well while I am waiting for the ECU to come back again....

installed the R32 GT-R seats my friend is building the brackets. LOL I was told the seat where two tone gray color. Well turns out my friend I got the seats from must be color blind or something, cuase these seats are blue.

just sitting there
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mounted nice a low and the slide adjuster still works
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taking the seat apart to DEEP wash them. LOL 20 years of someone elses butt sitting them they need a few times in the washer.
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update: well I sent the Haltech back on Dec 8th. Got a msg to from Haltech said they never received it. Well looks like $1800+ lost. Tracking number shows it was signed for on the Dec 20th. Looks like someone helped them self to a early xmas gift.

if u have proof it was received by haltech and signed for, it's on them.

great project so far. it sucks what happened with your Haltech, but i agree, if it was signed for, then it shouldn't be left in your lap - $1800 is not "forget-about-it"-money!

this is from the tracking data

Your item was delivered at 12:08 pm on December 20, 2010 in LEXINGTON, KY 40505. The item was signed for by S NICHOLS.

S nicholes My guess is someone signed it as santa claus st nicholas and treated themself to a xmas gift. I have insurance on the box but I dont know if they will pay because someone signed for the box.

looks like Haltech picked a great location
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=haltec...misUNc9RPV7f5g

WOW that really seems aggravating. I would be really pissed.

I hope google maps is wrong about that being Haltech. I would suggest calling them and telling them the tracking number and have them look it up while you talk to them. Surely they can figure out what's going on. Blows my mind that they sent you the wrong one, then tried to convince you that it simply had the wrong sticker on it, wtf sort of business is that.

well got some good news.

the junk yard called me about a parts car so...............

down at the junk yard

they had it waiting for me. lol I wanted to get a picture of it with other cars stacked on top but I was too late
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smashed down roof from when other cars where stacked on it
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i was waiting for the fork lift to flip but never did
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I put four spare tires on it and then he put it on the back of my friends flat bed tow truck.

by the time we got back to where my shop space is it was already dark. I will go down there after work tomorrow get some more pictures

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it is too bad about the roof I would have liked to put this one back on the road. the paint was really clean until they started put cars on top of it. the hood has huge scrape on it like that dragged some other car over it.

but looks like the old owner cut out the fender in the front and back and made it like a wide body. I will take some better pics of that tomorrow and see if i can get it started.

Where is the junkyard rust? That is one CLEAN yard. Some people have dirtier garage floors than that.

sweet looking car i dont think i have seen many of these around iowa

87GTR I might have a US buyer for some Cosmo interior bits if they are in working condition. The buyer I have purchased or is purchasing the one that is for sale in Canada on this forum and will need the pieces to repair his If you can PM me an email address that I can send to him... thanks

Im sure you can find someone to pull those dents out

this car and your city Okinawa.. 2 of my great dreams!


beatiful project..

made some progress today.

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oil return fitting
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-10 AN fitting
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old water temp sensor
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new water temp sensor for use with Haltech ecu
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fixing the wastegate pipe
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cut off pipe and will extend it back about 3 inches 6- ~ 70 mm so it will clear the rear engine mount.
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I have 2 water lines i need to cap. the one on the top of the rear rotor iron and on the water pump housing. trying to find a local place that sells caps. but might just end up using a bolt and hose clamp for temporary.


tomorrow I will install the engine and trans into the car and start wiring up the haltech harness so when the ecu comes I can just plug it in.



if I blocked off the BAC do I need to block off where the air pump hard line mounts to the back lower intake?
I bought the Banzai Racing block off kit. im surprised there is not a block off plate for it too.

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Made some more progress today

got the engine off the stand

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hmmmmm
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man I hate putting the PS and AC bracket back on. Is there an easy way to do it.
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got the transmission back in too using the custom made ninja mounts. I keep forgetting to paint them black
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test fitting the turbo manifold after cutting the waste gate pipe.
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HKS T04R
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test fit with compressor housing
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lots of room to build the wastegate and down pipe
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Leave the BAC on there and use it. Works great for cold starts, helps with the AC, and just generally makes life a lot better. It's not hurting anything, so might as well use it.

isnt that what the idel control under the TB is for too?

Bolt, hose, and clamp works better than the rubber caps to block off the coolant ports. Those caps like to dry rot real fast, split, puke coolant everywhere, and lead to a burned up engine. If you do use the caps, I recommend finding a blot just big enough to fit down in the nipple. Coat it will some silicone and slide it in the nipple. Cover it all with the cap. Another, not as clean option is to use a hose to join the two nipples. The FD hose that runs from the rear iron to the throttle body thermowax is ideally shaped for this purpose.

Yes, I believe on the RE the BAC is under the manifold. Did you mean you blocked off the ACV? The block plate in the middle of the manifold on the turbo side?

