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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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My One-Week FC Buildup Thread

(FYI I Copied this from a thread I started on a different forum on monday, so technically I'm on day 3 right now)

Ok, so here's the low-down. I picked up this 1990 FC3S T-II about a month ago. At that time it had no motor or EFI components, four flat tires, a fairly straight body with the exception of chipping paint, and a very clean interior. At this present time, it sits exactly the same way. As some of you know, there is an Unnatural Gymkhana coming up this Sunday, and I intend to drive this very car at the event. At this point, the only thing that can stop me is the fact that its finals week, I work thursday/friday/saturday night, and I cant find a god damn wiring harness anywhere. Anyhow, here are the pictures of the car as it sat earlier today (the same as when I picked it up).








So now you probably have a couple questions such as; what I plan to do to the car, and what I already have for it.

J-spec S5 T-II Longblock (have it)
EFI Components: Coils/AFM/Pressure sensor (have it)
Full 3" Turbo-back exhaust (have it)
Espilir ASD Springs (have it)
KYB AGX Shocks (have it)
Wheels/tires from my other FC (have it)
S5 NA or T-II Wiring harness (dont have)
Aftermarket TID/air filter (dont have)
Walbro 255lph fuel pump (dont have)
Exedy clutch (dont have)
ABS Deletion kit (dont have)

At the present, this is all that I can think of. Most of the stuff on the list that I dont currently have is already in the mail, but not all of it. I'm pretty much going to be busting my *** in every spare moment I have to get this thing done, in between work and studying for two more psychology finals that I have this week. So basically, all I can say is wish me luck, and stay tuned for more updates.
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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progress made on day 1 (monday)

So here's the pictures of what I got done today. Basically what I was trying to do was strip down as much of the stuff I needed gone as possible, and get the engine bay a tad bit cleaner. I managed to take out the radiator, abs pump, almost all of the stock cat back, the old and ghetto wheels/tires, and started removal of the tranny. Oh, one thing I forgot to mention in the previous post; the Espilir ASD springs I'll be using for this car are still on my T-II daily driver. This means that I need to install my Cusco Zero-2R coilovers on my DD in order to get the springs ready for this car. Anyways, here's pics:




the engine bay is definitely lookin a little sexier.
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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So I made some more progress yesterday (tuesday), but it wasnt on this car lol. Check it out here: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...51#post7039351
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 04:04 PM
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ill try and stop by my moms house today, unless she threw it away when i moved im pretty sure i have a s5 TII harness there
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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ummmm, hey im the guy who works at baxters with the fb. which car did u bring to the event 2 drive? u have 2 right? im confused right now. . . um and u have a hachi?!?!?! and since u live around town, u should go on a drive with me and a couple friends (they're honda guys but dont let there cars fool u, they know there **** and r pretty fast in the corners).
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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I have a S5 NA to TII wiring harness. What are you doing about larger secondaries or a SAFC?
You need both with a aftermarket larger intake pipe and 3" open exhaust.

PM me if you need parts. Im jareds friend, he has a white FC identical to that, building the motor asap infact.
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 12:17 AM
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So as some of you know I didnt get half the parts I needed to complete the car before the event two weeks ago, so I just decided to prep and drive my other FC. Anyways, I have all the parts I need to get the car together, and I decided to stop slacking and try to make some progress today. So on that note:

I dropped the motor in:


And I installed the front suspension:


I'll probably be assembling the rest of the motor tomorrow, so check back soon suckaz!

As far as fuel control goes, I think I should be ok with just the 255LPH pump on this setup since I'll be running an N/A harness - thereby deleting the stock "boost controller." But once I get it running I'll be checking it with a wideband to make sure
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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not gonna lie, that gixxer is the best part of this thread!!!!

of course that is coming from someone who just sold his bike to get a FC

im going through withdrawals right now!
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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did you bring this to golden gardens meet sunday ? thought I saw it there.
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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nope, it was actually sold to forum member revolut10n on the Sunday that GG was held
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