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Mississippi FD - 383CI Forged LS1 Stroker Build
Hello,
At the request of quite a few club members who have stumbled onto my build hosted on another forum I am making a copy available here. I will be posting almost 2 years worth of material in this thread over the next few hours/days. I know engine swaps aren't exactly smiled upon here, so I am prepared for some flaming, but please, keep it reasonable and grown up. My engine choice may not be what many of you would choose, but I think other aspects of my build may interest some of you especially since I document with a lot of pictures :D My name is Lane Simmons, I'm a 29 year old Electrical Engineer and I have been interested in building a V8 RX7 for about 4 years now. I've owned 2 mr2's over the past 10 years but recently got my chance to switch over to RX7's and I made my move after selling my mr2 turbo to my younger brother. I was very fortunate to meet someone locally who was selling their 1993 FD roller + 1 7/8 JTR headers + full Hinson's V8 conversion over eBay. After talking to the owner extensively over the phone we worked out a price and I purchased it directly. At the time, he was pulling the LS1 he'd built for the RX7 to put into his 69 (If I remember correctly) Camaro. However, a few weeks down the road he offered to sell me the engine, transmission, and clutch as well because someone made an offer on the Camaro he apparently couldn't refuse. It turned out that it was an offer I too could not refuse. Plan - Engine: Ls1 aluminum block built for 10.4:1 compression with only 4k miles on it as built. Complete assembly is balanced Forged flat top 3.90" Mahle pistons Forged Eagle rods Forged Eagle stroker crank with 4" stroke designed to displace 383CI. Patriot LQ9 heads with 72cc chambers 2.055"/1.60" valves with harland sharp 1.7 roller rockers. Comp pushrods and lifters. Gm performance oil Pump and chain Arp rod and main bolts Trick flow head gaskets Patriot custom cam .585"/.585" lift, 226/226 duration and 112 lsa 0 miles on the Water pump, Ac Compressor and both tensioners Brand new msd coils and wires. LS6 Intake + PCV conversion Clutch: Monster Stage 2 Transmission: 30 spline Viper T56 with Corvette bell and tail housings. Rear End: Cobra 04 pumpkin with 3.55 gears and DSS axles. Fuel: Sumped fuel tank Bosch 044 pump SVO #42 Greentop injectors Aeromotive FPR 8AN Supply line 6AN return line Drivetrain mounts: All Samberg with cobra cradle + DSS driveshaft and axles. All the Hinson related stuff you see in these pictures has been sold. Electronics: (Done by yours truly) A complete harness overhaul which to my knowledge is one of the biggest FD wiring projects I've ever seen documented online. Full Speedhut gauge install Racelogic TC Suspension/Wheels/Brakes/Steering: Full Superpro bushing kit New pillowballs Koni Yellows + GC Coilover upgrades Hawk HPS pads Stoptech SS brake lines 17x10 +35 5zigen FN01R-C's with 275/40/17R and 255/40/17F tires Work lug nuts Power Steering line by Pez Cooling: Samberg Rev2 radiator + CAI Exterior: 99+ JDM Tails 99 Front bumper, combo lights, and front spoiler Shaved rear spoiler, wiper arm, and spray nozzle (My build started with a touring chassis) Aluminum door handles Hella Twin Supertone Horns DIY HID Projector Upgrade which includes the following: Morimoto 3Five Ballasts (35w) Bi-xenon: Morimoto Mini projectors Philips 85122+ (4300K) bulbs E55 Shrouds Crystal Clear lenses on stock RX7 light housings. Interior: Tan to Black conversion. All I have so far is some sub 30k black leather seats I picked up 2 weeks ago. ACC carpet MGW T56 short shifter MGW 6 speed shift knob Momo Tuner Steering Wheel Momo Hub NRG Quick Release Redline leather trim SakeBomb aluminum passenger handle JasonS floor mats Lizard Skin sound control Exhaust: 1 7/8" JTR Longtube Headers Custom dual 3" exhaust by Kevin Doe Power: 400-500WHP :D Lane |
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I started this project in a storage unit. This is it back when I had room to move around.
