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Originally posted by TWM Performance View PostI love how the drift FC looks! Such a shame that the fender on your daily FC had to get smashed into. You planning on fixing it? It looks pristine otherwise.
- Renato
IMG_0061 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
All good. Got it done at a small local shop called Candy Autobody. Pretty happy with the paint match and stuff. They even got a brand new OEM fender.
a certain someone got me hooked on this Noah Gunderson guy. Still have to go back and listen to the rest of his albums but this is good. Dark, intense and reminds me of Sufjan Stevens and or Damien Rice in moments.
IMG_0018 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
went to a local shop's Dyno day. They were really confused by the switch panel, and really impressed with the torque curve.
IMG_0034 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
topped out at 213 HP and 274 ft-lb. I felt like that number was a bit low, next day I went to Evergreen and found out why.
1st lap in felt fine, maybe a little cold.
2nd lap something felt off,
3rd lap had no power and shut down mid corner.
I knew I had a full tank and it felt/sounded like fuel. went to the pits and sure enough fuel pressure was dropping even in neutral. So went to the local Autozone and got an FD fuel pump. side note, auto zone employees are useless, and even more so on a sunday. The most painful parts store experience of my life probably.
Threw it in there, good to go. Car felt way faster and stronger through the rev's than before. the Walbro was screaming so I really should have dealt with it sooner lol.
Shoutout to Rhys and Zach for helping get her fixed up real quick.
Family came out to watch and get a ride or two, I only crashed once
IMG_0081 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
IMG_0079 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
caught a bit of grip at the top of the bank, I think I initiated at a faster speed than I had been all day and flew off the top onto the gravel. slid down onto a dirt pile they have from a drainage trench they dug. thankfully I didn't end up in the trench. Broke my ghetto tow straps trying to get me out, but other than a debeaded tire car was good to run the rest of the day.
IMG_0030 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
oh and a dent
Which is good because the blue car was scheduled to go in for the repair and I was gonna daily drive the drift car for the week.
IMG_0043 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
doing daily things
IMG_0048 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
parking was easy
got better fuel economy than my daily. I now want a v8 or something in my everyday life.
got the daily back, fixed a coolant leak, then after chasing down a faulty water temp sender for a month or two, causing backfires that blew up 3 mufflers I got a new one
IMG_0250 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
IMG_0251 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
started prepping the car for Evergreen coming up
IMG_0280 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
cut the resonators out of my exhaust, they surprisingly reduced a lot of noise
IMG_0322 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
welded it myself, which means it needed a lot of grinding.
IMG_0276 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
modded the crossmember to fit, I have a few criticisms of the Granny's kit, one being the lack of clearance left for a dual exhaust.
on the subject of clearance, heres my wheel clearance with 17x9 et 0 and abercrombie rack spacers
IMG_0282 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
IMG_0281 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
not sure where imma get more, maybe the extended ball joints. deal with it when I get or make modded knuckles.
then long time coming, I took some acetone to the overspray after seeing my sister and her boyfriend do it to his matte black beater
IMG_0323 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
turned out decent. paint is still crap but its one colour.
then gave them a bath, and thats all i got for now.
IMG_0336 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
gonna do some maintenance before the next 2 events and then the offseason festivities can begin.
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Don't know if I missed it, but what are your plans for the offseason?1991 BMW E30 325i Touring
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Originally posted by Grime View PostDon't know if I missed it, but what are your plans for the offseason?
Hydro
Paint/wrap
Power steering
And a bunch of small random little wiring changes
We'll see what else I can afford haha
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Man very cool things going on with your car! I hope your numbers were low because if your are that low I know my more or less stock setup is going to be very low! I did some math and knowing how my 01 mustang GT was and how much power it made (bone stock) I feel that the mazda is just as fast so did the math and it looks like mine should be around the 210hp and 250tq. Maybe I will strap mine down and find out one day!
Also I agree with you on the granny kit, it could be made a bit better and the way you have midified yours makes it much eiser to get the bolts out to drop the trans.
