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Re: Build thread

Postby RX-7 Chris » Wed May 03, 2017 9:14

What was the cost on having those wheels done?
1984 RX-7 GSL-SE [size=84]My restomod project[/SIZE]


1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Wed May 03, 2017 9:14

They quoted me $170 per wheel but I'm not sure if that changed now since they're doing more to them.

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Tue May 09, 2017 9:14

I finished the fenders late Saturday night, as finished as they're going to be anyway until the car gets painted again. And now I realize I didn't take any pics of them finished lol.
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And Sunday I did the time attack at PPIR. It was a great time, aside from a couple times remembering that I no longer have ABS and I was standing on the brakes, one of which sent me off track into the dirt lol. No damage that I've seen though, and the car handled so well otherwise. At times I thought my tires were getting slippery, so I'll have to look into that. But I used every bit of the tread though. Such a great time.
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Re: Build thread

Postby Saul_Good » Tue May 09, 2017 9:14

Wait what!? You finally made it out to the track? I had to double take and make sure I was reading the right thread :p. Congrats on making it out!

Yea no ABS means more braking technique. Gotta practice that modulation of the pedal to keep from locking up.

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Re: Build thread

Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue May 09, 2017 9:14

What's ABS? haha
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1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Tue May 09, 2017 9:14

Saul_Good wrote:Wait what!? You finally made it out to the track? I had to double take and make sure I was reading the right thread :p. Congrats on making it out!

Yea no ABS means more braking technique. Gotta practice that modulation of the pedal to keep from locking up.


Yep, after 12 and a half years lol. I can finally fit and the car is running well and I'm not doing major maintenance on it, the planets finally aligned lol.

Oh I was Mr Modulation every run after that lol. Brake a little sooner and pump the brakes lol.

RX-7 Chris wrote:What's ABS? haha


It's something I kinda miss now lol. Although I'm using those sensors for traction control and I'm not sure I want to go through the hassle of adding sensors to each wheel. I may get an aftermarket proportioning valve.

My first run was 42.3, and I believe most people were getting around that same time. The next run was DNF because of going off. The one after that the timer messed up and it said 75 seconds for me so they had several of us go again and I don't remember what that time was, I think high 41. Then the fourth run I got just over 41 if I remember right and the last run I finally remembered to set traction control to -40% slip and lower boost from 18psi to 16psi and I had put some stuff back in the hatch since it had started raining and I still dropped to 40.6. I wasn't sure what to do on traction control but I figured I'd go at least half way so I'd be more likely to notice a difference.

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Re: Build thread

Postby Shadowden » Tue May 09, 2017 9:14

Glad you had fun! And the car held up.

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Tue May 09, 2017 9:14

Thanks! Yeah it held up really well. It drove so great.

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Thu May 11, 2017 9:14

I picked up the wheel faces today. They look pretty good, although there are a couple spots that are kinda messed up in the brushing. I'll take some pics tomorrow in the sun.

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Fri May 12, 2017 9:14

These pics aren't great but they do look pretty good in person.
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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Tue May 16, 2017 9:14

Ok I already typed out a post and my laptop is apparently a huge piece of SHIT and keeps shutting down on me. So, I'll make this one quicker. I'm looking at a proportioning valve and possibly swapping to a 929 master cylinder depending on which valve I get to make installation easier. I'm also planning on trying to use a remote knob so I can adjust it from inside the car.

I will most likely go with these specific parts.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil- ... /overview/
http://www.jegs.com/i/Wilwood/950/340-4 ... oC0pbw_wcB

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Re: Build thread

Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue May 16, 2017 9:14

I don't see a reason to be able to adjust it inside the car. You aren't going to be adjusting it while you drive and once it is set you will probably leave it.
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1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Tue May 16, 2017 9:14

I agree once it's set I'll probably leave it, but I think it would be easier to fine tune if it was in the car. I might not adjust it while driving, but it would be easier than getting in and out of the car each time, especially if I'm down to making small adjustments.

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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:14

I've been a little busy as much as I can be on another continent. When I was in Texas Chris got back to me about making the water injection harness but since I was leaving and couldn't measure out where I wanted it to route, I told him I'd have to wait. I guess he's incommunicado again because I emailed him about it a week or two ago and haven't heard back. I'd like to jump on that right when I get back though. And if I can get the other harness made at the same time, even better.

