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speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:14

I don't have time to take it back and see if he can fix it, I ordered one from RX7store today. Then I took the car out along with Jon in his NSX and my fans didn't squeal ONCE, so now I'm wondering if I didn't just spill some coolant and maybe didn't have the air completely bled out of the coolant system. I has used the Lisle funnel though. Either way, the radiator should be on it's way here in a couple days, then I have to take it and my current radiator to a welder and have him cut the sides off the current one and weld them on the new one. That way I'll have the mounts in the right place and I'll retain the ducting I've already made.

And Jon let me drive his NSX earlier too. It sits so low, but I still felt like I was sitting way high, I'm just huge in that car haha. It was awesome though. And I let Jon drive mine. He liked the turbo lol.

And Eduardo, it's funny you say that because Jon was just asking me today how long I think my engine will last lol.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:14

So does the NSX have a smaller cockpit than the FD? I've always loved the cars but stock they're slow haha.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:14

Actually it's not smaller at all, I don't think so anyway. The dash is lower I believe, because my shins were kinda touching IIRC. The steering wheel was low but I think it has tilt wheel. The seats are fantastic because they really hug you, but I still was sitting pretty high. I felt like I could see all the way down the hood.

It was fairly slow compared to the FD, but he's getting either a supercharger or turbo. I've been helping him make the decision lol.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:14

Oh yeah, I got my tank today, the one I was planning on cutting up and using for the bottom of the rear tank for water injection. One problem...it's not long enough lol. I got the height and width right, but the length is wrong. So, I guess I'll be moving the pump to the front. Now I just need to find some parts to make that work.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:14

That's where I have my water/meth pump...and it just pulls from the stock windshield washer tank so nothing is out of place. I have mine mounted where the passenger side oil cooler would be but I only have a single cooler. I plan on upgrading to twin oil coolers here in the future so I'll have to move the pump again, it's just hard to find room to do it.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14

No I'm talking about mounting it to the side of the frame on the ignition side of the engine, where SgtBlue on 7club mounted his, but it will be a bit tighter for me because I have cooling fins on mine that take up extra space. It's a great spot for the pump though, so many benefits and probably not even one drawback, other than figuring out how to mount it there with no holes/threads already installed lol.

The parts I'm looking for is for pulling the water out of the tank. Dale Clark has his pulling from the top with a tube going down into the water to pull it up. Doing it this way won't allow the pump to self-prime, but I still like this option better. The only problem is his feed line is a 1/4" and mine is 3/8", so I have to find a fitting to work. I'm looking on McMaster-Carr but I've only found a couple things that MIGHT work. Dale's is a 90* fitting and all I can find is straight, while I'd rather have 90*.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14

Is there a codeword or something that this site won't allow? I had to cut up my message (lucky for this computer I happened to save it this time) in order to get it to post, and now the second half won't post for some reason.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14

Also, I thought maybe my radiator wasn't actually leaking because I didn't see any drops on the floor and the level hadn't dropped much, and also because my fans didn't squeal the other day when I drove it. Well, the level was down some more this morning and there was a drop on the floor. Oh well, good thing I ordered the new radiator lol.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14

Still trying to post the last part. Is it possible to destroy these servers? I really just want to burn them down. This is f'ing bullshit.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14

speedjunkie wrote:Is there a codeword or something that this site won't allow? I had to cut up my message (lucky for this computer I happened to save it this time) in order to get it to post, and now the second half won't post for some reason.

LOL I would hate to be one of your computers Eric. There has to be a law against how much abuse you put electronics through LOL :lol:

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:14

How about the needless mental abuse they put ME through, huh? lol

I got the tires mounted on the wheels tonight. They're to tall lol. Btw, these are the used tires I picked up yesterday from Tire Source. The 245/40 didn't flatten out as much as I'd liked, so I used the 295/35 on the rear and it's too tall too, like an inch taller than what I'm using now lol. I don't think I'm even going to mount these. Jon and Brett are interested in the rear tires, so I can definitely sell them. I think I'll just get new tires in the right sizes for these and sell the rears, and I'll just keep my current wheels on until then. I might even wait for the new faces to be cut for these wheels, because even after seeing tires on them, I'm still not really a fan. Ugh.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:14

Pictures of the wheels with tires? When can they cut you new faces?

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:14

I'll post up pics tonight or tomorrow night if I can remember. About a month or two ago when they were finishing up on recoloring these, they said they would have the tools to cut new faces in 6-8 months. I'm thinking of returning all this stuff actually and seeing if they'll cut me 17" faces for 18" wheels with a step-lip instead of these flat lips, and this time with either a concave face like I asked for or at least a flat face.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:14

Or you could just post a rant on Facebook about the company mostly blaming how everyone in the company is a "young punk kid" and you apparently have to be 60 years old to know what you're doing (and pay shops to do it for you while claiming you built the car).

/rant lol that got off topic haha.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:14

^I could TOTALLY do that, because my favorite FD owner in the world did that. He's such a cool guy. lol

Here are pics of the wheels with tires mounted. Too tall.

And now for my nightly rant...

I called 7store tonight (they're only taking night calls right now, or so their answering machine says) and asked about the status of the radiator. I ordered it on Monday or Tuesday (can't remember which) and he said it would take 2 days to modify it because they don't keep any vmount type radiators made up and waiting, so either way it should have been shipped today or tomorrow at the latest.

Keep in mind I still have to take this to a welder and have them cut off my current mounting pieces and weld them on the new radiator.

I had a message on 7club a few minutes ago that said the radiator wouldn't be finished until Saturday and he can ship it two-day air on Monday, will that work? I didn't know how soon you needed it.

Suppress the rage, suppress the rage...

REALLY?! Do I really have a choice? What happened to two days? I told him why I needed it quickly, so I don't want to hear that shit. So basically if he even gets it out on 2 day air, that would put it here on Wednesday at the earliest, and I still have to have it modified on this end. So even if I get it on Wednesday, who's to say someone will be able to modify it that night or more likely on Thursday? And I was planning on leaving on Thursday, but even if everything works as planned at the moment, I will have to drive straight through and skip staying in Vegas on the way out there.

####ING DOUCHEBAG!!!!!

And now I join the ranks of people screwed over by 7store's shitty customer service. I guess I'm just not meant to make it to any rotary events this year aka the only full year I'll be home and not deployed at some point. ARGH!!!

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