Anymore videos of your car? I did another one for mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVGh22uhpwkInstagram @Petrol360
88 RX7 FC 5.0
77 Yamaha XS400
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Originally posted by Skervey View PostMan very cool things going on with your car! I hope your numbers were low because if your are that low I know my more or less stock setup is going to be very low! I did some math and knowing how my 01 mustang GT was and how much power it made (bone stock) I feel that the mazda is just as fast so did the math and it looks like mine should be around the 210hp and 250tq. Maybe I will strap mine down and find out one day!
Also I agree with you on the granny kit, it could be made a bit better and the way you have midified yours makes it much eiser to get the bolts out to drop the trans.
Anymore videos of your car?
I'm tempted to make my own version that uses fox pedestal style engine mounts. That style comes in poly and a few other options as well as being easy to drop in. We'll see.
I have some videos from the last drift day, ill try and get a decent one or two this time round and work on finding a site to host them on that doesn't make it look like it was filmed with a potato lol.
Originally posted by Zach Thomas View PostBoth cars are looking awesome! Maybe before I bolt in my trans again I'll mod the crossmember the same way. Cleaning the over spray off made the racecar look much more proper haha
I'd recommend doing if if your welder is up to the task. It's some thick stuff.
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New motor mounts would be nice I get a lot of vibrations from the motor in high revs. More then I would ever think to get. I thought it was the drive shaft but after driving the car a bit iv found that the vibrations are based on RPM and not speed.Instagram @Petrol360
88 RX7 FC 5.0
77 Yamaha XS400
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Originally posted by Skervey View PostNew motor mounts would be nice I get a lot of vibrations from the motor in high revs. More then I would ever think to get. I thought it was the drive shaft but after driving the car a bit iv found that the vibrations are based on RPM and not speed.
Well they aren't the smoothest engines.. But if you're getting a death shake, it could be the flywheel or the harmonic balancer as well. You can get new engine mounts, the Granny's kit uses Galaxy engine mounts. I want to switch to fox style for the aftermarket options.
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i want an rx7 nowIG: Dimitriantoniou
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Well that's good to know that motor likes to shake. I need to check my motor mounts, my kit took one style of motor mount for one side and another style for the other side. I had a lot of issues with my kit from granny speed. I think I just had a bad apple. I have never had a 5.0 before so don't know if its more or less shake then normal. I have never driven a rotary or a 5.0 and now I have a 5.0 rotary car! Lots still to learn but thanks for the help and the killer build thread!
Meech- Do it! Its an amazing car and you can pick them up for so cheap!Last edited by Skervey; 10-14-2015, 07:33 AM.Instagram @Petrol360
88 RX7 FC 5.0
77 Yamaha XS400
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some pics my sister took from the last event at Monroe. I love open drifts.
DSC_0147 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
DSC_0175 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
DSC_0196 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
DSC_0433 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
DSC_0435 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
DSC_0437 by Tyson Floris, on Flickr
had a bunch of non car friends come down and took them all for ride alongs, good times. That was my first day doing real tandem, once I was warmed up and getting comfortable, Nick pushed me to lead and that was the kick I needed. Spent the day in tandem group, had a few close calls but didn't add a single scratch to my car or anyone else's.
My new exhaust however was hitting the front U joint, so after tech I took it out and hammered if flat ish. Then broke an exhaust stud on the header, also found some melted wiring loom. Got to deal with that this week before Pumpkin smash. Also had an incident when the starter heat soaked so bad it wouldn't start the car, bought a heat blanket and some wire covering from DEI to solve those issues.
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I had the same issue with the exhaust hitting the u-joint but ended up putting spacers under the trans to lift it up a little bit maybe 1/4" it did the trick. Kinda nice to hear about your issues so I can address them before I get to them.
Car looks sweet sideways! Can't wait till mine is ready to DD!Instagram @Petrol360
88 RX7 FC 5.0
77 Yamaha XS400
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