hi all, have been looking in on this site for a bit said i better join up and say hi:WaveBye , i have a 1990 fc turbo. bought it in june last year,it just had a full rebuild with a street port when i got it, i drove it home(Ireland) did about 1000miles then she dided on me, apex seal i have been told,fool here never got i maped for irish fule,just didnt no,i started work on it today,its having a new paint job,wheels and coilovers,depowering the power steering as well,big job but worth it,then rebuild time,be good to me bank man,i am sure a few of ye will no the car, any info on it would be cool,i will post a few pics of it,cheers lads, (http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/fc3s/P7250004.jpg)
looks great !!
got any pics of the front?
sorry for the big pics,
(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/fc3s/P7250002.jpg) sorry for the big pix,
man my spelling, it died on me not dided ,
looks good. (not sure if those lights would pass our MOT?)
Where in Ireland are you?
What do you mean \'irish\' fuel?!
Looks great mate :) Good luck with getting her back on the road.
Liking those lights (Re-Amemiya?)
Take it higher RON fuel is hard to come by in Ireland?
Chris
Welcome matey. I do love them Advan wheels, they really do suit the car.
I got one of those front cowls, they are Fc2000 Reamemyia and are about 1k for the kit (Lights are included in that but HID upgrades wack the price up quite a bit if you have them)
I have my Head light sections painted Black and have the Plastic covers over the Lights (well worth doing if you get chance)
This is not mine (i don\'t have many pics of my car to hand, bit of a project thats got lost in time :()
Welcome to the club :) Think you\'ll enjoy it here :)
Good luck with the car! Lights are very interesting not seen those before! :)
Lynn
:wave
thanx for the welcome lads, i am in south ireland Cork, i bought the car near swindon,the lad i got it from told me it had just had a rebuild at rx motors,he said it had done 1500 miles since full rebuild,i rang rx motors and they said it was a good car,i paid 2300pounds for the car,did seem a bit cheap at the time do as a rebuild would cost that,and the RE Amemiya fc2000 kit would have cost near that as well,it had rx8 seats just fitted too,and a new turbo,also had a street port and a microtech ecu,there were new tyres on it aswell,theres a 110,000 on the clock,i did about 1000mile in the car and she just gave up on me,still starts but sounds like a jcb,and no power,i asked a lad over here that dose rebuilds and he said its defo a blowen tip as it should have been maped for irish fuel,he is a sound fella and seems to no what he is talking about,i wish i new more about the car,i changed the fuel pump,coils and plugs,no good do,i will get it rebuilt soon,i have big plans for this car ,love it realy:InLove ,had a few fds but they just dont do it for me,thanx
i dont really get that, what sort of fuel do you have over there?
if its a uk car then that can be ron standard 95 ron i thought?
would that really knock a tip out?
looking at the rear bumper its UK but then the front is JDM and the wings are UK so i would imagine its UK but then its got a microtech ECU so that would solely depend on whoever tuned it to depend on whether it got tuned for 95 ron or 100 or so ron jap fuel. I think in your case its down to the tuner as the microtech is a specialist unit and therefore needs specialist tuning. You have to be careful why someone wants to sell a fc with all that bodykit,engine rebuild and all the bits added onto to for the money you paid for it unless something was wrong. Certainly worth in my opinion 4k. I would not sell my TII cabs anything less than 4K to the standard mine are and yours looks to be the same. These cars are now beginning to overtake the FD on value and not before time. But sometimes there are people that do not realise what you have and i do hope that in your case its something other than a rebuild. You really have to get it compression checked in any way and at the very least a check through the plug holes to check for damage. I would hate for you to go through a rebuild when that was not the case.
pdtaylor18 thanx for that bit of info, 95 ron here too, the chap i got the car from did say he had done a bit off tuning to the microtech with his lap top,and there is no way he was a specialist, a red light started flashing on top of the ecu,this means thers a prob,but why would it be runing fine then go wrong,i tought it was flashing cause the tip had gone and it was geting bad readings back.would it be poss to see the tips true the plug holes ? compression test has to be done but i am sure its feckt,rear rotay sounds a bit duller than the front when spining over wit the plugs out,maybe i am hearing things do,i will let ye no the outcome off the test do, thanx .
pdtaylor18 thanx for that bit of info,its a uk car, 95 ron here too, the chap i got the car from did say he had done a bit off tuning to the microtech with his lap top,and there is no way he was a specialist, a red light started flashing on top of the ecu,this means thers a prob,but why would it be runing fine then go wrong,i tought it was flashing cause the tip had gone and it was geting bad readings back.would it be poss to see the tips true the plug holes ? compression test has to be done but i am sure its feckt,rear rotay sounds a bit duller than the front when spining over wit the plugs out,maybe i am hearing things do,i will let ye no the outcome off the test do, thanx .
sounds like its gone. Sounds should be similar and rear rotor is always prone to going pop before front. There are various ways of seeing if a seal has gone,compresion check is the one way but then there are a few others. Not sure where they are but do a search on here or on the rx-7 owners club.
sometimes tips can go and ECU\'s will never pick it up, they are looking at sensors, maybe a sensor has failed and caused it to go.
I put 99 ron fuel whenever i can as i have a jap uprated ECU so i have to go careful.
@flatout - would the car get you to Brae?
I visited Eddie Doyle there once and he\'s a rotary nut e.g. about 5 rotor housings sitting in his workshop. Quite sure he has the compression tester too.
