After 3 years of working on my rx3 I am just now posting pics. So what do ya think?

 

Here are some more pics.

 

Hera are a few more pics. Look close at the rear wheel wells.

 

Junk it, I'll pick it up for free.


Outstanding job there. I wish I had that kinda of time and money to put into my rx-2. Keep up the good work and keep us posted when you get it running.

 

wow dude thats gonna be a sweet rx3. how hard was it to do the radiator/fan/ oil cooler and what ever else that piece was. lates matt22

 

wow, nice work. drag racing, right? estimated 1/4 times? reminds me of my repu going thru restoration, but without the turbo.

 

Wow! Very nice.

What is this? The thing that is blue on both ends.

 

That is a watter to air intercooler. And the thing in front of the rad is a heat exchanger. Instead of air blowing across the intercooler to remove the heat from the compressed air it uses watter that is circulated trough the intercooler to remove the heat. Then the watter is pumped to the front of the car and the heat exchanger removes the heat like a rad. The watter to air vs air to air is about 13 times more eficent. Imagine haveing a red hot peice of metal and blowing air across it to cool it off. Now take that same peice of metal and dump 2 gal of watter on it. The only problem is that the watter will slowly heat up over a period of time. So this system is only good for short bursts.

It wasnt that hard to mount the rad,oil cooler, and heat exchanger. Went to tractor supply racing and bough some small square tubeing and made a framework for everything. It is a very tight fit.

This will be a street car that I will drad race every once and a while. The motor is stock, so on this build I am shooting for around 450 hp witch should put this 1800 pound car in the mid 9s. Next winter I plan on going trough the motor and dowling,porting, and mabe a larger turbo. Then the hp goal will be 500-550.

 

A tubbed street car with a lenco? Jerico? My kinda street car. I like it. Very cool. In an earlier post you said we should look closely at the rear fenderwells. I looked and looked but I'm not sure what Im supposed to be seeing.

 

I think he was trying to say look at the size of the wheels on that Tubbed Rear.

 

Wow!!! That is great. I wish I had the patience to do something like that. Very nice work.

Post your time slips when you run it.

 

That is beauifull!!! Good job on it

 

sweet. that intercooler is gonna generate some heat, i hope it gets covered up. and with the sheetmetal floor i the passenger seat will be the hot seat.

real nice job again by the way. that thing is gonna haul

 

I will probably never ride in the passenger seat. And no the floor will not cover the intercooler. Why hide it? What I was seeing was if anyone noticed that I streched the wheel wells 3 inches. I am happy that nobody noticed, that means that I did a good job. Thanks for all the positive feedback it makes me feel alot better about spending that much time/money knowing that people really like it.

 

Very sneaky. Good job. Definitely a cool car. Im jealous. Post as many pics as you can, thats fun lookin ride.

 

Hopefully I will get the car tuned by the end of next month. It runs now by I still have a few details and parts to sort out. It should be a handful to drive.

 

Wow nice job bro, tubed out street car its a good thing you dont live in LA.

 

sweet ride ... good job

 

These guys are right! Your vega is real nice!

 

Man that looks great! Do you have any more pics of that rearend? Im doing a similar setup on my RX2.

 

Best looking vega in the tri state area.

What aspects of the rearend do you want pics of?

 

How are these?

 

great work!! I wish I was back in Texas to see it in person. is david's old car?

 

That looks awesome man did you fabricate it yourself?

 

Bad *** creation! Hats off. Can't wait to see some vids of it.

Did you buy that car from California? I had a buddy with a blue one like that and it went to TX when he sold it.

-Mark