pictures of my engine and turbo kit sitting on stand
 

Some of you sent me pms about pics of my engine and here they are. Probably going back in about 2-3 weeks from now. Gonna install all new valvetrain along with some head porting. I know some of you guys are going to say how small my turbo is. It's just until I can get a 396ci put together with a T88

here's another. Oh buy the way, this is going in an FD:D

be afraid...very afraid.. :eek:

You're gonna shoe horn that thing into an FD??? Impressive!

very cool!

god i wish i could find a T56 under 4.5k in hawaii!!!

When your brother, you and I all get our projects finished, we need to meet up at Woodburn dragstrip. That would be very cool. :) CJ

I think in august a bunch of us are going to rent out woodburn on a monday. I'll see if we have room for you and maybe a guest or two. BTW, have you driven your car since the single?

RPNW tried to rent Woodburn, but they would'nt do it for some reason. You have a inside line?

I've driven it, but only around the block a couple times. Needs the fuel pump installed and to get tuned. It'll be anouther month or so. :( CJ

Make sure you let me know when you do this. i want to see what my ls1 will do! Anyways, let me know if you need help getting that thing back in there. I'd like to see it, if for no other reason than to take a look at your headers. I'm going to be building myself some longtubes this witner and I want to get a look at what you did for collectors.

Very nice! And in an FD no less. Go get `em!

Toughguy:)

I love It!!

Hey Ralph, this is John. James' brother with the silver single turbo FD that had wastegate problems. I told you about the V8 I'm throwing in but I guess now you get to see some pictures. I'll probably have it all done and running in a few months so hopefully I can drop by your place and get some hp runs on your dyno. I'm building up the valvetrain and porting the heads right now

what a joke
 

it just shows your a good ole boy who doesnt no how to work on rotories and has to put a piston motor in it, dont take that too sevenstock cuz you'll get laughed at by everyone.:D

Hey, take the flames somewhere else. Jonhs a cool guy. Don't like his project? Look somewhere else. CJ

Re: what a joke
 

That has to be the lamest argument ever, and it gets tiring hearing it come up time and time again.

He "doesn't know how to work on rotaries" so he's taken it upon himself to convert the car to v8 power and develop and fabricate his own turbo setup.

What world do you live in where someone that can fabricate their own drivetrain components can't handle regular oil, plug, and fluid changes?

Re: what a joke
 

I guarantee if I take my FD to sevenstock I'll get more drool marks on my car than you have on your keyboard staring at the pic of my engine

I can just picture you looking down at your keyboard right now

Re: Re: what a joke
 

youd be VERY brave to do that man...

when do you plan to drop it in.. that thing is going to haul some ass

Re: Re: Re: what a joke
 

Nah, most people are pretty cool and nonconfrontational in person. It's only once they get behind the anonymity and protection of a computer screen and keyboard that they get all "tough".

In person I've had a few people tell me they like the car, but they'd never do it themselves. I'm fine with that. Most people keep the drama "in their head", and then tell their boys what they "should have said" later.

Exactly my point Andrew. I once had a guy on another forum make fun of my conversion. Found out he worked at Corksport and decided to pay him alittle visit. Now he's somewhat excited about my project:D

Looking good John !!

a friend of mine is doing a similar (well i shouldn't say similar) transplant here in NZ, he is using his as a drag/race/burnout :D /touring car the combination of a light body and an incredible power'd engine. so good on ya thats cool.... the most technical thing i am doing is putting a rota on my beach buggy (which when i finish it won't ever see the beach) so its my street/strip bug.
Top marks! i have always liked the 8's but i think i'll stick to the rota's....
RM. :cool:

another something I thought you'd all like to see. Thought I'd add anothoer turbo with my existing one and go for my goal from the start instead of working myself up. Twin TO4's at 15-20psi. I think I'd be over 700rwhp what do you think:D

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...postid=2636907

another

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...postid=2636918

last one.. Now Ijust have to make sure it fits all back in the engine bay. Then I'll have everything tig welded and coated. Still waiting on my heads which I was promised would be done by the end of the month. Taking along time but it's gonna be a monster

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...postid=2636938

i think "monster" is an understatement! is this car going to be driven on the street?

Holy shit John, you are insane!! You are never going to get that thing done if you keep upgrading!!!
Thats awesome, give me a call when you need some help. I am sure putting it back in will be interesting.
Justus

this thing will be street driven 95% of the time if not more.

Justus, I know this will take some time to finish but my heads are going to take 3 weeks anyways. It'll be done when my heads are done, probably. One thing for sure is that it's going to be real interesting putting the engine back in. The exhaust manifolds are made with such tight bends in such a cramped area that they'll have to go in with the engine. There simply just isn't enough room to get my hands to tighten the bolts otherwise

Boy, good luck fitting an LT1, those 2 hair driers, an intercooler and a radiator in an FD without cutting the firewall. Looks good and good luck!

