Haha and its my damn fault! I have been busy as heck and have finally had a chance to work on it recently. This is Drift Kids ( Jareds) 89 Turbo II

I gutted and painted the engine bay because it was yellow/multi colored.

And a few pictures of the engine ports. Just a mild street port. This was before they were cleaned up. Motor is already together

More pictures tomorrow!

 

mmmm that engine bay looks waaay nice

 

now i just gota get the corksport FMIC, greddy turbo timer, Stance gr+ coilovers, mazdaspeed lip, koyo radiator, piaa wheels, sparco seat, steering angle kit, and roll cage installed and i'll be good... damn parts have been taking up room in my living room for way to long! lol but i've got a feeling it'll all be worth the wait

 

vary nice job with the paint rattle can or actually sand and spray?

 

Looks good Spyder! Got any time/room for an FB?

 

Good to hear that it's getting done ^_-
[I think Jared's FC was the first one I rode in... I'm looking forward to seeing it run again!]

 

HVLP

 

sounds fun, I like the idea of the steering angle kit. I have never understood turbo timers ? I know what they are designed to do but not the point of it.

what turbo are you going to use ?

 

The point is to allow the oils inside the turbo to cool before the engine shuts down. In a FD the turbos are watercooled so it's pretty pointless. But with a oil cooled turbo it's a good idea IF you do a lot of hard driving. But typically it's just as easy to drive easy for the last couple miles of your trip and then turn it off.

 

correction i got the blitz DTT turbo timer " its been so long sience ive looked at it i forgot which brand it was" but ya i wont need the turbo timer feauture that much but im one of those better safe then sorry kind of ppl and it features a digital boost gauge that tells you your boost peak-hold and has a warning indacator for when your over boosting i belive. which i kinda liked. im still running a stock turbo but plan on geting a BNR stage 3 after i get an apexi pfc to better tune it with.

 

A lot of turbo timers offer features like volt reading, 0-60 times, 1/4 mile time, 0-100 times, and different things of the sorts. I use mine as a volt meter. And also a way to warm up the car without keys in it much safer to start it put the TT on 10 mins and arm the alarm

 

hmm thats a good idea!

 

cool, I kinda figured people used them for the other features. I usually just drive esay for the last five mins and then let it idle for 30 seconds and shut it down.

 

More work...

List of mods:
Mild Streetport
Stage 2 Oil mods (passageways are bored, pump in/out ported, filler neck ported)
RX8 Hardened stationary gears with windowed bearings.
Pineapple Racing water seals (Viton o-rings...)
Pineapple Racing crust exhaust gaskets
OEM 3peice apex seals
VHT 2000f ceramic paint for irons and manifolds.

This thing has hellacious compression!

 

And its done...

 

 

looks good, if you want another project fc talk to jason it might be a little late but if you ever need grinding bits we get a bunch from work

 

LOL I heard...
Yes lots of grinding bits would be great. What type/size?

 

Getting closer...

 

^_^ !

 

Turbo, manifolds, water pump, housing are all done.

 

holy crap how did you get everything so clean? im gona be affraid to drive it in the rain or dusty weather cuz i'll want to keep it that clean to badly! oh well the car is being made for track days mainly anyways

 

I am NOT impressed with the corksport kit...

Link to new thread in second gen section about it in just a minute...

 

nice pics. cant help but notice that if you hit anything on any side of the front end and that FMIC is done for. sits real wide on each side

 

Its no worse then another other FMIC for these cars, infact it sit rather high, I will get some bumper on shots.
Plus I am convinced its a $200 ebay core.