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Worked in the shop for about 6 hours today. Didn't accomplish much. Managed to get the car on jack stands (holy crap this
baby's light!). I also installed a driver's side aluminum door handle from www.rx7doorhandles.com (can get them for $160 on eBay (yeah, hindsight is 20/20)). I tried to tape up my engine intake/exhaust ports, but even after degreasing my painter's tape wouldn't stick to the surface of the block/head. Finally, I spent a 2 hours chasing and cleaning 5 block holes for the transmission. Apparently, a PO mounted the engine to and engine stand using 3/8" - 16 bolts instead of using M10-1.50 bolts and marred the threads. Wasn't catastrophic, but I'm a perfectionist when it comes to threads and I spent the time to make it right. Other than that, I just cleaned and organized. Bought a propane bullet heater and a 1000Watt tripod mounted light system to help keep the shop workable so that had to be installed and set up :) Got a new toy the other day too: Attachment 723885 Attachment 723886 Attachment 723887 A low mileage Cobra Diff! Now all I need to do is see if I can find some prebuilt DSS axles from somebody who isn't using them and I'll be set :D Attachment 723888 Lane |
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Got a little work done Saturday. I'm trying to focus on cleaning and prepping the engine bay for paint, so I tried to remove
what I could. Because of failing shop lights (Damn cheap Autozone lights), I spent half the afternoon running to Lowes to find replacement 500wat halogen bulbs. In the end, I really only managed to remove the engine harness. Attachment 723889 Nice to have one of these bad boys when it's snowing outside :D Attachment 723890 Can you spot what's missing here? Attachment 723891 I bought the RX7 with the ABS deleted but since this is going to be my daily driver, I sold the ABS delete to reinstall the ABS. The ABS delete looks like a well thought out solution. Attachment 723892 Attachment 723893 Attachment 723894 Good bends and was very stealthy. Lane |
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I managed to almost completely strip the engine bay and interior. The only thing left in the engine bay is short brake
hardlines that go to the fenders, windshield wiper actuator, subframe (only loosely connected), and the hood latch assembly. I went ahead and stripped out the body harness (not for the feint of heart for those who haven't attempted it) because I want to strip out all the unnecessary circuits and because it will make painting the engine bay easier. I'm also stripping out the entire airbag system as I'm planning on going with an aftermarket steering wheel anyway. Attachment 723895 Attachment 723896 Something I noticed when removing everything up front is that if you have your fd on jackstands, the front end gets so light that the rear two jackstands form a pivot point and it becomes VERY easy to tip it backwards. Because of this, I put a jack under the diff to stabilize things :ohnoes: I also worked on stripping out the interior: Attachment 723897 The only reason the carpet is still there is because I haven't removed the rear bins. I'm planning on lizard skinning everything and putting some new black carpet in. Also, while the dash and ducting are out, I'm going to thoroughly clean everything, especially the ducting. I didn't take pictures, but the blower fan is full of crap along with the evaporator and heater core. It'll be nice to know that the FD will be blowing non-smelly air when it goes back together :D That's pretty much it so far. Next week I'll hopefully be able to start prepping the engine bay for paint so that I'll be able to paint it two weeks from now. I'm planning on painting the bay and all my mounting hardware with POR15. I bought a 30 gallon compressor the other week that I think will be up to the task: Attachment 723898 All I need to do now is buy the paint and buy a paint gun. Oh, and look at all the goodies that showed up over the last 2 weeks! Attachment 723899 Attachment 723900 Attachment 723901 Attachment 723902 Attachment 723903 Attachment 723904 The last pic is the ABS Actuator that ssrx8 sold me (great guy). I also got the hard lines from him but didn't take pictures. Lane |
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Attachment 723906 Whole lotta nothing happening lately. That's a picture of the shop 2 weeks ago. It's way too crowded. I'm really at the point where stuff NEEDS to go back into the car because I don't have room for any more disassembling. I'm using the PVC to build the framework and the box fans for intake/exhaust of a home-made clean room for the front of my car for painting the engine bay. My engine bay has been degreased and sanded for 2 weeks, but I keep finding things I need to take care of before I paint. Mainly, cut/grind down the lip that interferes with some intake manifolds. The P/O beat the lip down and I didn't want to paint it like that, sooooo, I bought an air cutter and an angle grinder and got to work. It took fooorever. Probably didn't buy the right tools for the job (rotary cutter). I felt like I could have ground it down faster. All-in-all I probably spent 3-4 hours getting it right. After that I had a lovely coat of powdered