RMS-138

Saw this on Speedhunters and was bummed I haven't seen any updates, glad I found this thread! Keep up the good work, I'm building my FC on a rotisserie too

breckboarder55

Any updates?

Looking for a little motivation and inspiration!

eidk

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I need more of this please.

CJarrett

Hey guys, nice to see some interest. Been getting lots of little things done, will try to get some more pictures tonight, I'm really lazy when it comes to transferring pictures from my camera to the computer it seems...

racingdriver

great job! Good to see someone local building a nice car.

What will you be doing for an engine ? The reason i ask is I have a few laying around.

wouter

SAMSHIZZLE

I was also following it on speed hunters. Glad it's still in the works.

CJarrett

Wouter, planning on running a 13b PP. Have most of the parts, just need some time to get crackin on it. What do you have lying around, and how is your car now, my buddy Dave and I were in the stands right in front of where you went off last year into the concrete barrier at Mission, raw deal.

Yeah still in the works, might get one or two more posts on Speedhunters, but they are changing their format a fair bit, so need to get something good to show on there first.

CJarrett

Finally got the whole chassis primed, used some pretty stout epoxy primer, **** sticks to EVERYTHING. So glad to not have a salmon coloured 7 in the garage now.



Also have the whole underside, wheel wells, and engine bay painted. Wheel wells I did with rubberized undercoating, the rest is a PPG jet black.



Most of the front suspension is on. I have the MMR speedway style sway bar which requires a very different mounting method, but once that is done the front suspension is good to go.



Pettit Racing coils, double adjustable ones, I believe these are one of the first sets for an FC. Interested to see how the heavy spring rates work out on track, 15kg/12kg.



Got one of the wheels on with a 275 Continental slick, pretty wide Going to need to make some pretty wide fenders.



Also starting to get the rear end together. My buddy Dave and I made some rear diff bushings out of UHMW, fit really well. Next up is a front diff mount out of aluminum and UHMW.

I'll try to be better about getting pictures of everything, and getting my *** into gear. The ST season is starting soon!

racingdriver

My car wasn't too bad as the chassis was okay. I rewired the car after the crash and we came back to win ccgp last year.

I am rebuilding a factory IMSA tubeframe mx6/rx7 that ran Daytona and Sebring in 1997. It was crashed in 2011 at the Mitty. There's a video on youtube showing the car running strong. It came with a 13b PP with slide valve injection, Motec ECU, AJR built , quarter master clutch, etc. I will be running my 20b turbo in this car one day.

IAN

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Tanj!

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Any chance you have some specific pictures of the MMR speedway style end links? I inherited a speedway bar, ends, brass bushings etc with a chassis I bought but it had never been installed and I didn't any end links or hardware on how it connected to the car. I've heard that the installation requires some modification of stock bits (cutting?) but I've never seen anyone with them actually installed.

eage8

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I think he means an AWR speedway bar...

mounts like this:




Contact Tony@AWR, I'm sure he'll set you up with all the parts you need to install it.

Tanj!

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@eage8 - Thanks for the pics! First time I've seen how that's done. As I get a bit closer to getting the car on the track I'll give AWR a call for the mounting brackets and the spherical joints.

RX7(613)

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any updates ?

Shadowscreed

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Glad to see your FC is coming along nicely, been following it since the beginning. Working on my own right now while she's down for rebuild. Keep up the great work and good luck.

CJarrett

I need to get some updates! Just about finished painting the chassis, of which I absolutely hate doing. Painting is such a messy, time consuming, and tiring job, especially without a downdraft booth. Next car will be painted by someone else, or outside for sure.

Started building my intake manifold for the peripheral port, and getting the gear I need to do the porting and parts I'll need on my mill/lathe. Going to make my own injector bungs and some new throttle butterflies I think.

I think I'm going to find a bigger set of front brakes as well, lost a couple of auctions on some Wilwood and AP 6 piston brakes for the front, and then I want to run the 4 piston stock mazda units in the rear.

I have been doing a fair bit of side work which is why this project has stalled. Custom exhausts, roll cages, etc.. I'll get some pictures up soon now that I'm back to a somewhat regular routine!

Shadowscreed

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If I were closer I'd come paint it for you

JamesG

I Really like this build - subscribed.

Makes my spring rates and Tein SS look a little meh!

CJarrett

Got the rear suspension in with the new parts Dave (docholiday) and I have been developing. Some pics of the rear subframe and then it installed:

CJarrett

CJarrett

Next up is getting the fuel cell in. Plumbing the brake lines and the dual master cylinders.

Pretty stoked on the progress lately. Feels like a car!

CJarrett

Machined down the stock momo hub so I could get the wheel just far enough away to fit my long arms.







Capped off the front of the frame rails. Will mount the splitter here probably.



Seat mounts are triangulated and stiff enough now to not need a back brace for the seat.



This will become my lower/front control arms. Probably do a set for Dave's car too.

CJarrett

Here are a few of the parts we've developed for this car. All made from american made rod ends, 7075 aluminum, and hardware.

Tanj!

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Any chance you've got more pictures of that front diff mount? Also any plans for selling them?

CJarrett

Here you go. We are selling them for $150 a pop if you're interested.