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schaft 03-04-12 03:36 PM

Keep the pics coming.

charlie 7 03-04-12 10:06 PM

Thanks man for the info..
I will call him if not tomorrow for sure this week ......
How long is it gonna take to get all ur parts ( Swap kit)

aznmagic 03-05-12 03:55 AM

Schaft
Hehe definitely will once im done paintin my catch can



Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11005010)
Thanks man for the info..
I will call him if not tomorrow for sure this week ......
How long is it gonna take to get all ur parts ( Swap kit)

No problem, i actually have all of my parts except one...the mounting kit. Being in Guam it still takes awhile for packages :( that and we got a new post office and for some reason my mounting kit was sent back to Shifted Performance. Greeeattt. But at least ill have everythin prepped by the time it gets here.

charlie 7 03-05-12 05:11 PM

So you should b getting the mount kit n a bit .... great..you have to keep me update it wit pics and all the info you can provide me cuz im getting closer to do mine =D
hey wich bump steer kit you goin wit?

aznmagic 03-06-12 02:15 AM


Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11005881)
So you should b getting the mount kit n a bit .... great..you have to keep me update it wit pics and all the info you can provide me cuz im getting closer to do mine =D
hey wich bump steer kit you goin wit?

Yes hopefully the post office doesnt mess it up again. Hehe ill def. keep you updated. Im probably going to go with samberg

charlie 7 03-06-12 01:08 PM

What do u meant again? ???
I think im going the same route as u !!! Samberg kit with sp swap kit!!!!

aznmagic 03-06-12 01:31 PM


Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11006960)
What do u meant again? ???
I think im going the same route as u !!! Samberg kit with sp swap kit!!!!

Well since we got a new post office, ive been waiting since october for them to deliver it. But then i get worried and ask Tony if it got back to him. And apparently it just got back to Tony :( so im probably going to FEDEX it now. Yeah i was honestly thinking if making my own bumpsteer correction kit because of the price, but i need to do a lot of research on fabricating it

charlie 7 03-06-12 04:14 PM

oh I see! !! Well I really wish you good luck on the shipping process fedex. Ups.and post office like to play football with customers stuff..lol own experience jiji
Anyways who did the wiring?

aznmagic 03-06-12 04:17 PM


Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11007167)
oh I see! !! Well I really wish you good luck on the shipping process fedex. Ups.and post office like to play football with customers stuff..lol own experience jiji
Anyways who did the wiring?

Thanks!! I appreciate the positive comments. I did the wiring with Tony's help. http://www.rx7store.net/product_p/mr-6314.htm

Btw i was thinking of going with this for the bump steer but i need to research and contact them to see what else i need

charlie 7 03-06-12 05:08 PM

For what I know sambergs kit last longer then hinsons
But dnt take my word do ur
Own research! !!!
I google it and thats what other ppl have mentione...
Can't wait to see ur final product!!!

charlie 7 03-06-12 05:10 PM

Another question?
Why 1jz instead of a 2jz?

aznmagic 03-06-12 05:36 PM


Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11007222)
Another question?
Why 1jz instead of a 2jz?

"There was actually 1 main reason. Being in Guam were very limited to resources and it was actually a blessing to find this motor normally this motor along with the SR20DET and LSX motors are gone within the day. And if you outsource from Japan or anywhere else it is averaged around $5000 including shipping. I dont have that deep of pockets haha"

Also on that note there are a total of 2-3 supras on island in which only 1 of them is actually kind of running. So its very hard to get a complete motor on island. And there is also no dyno....

charlie 7 03-06-12 06:06 PM

Damn sucks!!!!
Im goin to do the 1jz swap
Just b cuz is alil smaller then the 2j tha will give a lil more room for the hood...

aznmagic 03-06-12 06:28 PM


Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11007311)
Damn sucks!!!!
Im goin to do the 1jz swap
Just b cuz is alil smaller then the 2j tha will give a lil more room for the hood...

Thats another reason i forgot about hehe

stilettoman 03-06-12 11:40 PM

Engine Swapping on Guam??????
 
Most of us who do these swaps have the convenience of numerous parts stores, salvage yards, and here in Seattle, at least a half dozen Japanese engine importers. It will certainly take some inventiveness and improvising skills to do it so far away from mainstream automotive mania ( i.e., California). You get extra points for tackling this job under challenging circumstances!

