Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: Ada7 on September 15, 2009, 03:49:55 PM
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on September 15, 2009, 03:49:55 PM
Not done my own thread about my car on here so thought i\'d do one :D
After having my first FD for 2 years and falling in love with everything rotary i was gutted when i had to let it go so i could buy my first flat. But after 18 months or so i\'d got myself settled in and without one to play with i got the itch again for rx7 ownership and found this baby just begging to be bought. So here it is. Most of you will of seen this car before on here with a few previous owners.
Mazda 1999 Rx7 RB (Rex II)
Exterior • Permaguard paint protection • Mazdaspeed GT-C front bumper • Veilside CII side skirts • Abflug rear ¾ spats • FEED offside vented headlight cover • Rotary Extreme Scoot Style boonet with bonnet pins • Standard ’99 spec rear wing • Standard ’99 spec rear lights • Rx7 number plate
Interior • ’99 spec interior plastics • Key’s Racing Flat type 325mm buckskin steering wheel • HSB boss adapter • Re-Amemiya quick shift gear knob. Red • B&M quick shift gear stick • Aluminium Sill covers. • Defi Triple gauge housing. Oil temp/water temp/boost • Blitz S-Spec boost controller • R-Magic Power FC commander holder • Standard early cloth seats • Standard leather rear seats • Safety devices rear half roll cage • Unknown make Air vent clip on drinks can holder • Relocate Red Top battery behind passenger seat • Beaky :D
Wheels, Brakes and Suspension • Tein super street coilover adjustable suspension • Racing Beat uprated front and rear anti roll bars • BBS CH alloy wheels 18x8.5 • Brembo Front callipers. Mazda standard rear brakes • Kaaz 1.5way Differential • Soild engine and differential mounts • D1 Spec red wheel nuts
Engine • ’99 spec 13B-REW engine â€" street ported @ Re:works • Apexi Power FC ECU. Mapped @ Re:works • Blitz SUS twin stainless steel induction filter cones • Polished induction pipes • Hand polished Plenum, crossover pipe, filler neck and TB • Greddy compression Throttle elbow • Silicone hoses. Red • V-mount. XSpower intercooler/PWR radiator • Cusco oil catch tank • HKS 3†down pipe • Racing Beat duel tip back box exhaust • HKS ignition Amp • Magnecor ignition leads • Uprated fuel pressure regulator • Uprated aluminium AST • Custom made power steering bottle cap. Aluminium • Re-Amemiya Oil Cap • Re located battery to behind the passsenger seat
First thing i wanted to do was brighten up the engiine bay a bit. So out with the Ada7 polishing stuff :D And a few days later.... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Car%20washing%20day/DSC_1409.jpg)
Then came the genuine 99 spec rear lights and Red D1 Wheel nuts :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/120920081016.jpg) (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/280320091953.jpg)
Was lucky enough to get it into Japanese Performance Magazine :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Japanese%20Performance%20Photoshoot/scan0006.jpg)
Anyway you get the idea :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: RXSpeedy on September 15, 2009, 04:02:24 PM
Lovely RX, engine bay looks soo much neater with no battery there. Polishing looks very nice as well.
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: gsb876 on September 15, 2009, 05:35:24 PM
very nice all over there Adam :cheers
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on September 16, 2009, 01:02:24 AM
\'tis a lovely car :yes. Even the rear seats are surprisingly comfortable :rollin. It\'s impressive how you made an already excellent car even nicer with a few touches like losing the chav lights and sorting out the engine bay and such. It\'ll be even nicer with a nice shiny new ported motor in there :D
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Test Drives Unlimited on September 16, 2009, 03:30:39 PM
Looks a very nice car you got there Adam :cool
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on September 19, 2009, 06:55:48 PM
For a while now my car has been using up coolent. No leaks have been found but after attending one show when it got very hot on the way in the engine started to only start up on one rotor so i was told that the water seals were on their way out. D\'oh!! :( Maybe the 15 drag run in one day at Rotorstock didnt help to much :p So i decided to get the engine out (with some help) and get that looked at by Era. So a day was sorted out and with Nik and Kieron we set to work :D
Started out looking fine to me :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/DSC_2050.jpg)
But with lots of this.... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/DSC_2075.jpg)
...plenty of this.... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/DSC_2113.jpg)
... and even a little... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/DSC_2079.jpg)
We eventually got it looking like this... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/09092009390.jpg)
Ahh there\'s the missing bit :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/09092009399.jpg)
Its scary when you see all your lovely parts scattered over the floor :o (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/09092009396.jpg)
So with the engine in safe gorilla like hands ;) i set about tidying things up a little. Queue the polishing :D
... to this :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/15092009409.jpg)
Ali side step :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/15092009411.jpg)
And then got a little carried away and did the FPR a little too :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/15092009417.jpg)
Seeing as they looked a little beyond my limited skills i\'ve sent the water pump housing, alternator and power steering plate off for polishing too :D So thats how it stands now. Touched up some rusty bits and bobs in the engine bay and now trying to figure out the dark art that is single turbos.
If anyone can think of anthing else i can do while the engine is out do please say :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on September 19, 2009, 07:08:49 PM
Perfect opportunity to get polishing all the suspension arms :D
Hmmm, you seem to have caught me on a rare bad hair day :rollin
....you bought a tubby yet, dude?
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on September 20, 2009, 12:00:03 AM
Would love to do all the underside (subframes and all that) but maybe not just yet. Not got a turbo yet but will get something sorted out soon i\'m sure. You still interested in the 99s?
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on September 20, 2009, 07:30:12 AM
At the right price ;)
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: russellparkerx on October 05, 2009, 10:47:58 PM
Leave those 99s on Adam! Just realised how similar our builds are. Who built yours?
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on October 06, 2009, 01:04:57 AM
The 99 spec turbos are off and will be up for sale soon. Already have one potential buyer for them. Got something else to take their place Which bit do you mean Russell?
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: chrisJDM on October 06, 2009, 09:42:52 AM
very nice adam looking good :Thumbsup!
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: CharlieP on October 06, 2009, 10:32:43 AM
99spec turbos all the way! Good choice Nik!!!
Singles are for wussies :D
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on October 07, 2009, 03:44:44 PM
The postman \'dropped\' this off at my door the other day. (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/05102009429.jpg)
And inside it had all these lovely bits :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/05102009433.jpg)
Everyone seems to do the \'can for scale\' photo so i thought i\'d do the same but this is all i had at the time :p (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/05102009431.jpg)
Plent more polsihing to be getting on with when i have some spare time :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on October 07, 2009, 03:57:01 PM
Wow! :eek:
you can afford proper Heinz after buying that turbo!? I thought it\'d be Lidl\'s own brand :Giggle
Only kidding, looks great. Wish my postie brought pressies like that, all I got today was the bloody road tax reminder :mad:
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: russellparkerx on October 07, 2009, 10:30:27 PM
Blimey. What turbo is that Ad?
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on October 07, 2009, 10:58:20 PM
The beans were on special offer so i treated myself to some before i got the turbo knowing i\'d only be able to afford Aldi value ones after :rollin
The turbo is a HKS T04R :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: MaLicE on October 11, 2009, 10:40:42 PM
ad.... random q.. the rear turbo pipe, i have one i have polished, u recon its easy to get to while the engine is in the car lol?
