Sounds awesome Rich.

On a side note, those Fikses are some badass looking rims.

 

Tip looks great where it is!

Rich, pm/im me the cleaning process you use on your Fikses. Do yours have the clear coated spokes? You have given me motivation to clean mine. Tires on the back...look like what I had (for about 2500 miles): Nitto Extremes?

Sound is great! I think Sean designed a "spot-on" system!

Tony

 

Thanks Tony. The rears have been professionally repolished, the fronts still have the factory clear coat. I use Eagle 1 metal polish to keep them clean (comes in a circular silver and black container).

For tires, I have BFG G force KDs in 275/40/17 on the back.

As far as the exhaust, it sounds mean as hell when I let her rip....only revved to about 6k so far, but it definitely sounds like the car means business, lol

 

Is it that quiet or was that a bad recording? How is it at 3k rpm cruise on the freeway? Was it cold or all the smoke was becasue of no cat installed?

 

It's pretty damn loud in person, although not much louder than your typical 3 inch dp/mp FD. I drove the car more today in Ihor's neighborhood at low speeds and the exhaust noise level is tolerable, although it's all subjective.

The smoke was fuel, the car needs tuning. I haven't had a cat since 2001, so I'm used to seeing crap come out of my tailpipe .

I made some short pulls today (like 3k to 6k rpms in 2nd gear) with the boost controller off (12 psi spring) and saw 15 psi by about 3700 rpm. Car definitely boosts more quickly than on the old setup, and it's really pulling by the time I upshift at 6k rpm. The exhaust note really sounds good at WOT, deep and mean

I spent some time cleaning up the wiring in the engine bay with electrical tape and wire loom, so snapped a fresh pic of the engine bay. I also took a shot of the IR Performance official mascot, David the Dog. He turned 7 yesterday

 

Thanks Alberto, glad you like it

 

Nice clean job..

 

What is the issue with tuning? Thought you had someone out there?
Tony

 

David the dog is the pimp! Rich why dont you tune it yourself? power fc+ datalogit+wideband+Excel file= Joy

 

Is the pimp on a silk carpet? It looks Persian.

 

I plan to have JD tune it when he has the free time, should be pretty soon.

Yeah, David is one bad ****-----he's kinda like Jules from Pulp Fiction, with more hair

 

The air filter you sent me fit just perfect my car is running top notch... thank you

 

Maybe I missed something but you are running an electrical water pump?

 

Ok, great, glad it got there in time. I mailed it from the Clifton post office and that place is a nightmare, the lines are always so looooong, lol

 

Nope, OEM water pump with Gotham polished underdrive pulley.

 

sounds pretty awesome! the exhaust doesn't sounds any more raw than clips of any other turbo rotary with 3-inches, so i guess the extra inch diameter only makes a difference with flow upstairs, but no undue noise penalty. SWEET!

the car is a beauty. you should be very proud.

 

THX, you seem to have deleted the coolant filler neck and replaced with straight lines to the radiator. Could you please explain why? Was it about the deletion of the ASt system?

I'm debating the AST deletion but I'm looking at different options about how to do so.

Neal

 

thanks man, I appreciate it

 

Hi Neal,

I have the AST delete. It's a second gen part that can only be used with a 2 piece filler neck. It just bolts right on. You run the thin coolant hose from the rad to the bottom (metal) nipple, and the overflow hose to the top (plastic) nipple.

 

Lookin great Rich. Glad everything is coming togeather. Sounds good too!

 

Looks like your only using one nipple on your 3rdgenrx7.com collar between the filter and the turbo?

Did you cap the other nipple? What do you have hooked up?

Are you not running oil metering?

Project looks great!

 

thanks Shawn. My good bud chris carlisi is living down in your neck of the woods, he mentioned you guys were going to meet up.

I'm running oil metering---that hose you see goes from the omp injectors to the compressor cover---i drilled and tapped a hole with a 1/8 npt nipple.

Unfortunately I can't run your collar, b/c the turbo sits so close to the rad, there isnt any room for it. Hell, there's barely any room for an air filter, lol.

 

Looks good Rich, the hard work is paying off. You and Ihor did a great job. Cant wait to see this car on the road in action.

 

Thanks Mark. You'll get to see it soon enough .

I had the car out today, and after richening up the map decided to rip on it a bit.

Going WOT in 2nd/3rd gear at 3000 rpms, I see 15-16 psi by 3600-3700 rpms. Also, cruising in 5th at 3000, I see 15 psi by 3500 rpms. The entire powerband feels strong as hell. With my new setup (vs my old one) I have also moved to a GZ LIM and 4 inch full exhaust, so I'm not slamming on the BNRs in any way. However, the car feels like it really might be making 450 to the ground at 15 psi, based on my old setup making 390 rwhp at that boost level.

I took my dad out on the highway---he owns a 290 rwhp FD and has ridden in/driven my FD through all it's iterations, and he basically said 'I didn't think these cars could be this fast on pump gas boost levels'

My sticky 275 width BFG G force KDs in the back have trouble keeping traction all through 2nd gear......getting abbreviated wheel spin at 70 mph takes some getting used to, lol

 

Sounds awesome Rich. Just wait till you crank it up even more!