Xtravagant

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Just got finished up hiding all of the fuse boxes, and getting ac installed!! Got a new power steering reservoir being fabbed up too... cause The one that's on there is hideous haha!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb4Yx4tJxjU

MK3Brent

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How do you feel about that hood?

Xtravagant

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I actually love it!! I daily drive my fd, and everyday at least 1 person says how much they love the hood!! I didn't feel to well about the price tag though Haha! The quality of the hood is pretty good too!

MK3Brent

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Got any new pictures with it on?

Xtravagant

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excuse the white headlight cover lol

CKxx

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Nice car. I saw a few decent videos of a car with that hood on norotors and it really didn't look bad. It's growing on me.

FC3Sstriker

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truly awesome car. got any future plans for it as far as upgrades?

Xtravagant

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Thanks!! Yeah when taxes come in I think im gonna go with a gt3076 or something a bit bigger... I want 450 to the wheels!! My wallet is gonna take another huge hit haha. Im super excited about getting the manifold fabbed!!! And of course someday it will be black and have some nice pretty wheels on it haha!!

FC3Sstriker

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very nice, yea that turbo should get you right around there hehe. worry about the looks later i always say.........well not too later

YoshiFD3S

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JZ motors FTW.

Looks good.

Now just single-turbo that beast.

Xtravagant

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Yeah dude I love it!!! When taxes come in its over haha!!

YoshiFD3S

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Did you get your gauges wired up, or no?

I bought a Dakota Digital Speedo Adapter from Summit so that my speedo would work.

My tach was wired up by my brother during my 2JZ install.

Xtravagant

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yeah we used dakota boxes for them! All of the gauges work except oil pressure...still working on that one

MK3Brent

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For your speedometer, were you able to come off the speed sensor on the side of the R154?

YoshiFD3S

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Brent,

My brother was able to wire up the TACH from the R154, IIRC.

For the SPEEDO though, the OP and I both used the Dakota Digital universal adapters.

MR_Rick

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The hood thing is the only thing I really hate about this swap. If I was ever to do this swap I would have to do a dry sump oiling system just to get the engine down and use the stock hood.

YoshiFD3S

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Yeah, I'm not particularly fond of the hood myself, either...

I could run a stock hood on my FD if I take the GTE plastic valve covers off.

I LIKE the Scoot hood, so I'll end up getting that down the road anyways. :P

MK3Brent

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You need the Dakota adapter boxes, I have them too.
However, for the speedometer did you go off the wheel speed sensor on the side of the R154, or somewhere else.

The tach doesn't come from the transmission..

YoshiFD3S

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lol oops..should have re-read what I typed about the tach signal. Then again, one more reason why my brother did all the wiring for my swap. lol

I'm not sure of the details regarding the wiring for the speedo, Brent.

Xtravagant

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we used a sc300 speedo gear modified from the r154, modified bracket to hold sensor and rewired wires to go to the dakota boxes.

We basically had to drive down the road and play with the dip switches on the dakota box to see which ones worked... ima post a pic of mine up here is just a bit

Xtravagant

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afgolden

where did you get the engine mounts at or did you custom build them?

Xtravagant

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I got everything from tech2

afgolden

oh ok. well i just dont like the hood they have. it looks too weird. if anyone else has found another hood that will work please let me know.

afgolden

and did you get your engine from them or did you buy it from an import motor place?