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on October 11, 2009, 10:51:21 PM
You might be able to get to the nuts to undo but it would be a right PITA. I nearly bought a polish one a while back but didnt in the end as for the sake of the little bit you actually see when its on i didnt think it was worth the hassle of doing. But i polished this one up for the next owner to have cos if they\'re changing their turbos for my 99s you can get to it easily then :D
Adam
Title: Engine apart - OMG
Post by: Ada7 on October 16, 2009, 11:46:21 AM
Got the news back from Era the other day about my engine.I knew that it had been rebuilt at some time in the past and been street ported but no idea who did it. I was hoping it would just be a small water seal failure and so not much trouble at all. How wrong could i be. :( Massive water seal failure on all plates. Era suggested that some of them look so bad and twisted that they could have been second hand seals used in the previous rebuild. All the apex seals were intact but one housing had a large grove cut in it by the exhaust port suggesting it was damaged in the past but still used even though its knackered :eek: None of the ports had any form of finishing off,they were also not equal in size.The exhaust ports had no bevel cut into them as the stock ports.The result was that the one housing has picked up carbon and rubbish and has got bad scores in it,also theyare not equal in size. I had been adviced by some very knowledgable people to use K-seal in the water system as this could help slow down or even stop any water leak. This has got in to all the water channels and looks to have infact increased the wear on the seals and acted like a grinding paste and scored all the plates. So.. i\'ve had to have the plates sent off to be resurfaced and buy 2 housings. :( Luckily the rotors are ok, although one has a slight bang on it, but apparently its ok. Felt really fduk\'d off with this news as you can imagine but now being positive and now know its going to be done a thousand times better once done :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 06, 2009, 02:28:13 PM
Ok things for the engine are starting to look up. Got some pictures from Era to show off the ports he\'s done to sort out the old ones. Look big to me but i\'m not expert :D
Really excited now about getting it back and in the car again. :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 09, 2009, 09:17:34 PM
News today from Era is that all the porting is finished and he\'ll be preping the bits for painting before all the new seals arrive So do i go for a pink or purple engine :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 09, 2009, 09:21:41 PM
.....apparently, black ones are faster....:rolleyes:
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 09, 2009, 09:31:13 PM
Well the engine is going to be the ultimate in speedy colours. Half black, half red ;)
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 20, 2009, 11:37:11 PM
Went to Reworx today to get the manifold i bought welded up as it had a few cracks in it. Also picked up my rebuild parts to then take on to Era\'s. Engine is all ready to be put together now :D As it looks today. Kind of scary i think when you see your engine looking like this :o (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/07112009510.jpg)
All the new bits :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/20112009539.jpg)
Got some days off now so going to finish all the polishing i want to do :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 21, 2009, 11:35:06 PM
Bit more polsihing today. Took the compression housing off the turbo and gave it a good going over :D From this.... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/21112009540.jpg)
To this... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/21112009556.jpg)
Took me about 3 hours and isn\'t the best work i\'ve done as couldnt get right into the tight spots but it\'ll do for now :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 22, 2009, 05:59:59 PM
Ooooh, look at your big shiney trumpet thing :Ladys-man
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 23, 2009, 01:29:49 PM
Everyone loves a shiney trumpet :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 26, 2009, 12:22:02 AM
Just finished these. Polished, Painted lettering and rubber trimmed. Not to bad if i do say so myself :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/26112009570.jpg)
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 28, 2009, 10:11:08 PM
Been to Era\'s today to pick up the engine :D:D Is looking greeat now and cant wait to get in back in tomorrow
Big thanks to Era and friends for helping me out and getting it together for this weekend and answering all my questions. Also a big thank you to Jo for the use of her car and doing lots of miles in the last couple of weeks :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 28, 2009, 10:14:59 PM
Wow! looks nice. Top marks to Uncle Era. Looking forward to seeing it for real :Thumbs-up
...although I still say you bottled it for not polishing your own alternator :p :D
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 28, 2009, 10:19:06 PM
I\'ve done as much as i think i could do :o There\'s still some bit i think i could get into and clean up some more but for now i\'ll be more than happy to get it back in and on the road again :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 28, 2009, 10:21:24 PM
Is it still in the boot of Madame le Jo\'s Glof, then? Our first challenge is getting the smegger out of the boot, yeah? :Giggle
...Does look lovely, though :jealous :yes Mmmmmmm, shiney :mmmm
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 28, 2009, 10:26:13 PM
Yeh its still in there.... for now :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: L18M on November 28, 2009, 11:58:22 PM
wow.. looks well nice! quick turn-a-round time also :)
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 29, 2009, 10:24:32 PM
Well today was hard work thanks to the weather and the bloody clutch :mad: We did manage to do all the hard heavy work and get the engine in, the clutch lined up and bolted back on the flywheel and then the turbo kit mocked up to see if it fitted ok. It looks a very tight fit :eek:
The pipes for the water heater matrix rub up against the turbo housing cos the turbo sits so far back. :confused:
Still got plenty to do. All the electrical stuff (including the loom... **glup**), fuel, coolent and oil lines need connecting and then just tidying it all up, but it\'s getting there bit by bit. Big thanks to Nic for coming up to help again, you\'re a top mate. :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 29, 2009, 11:06:41 PM
No need to thank me, mate, all I did was stand around eating doughnuts and offering fatuous sarcastic advice :D Kieron\'s the hero of the hour, he was the one who finally managed to get the $*&?!ing clutch bolts sorted after God knows how long of us faffing around with \'em :god
Some pics of the day, only some of them are embarrassing, dissapointingly :rollin
Nice shiny Era-spec engine cruelly dumped on it\'s arse in the back of a long-suffering Golf (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00055.jpg)
First challenge of the day achieved; getting it out without rupturing anything, puncturing the sump or putting the engine hoist jib through the Glof\'s rear window (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00057.jpg)
Adam having a quick snooze whilst pretending to work on the bellhousing bolts :rollin (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00059.jpg)
Adam actually working, stuck under the car in spilled oil (from when we did the engine removal lol) and water blowing from the storms outside. Mmm, nice working environment :Tongue1 (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00064.jpg)
....and he emerges from his cocoon like the Very Hungry Caterpillar as a beautiful butterfly. Actually, some of that might not be exactly accurate :D (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00065.jpg)
Errrr, how does this bit go, then?.... (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00068.jpg)
Ooooh, just look at the size of my orifice :rollin It should be noted that Adam is capable of looking a bit cleverer than this....but usually chooses not to :rollin (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00070.jpg)
And this is what it\'s all about, don\'t it look proper :Thumbs-up! Few loose ends (and V-clamps) to tighten up and job\'s a good \'un (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00069.jpg)
Another top day out, not an unqualified success, shame we couldn\'t get it all done (or a bit more done anyway) but it was so cold and wet it sorta sapped all the energy out of you. Well, it did me anyway...I\'m not as young as I used to be, y\'know. And as for that apalling smell, well, I\'ve not been well, y\'know :o
...and finally, this is the "road" out of the lock-up...well it used to be a road, it\'s a river now :eek: Was a bit touch and go if the li\'l dude\'s Mugen intake was just gonna suck a gallon of this up and knacker the whole job up there, it\'s mounted right at the bottom of the engine bay aparently (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Rex%20Parts/DSC00071.jpg)
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 29, 2009, 11:31:56 PM
Brillinat nic, loving the pictures. Was hard work but sorta fun at the same time :D Now, hands up who\'s jealous of my Mazda beenie hat? :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 29, 2009, 11:36:54 PM
Errrrm....*shuffling of feet*....deafening silence........
.......come on, someone must be jealous of Ada\'s Mazda beanie hat :rollin
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on November 29, 2009, 11:45:19 PM
I have a matching scarf, gloves, camera and mouse mat too :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on November 29, 2009, 11:51:59 PM
......Taxi for Adam! :rollin
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 20, 2010, 04:23:19 PM
Not muched happend for a while on this due to work, the weather and the festive period but i thought i\'d do a little update anyway. Have been collecting parts mainly and doing some small bits when i can. Have got all the electrical stuff connected back up. Blocked up various, now unused, water out lets on the engine with some hose, bolts and jubliee clips. Looks a bit rough but will do for now and should hold fine. Got the manifold fully wrapped up now and just going to order new studs and nuts to bolts it on with. To slove the problem of the turbo housing hitting the solid water pipe for the heater matrix i\'m gonna cut it part of the way back and then re route some hose around that side of the engine bay and so back to the block again. Got this bits to help with that.. (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/20012010707.jpg) Also i decided to get a Pineapple Racing water pump pulley set. Looks an easy item to bolt on and very nicely made :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/20012010708.jpg) Also changing up my intercooler for a bigger one and got this off Kieron\'s car when he was breaking it up. Just need to work out a way of mounting it V style now (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/20012010706.jpg) Just have to still sort out a problem in matching up my new larger diameter downpipe and mid pipe, turbo and wastegate on and set up (the turbo oil lines still need sorting out) and then put back in the radiator and mount the intercooler and it should be ready to start up again :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on January 20, 2010, 05:37:17 PM
Get it finished, man :Giggle. Nice intercooler!
What other stuff has the li\'l dude got still lying about that one might prevail upon him to part with cheap, like? I might be tempted to make him a cheeky offer on that jack if he\'s still got it:mmmm
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 20, 2010, 05:43:07 PM
I havent been over there for a while now (hoping the roof hasnt caved in with the weight of the snow) so not sure what bits he has left for sale. I know there\'s a gearbox there and some door shells. Can ask about the jack if you want.
Another thing i\'ve remembered i need to sort out is the heat sheilding from the turbo. Might go for a beanie and some of that thermo sleeve stuff you recommend from Demon Tweaks (just in black-got to be different) :D Will probably change the blue hoses on the new intercooler for red ones eventually.
