The other rotary Westfield!

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Casey

#75
December 08, 2015, 07:14:09 PM
I'm watching - very interested in your progress and would love to see the car running in the future  :)
RX-8 230 Bridgeported: Racing Brake Disks & 4 pot front calipers,Full Racing Beat (RB) SS Exhaust system,RB ARB's F & R,RB REVI intake,Tein MonoFlex Coilovers & front strut brace.
RX-7, KIMI 1, 1st Gen S2, Silver,1983 - SORN
RX-7, KIMI 2,^^Ditto - now sold
RX-7, KIMI 3, 1st Gen S3, Red,1984

re japi

#76
December 08, 2015, 08:14:31 PM
Good job!!! Yes we are interested ;)
Power is nothing without control. Weight is enemy of performance, handling and braking.

http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/japi_laukkanen/library/Japi?sort=3&page=1

clive

#77
December 09, 2015, 08:09:31 AM
Good to see this progress Jonathan and your now married, congratulations  :bravo_2:

A word of warning about the alternator, check your voltages on slow running as I ran a Walbro as a lift pump with an 044 and a 40amp could not keep up with the draw from the pumps.

Keep us posted on this great build  8)     
All the best Clive

boosted

#78
December 09, 2015, 09:51:02 AM
Excellent mate, nice fuel set up....i do think that 2nd oil cooler will be needed. My first 1 was in the nose before the rad and still is but now i have a 2nd 1 mounted on passenger side. yep keep the update coming!
92 FD rx7 Twins 13.5psi.  EX Track car
EAT SLEEP ROTOR REPEAT.

Smiffers

#79
December 09, 2015, 10:41:38 AM
Thanks guys for the support, will try and keep the progress going over the winter for a season next year (I keep saying this)!...

Clive, you are correct, I don't think that alternator will charge at all at low revs, I'm banking on the fact that I have a small battery to deal with warm up and such like...  The rest of the time I don't plan to be near that end of the rev range ;)

Jon, yeah I think I know I will need a second one (you keep telling me after all) just have not quite got around to excepting that yet,  I'm sure that will take care of itself at the test day next week!  What size are your coolers?

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Smiffers

#80
December 09, 2015, 10:47:32 AM
One other question...

Does anyone know of a good way of getting an oil temp sensor into the R3 any place?  The normal filter sandwich plates do not fit due to the relocation of the oil system to the front cover, anyone know of any good solutions, the rest of the system is AN10 fittings...

I'm trying to avoid dropping the sump to weld up a boss.
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boosted

#81
December 09, 2015, 11:09:05 AM
I have a large 1 in the nose like yours then i got a smaller mocal 19 row 235mm in the side...10 mins youll be fine its just lap after lap notches up a degree or 2. 2nd cooler sorted.
No idea on sandwhich plate prob best to ring Clive see what he has in the shop.
92 FD rx7 Twins 13.5psi.  EX Track car
EAT SLEEP ROTOR REPEAT.

boosted

#82
December 09, 2015, 11:16:33 AM
92 FD rx7 Twins 13.5psi.  EX Track car
EAT SLEEP ROTOR REPEAT.

Smiffers

#83
December 09, 2015, 11:48:04 AM
Bargain - ordered...  Thanks...

I guess I should have been able to find one of those myself!
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Smiffers

#84
December 09, 2015, 04:24:09 PM
Just got the new coil pack bracket bent up and fitted, very pleased (you should have seen the old one!)...  Happy that I took the time to add the laser cut labels for the plug each one belongs too...  Makes it look like it was meant to be there.

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re japi

#85
December 09, 2015, 05:49:54 PM
Looks good, I like it :)
Power is nothing without control. Weight is enemy of performance, handling and braking.

http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/japi_laukkanen/library/Japi?sort=3&page=1

Smiffers

#86
December 15, 2015, 09:37:10 AM
OK so we have got everything back together tuned the idle for the new primary injectors for the R3, bumped the base fuel pressure to 450KPa from 380KPa as that made the idle easier to tune (Better atomisation at higher pressure?).  So I now have a 850rpm factory idle from warm up all the way through to operating temp all with ignition only PID control of the idle speed...  Result.

Booked into Llandow on Thursday for a general testing day to see if all the changes have worked!
Westfield SEiW - 13B-MSP BW 7670 Turbo
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Casey

#87
December 15, 2015, 10:17:12 AM
Quote from: Smiffers on December 15, 2015, 09:37:10 AMBooked into Llandow on Thursday for a general testing day to see if all the changes have worked!
Excellent, hope you can post up some pics and video  :)
RX-8 230 Bridgeported: Racing Brake Disks & 4 pot front calipers,Full Racing Beat (RB) SS Exhaust system,RB ARB's F & R,RB REVI intake,Tein MonoFlex Coilovers & front strut brace.
RX-7, KIMI 1, 1st Gen S2, Silver,1983 - SORN
RX-7, KIMI 2,^^Ditto - now sold
RX-7, KIMI 3, 1st Gen S3, Red,1984

Smiffers

#88
December 15, 2015, 11:18:45 AM
Quote from: Casey on December 15, 2015, 10:17:12 AM
Quote from: Smiffers on December 15, 2015, 09:37:10 AMBooked into Llandow on Thursday for a general testing day to see if all the changes have worked!
Excellent, hope you can post up some pics and video  :)

That may well be possible if I can work out how to attach the camera's tonight!
Westfield SEiW - 13B-MSP BW 7670 Turbo
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boosted

#89
December 15, 2015, 04:06:27 PM
Good luck for Thursday!
92 FD rx7 Twins 13.5psi.  EX Track car
EAT SLEEP ROTOR REPEAT.
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