sheet metal all over my engine bay danget! Cleaning is a PITA for me because my shop/storage facility doesn't have running water, so I have to buy jugs of water and use a pressurized sprayer to wash with. I won't even go into the details of how keep the water off the floor... The other thing that's been keeping me from painting the engine bay is this: Attachment 723907 I've decided that while I've got everything stripped down I might as well take care of the wheel wells: Attachment 723908 Prepped and masked. Attachment 723909 Done I LOVE this stuff! I've only done the front wheel wells, but as soon as I disassemble my rear end I'm going to do the rear wells, my fuel tank, and I'll probably end up doing the transmission tunnel. Buy this stuff in cases gentlemen because you'll want to paint everything with it :D Lets see, what else do I have to report..... Oh, I got my Cobra inners.. Attachment 723910 Some misc goodies: Attachment 723911 Attachment 723912 Attachment 723913 AND! I ordered a set of 5zigen FN01R-C Hot's in matte black from 1010tires.com. Four 17x10" with a +35 offsets: https://www.1010tires.com/images/whe...b_lg_super.jpg I'll be running 255/40/17's in them. Not crazy about stretching the tires, but I'll need the clearance even after a fender roll I'm afraid. Oh well, worth it in my opinion. This is the stance I'm after: https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...D/100_2988.jpg ballinnmiami240sx's RX7 minus the red pinstripes. I hadn't planned on buying wheels this early in the project, but I decided to go ahead because 101tires had them in stock and I didn't want to deal with availability problems 2 months down the road. Guess that's it. I think I'm going to take a few days off the first of April to have a paint week. Other than my engine bay, I've got subframes and a boatload of suspension parts to dress. Cheers! Lane |
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Took Thursday off for a 4 day weekend to try and wrap up my engine bay paint job.
As mentioned earlier, I've been working on notching the firewall so I'll have the option of upgrading to a fast intake later without messing up my pretty paint. This is it after a lot of grinding and a very small amount of filler. Attachment 723923 You can see it in later pics but I also hit it with some high build primer. Smoothed out very well :) I finished the work on the notch on Thursday. On Friday I finished prepping my engine bay for paint, built a makeshift paint booth, and masked 90% of the bay. Double filtered box fans :) Attachment 723924 Attachment 723925 Exhaust fan in the front Attachment 723926 Input fan up top Attachment 723927 Inside Attachment 723928 Masked Finally, on Sunday, I painted the engine bay. Attachment 723929 1 coat of POR15 and 1 coat of BLACKCOAT (POR15's UV protected topcoat) Attachment 723930 Glad I built a tent. POR15 is naaasty stuff Attachment 723931 Respirator after first coat (Don't worry, I had extra filters) Attachment 723932 What the box fans picked up |
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The $30 workhorse What I learned about spraying POR15: 1. Plan to have more light at your disposal than you think you need 2. Get the best goggles you can afford - The $2 splash gaurd "goggles" at lowes didn't cut it. Even though the have an egonomic look, they aren't airtight and POR15 fumes are serious! Serious enough that even though I couldn't 'smell' the fumes, my eyes 'felt' them :( 3. GET THE BEST GOGGLES YOU CAN AFFORD! - If you are shooting in the southeast, it's humid, and your mask will fog. I had some drips in my paint because I couldn't see the wet edge of the paint (my fault for continuing). Fixed it with a $12 pair that sealed to my face and was thermal. 4. POR15 solvent burns! Get some overspray on your ankle, just wipe it off with some POR15 solvent right? Wrong! Funny thing is, their solvent is greasy and I had to use Acetone get it all off and stop the burning. I know... I'm stupid :D Overall, it was a good learning experience. Now I feel better about buying a better spray gun because I think my confidence is high enough that I'll actually use it. Next week I'm going to try and paint my subframe parts. Lane PS Still working on the front harness. It's a real bear. I HATE The X connectors. Every other connector is so well documented, but the X connectors just pop in-and-out of every page. You basically have to read the manual cover to cover for each X connector while taking detailed notes to know what you can ax and what you need to keep. Working on X-7, X-10, and X-4 at the moment.. Ugh... |
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Finished buttoning up my tail housing today:
Attachment 723934 Pressing in the viper output shaft bushing (I was flush when I finished) Attachment 723935 Viper output shaft seal Attachment 723936 Pressing in the seal Attachment 723937 Output shaft porn! Attachment 723938 Shrinkage :) Attachment 723939 All Done If I didn't already explain it, this T56 came from a 2001 Viper. It has a Fbody input shaft, front plate, bell housing, and tail housing. I bought it 98% done. I just had to have the tail housing machined to accept the viper seal. It was machined for the bushing, but for some reason the seal section hadn't been touched. Here's some shots of the work I've been doing over the last few weeks paint wise: Attachment 723940 Rear wheel wells masked for 3M Rubberized Underbody spray Attachment 723941 Finished Attachment 723942 1 1/2" PVC Cube to hang stuff on inside my paint booth Attachment 723943 Booth skeleton and cube Attachment 723944 Xray view |