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on January 20, 2010, 05:45:05 PM
I might have some leftover red joiners in Shelob\'s lair you could use. If you can let me know the diameters you need, I\'ll have a look-see. Beanies are cool, in more ways than one. Funky as well as cool, innit!
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 20, 2010, 05:51:47 PM
After the weather we\'ve had lately it does make me laugh that i\'m worried about heat :p A beanie and some thermo sleeve might be enough i think. Can always add more later on if need be. Will measure up the pipes and let you know mate. Have got the red ones from my old cooler still so thats a start :D My birthday soon, what should i ask for? :confused::p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on January 20, 2010, 05:53:56 PM
Quote from: Ada7;666671My birthday soon, what should i ask for? :confused::p
Adam
Ask for the sodding elves to take a break from helping out all the damn cobblers and get your car finished for you one night :rollin
I dunno, Man Utd to actually win an important game for a change....? :D
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 20, 2010, 06:17:53 PM
Oi! keep that for other threads :p I wish the elves would help me out :o
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on January 20, 2010, 06:39:30 PM
Sorry! I promised myself I wasn\'t going to mention it, too, knew I\'d never manage it! You can\'t get the quality of elves nowadays, really can\'t. I\'ve got a long weekend next week, so if you\'ve a spare day I could always potter up and lend a hand getting some stuff done? Always seem less painful when errr, the pain\'s shared out a bit
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 20, 2010, 08:26:11 PM
Thanks for the offer mate. I will have a look at my shifts for next week and get back to you. Would be good to catch up again :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 29, 2010, 04:40:12 PM
Another little update and another item purchased :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/29012010714.jpg)
Also, anyone any ideas what i can do about this hole in the exhaust housing? Guessing it was for a EGT sensor (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/07102009454.jpg)
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: BlitzBoy on January 29, 2010, 04:50:33 PM
Get it welded or put a bolt that was the same thread size as the sensor
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 29, 2010, 04:51:57 PM
I did think about putting a short bold in there but was worried it might cause the housing to crack at high temps or something :o
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: BlitzBoy on January 29, 2010, 04:59:07 PM
so long as its the same thread size then you wont crack it
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 29, 2010, 04:59:48 PM
Coolio. easy fix then :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: MaLicE on January 29, 2010, 05:17:29 PM
or get an egt gauge lol :P
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on January 29, 2010, 06:00:38 PM
Quote from: MaLicE;668692or get an egt gauge lol :P
Something for the futrue. Just want to get my car runnnig again now :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 07, 2010, 11:06:42 PM
Ok, managed to get over to the barn yesterday for the first time this year and got a lot done. Had collected lots of bits so was dying to get to work on it again. But first off we had a couple of new neighbours to say hello to and befriend :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/06022010718.jpg) Yes that is a Land Rover roof :p
So to the work. First i re-heat wrapped the down pipe. Annoyingly was about 2 foot short but will be fine as its the furthest end left uncovered :) Then i fitted the Pineapple Racing pulley. Was very easy to do once i worked out which points to screw the bracket to. Does look good (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/06022010722.jpg)
Then i test fitted the turbo on so i could re route the water matrix pipe that was hitting the cold side housing. Had to cut the hard pipe back a bit and run the new flexible hose further up the side of the bay and then down to the engine block again. Then i got the rad fitted back in. Loved how easy that was :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/06022010723.jpg)
Finally then i placed the new intercooler on to see how much space i had left and how tight the hoses are going to be. Should be ok with a little twist and turn here and there :D
So all thats left is to sort out the oil feed and return lines for the turbo and screw it all up once and for all, then sort the intercooler hoses out and finally sort the exhaust sizing problem out. With a couple of new gaskets here and there its job done and time to start it back up again... as long as the battery isnt knackered :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 07, 2010, 11:09:30 PM
Quote from: Ada7;670904Ok, managed to get over to the barn yesterday for the first time this year and got a lot done. Had collected lots of bits so was dying to get to work on it again. But first off we had a couple of new neighbours to say hello to and befriend :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/06022010718.jpg) Yes that is a Land Rover roof :p
Wow! How deep must that mudwallow be to lose an entire Landrover in it right up to the roof :eek:! Did everyone get out of it OK before it sank?
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 07, 2010, 11:16:34 PM
I think the straw in it helped to keep it afloat enough for everyone to make a safe exit :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 21, 2010, 03:05:45 PM
Well i\'ve done all i can now with my car so its getting picked up on tuesday and trailered down to Reworx for them to finish everything off. There\'s bound to be a few (lots) of bits i\'ve missed or got wrong so i\'m sure they\'ll have a good look around it and get everything sorted. Its got the old intercooler on at the mo but will ask them to get the new one mounted up and pipes sorted out for it. Then its just to match up the downpipe and midpipe and get a base map on it so i can then run in the engine. Getting really excited about it being back on the road now :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 21, 2010, 03:12:36 PM
Hurrah! Happy days! When do they envisage getting it back to you, dude?
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 21, 2010, 03:14:02 PM
Not to sure really. They think their only doing the exhaust and then a map, gonna be a surprise when i give them a list of other bits :D Hopefully a week or 2 though :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 21, 2010, 03:16:42 PM
Quote from: Ada7;673922Not to sure really. They think their only doing the exhaust and then a map, gonna be a surprise when i give them a list of other bits :D Hopefully a week or 2 though :D
Adam
hahaha, everyone loves surprises :Giggle
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 21, 2010, 03:22:47 PM
Dont we just :D My surprise will be the drive home i\'m sure :D Although knowing i cant do WOT and the fueling wont be up to much and the clutch might melt... i\'ll have to take it easy :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 06:11:26 PM
Well my car has finally made it out of the garage and seen daylight again. Ok it wasnt under its own power but even so. Geoff from Reworx came and picked it up. Was a tight fit in the trailer but with a light pushing and pulling it got on ok :D
Tried to get this little beauty out of Geoff\'s car without him noticing but i wasnt quick enough :p (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Engine%20rebuild/23022010770.jpg)
Anyway, its down at Reworx now with a small list of stuff for them to do. Just waiting on the call now to come and pick it up again :D
VERY EXCITED :D:D:D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 06:34:51 PM
Anyone who\'s been to Era\'s Rotorshed will of met Kit Kit (aka rotor cat). Well i\'ve gone and got one too now :p
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Test Drives Unlimited on February 23, 2010, 07:50:01 PM
Nice Pussy Cat :evillaugh
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 23, 2010, 08:31:13 PM
A puss cat is for life, a dog is just for chow mein :Giggle He looks like a Bob to me....Bobcat, geddit arf etc!
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 08:33:35 PM
Ha ha very good Nik :Thumbs-up I was informed by Phil over on fduk that there is a breed of cat called a Devon rex.... so.... Devon it is :D Say hello Devon :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 23, 2010, 08:34:48 PM
:eek: Devon knows how they make it so creamy :3Confused Ask him for me, will you? :rollin
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 08:36:36 PM
I will and get back to you asap with an answer :p I really wanted to hide that turbo of Geoffs. I\'m sure he wouldn\'t of minded :rollin It\'s going on their rx8 drag car apparently
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 23, 2010, 08:38:31 PM
Yeah, that\'s a man\'s turbo, that is. Hopefully the RX-8 will come back out of the shadows this year then, it\'s about time it saw the light of day again
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 08:44:51 PM
I didnt ask when it\'ll be running as you get the same reply.. "just when its ready really". They have loads on so is hard to get time to work on it i guess. This turbo needs a new manifold. I \'showed\' him around the barn and asked if he wanted any of kierons junk. Funnily enough he wasnt that interested :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 23, 2010, 08:54:46 PM
I wanted some of Kieron\'s "junk", but I always seem to have money when the parts I need aren\'t around and no money when they are
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 08:59:50 PM
When i say junk i ment the real junk. Bits of plastic and stuff just lying about. Needs a good clean up that place. :)
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on February 23, 2010, 09:02:32 PM
Ahhh, that junk! Yeah, all those empty cans of coke up on the tarpaulin need chucking away, too :rollin
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on February 23, 2010, 09:07:32 PM
Ha ha i\'d forgotten about them. Think they\'ve all come down now. Only one car in there now so plenty of room to move about. Watching the Ski-cross on BBC2 right now. All the guys need are machine guns and a parachute and its like the intro to a James Bond film :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 05, 2010, 09:20:09 PM
Just had some news about my car...