Man, it's a shame....
You're going to have a light car making over 700hp and who knows how much torque... it's going to be driven on the street, probably alot. It's going to blow away any 100,000 dollar sports cars, and it's all because you didn't know how to work on rotories :) LOL

Your car is going to fly... I though my 380hp rx7 would be fast.. but man!
Good luck with all the Fab'ing!!!

Very nice!! :D

Wow... that's it, that's all I have to say. Wow.

why are the turbos facing the same direction? wouldn't the plumbing be a little simpler if the two downpipes came down the same side?
that and the cold side of the second turbo wouldn't be facing the hots side of the first

A new system is in the works right now using all stainless piping. Although both exhaust outlets will go out towards the passenger side still. There isn't enough room to have the intake sides facing each other and then have both exhaust outlets turn a 90degree right after the turbo

I have exactly 27" from side to side to work with. Each turbo is about 9" and the 3" exhaust piping have a 6" raduis bend. Here are my calculations

2 turbos- 18"
2 90degree bends- 6"
V band flanges- 2"

That would give me about 1" to somehow fit an air filter

The way I have it now isn't exactly practical but at least it fits. I might change some things on the system I'm working on now but it'll probably be just moving each turbo higher or lower

So that is a stock block still right?
im not an expert on LT1's but ive heard that ~700hp is the most the stock block can take. You might wanna verify with some F-body people but ive heard that from a few different people who work on alot of LT1's
amazing work though i cant wait til you get that thing to the track

I think you need to get some heat shielding on the hood;).

THat is turning out to be a bad muchacho LT-7. Can't wait until it is running and see what it can do... and if it is even driveable without slicks.

Prepped LT1 block with 4 bolt splayed main caps, forged rotating assembly can handle 1000hp+. There are quite a few guys doing this with superchargers and built motors. All about the Benjamins.....:D .

Keep up the good work.

-Mark

Jeff, I'm actually working on a new design which will sit the turbos back further and won't weigh the front down as much. This will also take care of my heat issue. But I'm working more on getting this car up then changing this now.

gnx7, I talked to my tuner and he laughed at me when I said my goal was 700rwhp. He said he was hoping for something like 1000rwhp.

There was an 1100 hp twin turbo'ed C4 Vette in Popular Hot Rodding a few years back. The guy said he made 2 passes at the dragstrip and got kicked off for not having a chute. I don't think his times were that impressive, something like 11s on the first pass and 10s on the second. I think the trap speed was around 153mph (!)on the last pass. He said traction was a big problem with the street tires;).

Damn!! 153mph trap is pretty damn quick for a street car. My goal was to run mid 10's but after talking to Ralph at Ground Zero Motorsports I have way higher expectations. I don't know what my goal is now and kind of scared to say in case I don't even come close. I do know for sure it will be driven on the street and won't be considered a drag car by any means.

WoW that this is coming out great.

Any updates youd like to share??? :)

Wish they wouldnt allow kids on the forums.......:(

C'mon John, what's new?? can't wait for a new update ;-)

ok i am sold i want 1200 rwh how much i want to go faster i ned a big towl to wipe up all my drool

Sorry guys. Didn't know this thread was still alive. The only new thing right now is that the car is running and I'm loving it:) My only problem I have right now is it seems to overheat no matter what I do. Probably has something to do with the horizontal mount radiator:) Running Water Wetter w/ no coolant helped out alot. Temp still rises but only if it's a real hot day

The weird thing about driving this is that I feel no lag at all. It's just power, and then a rush of extra power at the top end. My turbos don't get full boost till 4500rpms due to my poor choice of exhaust a/r, but you wouldn't know it was lag unless you're watching a boost gauge. It's a great feeling, hehe.

My near future plans is to change the exhaust housings on my turbos, give a slight angle to the radiator, and maybe install my exhaust e-cutout


Go to my car domain pages and you can see some more pics

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/544076/5

go to the very last page to see our meet we had in Oregon

Oh, this is the pic I'm most proud of;)

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...76_47_full.jpg

John,
Looks awesome.
Can you give me some details on your wheels/tire specs? You got 19"s right?

Last weekend I already bought myself a set of 235/35/19 for the front end, rear will be something like 255 or 265/30/19 on 8.5 front and 9.5" rear width.
I know I asked before but, a good ofset would be 38 in the front and 40 in the back?

How much is your car lowered and with what? My RX is european so standard has the R1 or R2 shocks which are stiff enough to begin with

Any way thanks,

Neal

by the way, about your lag problem.... just thinking, wouldn't a smaller size of exhaust piping improve the flow towards the turbo's?
Smaller diameter would increase airspeed, no? and improve torque (if that's even an issue with a V8 in a lightweight sprtscar like the RX7 ;-)

nah, the ex. housings are just too big for a street car.

My offsets are +37 in the rear and +40 for the fronts. 8.5" fronts and 9.5" rears. My car was lowered with Tanabe Super Down Precedeo which had about 1.75" drop and ran just fine. I now have HKS Hipermax coilovers and is lowered only 1" if that. You should be fine with your setup. I'm actually thinking of putting the rear wheels in front and buying new wheels for the rear. Thinking of 19x10.5. I have wide fenders for the front so the 9.5" wide might work with no problems