4 days). and my Supra is done and ready to drive so i'll be on it like a fat kid on cake.

now i just gotta see about my girl being able to make it out to MD also.

for those of you that didn't know, i was in Biloxi, MS DURRING the hurricane and lived thru the aftermath of it.

 

Huzzah!

 

Wow dude. You need to learn more about your car and do the work yourself. It's gonna put you into bankruptcy if you keep spending that kind of money. Most parts are overpriced for the FD anyway... no reason to throw money away for labor too.

EDIT: And you should have at least gotten a reach-around if they charged you $2300 for a cooling system

 

glad to see you're alive and kicking, kiddo