IT LIVES....IT LIVES!!!! The motor was fired up today, The guys at ReWorx just need to run it to temp to check the water system. Got to phone first thing in the morning to make sure all is ok to go pick it up :D:D:D:D:D:D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 05, 2010, 10:57:19 PM
Hurrah for Rexy! Bet you can\'t wait now, you\'ll be like a kid on Christmas eve tonight hahaha
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 05, 2010, 11:02:51 PM
Yeh i am. I know if i go to sleep now then morning will come quicker but i\'m to excited to sleep :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 05, 2010, 11:06:13 PM
Is it morning yet, mummy? :rollinSanta will only come if you\'re a good boy and go to sleep properly :Giggle
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 05, 2010, 11:15:58 PM
You can tell you\'re a dad:p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 05, 2010, 11:29:10 PM
I felt dirty and tainted even typing it, if it\'s any consolation :o
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 05, 2010, 11:38:16 PM
Not the first time you\'ve felt like that i\'m sure ;) Had a message left on my phone by the Oldone to tell me the news earlier. He sounded just as excited about the engine running as i am :D We should have a \'Guess how many miles i\'ll do tomorrow?\' Competition :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 05, 2010, 11:40:59 PM
I reckon you\'ll need a few thousand to run the engine in properly. Shall we say Edinburgh and back for starters? :rollin Joking aside, I bet once you start, you won\'t wanna stop, even on restricted revs and all that. I was like that when I started mine up after just four months, and I ain\'t even had the rebuild :yes
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 05, 2010, 11:44:00 PM
Everyone says you need to do at least 1k to bed a new engine in fully. Got a few bits to sort out while i do that anyway. Got my eye on a twin plate clutch at the mo and then will get some 1680 injectors and a new fuel rail too. Then its just mapping.... I think :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 06, 2010, 05:08:49 PM
Its back :D:D:D Will get some pictures up soon but its gonna need a good wash and polish first. Can\'t stop now as wanna be out driving :rollin
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 06, 2010, 07:45:18 PM
Had a few other bits i had to do today and actually haven\'t really done that many miles. Is very tempting to put my foot to the floor and see what it\'ll do now but gonna take it easy. I get a little bit of turbo noise now and again and it so cool :cool: It has a very slight hunt in the idle but thinking that could just be the ECU relearning a little. I had a couple of bits sent away for polishing and they look incredible, like they\'ve been chromed. Annoyingly it make the rest look half hearted now :o Its got the old intercooler as the new one i got might be a little big and was gonna be a lot of work to fit by Reworx so i\'m probably gonna be on the look out for a proper V mount one.
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 19, 2010, 03:16:10 PM
Ok here\'s the finished item... for now :) Gave it a clean the other day and finially fitted my door sills. Still have to find myself a better intercooler that\'ll fit and then sort the hoses out, not liking the different colours but it does for now :D
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on July 24, 2010, 06:55:22 PM
Thread revival :D Ok, i\'ve been trying to get stuff together to finally be able to get the car ready for mapping. Finally got a twin plate clutch and along with a radtec V-mount myself and Kieron were planning to fit it all today. As it turned out the V-mount was enough work for us for one day (even with the help of Lewis sorting out the electric fans) and we decided it would be best to get reworx to do the clutch. Better safe than sorry (Told you so i hear you all cry :o:()
I know i\'m going to have to uprate the fueling and so i\'ve got some 1680cc injectors and waiting for a fuel rail to put them in. Once thats here i can get the car to reworx have them do the clutch, secondary fuel set up (all the connectors and hoses) with fuel pump and then finally map the beast :D
Anyway, here\'s some pictures of how the V-mount looks now :D
Red hoses for the hot side, blue for the cold side. Its the latest and greatest trend and you saw it here first :p Love the way it fills the whole front of the engine bay :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Test Drives Unlimited on July 24, 2010, 08:22:36 PM
Looking good there Adam :) & hope you can make it for Rotorstock 7 :driving
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on July 29, 2010, 05:12:38 PM
Got my car booked into Reworx to get all the bits i need doing and then mapping :D Very excited now :D:D Gonna have boost at last :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on July 29, 2010, 08:09:58 PM
BOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSTTTTT! Yayy, good news dude! I got mine going in next week too, so looks like we\'ll both be out menacing society at the same time :Giggle
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: L18M on July 29, 2010, 11:06:13 PM
the new ic looks awesome :) much better than that little thing you had before lol
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Prof on July 29, 2010, 11:47:56 PM
Liking the look of that intercooler setup :) :cheers
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on July 31, 2010, 10:06:03 PM
Went over to the barn again today to do a few things to the car but by the time me and Kieron got there niether of us were in the mood for doing much :o Picked up all the bits i needed though for next weeks work and mapping at Reworx including my twin plate OS Giken clutch. Second hand but will do nicely for now :) (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/310720101021.jpg)
Kieron was taking his Ronnie out for a drive now it is all taxed and stuff so on the way back we stopped on the Top Gear start/finish line for a quick snap ;) (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/310720101029.jpg)
Picked up Hannah on the way to town and let her have a go. Brought a smile to her face... (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/310720101034.jpg)
.... and who says you cant do your weekly shop in an FD :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/310720101031.jpg)
The boot was full up of parts before you ask why is it all in the back seat :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: RXSpeedy on July 31, 2010, 11:36:25 PM
LOL who says there\'s lack of room in the back :Laugh Awesome progress with your Rx and looks lovely, i want your steering wheel though haha.
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on August 06, 2010, 05:16:40 PM
Well back home now and what a day its been. I\'ve been up for 28 hours now and absolutely knackered but got a huge grin on my face from the drive home. First off i\'ve got to thank Chris and Geoff from Reworx so much for all the work they did today on my car and of course BIG hugs, tugs and love for the Oldone himself Era for building me the strong engine i have :D:D
First of all was fitting the twin plate clutch i got. Annoyingly i wasn\'t sent half the stuff that was supposed to be with it. All the bolts, fixing and converter for it were missing but thankfully Chris was able to route through many mystical and magical boxes and pull out all the bits i needed to get it on. I so glad i didn\'t attempt this at the barn now as i had no idea how much work in involved in getting the box, clutch and flywheel off. The fdukin flywheel nut just wouldn\'t budge at all! :o
With that done and the box back on it was on to the fueling. One of Kev\'s Billet Blitz fuel rails with some 1680cc injectors and some nice connectors to go with it was fitted as well as all the lines for the boost controller sorted out. I\'d bought along a walbro 040 pump on the tank bracket just ready to drop in but it turns out i already have one so that\'ll be up for sale soon :D A quick oil and filter change and a couple of other bits and it was all ready for the mapping :D
Geoff got it all dialed in pretty quickly and gave it a few runs to see what figures we had. It sounds SOooooo loud in there and the turbo spooling up is, and i dont use this word often.... awesome :D Sadly the 040 pump wasn\'t man enough for my ports and turbo and so we only got a max of 355rwhp at 0.8 bar. All the solinoids and live feeds to the pump were good so nothing to worry about there. We were all a little disappointed but Geoff seems to feel that with a bigger pump (044) and another tweek on the roller that it will easily make 400 and could go as far as 430-450 when up to 1.1bar boost :D
All i will say about the drive home is that people weren\'t getting out of the way of the massive grin on my face quick enough! :D The power comes in so smooth and just keeps building to the 6,500rpm limiter that Geoff put on for now (just so not to run lean). the clutch will take a bit of getting used to (as will watching the fuel gauge drop even quicker now :o) but by god its good fun :D
Gotta go now as got to get ready for going out (god knows how i\'m gonna stay awake) but for now all i\'ll say is i\'m loving the single life :p :D:D:D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on August 06, 2010, 05:22:05 PM
Got some videos of it on the rollers but need to sort through them to see how good they are :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on August 08, 2010, 01:38:18 PM
Here\'s a graphs from one of the power runs :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/Mapping%20day%20at%20Reworx%206th%20Aug/001.jpg)
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 01, 2011, 12:59:59 PM
Just a quick update on this as havne\'t done a lot recently. Got rex booked in at ReWorx next tuesday to have a 044 fitted and then a remap to up the boost and hopefully loose the 6.5k rev limit.