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Complete Attachment 723946 Results - Front to Back = Samberg Transmission Brace, Cobra Diff Mount, LS1 Subframe, and OEM Rear Subframe Attachment 723947 Too bad this stuff sits under the car :( All done with POR15 I also coated my transmission tunnel with 3M Rubberized Underbody spray, but I didn't get pictures of it because I didn't want to remove my masking while it was still wet. I think that does it for paint except for little things like the Brake booster, which I'll probably do with a rattle can. I'm excited because I'm about to start putting things back IN the car :D Koni's also came in today :D Attachment 723948 Attachment 723949 Cheers! Lane |
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Made a good deal of progress over the last two weeks.
I recently made the decision that since my car is going to be more of a daily driver, maybe I should downgrade the clutch from a 6 puck to something with a little more surface area. After talking to the guys from Monster, they graciously allowed me to return my stage 4 clutch disk in exchange for a stage 2. This is their latest compound and I haven?t even seen pictures of a disk like mine until it arrived :) Attachment 723950 This is my stage 4 clutch disk that I sent in for an exchange: Attachment 723951 The guys are Monster Clutch were truly a pleasure to deal with. If this cluth performs as I expect it to they?ve gained a lifetime customer. Installed: Attachment 723952 Now here?s a picture of my T56 with the slave, clutch line and remote bleeder installed. This picture really makes it look like a over-greased the input shaft? I?m trying to tell myself that it?ll be ok. Hope it?s not going to cause a friction problem down the road :( Attachment 723953 Spent some time cleaning my engine too. While I was at it I removed the coils so I could take a look at what was under the valve covers: Attachment 723954 Attachment 723955 Pretty happy to see the harland sharp rockers and the upgraded springs because I bought this engine with a lot of faith in the seller since I couldn?t tear it down on site. So far, everything he said has been the truth :) Now for some BEEF! Attachment 723956 Attachment 723957 |
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On to other things? This is what $1k gets you from Ray: Attachment 723959 Found some time to replace my pillow balls today? The scoundrels: Attachment 723960 The heros: Attachment 723961 Action shot: Attachment 723962 Done: Attachment 723963 I think that?s it for the good news? I found something lovely when I removed the bushing that was adapting the oil pressure port to a 1/8? NPT for a manual gauge. Attachment 723964 Attachment 723965 Apparently another example of metric and SAE confusion as this bushing should have been threaded for M16x1.5. The end result is that the first few threads are really torn up. Thankfully the PO didn?t try to force the bushing in any further. I?m going to order a M16x1.5 tap and try to carefully chase what?s left of the threads. Hopefully I can get something usable. The bottom threads look promising :) One last thing. Here?s a picture of the transmission tunnel I painted two weeks ago with 3M rubberized underbody coating :) Attachment 723966 Lane |
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Got a good bit done over my three day weekend:
Cleaned up my rack and installed new boots. Afterwards I installed the rack spacers + Superpro bushings on my Samburg subframe: Attachment 723967 Attachment 723968 Making a hole to roll my engine around: Attachment 723969 Getting the level right: Attachment 723970 Me - Very Excited :) Attachment 723971 Attachment 723972 Attachment 723973 Attachment 723974 Aligning the motor mounts: Attachment 723975 All done! (My brother and helper for the day) Attachment 723976 Attachment 723977 |
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Stripping the interior for the transmission brace install (among other things):
Attachment 723978 Installing Samburg's transmission mount: Attachment 723979 Dropping my rear 93 subframe so my 94 subframe can go in along with my Samburg Cobra diff subframe and differential. Attachment 723980 Out: Attachment 723981 I actually got my 94 subframe in today, but didn't snap any pictures. I'm pretty confident that my car will be running in a month. I have made a few changes to my plan electrically and I'm modifying my front harness so that I have 1 fuse / relay box in the engine bay instead of 3. I'm about half way done, but I'll probably spend the rest of the week wrapping it up. Next thing on the list to do is to install the cobra diff, take drive shaft measurements, and make the order. Likewise, I need to design, order, and install my fuel system. That should all happen in the next 2 weeks. Lane |
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Well I felt like I got a lot accomplished this weekend, but I don't have much to show for it.
