Hey folks,
A few will know me on here (Carl Hayward, Mark Nash, Dave Royal, Lacey and others) so a big Hi to you folks and all the other MRC guys/girls. I\'m usually just \'Chunk\' but someone beat me to that username :(
Well, i say first time owner, mainly as i don\'t really class owning a \'88 FC EGi for 2 days proper ownership, great car, just not quite my bag.
I\'ve dabbled with a few rotarys, probably the most famous one being Pete Barbers Hayward rotary built drift car. I used the car in a British drift championship round back in 2008, it made me decide there and then that one day, i\'d get a bridgeported 13B.
Considering i\'m very much into my Nissan Skylines (I have a daily R32 non turbo and a R32 RB26 single turbo\'ed drift car) it was quite a shock to realise once i was offered the car i\'ve just aquired in swap for one of my other R32\'s that i used for drift demo\'s and occasional road use.
Anyway, the reason i\'ve joined (not fully, yet) the MRC is due to now owning a FC turbo 2, which has a Hayward rotary bridgeported 13B with a Greddy T88 bolted to it, also a Hayward V-mount intercooler set up, Apexi PFC etc etc. When i got it, the paintwork wasn\'t the best, now been fully resprayed by a bodyshop sponsor (Hart motors in Leicester) it looks awesome.
It will be making it\'s way to Hayward ASAP to get mapped then having a few little tweaks at my garage to the suspension/steering etc.
Currently, i have no pics, apart from a couple when i collected it, some of you guys may know the car.....
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/slicktopZ/Clairesphonepics092.jpg)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/slicktopZ/Clairesphonepics087.jpg)
It now has original turbo 2 wheels back on it, a new fresh coat of white and no decals. I intend to put the \'turbo II\' decals back on the front wings and i have also got a spiller for the front bumper, there will be no fibreglass kits fitted to this..... street sleeper (apart from the noise) FTW!!
I\'ll keep you all up to date with the FC\'s progress. It\'s first outing will be at Awesomefest at Mallory park on 29/30/31 July.
Cheers
Rich
CHUNK!!! :D
Was wondering when you were going to get yourself an RX7! Good man! :D
Also that car is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET, totally jealous, bet that\'s got massive power!!
Where do you get the money for all these cars man?! Your driveway must be like a council car park! :p
Hia Chunk! Good to see you on here mate!
See u soon.
Regrds
Carl
Welcome to MRC,
Keep the site posted if you can with your progress as people all around the world attend MRC and will be interested in your project :Thumbs-up
Welcome in, it seems that I have been beaten to the post for a Hayward rotary BP engine, Hayward rotary V mount and T88 :(
Let me know what numbers you get, will be interested in what you get out of yours to see what I will get out of mine.
I think thats also the FD UIM with FC lower LIM with FC/FD convertor Carl bought off me as well lol *sigh* let me know what sort of power it it makes then I can find out what my car would have made.
Hi Chunk - long time no see !
I never thought you\'d be in an FC mate - but good on you - and it looks nice too !
Hope to see you and the car at some point :)
Prof :cool
PS Eileen I\'m sure sends her regards too :cheers
Whey another FC in our midst, a nice one too.
Welcome :D
ohhhh i like :D
Would be interesting to see what power it is putting down
Many thanks for the welcome.
Booked in to see Carl in a couple of weeks, so i\'ll hopefully get everything all sorted map wise, then maybe do a test day at Mallory on the 21st before Awesomefest.
Lacey, hard work and being somewhere at the right time :), this one i swapped a Skyline for. So my wallet didnt get hurt..... yet!! Haha
Hey Prof, for sure, I\'ve always had a soft spot for FC/FD\'s, just never been the right time to own one, be good to catch up fella, say hi to Eileen from me.
m1tch, will keep you informed bud. Hopefully will be all good to go in a couple of weeks.
hey chunk
not sure if you remember me...names monte, im nicks friend that came by your place to pick his car up.
thats a good looking engine bay!! lookn forward to seeing the numbers it puts down. keep us posted!!
Hey Monte, Yup i remember you, i didnt enjoy that day haha!!
Hope things are good,
Rich
If anyone is liking Chunkles V mount setup, im selling my Hayward Rotary V mount now :)
Quote from: chunkle;774483Hey Monte, Yup i remember you, i didnt enjoy that day haha!!
Hope things are good,
Rich
the follow-me-home drive was interesting too...glad thats come and gone.
i have some random odds and ends layn around from my US and UK fc\'s, let me know if you need something and ill see if i can hook you up or not.
more pics more pics more pics
Sound mate, I\'m looking to put the interior or most of it back in. \'m getting too old for completely stripped out cars haha!
Quote from: chunkle;774510Sound mate, I\'m looking to put the interior or most of it back in. \'m getting too old for completely stripped out cars haha!
i have a damn near complete car with blue interior. let me know
Chunk! I didn\'t realise you had an FC when I saw your post on FB the other day. Good work my man! We\'ll be seeing this at awesomefest you say? See you there!
Quote from: chunkle;774510Sound mate, I\'m looking to put the interior or most of it back in. \'m getting too old for completely stripped out cars haha!
Got a couple\'a door cards if you want em, black ones in decent nick, think that\'s all I got for interior though I\'m afraid!
oh make sure you head over to the 2nd gen section and start a progress thread... we like progress threads :Giggle
Ah i remember this being for sale. very cheap for what it was, bargain!
Will be good to see another FC getting "used" propperly!
welcome to the club
Cheers folks,
Will get a progress thread up as soon as i find my camera, it has a fair amount of pics on it!!!!
Monte/Lacey. Need a black carpet, kick plates/foot plates and boot trim. I\'m sure i need more, but i\'m just spending more time getting it set up for awesomefest first.
Desperatly need a 2 way diff aswell. Will be making a few equiries as soon as i have a bit of time.
I love it though :)
Welded diff here:
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71510
Although I know you can weld your own! I warn you now, you need to remove the diff to weld it, and it\'s a biatch of a job.
:D well done
Chunk my man, what happened to this? Any progress? Did you sell it?
It\'s currently up for sale I believe, or at least he said on FB it was going to be, as is his auto N/A skyline, he\'s looking to get a diesel wagon for economy
Hey,
Just a quick update, took it to see Carl and he did an oil change, re-mapped it and pointed out a couple of bits. It is now running AWESOME, is so responsive it puts my RB26 skyline to shame!!!!
In responce to PCO and Lacey....
I don\'t want to sell it, but i\'m just thinking whats the best plans for me at the current time. As some of you know i have a pretty buggered left leg, i managed a whole 20 laps at mallory, 10 hard, 6 fast, 4 warm up/cool down and my leg was shot for 2 days!!
I have a large operation (again!!!!) in a month or so, so the FC will just be sitting at my unit looking sorry for itself, like Lacey says, my daily NA R32 is for sale also.
It honestly kills me everytime i start the car up, take it for a small drive to keep everything fresh, that i \'should\' sell it.
I \'think\' i\'ll put up a gauging interest sale thread (if thats allowed?) as i won\'t be too upset if i dont sell it LOL, but it would be a massive shame to have such an awesome car just sitting at my workshop :(
Perhaps convert to an autobox?