Also while i\'m off this week i plan to (hopefully) finally fit my Knight Sports Twin Pop ups. Thinking i might get some HIDs to go with them. From advice from Phil i need H3 fitting with what ever temp bulbs to go with it so thinking between kits like these on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370464058904&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260741827880&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Any more advice anyone can give about these would be great :D Got a couple of other little bits to add and touch up too while i can. Plus now after the Brighton run on sunday i\'ve got to get my front bumper repaired and resprayed due to a small arguement with a kerb! :mad::(
Thats it for now, as i said, not much changed or happened. Will let you all know what power figures i get tuesday once the pump in sorted out
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 07, 2011, 11:30:26 PM
Well not a very productive day today in the end. Me and Nik were going to finally get my Knight Sports lights on and also fit the HID kit i\'d got too. Well thats what we thought... In the end it became a battle between us and some bloody stubben bolts and screws that just wouldn\'t undo (plus me also being an idiot and geting a rachet spanner stuck between the light unit and my intercooler, resulting in me having to remove said intercooler to get spanner out :() so we ended up after a good few hours more or less where we started. Only good points were that i fitted some LED bulbs to the side lights and got my Dragon Performance tensioner pulley on :) Oh well, hope tomorrow is a better day at ReWorx :D Photos please Nik :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 07, 2011, 11:48:10 PM
Lol, what a fduking frustrating day. Just hours spent chasing our tails in ever decreasing circles. The spanner was just funny by that stage, it had undone the bolt right to the point where it was up against the IC end tank...and that was it. Cos it\'s not a reversible spanner you have to take it off the bolt and flip it over to do the bolt up again, which we couldn\'t cos the spanner wouldn\'t do up the bolt again without flipping it over which we couldn\'t do because the bolt stuck out too far to get the spanner off....aaarrrrrrgh! Endless loop :mad:
Plus the fact that every single fduking fastener seemed to have irretreviably welded itself to its receptacle and the bizarre wiring for the Knightsports lights that seems to be more complex than rocket surgery errrr brain science? Meant we gave up in disgust and put it all back (almost) as it was :( Whoever at Mazda thought of those Eeezzzeee-rust phillips head screws holding the light covers on need killing for crimes against amateur mechanics :mad:
Tried everything, here a random fat old silver-haired bald bloke tries an impact driver on them :rolleyes: (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0427.jpg)
some of the fasteners just wouldn\'t give up, even after blowtorch, dremelling, drilling, stud extractors and sheer Herculesian brute force. We did eventually get one side off, here the car is trying for a starring role in the "recognise the first signs of a stroke" adverts (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0430.jpg)
And we even got as far as trial-fitting the KS lights before getting the spanner stuck and having to diassemble the entire engine bay to get it out :o (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0433.jpg)
Look nice, yeah? However, we just ran out of time to get it finished with all the wiring that would need doing as well, so here Adam is in his best mechanics\' pose putting it all back to stock :( (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0437.jpg)
Still a lovely lookin car from most any angle though, innit! (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0450.jpg)
Not a total waste, nice shiny billet Dragon pulley was a minor triumph (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0439.jpg)
PLEASE, kids, don\'t try this at home as a method of cleaning your pulleys :eek: (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0447.jpg)
New LED sidelights are probably brighter than the stock headlights :cool: (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0455.jpg)
Awwwwwww :D Is this the look of a man suffering acute terror or what hahaha (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/IMG_0452.jpg)
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 07, 2011, 11:59:34 PM
Yeh holding Niah was the scaryist part of the day for me, even worse than cleaning up the pulleys with the engine running :p We should of just got both KS light units trial fitted in and left them like that (never mind all the covers and electrics rubbish). It looks quite good just as it is there :p Loving the new LED side lights, pictures look great. Cheers dude :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 08, 2011, 12:04:54 AM
Lol, you have to show avoid showing this thread to Hannah now :D.
Hope tomorrow at RE:Worx has a happier ending than today for you dude. Still, look at it this way....we only have four fasteners still to un-seize now, so we\'re more than half-way there. Another week or so I reckon we\'ll have cracked it :o
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 08, 2011, 12:09:26 AM
Dont forget the 2 headlight covers i\'ve got to fix as well :o
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 08, 2011, 03:19:37 PM
Ok, today had its ups and downs. Started off with fitting of the Da-31 fuel pump i got off ebay. This didn\'t go well at all. It just didn\'t pump at all. Geff said it was no better than a standard pump and not as good as the walbro i was trying to improve on. It could of been a faulty unit, but one aborted run and 88bhp isn\'t good. Will call the company i got it from and hope i can get my money back.
This is engine power, so approx 370rwhp @1bar boost:D I\'m happy with that. not really looking for huge figures (if i was i\'d of bought a bigger turbo and stuff) but just to make the most of what i have now. Should go well on the strip me thinks :D
Also while i was there i got to meet Mattie and see his awesome track car. Looks amazing :D
Speaking to Geff about the amount of smoke my car makes he thinks it could be down to the amount of premix i\'m using. I put 500ml in per 50 litres the amount many have recommended. He suggested it was to much and to half this and see what happens Another bonus for today was i got an Apexi commander at last. Yippy!!!
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 08, 2011, 03:45:24 PM
Size matters lol. Good numbers, dude, happy days. Now you can show Andy how slow RZs really are :D
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: fil_auto on March 08, 2011, 03:49:08 PM
Much better, great news Ada :Thumbs-up
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 08, 2011, 04:11:10 PM
Cheers guys. I will try and give Andy a good show thats for sure :D
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Nik da Greek on March 08, 2011, 04:12:17 PM
Yeah, he likes it when the nice boys give him a good show :Giggle
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on March 08, 2011, 04:26:41 PM
So you keep telling me ;)
Adam
Title: rz is the quickest fd
Post by: andy on April 10, 2011, 12:09:34 PM
ada let me now when, my car should be ready in the next 6 weeks and then i kick your big arse up the 1/4 mile :evillaugh:evillaugh:evillaugh:evillaugh:evillaugh
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on April 10, 2011, 09:37:20 PM
I will do mate. :) Got me some drag radials now so should help things move along... as long as i dont break anything :o
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Ada7 on April 18, 2011, 09:15:25 PM
Thought i\'d try my hand at a bit of painting seeing as i had a few days off. I\'ve now got some drag tyres on some standard wheels and while the tyres are fine the wheels were a bit chipped up after being painted black at some point. First off i gave the tyres a sporty look by painted the lettering on them. Really liked this but it just highlighted the condition on the wheels more.
Much better, but not quite finished yet. Want them to stand out a little more so had the idea to paint the spokes red by following the lines already on them so it came to a point at the center.
The wheels are by no means perfect at all (in fact i\'m gonna have to go over a few bits where the paint has over sprayed or lifted off when removing the tape) but from a distance and considering its the first time i\'ve tried anything like this i thought they came out ok...
Car is having the front bumper fixed and resprayed this week so once thats back i\'m gonna finally try again to fit my Knight Sports lights. Oh Nik..... :D :p
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Will66 on April 18, 2011, 10:53:58 PM
They look cool. Although you\'re on a slippery slope, first there are a bit of drag radials then you\'ll be winding up the boost a bit chasing an 11 second run. Then you\'ll be plastered in sparcro gear and before long you\'ll have hair like James Willday!
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: RXSpeedy on April 19, 2011, 05:04:31 AM
Im liking that Ada7 makes a nice change from the norm.
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Post by: Lacey on April 19, 2011, 11:22:51 AM
Mint!!!! Want!!! :D
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Post by: Ada7 on April 19, 2011, 09:22:25 PM
Could do yours for you for a price :p
Adam
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Post by: gsb876 on April 20, 2011, 12:17:03 AM
nice figures Adam, looking great as usual mate
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Post by: Ada7 on May 13, 2011, 03:50:29 PM
Fitted my drag wheels today to make sure there\'d be no problems once at the Pod. Only problem i had was getting off the Drift Spec Wheel nuts i had on there. They were on very tight and a few nearly rounded off as the metal is very soft. But luckily got them all off and will be using standard ones on there from now on as the are much tougher.
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Post by: fil_auto on May 13, 2011, 03:59:17 PM
pretty damn cool duder ;)
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Post by: Ada7 on May 13, 2011, 11:16:11 PM
Cheers mate. MOT soon and then Headlights.... again :o
Adam
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Post by: m1tch on May 15, 2011, 09:55:36 AM
So, now you know they fit fine, you are sending them over to me? yes yes? :D
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Post by: B.Martin on May 15, 2011, 05:06:06 PM
Just reading through this, great progress. Looks nice as well, when you\'ve got it all done you can park it in the death star next to darth vaders tie fighter!
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Post by: Mulv on May 24, 2011, 04:57:54 PM
That is a lovely looking FD!! A lot of time and effort spent there.