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Gotta love the Cosmo!

lol yeah when I was making my post and looking at the LIM I was thinking FC3S BAC. Yes I will be keeping the Cosmo BAC that is under the TB for idel control.

it never get really cold here in Okinawa so I am not going to use the thermo wax

Did your ECU ever show up? I'd forgotten all about getting a tracking number for you. I did tell them to make sure to send it USPS.

Great work man :nod: it's coming along really well :icon_tup:

yup a few days ago I need to get crackin and get it installed. 90% of install looks easy but im not how to wire up the coils

The coils "look" like the FC coils from the pics I've seen. If you can maybe remove them from the body and get a good clean pic of them and the connectors, we can sort through the proper wiring.

here is a few pics. I will remove them tomorrow after work

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trying to deside if I should put the TE37's on or not

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Well, it's using an FD style system with an external ignitor. Without the schematic/pinout, it's impossible for me to say what goes where. The Haltech will run it though. Worst case you could swap the Mazda ignitor for a Bosch 3-channel, simply to have something that you know how to connect properly. Do you have access to a service manual with schematics?

I sent an email to Haltech Australia, we'll see if they have any insight.

Well put the Rays TE37's on to see how they look. I need to get coil overs so I can drop it down. I will get some after I get running.

18 8.5 +35 235 35/18
18 9.5 +40 265 35/18

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Car is very dirty. I will wash it tomorrow.


Tomorrow is a big day going to start installing the

Haltech EUC harness
supra fuel pump
oil cooler and cooler lines
figure out how to mount the inter cooler

tomorrow a local hose shop is going to come over and give estimate on extending the air conditioning lines. my plan is to move the condenser up front and mount the IC resesed in the where the condenser was before.

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made only a little progress yesterday. would have gotten more done, but one of friends stopped by to buy the seats and carpet out of the parts Cosmo. I get more done today.

I started laying out the harness
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lol looks like a rats nest now. Just getting the wires run to the area they need to go. then they will get cleaned up into a wire loom.
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a little better
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just setting on the carpet. I think im going to mount it in the or under the glove box. I dont think I will put it under the carpet
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Drained the A/C system I really hated to do that cuase it still had R12 in it and was super cold.
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condenser is out
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intercooler test fit
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almost fits right in there
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need to do a little cut job so it can slide a about 25mm deeper in.
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well that was unexpected the radiator hits the intercooler pipes. going to need to rethink this.
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Some of you might know that my blue/green/purple lol what ever color Cosmo got flooded one day about 8 months ago and I could never get it started.

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When I would try and start I would smell fuel and put a little ATF in build up compression and free any seal that might be stuck from carbon build up. I had kind of given up on that engine and was saving up for a rebuild. But the other night around 3am I just like sat up in my bed and said why dont swap the igniters, AFM, map, and ECU from the parts car and see if it would start.

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So the next day I went to down the shop and swapped them out and put just a little ATF down the LIM to help wash away the gas and build up compression. turned the key and it started right up.

just a few seconds after starting running a little rough on ATF
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after about 10 minutes of running the smoke was clearing, and after about 20 minutes it was running and idling fine with no smoke.
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So......... bring on the snowball effect to my current project car with 13B RE engine just a few days from being able to start the car with new computer.... lol while the 20B engine was cooling off I rolled the other Cosmo in the bay and pulled out the 13B....

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pulled the 20B car in
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let me see I know I picked up a RE Amemiya 20B manifold a few years ago... lets see how it fits

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the turbo is just sitting on there and is leaning forward once the bolts are installed it will sit flat
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LOL I destroyed the shop that day. I am still amazed on how much trans fluid the AT has in it and how much I can spill on the floor!!

Tonight after work going back down to the shop and clean up of the vacuum lines from under the intakes. install the block off plates. And I need to get pilot bearing and seal then I can drop it into the project car.

made good progress today.

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lol the 20b is alot bigger in there than the 13B
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lets check to see if the manifold fits
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clears every thing nicely. no need to cut and weld
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turbo fits good. I think I might need a larger one. now the T04R looks so small on a 20B
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down pipe test fit. lots of room and fits good.
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wastegate pipe fits nicely around the steering.

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was going to start welding up the down pipe and wastegate today but someone who used the mig welder before me welded the wire into tip. I bought 10 new tips for the shop but they cant find them...

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oh well not much done today

here is wastegate and starting of the downpipe with vbands.

Tial MVR
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The RE Amemiya manifold has a Trust waste gate 4 bolt flange on it just like this one that cut off the 13B manifold.

I was going to cut off the flang and weld it on to the pipe. but I think I will just weld the Tial Vband flang right onto the old trust flang. kinda like this.
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I have a RE Amemiya front pipe that is 80mm for the stock turbos. I was going cut off stock flang but I think I will end up welding a vband on it too

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I want to make it really fast and easy to swap out front pipes when I have to JCI inspection. so I can put the stock front back on.

