"I drive my track car on the street" BUILD

[LaMaR-]

those wheels look great!

Oh my lord those wheels are gonna look good.

Loving this!!!!

Thanks everyone, it took me forever to find something that you don't always see on an FC such as Equips. I instantly fell in love with these and had to have them.

[Mikethepanel]

Loving this!!!!

[190Evan]

Oh my lord those wheels are gonna look good.

[I_Haz.:R32]

those wheels look great!

[LaMaR-]

Here they are sorry, I've been on the otherside of the country for work. Ill finally get to go back home in about 3 weeks and then progress can begin again.

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[LaMaR-]

Well I've been in Washington State now for a few weeks and its almost time to head back home for Thanksgiving. I did get a package in right before I left so I figured since I have time I would go ahead and throw you guys some more photos.

Started putting the engine bay back together. I still need to run the brake lines through the new tubs but its getting closer.
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And the newest package to arrive...
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[LaMaR-]

Yesssss home stretch! I'm going to pick up my FC tomorrow after work. Sorting out some PO jankiness and then BN Sports kit is the priority!

Looks great man!

Thanks, I can not wait to get the motor back in and begin the painful wiring of the car

Haha this is one sick s13! Love the red man

Thanks, its getting close but just wanted to let you know that its a FC RX7 and not a s13 240sx.

[DukeNukeEm']

Haha this is one sick s13! Love the red man

[I_Haz.:R32]

Yesssss home stretch! I'm going to pick up my FC tomorrow after work. Sorting out some PO jankiness and then BN Sports kit is the priority!

Looks great man!

[LaMaR-]

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slowly getting closer

[LaMaR-]

Something cool happened...

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I also ordered a pretty rare set of wheels for her... 18x10/11 +17.. Kinda want a lower offset but maybe later.

[LaMaR-]

Wow this is sweet! Just don't sell this one please

Honestly I have actually been thinking about it lately. Hopefully that first drive changes my mind but no guarantees. If I do sell it though, someone will be getting a pretty well built car for a killer price lol

But back to whats been going on. Slowly putting the motor back together and now I'm trying to figure out how to get custom power steering lines made.

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and heres the new power steering bracket that I ordered a couple weeks ago. Not sure why I took such a bad photo but whatever lol you get the idea.

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Last but not least I applied for a "racer" sponsorship through Mishimoto and got accepted. The first part that I ordered was a oil cooler and probably next year I will go ahead and order a new radiator to help with cooling if needed.

This kit was very well packaged and built to bolt onto a 1990 Ford Mustang GT. Obviously I ordered the kit due to the motor. To make it fit I had to bend a piece of aluminum and drill a few holes for a bracket and then I ended up welding the other side onto the front of the frame rail. It fits perfect and should get really good airflow to keep everything nice and cool.

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Last but not least I finally made my way down to Orlando SpeedWorld to check out some local drifting. Heres a quick 1 minute video I threw together on Instagram.
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If you wanna check out my IG and follow along there, find me at JMande09

[fackinsteve]

Wow this is sweet! Just don't sell this one please

[LaMaR-]

Decided that it was about time I start throwing my motor back together so I gathered all my parts and slowly begin putting parts on. This is my first time doing any of this so I decided to take my time and make sure everything was done the right way the first time.

Motor upside down and parts in the background
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timing cover and water pump on as well as harmonic balancer installed
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and flipped back over. Everything is looking really good and I can't wait to get the valve covers and pulleys painted to match the engine bay. Im hoping for sunday but it might be next weekend... We shall see soon.

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[LaMaR-]

I can't get over how much I love the look of this car now. First and foremost I got the sealer on the tubs and had planned on having it fully primed, wet sanded and painted this weekend but those plans fell through... Maybe next week. On to everyones favorite thing.. PHOTOS!!

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