Can i ask what polish did you use for the engine (any thing special) - It came up brilliantly
G
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Post by: Ada7 on May 25, 2011, 12:27:29 AM
I bought an abrasive and polishing kit (lots of different grades of abrasives and polish) and used it on a polishing machine. Then just used autosol, a bucket of elbow grease and a few spare hours to keep it looking good (this is the hard part as once its all back together its near impossible to get to all the arkward bits to keep it looking good) Have a look here... http://www.fduk.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16522&highlight=polish
Adam
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Post by: Ada7 on June 30, 2011, 11:21:13 AM
Run one from japshow the other weekend. Was so close to beating my PB with this run. A 13.2 @ 115mph. not really noticable but i had a bad start with lots of spin and tramping off the line. Not in the 12s but showing good power with the speed so hopefully better times to come once i can sort my starts out
Adam
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Post by: BlitzBoy on June 30, 2011, 11:27:57 AM
LOL now I know why you had no grip!!! where was the second gear burnout? hardly any revs on the launch!! you boged off the line, you need at least 6.5K. Plus you were short shifting, didnt even hear the buzzer
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Post by: Ada7 on June 30, 2011, 11:30:40 AM
That run was on street tyres so no point warming them up. Yeh i bogged and then spun and so had to drop the revs slightly. Was my first run in nearly 2 years so was taking it fairly easy really. I think i need a big tacho so i can see the revs as most of mine is covered up by the steering wheel
Thanks for your support though Blitzy :D
Adam
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Post by: BlitzBoy on June 30, 2011, 11:33:28 AM
no no dont let the revs drop, even if you are spininning the wheels keep the gas in , road speed will eventually catch up . Go hard or go home hahahahaa
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Post by: Ada7 on June 30, 2011, 11:35:18 AM
Had to go home in the end, its where i sleep :p I\'ll be better prepared for the next time, probably rotorstock now
Adam
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Post by: Speedworks on June 30, 2011, 11:36:00 AM
what BOV do you run? :D
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Post by: Ada7 on June 30, 2011, 11:38:05 AM
I dont have one, just the turbo you can hear
Adam
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Post by: Ada7 on August 11, 2011, 07:21:30 PM
Right, finally got around to fitting my Knight sports headlights. Myself and Nik had spent one day trying to sort things out but thanks to rusted screws and a very tight fitting intercooler with got in the way of the mounting bolts we didn\'t it al done. So the other week i had another go by myself (never good to leave me alone with tools but i did my best).
First i had to drill out some rusted light cover screws so i could get the cover off and finally get the passenger side backet out.
The problem child mocking me (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0718.jpg)
Finally off and ready to put in the KS units (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0720.jpg) (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0721.jpg)
Then there was this little lot to figure out (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0730.jpg)
Annoyingly I had to keep taking out the intercooler everytime I changed the lights (which also meant moving a rad hose to) as it\'s such a tight fit that you can\'t get to one of the pivot bolts on the light craddle.
Electrics figured out and it all works :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0737.jpg)
So out with the intercooler so as to bolt the cradles down and then fit the front covers. (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_0744.jpg)
And that\'s as far as I got by myself. It was then down to see Nik again on another day and get him to help me cut the mounting points on the top covers and repeat all the above a few times so as to fit the units and aline al the bits together
We didn\'t get any pictures of our working that day apart form this one in the light of the lights fully fitted...
but Nik got some at night when i was setting off for home. Hopehe doesnt mind me quoting his post from fduk so you can see his pictures..
Quote from: Lucky;246984Quick sneaky update of Adman\'s thread for him while he\'s driving home lol. Hopefully he\'ll still be in a good mood when he gets there and not grumpy cos his lights just failed completely on a dark country road or one of the headlight covers we spend half the day fitting just blew off and wound up under a giant truck or something....
What the hell am I on about? The Knighsport lights finally gave into our persistance and all-round amazingness :D. After our epic failure last time around we weren\'t to be beaten. I say we, in fact Ada had already done all the hard owrk, fitting the light assemblies and getting the unfathomable Jap-spec wiring weirdness sorted out... my main contribution was to have some man-up spray and dremel the headlight covers so they\'d fit :eek:
(I think he was scared, personally, but don\'t say I told you) :D
Anyhoo, they\'re on, they all work, the covers fit perfick, we\'re getting properly quick at dismantling and re-fitting the V-mount to get to the one bloody bolt that\'s impossible otherwise, and they look bloody fantastic :cool: Dunno why people grumble about them being feeble, these are like properly retina-melting bright, especially on high beam. Like a total spazz, I forgot to take any pics until after it got dark, so the only ones I can post are of them being really bright errm, in the dark :o
High beam (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/fullbeam.jpg)
People are going to think the bloody things a UFO landing behind them :) Arbitrary clock shot for no good reason. I said clock (http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Nik_da_Greek/Misc%20car%20pics/clocks.jpg)
Top day messing around with cars as always, and I managed to not faint, so that was a bonus too :D Much love
So thats them finally finally finished. Well, apart from alining the beams for the next MOT :D
Adam
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Post by: jamison1982 on August 11, 2011, 07:45:18 PM
look very good mate
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Post by: B.Martin on August 12, 2011, 10:15:14 AM
Great stuff, looks good.
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Post by: a.tapos on August 12, 2011, 11:58:17 AM
i remember seeing this car at brooklands about two years ago(i think the front bumper was ropey) ,its come on so well its a real proper bit of kit now,and all that elbow grease and polishing has paid off its good to see people still put the work in them selves rather then just drop them off at a tuners with a blank cheque. im building a similar fd at the mo and and it gives you a lot of will to get it done seeing yours, Though i have got a t51 lined up i think it might be too big for what i want.
well done boos.
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Post by: Mir on August 12, 2011, 12:27:41 PM
Nice Build.... I loved your enthusiasm
Mir
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Post by: Ada7 on August 12, 2011, 04:59:42 PM
Cheers for the comments guys. There\'s still plenty more I\'d love to do but it all depends on what I can afford and what direction I want to go with the caf now. For the time being it\'s staying a good street car. Little things like getting a polished rad cover, tiding up the electrical in the engine bay and new intercooler pipes will keep me busy for a while. I\'m not really known for working quickly on stuff ha ha
Not sure my bumper has ever been ropey :confused:
Adam
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Post by: a.tapos on August 15, 2011, 10:23:20 AM
I just thought it had a couple of marks on it as its quite low,but looks great.
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Post by: Ada7 on January 09, 2012, 06:19:09 PM
Ok, nothing major gone on with my car in ages now. Lack of money has slowed things right down but i\'ve got a few things in mind that i\'d like to sort out soon. I have had a couple of cool stickers made up though by Pete (V8-FD). Got one of them on today.
For those of you that dont know, this comes from a time i lauched off the start line with a window down and was also in reverse so it became my mantra from then on :p
More stickers to come once i can get them on properly
Adam
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 09, 2012, 09:43:07 PM
Hahaha, luv it!!
What\'s the next plan for going faster? Interior out?
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Post by: Ada7 on January 09, 2012, 09:53:09 PM
I am thinking of doing that for the summer. Boot plastics and rear seats should loose me a little weight and i can always put them back in at any point. Also getting hold of some standard shocks might help a bit i\'ve been told. Going to try and sort my brakes out so it\'ll hold on the start line better under load. It creeps at the moment so need the brakes to bite harder. Also want to give it a full service. All fluids.. engine, box and diff. I\'ve also been thinking about getting a couple of gauges. EGT and wideband so it can be monitored betterer. After that... who knows. Water injection and more boost maybe??
Adam
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Post by: B.Martin on January 09, 2012, 10:05:06 PM
Moooooaaaarr booooost.
That is all. (nice sticker ;))
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Post by: Ada7 on January 09, 2012, 10:08:03 PM
There\'s talk of a \'MORE REVS PUSSY!\' sticker too :p
Adam
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Post by: m1tch on January 09, 2012, 10:10:27 PM
I do like your very handy tool shelf in the engine bay :) almost as useful as a strut brace to reach stuff at the back of the engine :rollin
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 09, 2012, 10:18:11 PM
Quote from: Ada7;805872I am thinking of doing that for the summer. Boot plastics and rear seats should loose me a little weight and i can always put them back in at any point. Also getting hold of some standard shocks might help a bit i\'ve been told. Going to try and sort my brakes out so it\'ll hold on the start line better under load. It creeps at the moment so need the brakes to bite harder. Also want to give it a full service. All fluids.. engine, box and diff. I\'ve also been thinking about getting a couple of gauges. EGT and wideband so it can be monitored betterer. After that... who knows. Water injection and more boost maybe??
Adam
Egt in each in manifold runner? You got a wide band ready to go in rx4. Bought it with the data loggit.
What are you going to do to the breaks? Press harder on the pedal?