Firstly, I finally got around to building my Cobra axles: Attachment 723982 I've played around with CV joints before on my MR2, so I knew what to expect. It's a messy messy time consuming job, but I think the end result is worth it. As a bonus I wrote a mini tutorial for how to assemble the tripod end correctly http://www.norotors.com/index.php?topic=988.0.html That's all the pictures I took though. Seriously.... I was covered from head to toe in grease Saturday night, so I didn't really want to grab my camera mid assembly :D Leftovers: Attachment 723983 Next I started working on prepping my cobra diff and mounting it. Diff: Attachment 723984 Samburg modified cover: Attachment 723985 Prepped for RTV: Attachment 723986 RTV engaged: Attachment 723987 Installed: Attachment 723988 Attachment 723989 |
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And some misc shots from under the car:
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It's been really hot the last two weekends. Having a to work in triple digits in a storage bin has been slowing me down
considerably, but I'm getting by. Just trying to keep hydrated :) Last weekend I got started on my fuel system: Attachment 723994 Mounted my external Bosch 044: Attachment 723995 And my Automotive FPR: Attachment 723996 It made me mad though, because up until this point I've been thinking I could fenagle my cruise control modulator in there somehow, but now with the master and the FPR occupying the same spot, there's no way I can see without a custom bracket :( Master and FPR clearance. Looks like a need a remote line to run to my fuel pressure gauge. Need one with a right angle... Attachment 723997 Other goodies I got last weekend: Attachment 723998 Attachment 723999 Something I'm working on with the electrical supplies above: Attachment 724000 Certainly not the best fused relay solution, but I think I'm going to use it for a while. This week I put my press to work: I started on my RX7 rear bearings: Pressing out the spindle: Attachment 724001 I never have been a fan of cutting off the race. I've found that a 2/3 jaw puller works just fine with a little muscle: Attachment 724002 Attachment 724003 |
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Pressing out the bearings:
Attachment 724004 Instead of buying a $19 socket (One of the biggest Autozone sold), I bought a $3 exhaust piece to press out the bearing as shown above as it had the perfect diameter for the job. Attachment 724005 It's pretty flimsy and it flared the bottom during the press, but it did the job :) Pressing out the wheel studs: Attachment 724006 Rear done: Attachment 724007 I'm also doing the front, but it is much simpler as I only have to unbolt the axle stub nut to replace the hole assembly and I have new ones waiting to go it. Maybe next week A box of suspension parts that I've been slowly installing super pro bushings into: Attachment 724008 Some of these have been a royal pain in the ass. Don't get me started on the toe links... I didn't think the diff brace would be much trouble until it did this to my arbor plate: Attachment 724009 Nuts eh? Oh well, I don't need it anyway as I've got a cobra diff. I was just trying to be nice and install super pro bushing in it so I could sell it to somebody that needed it. Then it goes and breaks my shit! Guess I'll have to sell the two together with some assembly required ;) Rainbow at the end of the day telling me to wrap it up: Attachment 724010 Lane |
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Started this weekend by cleaning up my heatshields before reinstalling them. Note to future swappers. Do yourself a favor
and reinstall (if you removed them in the first place) the shields before reinstalling the engine :( Attachment 724011 These actually cleaned up a lot easier than I thought they would. 30 minutes of work and they were clean enough to eat off of! Another thing I did this week was complete my LS6 PCV upgrade using instructions from ls1howto available here: http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=18 Took a little nibble out of my valley Attachment 724012 After cleaning and making the modification: Attachment 724013 The new LS6 valley cover: Attachment 724014 Installed + A new LS6 intake, fuel rail, injectors, and throttle body Attachment 724015 Note the new PCV routing Installing Pez's P/S line at the rack: Attachment 724016 Pez's P/S high pressure connection at the pump: Attachment 724017 Awesome piece of work by the way. Easy to install and it's built to last a lifetime :) I rewrapped my coil-pack harness with heat tape since the old tape was ratty: Attachment 724018 Installed my coils, spark plugs, wires, insulators, and JTR headers: Attachment 724019 Attachment 724020 |
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View of the headers from below:
Attachment 724021 A pic before I started adding accessories to the firewall: Attachment 724022 Added my brake booster, fuel filter, and brake lines: Attachment 724023 How I left her for the weekend: Attachment 724024 That's it for a couple weeks. I'm visiting the folks for July 4th. Maybe I can save some money over the next 2 weeks and get everything ordered I need to get this puppy off the jackstands and onto the road :D Lane |
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I got a good bit done this weekend.