My father was a civilian working for the Air Force, and was chief planning engineer for Anderson AFB. He started with the wartime Quonset huts in about 1950, and when he died in 1966, the Air Force had more money invested in Anderson than any air base in the world. I spent my summers there starting in 1954, when I was 16 years old, got my first drivers license on Guam. I drove around the island in my father's 1948 Studebaker. By about 1956 it had rusted to the point it was just scrap. Virtually all of the WWII jeeps were dissolved to rust by the early 1950s. People who have not lived there cannot appreciate the corrosion problems you have to deal with.

I recently did a Skyline swap into a 1984 RX-7, but I can't imagine doing it in the middle of the Pacific! Some photos here: https://www.rx7club.com/nw-rx-7-forum-33/next-project-982785/

aznmagic 03-07-12 03:11 AM


Originally Posted by stilettoman (Post 11007751)
Most of us who do these swaps have the convenience of numerous parts stores, salvage yards, and here in Seattle, at least a half dozen Japanese engine importers. It will certainly take some inventiveness and improvising skills to do it so far away from mainstream automotive mania ( i.e., California). You get extra points for tackling this job under challenging circumstances!

My father was a civilian working for the Air Force, and was chief planning engineer for Anderson AFB. He started with the wartime Quonset huts in about 1950, and when he died in 1966, the Air Force had more money invested in Anderson than any air base in the world. I spent my summers there starting in 1954, when I was 16 years old, got my first drivers license on Guam. I drove around the island in my father's 1948 Studebaker. By about 1956 it had rusted to the point it was just scrap. Virtually all of the WWII jeeps were dissolved to rust by the early 1950s. People who have not lived there cannot appreciate the corrosion problems you have to deal with.

I recently did a Skyline swap into a 1984 RX-7, but I can't imagine doing it in the middle of the Pacific! Some photos here: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=982785


Thanks for the brownie points!!! Im glad someone can understand the amount of work and corrosion control being put into this build. It must have been completely different for you and your father to be here back then. Its somewhat different now, well at least they dont have those huts. But Andersen is definitely growing in so many ways.

Your swap looks phenomenal! I wish i knew how to fabricate... One step at a time. First im learning how to paint. More on that after i complete my catch can with gunmetal ;)

Starting to sand my bumper for the car paint. This will be my second test in car painting.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/33cef119.jpg
ALMOST THERE!!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/56ad6836.jpg
Ahhhh just need the bottom part finished then its time to paint it.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/556dd7bb.jpg

They say painting is VERY easy. Its the prep time that is the most difficult. So i want to take my time with everything on painting. I already lost my patience with my catch can....yup 3rd time is the charm

aznmagic 03-07-12 02:22 PM

Had some time to work on my catch can. I didnt like the color so im painting it to gunmetal, its primered right now and will be awaiting its new paint later today*
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/8e7b37d1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/1fdb909c.jpg

charlie 7 03-07-12 07:58 PM

Aznmagic are you running stock suspension or coiil overrs?

BongBong 03-07-12 08:58 PM

Nice build I used to live there at Barrigada Hts. RE Amemiya and top secret are close from Narita.

aznmagic 03-07-12 09:57 PM


Originally Posted by charlie 7 (Post 11008771)
Aznmagic are you running stock suspension or coiil overrs?

Im actually running R1 shocks and springs

BongBong
"Nice build I used to live there at Barrigada Hts. RE Amemiya and top secret are close from Narita."

Really? Barrigada heights, That is a beautiful area. I do want to get some top secret items....but then again i have a frankestein....i think a lot of my items will be customized

stilettoman 03-07-12 11:15 PM

Catch Can
 
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If you looked at my Cardomain pages, you saw the Stiletto project. Well, since you are working on your catch can, I thought you would like to see the one I used on the Stiletto. I thought that since the motor is Kawasaki, I should use a Japanese catch can.

aznmagic 03-07-12 11:33 PM


Originally Posted by stilettoman (Post 11009007)
If you looked at my Cardomain pages, you saw the Stiletto project. Well, since you are working on your catch can, I thought you would like to see the one I used on the Stiletto. I thought that since the motor is Kawasaki, I should use a Japanese catch can.


AHAHAHA!! My friend actually used a MONSTER can cuz someone stole his catch can. That is amazing tho

aznmagic 03-08-12 08:02 PM

Got my resistors!!!!
Now i can make my own resistor pack for the price of $27 instead of $200....ripoff...
Going to paint my catch can, motorcycle fairings, and bumper today, so stay tuned!!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k5...6/c5920888.jpg

schaft 03-08-12 08:19 PM

Prep work sucka but the end result is amazing.

hunts187 03-08-12 08:41 PM

very cool build!


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