well after a lot of trouble, money, waiting....etc.....my car is nearly there.....
ive had her for about 2 and a half years now and after various troubles, 2 engine rebuilds etc she\'s practically there!
ive had a lot of patience with it but i feel its worth it now.....
ive still got a few bits missing. im waiting on an re-ameimya rear street diffuser, a mazdaspeed front upper strut brace and it also needs to be mapped (next friday)
my aim for the car was to turn it into a kind of gt car. i do a lot of travelling to the continent so i wanted something with a bit of power and not to outrageous.
i think ive finally done that. its a very lovely drive, fairly quiet when your just cruising and a lovely note when you put your foot down. rides well and doesnt leave you feeling to battered when you get out the other side!
id just like to add that all work was carried out by jason at super 7 auto\'s :)
Spec is as follows:
Engine
Spanking new (housings plates etc....) 13B engine which has been ported
Apexi ECU and commander
GT35R T4 kit from A-Spec tuning in america with ceramic coated manifold downpipe and housing
Tial 44mm External wastegate to atmousphere
HKS blow off valve
Greedy Pully kit
Uprated fueling inc... HKS fuel pump,FPR, 1600cc secondary and 850 primary\'s
Re-Worx PWR V-mount and rad kit
HKS ignition amplifier
Air con and air pump removed...
sports cat
Kakimoto Racing Regu 92 Db-Z Cat Back Exhaust
HKS EVC 6 Boost controller
Up rated discs with hawk HP+ pads
Transmission
Fully rebuilt gear box
Fully rebuilt diff
Diff brace
solid diff mount
Exeedy Clutch
fitted quick shift
Suspension
Tein Super Streets
All new bushes
Mazdaspeed rear strut brace
Tein front strut brace (soon to be replaced with matching mazdaspeed one)
exterior and interior
Re-sprayed Audi Mugello Blue
99 Spec front end
99 spec rear spoiler
96+ rear lights
Feed replica carbon side steps from shine autos
Re-Amemiya street diffuser replica (waiting to arrive)
Feed replica cabron bonnet (re-sprayed)
Ultralite 18" Nurburg\'s with michelin pilot sport 2\'s all around
re-sprayed dash gloss black
Custom defi gauge install
Mazdaspeed dials
Mazdaspeed bucket seats
has the stock bose stereo in as well
HIDS etc...
the rest you can see from the pics....
any comment\'s welcome :)
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niceeeee real niceeeee, luving the 99 spec looks
Looking very nice bud, you must be a very happy bunny now!.
Can I ask on this pic why the pipe from the tubby to the I/C curves round the ast? I was wondering why you\'d not have a straight pipe to reduce lag?
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Excellent car and excellent choice of exhaust, does everyone you know hate the sound of it too?
how wierd was going to ask same question why the bendy bit
looks real nice tho
Was going to ask that too :rollin
Does look nice. Like the matching carbon sill covers and side skirts.
Another thing i\'ve noticed is why do all owners of Fd\'s with sunroofs have to open them when taking pictures :p
Adam
ahh yeah, that annoys me a little bit too....but the reason for that is because the turbo sits to high..... so you cant fit a straight pipe because the bonnet wont shut. a couple of mili seconds lag doesnt bother me, its nutty enough :)
What power are you getting atw with that setup, and with what boost.
looks nice...what intercooler is that??
dont know the power......its getting mapped at wgt on friday next. they say they expect about 420 at the wheels with 1 bar of boost and all the supporting mods.....ill let you know when its done though.
im only going to run about 0.8 max as i cant afford for it to blow up again......
its a PWR one that i got from re-worx.....
works a treat (no pun intended :) )
What size hot side on the turbo did you go for
420bhp is nice! :)
ahh...ill get shopping..i like it!
Looking awesome, Gyles, glad you got it all sorted at last...except the wastegate spring, yeah? :2Mad Bet it\'ll be fantastic when it\'s all mapped up and flyin\' :Thumbs-up
Loving that, very nice.
Gonna look very similar to mine when I\'m finished too, but in red.
Nice work. good to hear its finally all coming together for you bud :-)
Now I\'ve come to think on it i remember you mentioning the tiny gap you had between the bonnet and I/c when you collected the parts on the group buy.
cheers for the comments guys....
yeah wastegate spring.... what a pain. something that costs about £20 actually in turn cost me about £250 lol....ill feel a lot safer though with jason being there when its being mapped though :)
nice one mate, looks great :D
looks like you have spend a lot of money on it, let us know how the mapping goes.
Looking good bud, gotta be worth the two years struggle :)
Chris
yeah, it has been. it feel\'s better already just driving it around.id recommend anyone this turbo set up.....its not far off how it use to drive with twins. its very smooth as well.
my diffuser turned up today so that will be going on next week too......
Nice all round selection of mods and it\'s great when it all comes together.
What "sports cat" are you using by the way?
Keith
i do believe its this one :-)
http://www.rx7store.net/product_p/highflowfd3s.htm
The cat looks interesting, are you using any alternative air pump or dosnt it need it.
Thanks
Keith
no,not running one. the car never had one when i bought it and now with the way the intercooler piping is it wont fit. it runs perfectly fine with out one day to day and with the back box it doesnt smell of petrol so badly. i had a trust full system and hks downpipe with out an air pump and the car use to give me a headache..... did sound lovely but 2 years like that....kinda had enough.....
What power atw did you get out of it when it was mapped. I am about to fit a 35/45 single and have about the same setup as you and pips mapping it.
erm not sure yet, still hasn\'t been done. something happened to it and its being fixed as we speak :( .....im away at the moment but im hoping they will have it done for when i get back. ill stick the graph up so you can have a look....