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Post by: Ada7 on January 09, 2012, 10:24:00 PM
Thats the problem, cant have both feet of 3 pedels. I hold it on the hand break on the line but its not strong enough and creeps foward Would the EGT not go in the downpipe?
Adam
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 09, 2012, 10:42:59 PM
Yes but if your wanting to use the EGT to help with power production they need to be before the turbo so you can monitor what you injectors are doing by looking at the temps.
WI will bring the temps down if you get that which will help lean out the mixture a bit to gain HP.
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 09, 2012, 10:47:15 PM
I thought you meant the brakes for a burn out?
To hold the car on the line you could get a hydro hand brake. Prety cheap and it will hold the car dead on the line.
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Post by: Ada7 on January 09, 2012, 11:21:42 PM
Not heard of a hydro brake. Do you have any links?
Adam
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 09, 2012, 11:31:36 PM
I\'m mean a hydraulic rear hand brake. Like what the drift boys use. Trust me it will work good
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Post by: Ada7 on January 10, 2012, 07:04:13 PM
Seen the driftworks one. Do you know if they are easy to fit? Would the brakes need rebleeding?
Adam
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 10, 2012, 07:27:28 PM
You will need to rebleed if you go hydro as you will be detouring the brake lines. Shouldn\'t be too hard to do as long as you have a brake line flare kit.
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Post by: Ada7 on January 10, 2012, 08:56:09 PM
They do have a line kit in their store too. Think things over now about this as other seem to think its a bit over kill for my needs as you saw. Cant seem to find the spin turn knob Colum mentioned though :o
Adam
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 10, 2012, 09:11:07 PM
I know they do but I think it\'s something so simple. And it will be good if you wana do some show off 180s at local meets ;) lmao. It will also clean up rear discs as I remember mine being only partially used.
Ian uses the hydro hand brake for Haywards car and he said it was the easiest way to load everything up. Probably loaded the car up more then most as a hydro is stronger than a cable brake. Less initial stress on the gear box and diff when you launch
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Post by: Ada7 on January 10, 2012, 09:15:46 PM
Just seen the driftworks spin knob. For the sake of £10 i\'ll give that a go and tighen up the cable more and see how i get on next time. If i still have issues then maybe i\'ll man up to the hydro kit. Line lock might be on the cards too as that doesn\'t look to pricey... but then there\'s fitting it :o
Adam
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on January 10, 2012, 09:21:18 PM
Line lock is a good option, get those tyres hot and sticky for sure.
A tenner is cheaper than the hydro for sure. Get some traffic light practice in.
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Post by: Ada7 on January 10, 2012, 09:32:47 PM
Yep thats a good plan :D
Adam
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Post by: Ada7 on January 27, 2012, 09:54:39 PM
Little update, another sticker one. Seeing some guys were talking the :censored::censored::censored::censored: out of my wheels i thought i\'d carry on the joke and get some stickers made up for them. Pete (V8-fd) made them for me and i can\'t praise him enough for sorting them out and going though bits again and again with me. Anyway... here they are :)
Brembo Front callipers. Mazda standard rear brakes
Kaaz 1.5way Differential
Soild engine and differential mounts
D1 Spec red wheel nuts
Dragon Performance Gearbox and Diff Braces
Standard FD wheels (Lego Racing style) with BFGoodrich drag radials for the strip
Engine
’99 spec 13B-REW engine – Oldone Racing Street port
Apexi Power FC ECU. Mapped @ Re:worx
TO4r Turbo on T51 Manifold. Mapped to 0.9bar. 441FWHP
PTP Turbo blanket
044 fuel pump
Billet Blitz secondary fuel rail with 1680 injectors
Pineapple Racing Idler pulley kit
Polised Pulleys
Hand polished Plenum, Alternator, filler neck, TB, Water pump plate
Greddy compression Throttle elbow
Silicone hoses. Red
Radtec V-mount system
Cusco oil catch tank
Racing Beat duel tip back box exhaust
HKS ignition Amp
Magnecor ignition leads
Uprated fuel pressure regulator
Uprated aluminium AST
Custom made power steering and Brake fluid bottle caps. Aluminium
Re-Amemiya Oil Cap
Twin plate OS Giken clutch
Quickest time so far on the strip - 12.6 @ 113mph. More to come :D
Probably missed somethings :o
Adam
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Post by: Ada7 on February 04, 2012, 11:05:50 PM
First off i\'d just like to say that yes i\'m an idiot and should know better.
Went to get in my car this morning to take it for a drive and the battery was flat. This has happened a little lately due to it being a ridiculously small battery and the cold weather getting to it. Luckily i was meeting my parents in the village and a quick phone call to them diverted them my way. Once the arrived a quick jump start off my dads car and i got mine going again. All good i thought....
Sadly not. I was taking the jump leads off when all of a sudden i noticed a huge cloud of white smoke coming out from under the bonnet. :censored::censored::censored::censored:!!!!! (I thought). Ran around and turned the car off and let the smoke blow away. Opened the bonnet to find rubber everywhere. The crank pulley had obviuosly come away, snapped in two and got curled up around itself.
As you can see, a right mess! So now began the hunt to find a replacement. Seeing as i\'ve got rid of the air con pump and fitted a pineapple racing idle pulley kit i knew it would\'t be easy getting a correct replacement. I found out the length i needed online and then tried every motor factors i knew to see if they had one. No one did and in the end i have had to order one in at Halfords.
So why would the belt come off you maybe asking by now.
Well... lately i\'ve been having to top the water up every now and again and i think this might have diluted the coolent i had in the water system down to next to nothing. Seeing as the temps have dropped so much over the last few nights the water had frozen in the rad pipes and maybe the water pump itself (maybe even around the whole engine). When i turned the engine on i think the pulley was stuck and this caused the belt to rub untill it came off and snapped. I next had to thaw out the pipes the best i could (Coolent i\'d bought in Halfords) and then with a bit of advice from the Oldone and incouragement from Nik da, via texts, I emptied out the water system and have left it for now till the new belt arrives and i can see if anything has been damaged inturnally.
So the lesson for you all today is.... dont forget to add coolent to the water system. It can save you a whole lot of hassle trying to fix anything that may break and a few days of worry to find out if anything bad has happened to the block.
Keep your fingers crossed for me please :o
Adam
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Post by: B.Martin on February 05, 2012, 08:28:44 AM
The joys of freezing weather, I\'m sure everything will be fine mate but finger crossed anyway. Oh and send my regards to Nik!
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Post by: Ada7 on April 27, 2012, 11:10:30 AM
Couple of updates for those interested :)
Begining of March...
Finally got my Rexy fixed up today. Had to cut up the standard matrix hoses a bit so they\'d loop up and bypass going into the bulkhead and just around the engine instead. Getting to the bottom hose on the block is a right PITA though. Just hope i\'ve got it on strong enough as doing it back up was a nightmare No heating now but thats not really a major issue. Just take it for a spin and it feels so good to drive again Now i can get back to trying to find time to do a full service on it and other bits i\'ve got lined up too :D
Last week...
Little update. Nothing to do with the car as such but had to get one of these for on the strip...
As for the car, found out its got a crack in the manifold so deciding what to do there. Might get it welded up again for now and see what happens at a later date.
Have to say a big thanks to Andy (a.tapos) at AMT (http://www.amt-fordmazda.co.uk/) I went and saw him last week and he helped me out with some bits i\'ve been meaning to do to my car. Great guy and really helpful and saved me a lot of time and effort.
Adam
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Post by: Ada7 on June 14, 2012, 08:04:24 AM
Just a \'small\' update today. Can you spot my new turbo here.... ;)
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Post by: Ada7 on August 11, 2013, 10:33:16 PM
Been a bit (very) slack in updating this... :o
So back in November, after finding out my engine had lost compression on the rear rotor, and moving house, it was time to get the block out....
Massive thanks to Andy (a.tapos) for today (November). With his help (to be fair he did almost all of it) we got the engine out of my car in no time at all. I\'ve heard of people saying they\'ve got engines out in a few hours and always taken it with a pinch of salt but after only about an hour and a half the engine was out and in the garage stripped down :D It was over so quick i didn\'t even get chance to get any pictures... Nik where were you when i needed you :p This is all i got...
