rebuild and refreshing my fd3

JayDee · April 14, 2009, 10:41:27 PM

yes some do have lots of crazing on the inside

slingo · April 14, 2009, 11:07:29 PM

Quote from: JayDee;599053its not ported and the injectors are standard!!

thanks for help dude :cheers.god only knows how its lasted so long on stock injectors

,i dont know when it was built but the a/f ratio must have been massively lean under hard driving.

JayDee · April 14, 2009, 11:19:51 PM

it has had a wideband on it when running 1.2 it was safe it must have a adj fuel reg and some high fuel pressure

slingo · April 14, 2009, 11:51:03 PM

Quote from: JayDee;599068it has had a wideband on it when running 1.2 it was safe it must have a adj fuel reg and some high fuel pressure

its has a sard fuel pressure reg ! i havent looked at the pump but yet but i will fish for it tomorow !

just out of intrest jay how do you know all this ?

JayDee · April 15, 2009, 12:13:35 AM

i know the previous owner andrew and i knew and went out in the car when ross had it, use to handle really well when it had ohlins on!

slingo · April 15, 2009, 12:24:13 AM

i love the handling at the moment but i will be putting coilovers bk on and the power was just savage ! i used to have skylines but there like barges compared to the rx7

JayDee · April 15, 2009, 12:56:03 AM

yes the handling is very good once you have confidence in the cars the to4s is a nice road turbo get the engine ported, ecu etc and it will be alot better

Rzla · April 15, 2009, 01:58:27 PM

Jay sshhhhhh

slingo · April 16, 2009, 12:01:33 AM

That\'s the route I\'m taking ! Rxmotors are supplying the housings and rotars and I\'m sending the plates off for street port !600 for bits and 300 for port work :mmmm

JayDee · April 16, 2009, 12:21:14 AM

cool your in good hands with tim, take it the housings are getting ported as well

slingo · April 16, 2009, 10:54:22 PM

yes jay ! Has anybody used atkins rotary for seal kits and there uprated tips ?

slingo · April 22, 2009, 09:12:58 PM

Well peeps im mashing through the crap jobs and hoping to do some fun stuff soon ! Its nearly ready to paint under the bonnet which im doing at the weekend, i will photograph the mixing steps of 2pk paint to anybody whos intrested :Yawn . ive dusted the subframe and painted the lower chassis and a small amount of the tunnel with a hand can and clear coat,reasons the subframes bk in is so i can paint it half in the garage to save on masking times .

karl_tate · April 22, 2009, 11:35:49 PM

looking good mate, nice and clean, ready for fresh paint

slingo · April 23, 2009, 06:07:54 PM

cheers karl :cheers ! fooook it takes forever to do this but i am looking forward to putting on some paint

gyles18 · April 23, 2009, 06:12:33 PM

what colour are you spraying the engine bay...?a matching white?