I've bought a replacement housing and rotor for the 13B-REW, along with a rebuild kit. I also picked up a rebuild kit for the FC, so I plan to do that in Jan or Feb I think. I also bought used Inconel heat shields for the Xcessive LIM and the turbo manifold, but I'm not sure I'll be able to use the one for the LIM because my turbo already almost hits it. I kinda like my current shield already, I like how it's easily removable, and Andy said Mica is a better barrier than Inconel, although I'm not sure on the differences between how they mount/how close they sit to the LIM reflect which one would be better functionally. Here is the LIM heat shield.
http://www.turblown.net/store/index.php?productID=56

There has been some talk on 7club about getting companies to reproduce the interior plastics, but it's already kind of fizzling out. I really hope it gets off the ground someday though. There was a company in Montana already starting to make a couple pieces but they've quit for the time being. They made a USB pass through to fit in the center console so I picked that up, just in case they sell out and can't be bought again.
http://nichemotoring.com/rx7/usbaux-pass-through

I picked up some TPMS sensors that mount on the valve stems and have the gauge in the cigarette lighter. While I'm not crazy about the sensors being external to the wheel, they'll work for now at least and I like the gauge being in view there. I don't use the lighter anyway so no big deal. I like that you can change the way it's read, and it also reads tire temp. Although I'm not sure how accurate any of this info is being on the valve stem instead of inside the tire.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KF ... UTF8&psc=1

I've been looking heavily into sleek lights again and the FEED combo lights. For the FEED lights I was thinking about making my own kit because I'm not crazy about how they mount to the bumper cover instead of the chassis. Also, I've heard that FEED requires proof that you have an authentic bumper before they'll make them for you. I'm not sure how true that is, though. I found a substitute for the blinker that looks really close to the same, and I'm sure I could get a fog light too, but the other small light I haven't found yet, although I don't think I'd necessarily need that one. Anyway, it might be a real pain mounting it to the chassis and I'd like to at least somewhat support the company haha, so I decided to go ahead and get the actual kit. I also decided to wait until the exchange rate was in my favor if I'm going to be waiting anyway. That seems to be hurting me though because the price keeps going up LOL. Last year they were about $360, then a few months ago they were closer to $320. The other day they were $388 and today they're $393 haha. So I'm not sure if I should jump on them now or wait and see what happens. I could still make my own, but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle over just buying them. In the end the cost might not be much different if you include in the time spent doing it. Here's the kit.
https://www.rhdjapan.com/feed-halogen-c ... -fd3s.html

Regarding the sleek lights, that's an even more expansive update. I started looking again into LED chips, reflectors, projector lenses, and cooling fins and fans (which I hadn't thought of before). If I do all this it should shoot the beam well down the road, but it also needs a good cutoff so it doesn't blind other drivers. I've been talking to my buddy Jose who makes the Hot Water Labs lights and he said we could figure out a cutoff. This should be a cheap enough option, and I wouldn't have to cut the metal, but I'm not entirely sure it will work and I have to wait until I get home to see, and I've heard some of the LED chips have LEDs that are faulty. I actually thought about buying the stuff and having it sent out here since I'm not super busy anyway. But without one of the buckets and the car I don't know if it will still be small enough. I might still do that anyway because I'm really eager to find out.
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https://www.amazon.com/Led-World-Reflec ... Z2RDHEGWWB
http://www.xoxide.com/enzotech-slf1ultr ... tsink.html

Then I started looking at the RE Amemiya H11 upgrade kit and talked to some other guys about them. One guy says he's disappointed in the light output still from the halogen bulbs and wants to do LEDs, and another guy said he likes his output but wants to do LEDs anyway. The only problem is those LEDs need to have their own cutoff because the light housing isn't set up for it already. Also, I'm not sure if it will add extra to the light with more metal needing to be cut out. I'm already trying to limit it as much as possible.
https://www.rhdjapan.com/re-amemiya-sle ... s-13b.html

Then I looked at Hella and finally found a site that sells their lights. They have some that would be really good, but they would still require cutting the metal and they're SUPER expensive. For just the light modules alone it would be about $1200. But they're already made to be exactly the light source I need and also be legal with a good cutoff. So it's a tough call.
http://www.rallylights.com/hella-90mm-l ... light.html
http://www.rallylights.com/hella-90mm-l ... light.html

I've also bought some rotary Hot Wheels cars haha, including one kinda rare Batman RX-3 tribute to Adam West. Along with other Hot Wheels.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0723 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Re: Build thread

Postby speedjunkie » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:14

I may have found something even more compact and cheaper for a headlight solution. The low beams are $230ea and the high beams are $280ea, but that's still cheaper than doing the Hellas. I could do the H11 upgrade from RE-A but I'm not sure on light output for those with swapping to LED bulbs. I could get them for much cheaper though. Maybe I'll get those first and try them out with LED bulbs, and if I don't like them I can swap to Hella or something else. I'd really rather not spend the money to test them though. I think these would take up less space than those too, and I know they're smaller than the Hella lights, so I wouldn't have to cut as much metal with these.

http://www.dialight.com/Assets/Brochure ... THX001.pdf

And here's another set of lights I just found too, from JW Speaker. These are even more shallow.

https://www.jwspeaker.com/products/bus- ... -model-90/

I've also been looking into variable geometry turbos, or a VG solution for my EFR. BW made some a few years ago with variable geometry (basically a flapper door) built into the turbine housing, and I'd LOVE to get my hands on that. Unfortunately I doubt there are any available, and even if there are, it would probably be tricky getting it to work with my setup since I already have the wastegate actuator moved under the turbo. This has two actuators so I'm not sure where the other would go. So I'm wondering if I could make a manifold or modify mine to have the flapper door right before the flange to the turbo. Here's the BW EFR turbo with the flapper door.

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showth ... p?t=273897


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