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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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Official Shop project thread...

Since we are working on some neat projects I figured it was time to share.

First up in the series is Brian (point5chinks) 93 Touring. We fixed a nasty oil leak (or 3), installed a new Synapse wastegate, rebuilt his entire vmount setup, and gave his car a clean bill of health.
Adam (AfromotoGT) did most the fab (thanks Adam!)







Everything is custom, the project has ~40 hours in to it. Quite the sleeper!

Next update, Brians 93 R1 Aspec 500r ground up build, Erics 93 LS1 Touring, and Jeffrey's 93 Touring!
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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You guys also work on swapped rx7s?
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Maybe . Check our website out.
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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Well done! And yes, they do LS swaps.
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 02:03 PM
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Great guys and a great shop!
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 01:02 AM
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Saw it in person today, and its awsome!
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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Bout time you guys start clearing RX's out of your 'parking lot'. J/k... Good job!
More Pics of build?
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 11:05 AM
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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looks good..... I got some neat wall art for your shop. work was a little slow yesterday
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Old Sep 12, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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Yeah this car turned out real nice!

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looks good..... I got some neat wall art for your shop. work was a little slow yesterday
he needs more bumpers to hang on the wall..
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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This weekend we decided to try our hand at painting a friends car. We started some time after noon and put a few hours of quick prep in to it. No real body work was done, just a few hours of sanding + primer where it went through + base + clear. I laid the first coat and as soon as my friend started on the second, our painter friend stopped by and setup our gun. Holy crap did it go down 10x nicer after that. By the time we laid the base, we were pretty worn out. Our painter friend grabbed one of his good guns and laid the clear in like... 5 minutes a coat!

Its not perfect, but its sure as heck better then a rattle can job! Cant wait to see it cut and polished.

Lightly sanded- starting dis-assembly.

Sanded, taped off.

Primed and scuffed.

Base coat down, hood unwrapped for clear.

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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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wait is that the t2 that i saw the other day up there? I have to say much better!!! Niccccce
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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Yeah the car looks great Marc thanks! All of the work looks top notch. Its weird having an RX7 that is in perfect mechanical condition now...im not sure how i feel about this...hahahha. Now if i can just find a darn laptop with a serial port I can lean out the tune and the thing will be perfect!
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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Looks great! Me next!
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by point5chink
Yeah the car looks great Marc thanks! All of the work looks top notch. Its weird having an RX7 that is in perfect mechanical condition now...im not sure how i feel about this...hahahha. Now if i can just find a darn laptop with a serial port I can lean out the tune and the thing will be perfect!
Why buy a laptop... just get this USB to Serial converter... save a couple of hundred bucks. That's if you have a laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-956-_-Product

Carl
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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Oh Man!

If I can get my butt in gear and get it done John and I can have the two nicest white->black FCs around [Or maybe I should I say: Nicest black FCs.....]
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by knotsonice
Why buy a laptop... just get this USB to Serial converter... save a couple of hundred bucks. That's if you have a laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-956-_-Product

Carl
The thing is, I work in a building filled with computers so i figured one of them had to have a serial port...but no. I ended up breaking down and ordering another converter to replace the one i lost.
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 01:18 AM
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so you like the wall art? sooner or later I'll see you so we can get some idea's going, should be very easy to do.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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Amazing new project, its a surprise so I can not post pictures yet, but I cant wait!

PS to anyone who knows about it, keep it shut. No hints. The owner reads here.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FD3SEngineering
Amazing new project, its a surprise so I can not post pictures yet, but I cant wait!

PS to anyone who knows about it, keep it shut. No hints. The owner reads here.
Your gonna have to show it off at the BBQ. Whatever it is.
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