Project: "Last RX-7" by Herblenny

[Herblenny]

More Update..

Just before my event, Deals Gap Rotary Rally (DGRR) (www.DealsGapRotaryRally.com), I got my seats back.



recovered Recaro RZ seats in grey suede


Installed in the car.


DGRR takes place in North Carolina/Tennessee and is one of the largest rotary car event in USA.



Its supported by the following sponsors


On my way it rained and when parked, I saw this




More photos from the event..











after the event, I got this box

[Herblenny]

Update..

So, I drove to Atlanta for Import Alliance to be booth car for Grip Royal.





After the event, I went to Downtown ATL to do a shoot with Mike Kuhn and his girl Sami




Here are Mike's photos

[Herblenny]

awesome find on the wagon! i love it when you update this thread haha

My god this is perfect!

thank you!

[Queef|Chief]

My god this is perfect!

[Herblenny]

More Update...

No dip


I run an all rotary car event called, 'Deals Gap Rotary Rally' (www.DealsGapRotaryRally.com). Because this is almost 1000 mile journey at the end, I decided to dip portion of my front bumper to protect.



Event T-shirts


Video from my event

https://vimeo.com/126193813

After the event, I had a photoshoot with my friend Kenny Glover aka Super Model
These are photos I took of him taking photos.






Here are his photos

[Herblenny]

Catching up on my updates..

So, I've decided to pull the dip off and rock my Montego Blue paint. But to protect the paint, I've added some dip to areas where its prone to chipping.. Mainly using Toyo Tires, R888's.









Also, I was getting my RZ Recaro Carbon Kevlar seats recovered.

I didn't want something too crazy, so sticking with neutral grey suede.


perforated center cushions


All the original material removed.. I'm saving it in case for the future..


Meanwhile, still working on the OE harness at Chase Bays.. Completely disassembled and ID'd.


Also, working on a bumper. I've been a huge fan of FEED (Fujita Engineering) and RE-Amemiya. Both bumper has its positives and wanted to build a bumper that utilizes best of the both.
I was one of the first in USA to have the FEED Type 2R bumper and lights and its the signal Driving lights of Type 2R that I loved.
What I liked about the RE-Amemiya was the lower half. The aggressiveness of the lower half of the RE-A bumper is what I loved. Hence My 20B FD has the RE-Amemiya N1-02 bumper. So, I fused the two together.



But what I did not like about either bumper is the center lower section raised. This caused a problem when wanting to use front splitter. So, we are making it flat.




Everything smooth out



And Mold being made.. (credit goes to LC Racing for making the mold).






Bumper is currently on my car and few things to be adjusted and new mold needs to be made.

[Herblenny]

awesome find on the wagon! i love it when you update this thread haha

Thanks! I'm super happy with it and will update some about the wagon later too.. I'm trying to catch up... 15-20 mins a day updatings..

[parttimeprojectionist]

awesome find on the wagon! i love it when you update this thread haha

[Herblenny]

More Update..

I had a photoshoot with Ryan Lopez, who shot my car other times.. I can't share those photos yet as they are still in bound to a media for publication.. but here are some I took..





Ryan Lopez's shoes matching the color of the car.



Preview of one of the shot



Couple of other things...
I put my SSM at my friend's house



Also started to work on my engine harness at Chase Bays. No one have made a quick disconnect for sequential twin



And since I'm a family man and with a dog, I been secretly searching online for a unicorn... Lexus IS300 Wagon. And finally found one!! 2005 Sportcross, only 1 of 240 ish sold in USA.





And had to get a custom plate


I had some old SSR's from my FD and put some new Toyo T1-Sports on them. I had great luck with these tires.





Talking about wheels.. I also picked up a set of MS-01S in 18s for the FD. Bought them throught GTR-Garage on Yahoo auction japan. Those of you looking for people to bring in large parts from japan, GTR Garage is the place! More info and their contact, http://www.gtr-garage.com/

[Herblenny]

Awesome car, but is it me, or does your bonnet seem to be crooked?

Its actually the hood dampers pushing the hood up a bit..

Either that's a painfully conservative tune or you have some fancy stock turbos.

Matty on RX7 club made about the same whp/tq that you made, but he was running stock turbos sequentially, and he said that he was running a conservative tune. Is it that the dyno is a dream killer, or do you just want to keep the boost levels down for break in?

I know that you said that you were having boost control issues, but were those your final dyno run numbers even after the issue was resolved?

Kind of hard to believe.. I been in this game for many many years.. hard to push stock twins to make 380whp for longtime in sequential. Some have made 380 whp non sequential form but not sequential.

[rice4life]

Either that's a painfully conservative tune or you have some fancy stock turbos.

Matty on RX7 club made about the same whp/tq that you made, but he was running stock turbos sequentially, and he said that he was running a conservative tune. Is it that the dyno is a dream killer, or do you just want to keep the boost levels down for break in?

I know that you said that you were having boost control issues, but were those your final dyno run numbers even after the issue was resolved?

[DutchStance]

Awesome car, but is it me, or does your bonnet seem to be crooked?

[Herblenny]

that sounds about right.. 2012

[OSSHWA]

Awesome!!! Now I have to go dig out my old S3 feature. Thanks for following me by the way!

Haha yeah it was back in 2012 I believe. My old Miata was orange at that time.

[Herblenny]

Love the new colour! Plastidip?

It is. Stuff is great on track..