To this.... is no time at all :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/IMG_1874.jpg)
Lots to do and sort out now with the car as well as getting the engine over to Era to see whats happen and what i can do. Again, big thanks Andy. :thumbsup:
The engine was taken over to Era\'s not long after and over time I\'ve thought about the spec I wanted to go and saving up for the parts. Decided to go half bridge with SCR seals all around and clearenced rotors. All parts for this have been bought and delivered so the engine will be all done sometime soon. Also in the mean time I\'ve been buying other parts to get some bits up to spec. Bought a hurst line lock from the states. Automotive FPR was next followed quickly by a 3 bar map senor. There will be water injection and maybe another major change for the interior. These are all to be sorted out over time. I\'m not going to rush though as I don\'t really see the car being out for the rest of the year now. I want to tidy up the engine bay as well so the ABS will be going to make space and i\'ll try and move some fuse boxes around too. To put it bluntly, there\'s a long list of stuff that needs doing :p
The next time the car saw daylight was the end of June this year :o ...
Well today I actually got the car out of the garage for the first time this year and with a lot of help from Nik I managed to get one thing crossed of my long list of stuff I want to do. A lot of sweat and some blood spilt but the results were worth it I think. Que Nik\'s pictures :D....
Quote from: Lucky;409635Well, Photobucket seems to be working, or as working as it gets nowadays, so here we are. Prepare to be disappointed, lol.
I was lured up to Ada\'s by the promise of bacon and hegg sarndwiches, which is pretty much all it takes. The downside was to earn them I had to help swap the carpet over in his car. Sounds easy when you say it quickly... Of course, to do this it requires pretty much taking every bit of interior out, a job made more annoying by the fact both of us are quite large objects, the FD is quite a small car and Adam\'s one has a cage as an extra hazard
Still, there\'s nothing hard about stripping the panelwork and seats, just time-consuming and there are a lot of fasteners to lose in the process. Here\'s a portrait of the artist deep in thought and hard at work, so much so he\'s not even in focus. It\'s arty, actually.
The main annoyance at this stage came from the fact a previous owner had replaced some of the seatbelt mounting points with eye-bolts, and since they\'d been in for several years they really didn\'t want to undo now. One side came out reasonably easy (my one, I might add :p) but the other just wasn\'t budging and since the only way of undoing them was to either put a prybar through the loop (which was difficult due to narrow access or use molegrips (which were bending quite alarmingly, the bolt was that tight) we had to get ingenious on it. Fortunately there were some workmen putting a new door in the house, so we blagged their wrecking bar off them and used that!
A really ugly-looking empty interior almost bereft of carpet. Here we hit the second and most non-bodacious snag. For those who\'ve never had to take an FD carpet out (and I\'d advise you keep it that way if at all possible) you need to realise it goes all the way under the dash as far as the firewall, and it\'s all one piece, just holes cutout for the gearshifter aperture. So there\'s about a millimetre\'s clearance in places between the underside of all the :censored::censored::censored::censored: Mazda hid up under the dash and the carpet, and it\'s littered with extra hazards like studs welded onto the tub for things like footrests etc, and bits of heatshielding rivetted on and stuff. This means that to get it over the transmission tunnel to one side or the other is almost impossible. We tried everything we could think of; slicing up the carpet to get it past obstacles, taking out most of the dash support bolts to make it give a bit, phoning a friend, lol.
well, we rang Dale (I think he suggested hitting it with a chair or something) and Andy T , who suggested dropping the steering column to give the dash a bit more play... a tactic which made fdukall difference but did give us some more really annoying and inaccessible bolts that we had to do back up again later. By now we had all but about one square foot out, the most irritating bit right under the dash, on top of the trans tunnel behind the centre console. We were debating whether we were going to have to take the entire :censored::censored::censored::censored:ing dash out or just leave the bit of carpet wedged in there. When I gave it one last try, fueled by annoyance, frustration and a desperate desire to NOT take the dash out.
Success at last, if you can call success the last bit of carpet suddenly coming free, thus meaning I smashed my forearm into the razor-sharp edge of the door aperture. Once I\'d stopped crying it was now a small matter to get the new one back in, made easier by the fact the previous owner of it had very helpfully cut it around all the really nadgery bits that had given us so much trouble getting out. I honestly don\'t think it would have been possible to get it in over the trans tunnel without taking the entire dash out.
Anyway, I\'ve been talking for a while so have another picture, here\'s Ada-san doing the domestic chores, lol
I didn\'t take as many photos as I should have done, really, mostly because half the day I was wedged upside-down in a really small space trying to remove impossible bits of carpet, so this story jumps about a bit, sorry. But here\'s one of it before we started putting all the trim back in
Well, I think so, even though I\'ve got a big chunk missing out of one arm and one shin, makes a massive difference and really lightens/brightens the interior up. And I got a bacon and hegg sarndwich for my pains, so happy days :D Anyway, as my old tapdancing teacher always used to say, always leave them wanting more and always end on a penguin*
I have wanted red carpet in my car for as long as I can remember owning an FD so for me this was a massive and great addition :D
One last update. This was at the end of last month....
Got another point completed (almost) off my To Do list today. I\'d bought some new aero catches for my bonnet ages ago but have never gotten round to fitting them. Well today Hannah took Our Kid out for a stroll and so left me home alone with a few hours to spare to try and not make a huge mess of my bonnet. I know this isn\'t exactly a major job but seeing as I\'ve never done any body work type stuff and I was going to be putting two big holes in a bonnet I love then it was a little scary I didn\'t take a picture of the pins I already had but they were very small and had started to rust and look tatty. In a way I was lucky someone had already fitted them as it meant I already had the holes where the pins would come up through the bonnet. All I had to do then was mark up where the new catches would be, make sure they were straight and even, cut the holes and fit them in. Simples :D
Bonnet off and old pins drilled out (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0463_zpsfa24fd13.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0463_zpsfa24fd13.jpg.html)
Its seems someone called REG has something to do with making these new ones :p (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0464_zpsb2d712b1.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0464_zpsb2d712b1.jpg.html)
Our Kid came home earlier than I thought but that was cool as he could lend me a hand :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0465_zpsec9047dd.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0465_zpsec9047dd.jpg.html)
With the holes for the catches marked up it was time for a bit of Dutch courage in the shape of lunch before I took the plunge and started cutting (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0467_zps064ad5fb.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0467_zps064ad5fb.jpg.html) (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0466_zps45bfff3f.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0466_zps45bfff3f.jpg.html)
The instructions had said that the catches would be better with the smaller end facing the front of the car. Due to where the pins would be coming up through the bonnet I couldn\'t do it that way as they\'d not fit on the bonney right and look crap (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0469_zpsde67dfee.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0469_zpsde67dfee.jpg.html)
So with a steady hand it was time to unleash the dremmel and get with the cutting (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0470_zps281ae1b2.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0470_zps281ae1b2.jpg.html)
With the top skin cut I was left with how to match up the bottom. I just had the idea of making loads of small hole with a drill to make out the shape on the underside and then cut this straight again with the dremmel. (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0471_zps1aa5bc5b.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0471_zps1aa5bc5b.jpg.html)
With a little sanding down of the edges and widening of the holes to allow for the screws to fit in the catches just dropped in to place. I did make a stupid mistake of fitting them in but forgot to remove the masking tape i\'d used so had to undo the screws again and take them off, remove the tape to then fit them back on again. But once done they look great and are damn straight too :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0472_zpsc58daf0d.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0472_zpsc58daf0d.jpg.html)
It was just a matter of fitting the new pins in the bay and job done.... Well almost (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0468_zps371779c7.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0468_zps371779c7.jpg.html)
I just ran out of time to get the pins at the right height to be able to lock the catches but that shouldn\'t take to long now they\'re in :D (http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/Rex%20II/DSC_0473_zps0b1b7385.jpg) (http://s436.photobucket.com/user/Adam-Blackshaw/media/Rex%20II/DSC_0473_zps0b1b7385.jpg.html)
Happy days and a job well done I thought. Yes the car is damn dirty but no point cleaning it yet as I just got rolled back into the garage till the next time I get to work on it again My only bit of advice I give about doing this job is that if your bonnet is FRP for god sake wear gloves and some eye wear. My hands, arms and eyes are itching like mad now from the dust. Stupid me!!!
So there was have it. More or less upto date. Car is back in the garage awaiting the next day of work on it. What with moving house, having a baby and doing a lot of polishing work for other I\'ve not really had much time working on it but as I said hopefully everything will get done and the car will be ready to hit the strip again next year :D
Over and out
Adam
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: gonzoninja on September 15, 2013, 01:04:06 PM
Pretty sure I\'ve seen this around Guildford a few times. Looks great, sounds good and is nice to see an RX7 driving round the town as it a change from badly modded hatch backs.
Title: Ada7\'s T-Rex
Post by: Grant Monkhouse on September 15, 2013, 01:41:44 PM
I do believe there are a few around the Guildford area but like Adam they\'re mid rebuild upgrade phase.