First I started playing with my gauges. I've got 4 speedhut gauges. Coolant Temp, Oil Pressure, Fuel Pressure, and Intake Temp. The intake temperature gauge was actually an accident as I was trying to buy a coolant temp gauge and had a brain fart. Since gauges from speedhut are custom built to order I decided not to go through the hassle of the return and just kept the gauge: I'm planning on doing a write-up on my install since I believe it's going to be one of the least intrusive installs to date. The gauges in my cluster were mounted to the OEM plexiglass gauge shield. Attachment 724025 When the speedhut gauge bezels are removed the housings have little nubs on the front the make securing them to the gauge shield a cinch! Attachment 724026 All I had to do was drill holes in the gauge shield to hold the numbs and support it with fabricated brackets. Attachment 724027 Attachment 724028 You can see above that I also went ahead and pre-drilled the hole for the gauges program button in the gauge shield. The result being a very OEM install with a very shallow mounting depth (~ 1inch) Attachment 724029 Attachment 724030 The other 2 gauges got the on dash gauge pod: Attachment 724031 Attachment 724032 |
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For the last bit of my weekend I worked on rebuilding and painting my calipers then installing my suspension.
Prepped for paint after rebuild: Attachment 724033 Painted with POR15's caliper paint: Attachment 724034 Attachment 724035 Notes about the caliper paint. The front calipers were the hardest calipers I've ever painted. The biggest reason was that I was using the recommended sponge brush brush also because the smooth surface is not forgiving when it comes to brush strokes. Also, it was 100 degrees in my shop so the paint wanted to dry very quickly. I ended up having to sand the first two coats almost off to put down a third coat with a normal bristle based brush. The finish wasn't flawless, but better than before. The dimpled finish on the rear cast calipers was much more forgiving and they didn't give me any trouble :) I assembled my koni + ground control coilover system and got busy installing it: Attachment 724036 Attachment 724037 Attachment 724038 Here's a shot where you can see the cobra axles I worked so hard on :) Attachment 724039 I am aware that my rear strut's aren't bolted at the bottom mount... I misplaced those bolts somewhere... Dammit! Where I left the project for the weekend: Attachment 724040 Lane |
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Well, this weekend was a nice slice of hell. I decided to go ahead and sound proof my interior with lizard skin spray on
sound control while I had everything stripped out. A big part of the job is stripping the stock sound dampening mats. Thought it would take a weekend... I was wrong. I've read all the threads on here about doing this and knew it was going to be challenging, but nothing prepared me for this. Attachment 724041 Attachment 724042 Attachment 724043 Attachment 724044 Attachment 724045 Attachment 724046 Attachment 724047 That took two days of HARD work with a heat gun and a paint scraper. I've got chemical burns on my arms and legs, temperature burns on my fingers, shredded hands, and a bruised & cut head. It's not easy fitting a 6.1" man in all the little nooks and crannies of the RX7 cabin to remove this stuff. Plus it doesn't help that a stripped down cabin is essentially an obstacle course of exposed studs and sharp corners. I know... Everyone says to use dry ice, but I couldn't find any in the one-horse-town I live in... Still have to knock out the trunk area next week before I can vacuum, clean, and prep for the spray on sound insulation. This is what I plan on using: Attachment 724048 Attachment 724049 Disappointed I didn't accomplish more this weekend. Lane |
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