Hi all,
Welcome to my project thread, this one is many years in the making, and i'm hoping it will be a good one.
So without further ado, say hello to Lisa, my new FD RX7, seen posing here with her desperately uncool owner.
This is called project lifetimer because I fully intend to keep this one for life. This is my third FD, I already know how much I love them and I know how much I missed not having one, so this is a keeper, for good. I've got a great new job which means I can comfortably afford to splash out on the very best for this car while affording to run another daily, and possibly even having another project on the side in the future!
From the beginning, my mate Rich bought the car several years ago, and when the water seals gave up we did a spot of rebuilding, all of which can be found here:
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=244980
He now says he doesn't have the time or money to treat it to the things that could make it a really nice car, so I offered to buy it from him, joking that i'd give him 4k for it. For some reason the idiot agreed, so yes, I paid 4000 pounds for the car, and I got this under the bonnet:
Deal of the day there I reckon.
The car was tuned to 459fwhp at 1.0 bar, it overboosted to 1.6 last summer and threw a tip but has been fully rebuilt and run in since then.
I'm currently running .7 bar because i'm petrified of crashing it on the winter roads and i too don't want to throw a tip quite yet, the overboosting is an issue high on my already long 'to-do' list.
Plans are many and exciting, foremost of which is a list of niggles like a larger steering wheel, servicing the door handles and hinges, patching the rear glass rubber leak, getting some gauges, checking drivetrain mounts (engine, gearbox, powerplant frame) for play, loads of stuff.
The first major mod will be when I send it to Will West from Streetoptions once his new unit is open, he will be doing a full restoration of the underside, all metalwork powdercoated, body stonechipped, new bushes and a full engine bay clean up.
Current spec as it stands and based on what I can remember:
Homebrew large streetported 13b
All new plates and housings
OEM rebuild parts
New thermostat, water pump, underdrive pulleys
HKS F-Con pro-V ECU and harness
OS Giken TS2B twin plate clutch
Greddy inlet elbow
Batter relocated to boot
NGK R-7420 10's and 11's
Walbro high flow pump
Sard FPR
A-Spec GT35r with ceramic coated downpipe and hotside
Carbon/kevlar turbo beanie
60mm wastegate with screamer pipe
Full 3 inch exhaust W/silenced decat
850cc injectors all round
Large V mount intercooler and rad
Mazdaspeed MS-01 17 inch alloys
Stupid tiny steering wheel
Electronic boost controller
JBL stock mounting speakers all round
Shiny gearknob
I'm sure i have missed a few things, I have a wad of receipts here that Rich was too scared to add up, but it comfortably goes into 5 figures...
Here are a few more pictures as she stands today, I took a couple of videos as well so will try to upload them in the next few days. She's a bit of an ugly duckling at the moment, very tatty vinyl wrapped bodywork, and the rideheight is not exactly ideal, but all in good time, it will be addressed
Snap of the fwhp and the awesome ability of a rotary to produce torque...
Snap of the rwhp and the overeager boost level, this is with the controller set to 1.0 bar
That's it for now, lots more to come!