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well had and hour to do some work on the car. I want to start removing part of the old harness that wont be needed like the wires for the coils. I really want to clean up under the hood. So I removed the coils and ignitors and the bracket they where mounted on. While I have the battry out and cleaning up that area I am almost tempted to move the battery to the trunk, to make room for intercooler pipes.

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lol dont look at the rats nest in the top of this image.
looks like 20 years worth of dirt and dust under where the coils where mounted.
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gotta find a new way to mount the fuse boxes.
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mounted the transmission slave today and filled and bleed the line and it works great. one more thing of that list... I can almost stand up strait now.

going to try and knock out as much as i can this week and weekend. Still waiting on parts the coils shipped and heat shield shipped. i hope to get them by the weekend. I think if I can get the coils by the friday I will be able to at least start the car by sunday.

took the main power and ground harness home with me so I can clean it and take most of it apart to keep the just wires I need
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looks good.

what was wrong with this car?
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i am dying for a cosmo and it creates envy to see that you have 3 of them.

i would love to own a Eunos Cosmo state side, great build thread.

this car had been a wreck before I got it. and it drove good but was a little tweeked. My Japanese friends are going to take the body and convert it an electric car. They love the lines of the Cosmo. I had orgingal bought that car just pull the engine out of it and put the 20B into a FC, But after driving it a few times I could not just pull the engine and send the body the scrap yard. So it will get a new lease on life. it has a ton of room under the hood and truck to install batteries. They plan to use a FC 5 speed and get a electric motor and use a rotary adaptor plate. The paint looks good from distance but the roof the car has tuned almost all white. The okinawa sun is killer on clear coats.

well trying to figure out where I am going to mount these coils. I like the stock coils they are in a very clean package. I ordered GM LS/2 Truck coils with the ignitor built in.

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found a piece of alum scrap that is the exact length of the rotor housing .... is it fate?

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hmmm
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why does he still have that chain on?
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lol its out again...
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I used window cleaner on the tunnel and paint started coming off ouch
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test fitting
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installed in tunnel
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welded the waste gate vband flange on 1st time I ever welded round pipe lets just say it was learning experience.
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made some big progress today

getting ready for to make oil lines soon so installed the fittings
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finishing up a few heat shields
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going to try and wrap up the manifold
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if I have extra left over I will finish wrapping the wastegate pipe
but I need to make sure I have enough to do the down pipe
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back into the car. I dont think I need to take it out anymore
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got the tranny and drive shaft back into
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putting the factory heat sheld back on
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mounted in now I can start working on the wiring up the haltech
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with the bumper and side skirts it looks much more aggressive than my old blue one. Gave it a quick wash
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next on the hit list

install the RE Amemiya front pipe and dual dolphin.
built a front pipe from the turbo to the RE front pipe

design a mount for the coils ( lol i been thinking about buying some FD ignitors and running the stock 20b coils I like how compact they are.)
build oil cooler lines
build bracket to mount FC oil cooler
install supra pump
install FD intercooler

need to find a place on the UIM to tap it for brake master vacuum.
re-tap the air temp sensor in the elbow for the haltech ATS

I was going to use the FD single exh but I think for right now I will use the RE duals.


I used a block off plate where the air pump goes to the LIM do I need to block off the air line on the back of the LIM?

here is how i mounted my coils.

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also what AN fittings did you used for the 3 oil ports? i need to buy the exact same ones..

coils looks nice. I wish mine where flat on one side to mount them like that.


the an fittings

front iron oil feed to turbo 14mmx1.5 -4
front cover oil 16mm -10
oil filter 18mm -10

mazdatrix has a cool fitting for fc. it is shorter so it does not take up much room.
http://mazdatrix.com/getprice.asp?partnum=7736-9010M18

You didn't get affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis. Car looks good.

What type of heat wrapping is that?

heat shield armor. They said it can withstand 1800 F. continuous. I got the 1/2 thick one to do the manifold and down pipe. LOL got tired of my shoes melting in the cosmo. The firewall would get heat soaked and even with air con on your feet are still roasting. So this should help knock down the heat build up.

http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/

heat shield armor
http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/pr...t-shield/47/37

I got it online from

http://store.newlevelmotorsports.com/hparbyhepr.html
They shipped it the same day I ordered it and only took 4 days to reach me in Japan

where I live in Japan, Okinawa was spared from the earth quake. We did get a small tsunami but it arrived right a low tide and did not cause any damage.

Looking good bones!!

Turns out there is a store/dealer 5-10 minutes from me! :)

well I got good news and bad news..... :cry:

the good news is that the FD intercooler is here.

The bad news... it is too wide to fit in there it is 79cm from end tank to end tank. im going to see if I can get a local radator shop to cut about 20 ~ 25 cm off and reweld it. I have never welded alum or I would try it myself.

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start cutting! wheres the cutting disc???