The build looks great brother. If i ever owned an rx8 i would like it to look just like this one .

 

Damn i need to get off my *** and get my car running!!

 

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

C

 

Lets do it!

C

 

Quick update.

All my piping is finished in wrinkle black powder...can't wait to get it installed.

Chris

 

Got the pipes in to make sure they fit and started working on the aluminum radiator cover plate...getting closer.

C

 

awesome, like the cover and love the wrinkle coat

 

Glad you like it...specially since the cover will be wrinkle coat as well

C

 

like the wrinkle paint im doing the same thing on my car.

 

Slowly getting there...

 

Hey now. I think you'll have to put a wiggins clamp on the turbo intake, too.
Don't think you can start slacking now

Looks awesome.

 

Hmmm, I thought about that but I'm not fond of welding to the compressor housing any more...the one on the side can be cut off and cleaned up if needed but I don't think the one on the intake would work the same way. Maybe for next winter

C

 

chris,
im trying to get ideas to mount my fpr off the firewall, any chance you could shoot a pic of your fpr up close so i can check out the line setup and mount to UIM? thanks....car looks kickass btw!

 

For a mount I used this stud with the spacer/standoff that you see there (its painted red in this pic):



I then used the factory FPR mount but flipped upside down, you can see the mount in this video at 0:45:


I drilled a hole on the mount that would locate it where I wanted it but you could also make/buy something like this for the same effect:

http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server80....1280.1280.jpg


As for the fuel lines, Its a bit of a mess and might not match what you are doing because mine is meant for E85...

There is a Y at the feed from the pumps which is -10AN splitting into two -6AN lines. One goes to each fuel rail and the returns go to either side of the FPR. The bottom of the FPR goes back to the tank.

I hope this helps.

Chris

 

Thanks! That gives me some ideas. As OCD as i am **** like this gets complicated!!

 

I changed some things...can you tell?

 

Wow looks awesome. Did you change the clamps to silver from purple? lol... that's all I can see

 

Yup! I didn't change them though, I glass bead blasted them and then I ran them on Scotchbrite belt to give them a brushed finish.

Chris

 

looks good bro!
is that a toyota AFM? looks like the one on my IS300

 

Its the OEM RX-8 one

Chris

 

Id like it better in my garage Chris..

 

Wow that wrinkle coat makes the bay look classy as hell!

 

Gonna black out the braided lines and AN fittings too? Wrinkle black the UIM and you'll have midnight in the engine bay.

 

The lines are next but we will see when I get to that...I just want to drive it now. The UIM was just done in wrinkle red so I wont be changing that for a while

Chris

 

LOL, it looks just like the IS300 AFM