Hi all.
Ok, so i was bored outta my head and have a bad back at the moment, blown through all the newspapers, forums and internet-games, so i decided to make a first-post introduction on me and my FD. Feel free to post suggestions, better solutions etc, thats what forums are for :)
Translating my worklog from norwegian to english now,so bare with me here :)
Short story, the last 2,5 years has been a living nightmare for me. While work has been a madness the last 4-5 years, with sick work hours, bad management and selv-centered bosses and leaders wearing out people in their 20s so bad they get sick for months and dont care to replace em or pay the ones hanging in there good money, i have this self-pride in what i do, and i will go to any means to get the work done. It wears you down bit by bit, but you hang in there for the others and try to keep em afloat and on their feet. the management takes advantage of this and put more work on us, selv pride kicks in, we manage, and so the evil circle has been drawn... the downward spiral...
First, the FD broke down due to a waterseal blown on a mazda reman engine. Picked the engine down, when i suddenly and unexpectedly lost a close friend of mine. He`d killed himself for reasons nobody knew about and nobody knows about this day. Barely got inside the front door from the funeral when i got another phonecall, a friend of mine had died in a car accident, so new funeral... cant get any worse..?
A short while later, i lost a dear family member to brain anurism after decades of diabetes-years....
Then, a while later i had to go through a loong fight with insurance company about a drywall behind the kitchen that had been waterdamaged.. Me and my girlfriend had bought a house, everything seemed fine, until i one day got curious about the back wall underneath the sink.. It was completely soaked and molded..... as im allergic and have astma, i cant live in a house like that, so we used all our savings and fixed the wall, and then take the fight with the insurancecompany...
finally got it sorted after months... and then she dropped the bomb on me.. Its over, she didnt wanna be with me anymore...
I hit the wall...bad...! Buried myself in work, more work, cut contact with all of my friends, and just lived under the radar for 1,5 years, staid with friends and family, while she(my ex) stayed in the house... finally, after 1,5 years, she contacted me and said she`d moved out and someone needs to live in the house... I moved in, and decided to keep the house... So, to "refurbish and renovate" my own life, i started fixing up my house, and "renovate" her out of the house... Walked into the garage a week after i`d moved in again, and sat down and just looked at my downed poor FD sitting there... And decided that house is house, it will have to wait... I need the FD on the road again to move on and get myself sorted once again...! So, i began the restauration and rebuild of my old FD, and see it as "therapeutic" selv-help...!
Plans:
Car, 1993 Spirit R colored Titanium grey touring FD
Engine and surroundings:
Large Streetport 13B rew built by Banzai racing in the US, RA black superseals, TII 8,5:1 rotors
KG 850/1600 fuel setup with two nippondenso supra pumps
HKS twin power with MSD coils
Big FMIC kit
big radiator
ported exhaust manifold
3" turboback exhaust from GP sports
BNR stage 3s in seq going for 21 psi
AI water injection,AEM water injection kit, connected to a boost cut function on Greddy boostcontroller, that electronically cuts boost if water injection goes offline.
Apexi PFC and commander
New wiring harness
new silicone hoses
Simplified sequentials with the 4 needed, new 100psi heavy duty solenoids with viton seals, new pills with viton seals etc for perfect twins control.
drivetrain:
ACT 6puck clutch, heavy duty pressureplate, Mazdaspeed lightened flywheel
FD gearbox
Kaaz rear diff, 1,5way
suspension and braces:
Yellow Konis with Eibach pro springs
Tanabe rollbars
Mazdaspeed strut bars
dragon performance diff and gearbox brace
Polybushes allround, delrin diffmount and enginemounts
Wheels and brakes:
Limited Edition forged RO_JA R2 rims 9x18 front on 245s, 10x18 rear on 275s.
standard FD brakes for now.
Looks:
99spec front
99spec wing with carbon winglip
Feed side underskirt-thingys in carbon
shine auto street diffuser rear.
99spec lights
CF hood
Prolly a ton of things ive left out or forgotten, but im going for a mild and "stock" look with small touchups. enginebay will be simple black on black with no crome. Reason for this is simple. My car is imported on a silly rule that states that the car has to appear original to keep its plates... If im busted by the vehicle inspectors with this setup, im screwed and have to put it all back to original state again.. So, fingers crossed ;)
Starting point:
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b295/Grim678910/rx7_yvind.jpg)
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status as of now, 90% done, waiting for engine to be shipped from U.S.
Car has been stripped to atoms, all inspected, cleaned, changed worn parts, everything been reprimed and painted. As soon as engine arrives, i can start bolting everything together and get her ready for springtime :driving
Can\'t wait to see its done~
Welcome to Mazdarotaryclub we hope you will keep us posted on your FD\'s progress and that you have a better year this time.
You forgot about the photo of your car that you sent me years ago which first got me into RX7s (in its natural habitat next to the fuel pump)
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/m1tch_2006/20070718_1847.jpg)
Quote from: m1tch;806214You forgot about the photo of your car that you sent me years ago which first got me into RX7s (in its natural habitat next to the fuel pump)
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/m1tch_2006/20070718_1847.jpg)
hahaha, had completely forgotten about that picture :D
Man, i cant wait til its done now, just a few months left :P
I like those rims and bonnet :)
Just keep your 20B in the cosmo! Thats where its ment to be!