Project White Knight

Spaarks · August 07, 2012, 09:53:00 PM

Hello everyone,

Thought I would make a project thread over here aswell as having one on FD:UK, wasn\'t sure on where to start the thread as I could not find the build thread section but here goes.. :Hammer:wiggle

Had the FD since September 2011 when I bought it off a member on here, Jamieson1982, great bloke and was pleasure to do business with him.

Anyway, I\'m Sam, some of the members who reside both here and on FDUK may know me/recognize the user name. :driving:driving

Last summer I was driving one of these......

My best mate bought this.....

I went in for 10 minutes, fell in love, instantly put the Impreza up for sale.....:Giggle:Giggle

Then I set about finding a mazda. I knew that I had to take my time, do the proper research and buy a well looked after example and after 6 weeks and looking at 3/4 horrendous ebay/autotrader cars I was about to give up...... Then I found this one

Have some heritage with Mazdas...:King:driving

This is my dad, John Markey. In the mid seventies his company Arian Racing ran Mazda RX3s in the Production Saloon Car Championship. At the same time, John and co driver David Palmer (who was head of PR at Mazda) campaigned an RX3 in the European Touring Car Championship.

Anyway, back to the FD, when I bought it - it looked like this:

And was mapped to this:

Can\'t be bothered to right out a full spec list, but it was T-78 with mild street port at 0.8 bar ~ 420 FWHP. :King

Bought one of these:

This:

Had it mapped to 1.15 bar by Mr. Hayward and the car was a complete animal, such a different car compared to before and it scared the :censored::censored::censored::censored: out of me. :evillaugh

Then I took it up the strip at street nationals...... :2Rolleyes:2Rolleyes

1st run of the day, 4th gear at 6 grand... BANG. You can see in the photo the hoards of black smoke.... :Grrr:Grrr:Grrr

So that was that, waited 9 hours for the :censored::censored::censored::censored:ing RAC to come collect me from Santa Pod and take the FD home. Not happy!!

Had no idea what caused it, was running perfectly and didn\'t really make any sense. :confused::eek

More to come..... :bandit:bandit:bandit

Spaarks · August 07, 2012, 09:58:10 PM

So what damage was done...? :Grrr:mad:

Front housing

.... Quite hot then.... :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Something I did notice, is that the ports are not identical on each housing, there is a fair bit of difference in the curvature and straightness on each housing :confused::confused:

And then the rotors..... :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Quite alot of damage then.... :Grrr:Grrr:Grrr

Spaarks · August 07, 2012, 10:01:21 PM

T-78 was :censored::censored::censored::censored:ed, so, bought one of these:

GT40-94r with 0.95 A/R :cool:

As the engine was out of the car and all the parts were off the block I thought I would take the time to make it look nice and pretty :p

Anyway, do not have the patience for hours of polishing, so, used some stuff called "Frost\'s Ally Clean" which got rid of all the :censored::censored::censored::censored: on the top layer, finely sanded off all the muck and crap and then with a smooth dremmel I attacked the parts.

Once they were smooth I sprayed them with some special high temperature aluminum paint and these were the results.

roborangefd3s · August 07, 2012, 10:05:31 PM

wow thats bad news dude - I have a similar situation myself only I havent actually had any enjoyment from my fd, mine is in with hayward now getting rebuild after flood damage, im in surrey too in sutton, where are you?

Spaarks · August 07, 2012, 10:07:06 PM

So, the car was taken to Carl and the boys in Newbury for a re-build. As I intend to turn this car into a time-attack FD in a couple of years when I have finished uni, I went for a full bridge port. I saw the ports on the car, they are super big and awesomely smooth, works of art.

Bought a Tial V60mm wastegate and some other sweet stuff and this is how the car sits today:

It lives. :cool::cool:

Very noisey, but I love it. :InLove

Currently running her in, can\'t wait to get it mapped. :driving:driving

That\'s all for now.

Spaarks · August 07, 2012, 10:10:25 PM

Quote from: roborangefd3s;832041wow thats bad news dude - I have a similar situation myself only I havent actually had any enjoyment from my fd, mine is in with hayward now getting rebuild after flood damage, im in surrey too in sutton, where are you?

Hi mate, I have seen your car at Carls, I am glad to see you are rebuilding it dude, if it is only water seals then it will definitely be worth getting it done rather than breaking it. Very nice car, lots of lovely parts.

adamfitz · August 07, 2012, 11:13:12 PM

saw this when i was down at hayward, and im super jealous of how it looks. similar front and skirts to mine, but different rear end. gave me some food for thought with changing the rear slightly, especially for a monster spoiler like that!
its looking good buddy, keep up the work!

Speedworks · August 08, 2012, 07:48:21 AM

What exhaust manifold do you use with that GT40R?

Did you run into any touching issues with the frame or engine?

Grant Monkhouse · August 08, 2012, 08:34:42 AM

Looks good bud. There\'s a bit of muck on your turbo, wipe it off please.

Spaarks · August 08, 2012, 08:40:53 AM

Quote from: Speedworks;832068What exhaust manifold do you use with that GT40R?

Did you run into any touching issues with the frame or engine?

Same manifold as I used on the T-78, 95% sure it\'s a T4 fitment, if Carl reads this thread I am sure he will be able to confirm. There is still quite a bit of space between the turbo and the bay, fits nicely. :driving

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;832075Looks good bud. There\'s a bit of muck on your turbo, wipe it off please.

Haha sorry Grant! I\'m gonna clean her today and touch up a few bits! :wiggle:wiggle

clive · August 08, 2012, 08:53:03 AM

Thanks for the posts with all the pictures as many many people from all around the world will like all this thread , and BTW your fine where you have posted

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I wish you well for the future, also if Dad wants to share about his RX-3 exploits along side yours that would be great :Thumbsup!

Spaarks · August 08, 2012, 09:05:07 AM

Quote from: adamfitz;832053saw this when i was down at hayward, and im super jealous of how it looks. similar front and skirts to mine, but different rear end. gave me some food for thought with changing the rear slightly, especially for a monster spoiler like that!
its looking good buddy, keep up the work!

Appreciate the kind words dude, which car was yours?

If you are interested in the rear bumper, gimme a shout either here or on FD:UK. It\'s for sale, but won\'t come off the car until someone is interested.

Quote from: clive;832080Thanks for the posts with all the pictures as many many people from all around the world will like all this thread , and BTW your fine where you have posted .

I wish you well for the future, also if Dad wants to share about his RX-3 exploits along side yours that would be great :Thumbsup!

Thank you very much, Clive. I shall start a new thread about the RX3 and the RX5. :driving:driving

Brett · August 08, 2012, 09:55:18 AM

Great thread, the FD sounds like its a beast

I\'d love to hear more/see more about the racing exploits

Spaarks · August 08, 2012, 06:13:21 PM

Quote from: Brett;832095Great thread, the FD sounds like its a beast

I\'d love to hear more/see more about the racing exploits

Cheers Brett, will dig out some information and photos then start another thread.

:bandit:bandit:wave:wave:bandit:bandit

Grant Monkhouse · August 08, 2012, 07:43:47 PM

What boost are you going to get it mapped too? Are you going to run any WI?