Irish fuel is the same as UK fuel no?! My cars go alright on it anyway :>
been talking to Eddie Doyle,he will do the rebuild for me,he is very good at his job i have been told,fair price aswell,i will have to take the car to uk for a map do, nobody here will go near the microtech ecu,i wouldnt change the ecu as this a good one and the apex pc is crazy money for the fc
been talking to Eddie Doyle,he will do the rebuild for me,he is very good at his job i have been told,fair price aswell,i will have to take the car to uk for a map do, nobody here will go near the microtech ecu,i wouldnt change the ecu as this a good one and the apex pc is crazy money for the fc
The guy you want to get in touch with is Pip Gardner @ WGT Auto Developments, he\'s an official Microtech dealer (supplier, fitter and tuner) and has spent some 20+ years tuning rotaries.
Havent heard anything but praise for him, just finished dealing with him as he supplier me with an LT-10s, dash unit and laptop dongle, he seems like a complete legend.
Check out http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/ (http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/), think it\'s about £150 for a full tune?
Quote from: BenLewisMavThe guy you want to get in touch with is Pip Gardner @ WGT Auto Developments, he\'s an official Microtech dealer (supplier, fitter and tuner) and has spent some 20+ years tuning rotaries.
Havent heard anything but praise for him, just finished dealing with him as he supplier me with an LT-10s, dash unit and laptop dongle, he seems like a complete legend.
Check out http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/ (http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/), think it\'s about £150 for a full tune?
thanks for that;) ,i will be calling to him,had a look true the site there,sounds like he is the man for Microtech,what model car you runing your LT in, dash unit sounds good,thats the hand held controler is it? i have the laptop dongle and software but dare not go near anything, i have the manual for the MT/LT Series aswell,but again i may as well be looking up a ducks ass:3Confused
welcome to MRC :D
thats a nice car you have there :D :D :D
Tim at RX Motors also maps Microtechs and is a registered dealer. The LT software is actually quite easy to use, but if you don\'t have the expertise to know what you are doing buy adjusting the various settings you can do way more harm than good!
yes mate, those are the fixed lights I am after, if anyone can point me in the right direction i would be most grateful
leigh
Quote from: leigh1551yes mate, those are the fixed lights I am after, if anyone can point me in the right direction i would be most grateful
leigh
hi ya, the lights are part of the bumper,not cheap at all, you can get lights that replace the standard ones on ebay.com, worth havin a look on www.rotaryart.co.uk (http://www.rotaryart.co.uk)
been a bit, here she is just after a full paint job under and over:chat by myself,took 6 weeks to paint and polish,first time painting a car,used 2pac paint,got a load a body parts to put on now,overfenders that a lad on this site put me on to,thanx, i sold the microtech ecu as i cant be doing with pre mixing,i will only blow up my new engine,again, (http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/fc3s/P8110059.jpg)
Looks interesting :yes When are the wider arches going on? :wave
what did you do with the advans!!! they were awesome
Where did you get the overfenders from?
Hey man, welcome to the club! I\'m prety new here too, certainly to both turbo and rotary power! Lol! I\'m trying to figure out whether or not i\'ve got that dreaded 4000RPM hesitation at the moment (any pointers on what to look for anyone?).
BTW, do you want to sell the advans? Drop me a little line on fc3s@hotmail.co.uk (fc3s@hotmail.co.uk) if you do :Thumbsup!.
Quote from: Jimi_Hendrix;544115Hey man, welcome to the club! I\'m prety new here too, certainly to both turbo and rotary power! Lol! I\'m trying to figure out whether or not i\'ve got that dreaded 4000RPM hesitation at the moment (any pointers on what to look for anyone?).
BTW, do you want to sell the advans? Drop me a little line on fc3s@hotmail.co.uk (fc3s@hotmail.co.uk) if you do :Thumbsup!.
but i want the advans!!!
i let you have the lip :D
Quote from: dthebuk;544116but i want the advans!!!
i let you have the lip :D
Ha ha! Sorry dude, didn\'t realise that was you! :Giggle Go on then i\'ll leave them open for you to have, i better save my cash anyway, incase this hesitation thing turns out to be a problem. :3Confused
Quote from: Jimi_Hendrix;544117Ha ha! Sorry dude, didn\'t realise that was you! :Giggle Go on then i\'ll leave them open for you to have, i better save my cash anyway, incase this hesitation thing turns out to be a problem. :3Confused
cheers :D
um hesitation is mainly down to either grounding, fuel pump or dodgy injectors i believe. so shouldn\'t be too pricey.
anyway, flat out if you want to sell those wheels, email me at james_db@btconnect.com :D
thanks :D
the advans are sold,sorry, the overfenders are a on going job,after spending a good bit a cash buying different types all that don\'t fit very well i have decided to try making some myself,never made anything with fiberglass before,i have a good template nearly made,tis all fun,
I know someone with some over fenders that he is thinking of selling if your after some.
ya i would be very intersted,any more info mate
Perhaps if someone has some over fenders someone could make copies? I think the AE86 over fenders might fit?
You can buy the front lights and bumper here:
http://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm-low/RE-Amemiya-Full-Cowl-PRO-Round-Eye-Light-and-Front-Bumper-Kit-FC3S-RX-7-51076
I\'ll Pm him and get so he can reply on here.
Thanx for the PM Adrian:Giggle
I have some overfenders for sale... Was saving them for my FC but I have not the time due to starting uni. If your interested gimme a PM:wiggle
any pics? what sort of price?
i would be very intersted in them,i cant pm as i am not a paid up member,can you text me and i will ring you back if there still for sale,are they for a fc,i have been trying to get some for ages,00353879611008
if m1tch dosent have em i will defo have them if there for a fc,
any news on the overfenders,dieing to no more about them