Daily Drifter/Fun/Track WIP - RX7 FC.

[ztfoss]

Amazing. Simply Amazing. Love this style so much.

[Zach Thomas]

Awesome thread, very cool that you went ahead and fixed this shell instead of going the easier route! Explain the round headlight in the last set of photos though? Definitely would be an interesting look on an FC! Looks like you're using NA miata parts?

[FowlerE30]

I haven't really visited the build threads in awhile...this one has gotten INSANE! Awesome work my man, great to see you smash a car up and actually FIX it. Goodluck this year on that S13

[Basladan]

Omg love it

[Adamowsky]

This thread makes me cry tears of joy. Thank you for sliding an NA FC. I cannot wait to start drifting mine. Hats off to you mate.

Thanks man! And I had a quick glance at your thread, your FC looks mega!

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Little update, did more on the tube frame during these past two days! Aiming to get it done by weekend so I can lay some paint on it :smokin:





Short video I uploaded as well :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ99...ature=youtu.be

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Some progress ! After finally getting gas today (not being able to over the whole weekend) I managed to get the tube fully welded. Made up the inner arches/tubs as well as few other little things. A friend also brought me a pair of aerocatches which I'll be fitting over the next couple of days.

Not long till Matsuri now!, plan is to do a lot more important stuff tomorrow. One of them being extending the tie rods and making the strut brace. Then when all welding's done, I should be able to get teh engine bay sprayed wednesday ready for assembly after!





I'v painted the bay, then started putting it back together, fixing and making things look a bit nicer while I'm at it. The two major things that are still left to do are extending the tie rods and battery relocation. Rest of the stuff is pretty simple, just takes up some time. I'll let the pictures do the talking anyway! I got a few packages today, HKS Replica pod filter haha : Nismo bonnet vent, which Iv sprayed today as well and will mount it tomorrow! Also finally received my custom spacers! But they turned out wrong :/ So I'm gonna have to contact the guys soon. :cry:







Even though the spacers are wrong, I couldn't stop the urge to fit them! I can't use them with my other set of wheels due to the center bore. But I might just use these meshy ones for now

[labuffness]

This thread makes me cry tears of joy. Thank you for sliding an NA FC. I cannot wait to start drifting mine. Hats off to you mate.

[Adamowsky]

been lurking on this over at the Driftworks forum since the beginning.

really like what you´ve done to it.

and your paint work looks awesome !

Thanks man !

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Boom!



Test fitted all the panels together after straightening and this gave me all the hope!





Then we pushed it into the garage, serious work bout to happen Got tubing sorted, started making base plates to the tube frame to attach to etc.







Went down to a friend last Tuesday to try and help him get his S13 running for Santa Pod on wednesday, he had all his hoses replaced as well as intake manifold gaskets, after it was put together the car refused to work at all. 8 hours in we managed to get it going. Wasnt getting fuel on cylinder 1 and 2. And spark on just cylinder 2 weirdly enough. We ended up replacing the ignition amp as well as the injectors relay thing, on top of that there was some snapped off grounds and dodgy connectors knocking about. I didn't actually get a lot of pictures because I was mostly balls deep into the S13 engine bay or watching my mate drive it! Was so glad we got it sorted in the end as this was his first drift day this year, he already missed around 2 a few weeks ago I didn't want him to miss another. :euge:







And here's some very recent work (today's). I'v made up the base plates on the right side.
Will do the same on the other side tomorrow, hopefully ready to start tubing in a day or two. :smash:

Excuse some of these shitty welds round the top! Some of the parts of the turret their turned out a bit rusty. :v
I will sort it shortly. :thumbs:





Little photo that sums up some of the wall runs that happened at buxton before the crash ^^ haha.




And of course lastly, the big crashuuu video. :euge::euge:

[MadMax]

been lurking on this over at the Driftworks forum since the beginning.

really like what you´ve done to it.

and your paint work looks awesome !

[Adamowsky]

Some updates! Bit of a busy week, went to down to Buxton on a Sunday, did some slips. Entered the comp for the first time and after all came 2nd after going against Ed in SR'd Escort MK2. :smokin: That thing was real cool.



Monday I sprayed up a E46 front bumper for a friend, Tuesday did a few more things in the garage, mainly prepping a MX5 for a respray, repairing a 300ZX Kit and much else. Wednesday I went down to Driftworks to pick up a bonnet for my new project. : This was quite a task using the Clio, after strapping the bonnet down, opening the drivers door turned out to be a two man job.





Some more buxton photos that flowed in over the week













Fast forward a few days onto Sunday, prepping and packing the FC for Teeside!



And some skid pictures I got for now :smash:





Two on-board videos I'v made for now, one for each layout :euge:

And to finish off, here is a picture of my new project. It's Ali's of STL old S13, I'm planning to build it back up to its full glory over the next year or so. I won't be rushing this, planning to do everything properly as in the meantime I have got the RX7 for seat time. :nod:



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Soooo, A LOT has happened since the last time I updated this! Just before the next buxton I randomly decided to make a drag wing : Was sorta rushed, took a few hours. really liked the look of it though.







Some pictures from Buxton!









Until this happened....



Quite a big crash :no: Track was still drying up it seemed and there was still puddles in weird places. As it turned out I have managed to find one of them while I was fully into manji & chill with Chris glued to my ass trying to close the gap for the next corner. Puddle sent me 90 degrees towards a wall, which then I bounced off. Bout a second after Chris came flying into me at full momentum bending my whole front end to the left a few inches and snapping his hub clean in half. We were both very much gutted as we've been doing buxton since last year without much issues, but as it turns out everything good comes to an end. So long story short, we trailered both cars to my place in Manchester, while Chris headed off home with a friend.

So first off I fixed the 5. New hub, straightened the camber arm, although new one is still needed. And lastly pulled a lot of the quarter out with a ratchet strap and a spare corsa :smokin: followed by some action with the help of a slide hammer.




Now onto the FC! I'll try and keep this as brief as possible, the FC was quite rotten up front anyway hence why the damage is so big. The whole front was moved over to the left a good few inches. There's been a few options, reshell? Well, its an option. But shells are not as common nowadays, plus sentimental value to the ACTUAL car. No.2 - cut the front end off a rear end smashed FC ? Bit cut n shut... Or 3rd option was to Tube frame it. Because I didnt want to let this shell go just yet and a semi small time frame (3 weeks for Matsuri). I chose to go for the tube frame! So straightened what we could of the old metal, then cut it out. Did more straightening, measuring, followed by more straightening. :smash::smash: Then I received a new pair of wings from Rob cousens! Can't thank him enough. And started aligning stuff, made final straightening pulls. Everything seems good! Time for some pictures to do the talking. :







Meanwhile, I was also extending my lower ball joints. Heres a WIP Photo :euge:





To be continued in next post......

[Adamowsky]

Hey mandems! I forgot to update this for a while, just gonna upload a bunch of photos, they will probably not be in time/date order but it will show what happened to the car :thumbs:

Went up to finalboss in the FC, just under £200 of fuel. Was gutted not to be drifting, but after speaking to Gary I managed to get two sessions on the track. Wooop! went out sunday morning while it was a bit wet, (save daily tyres :smokin



Mate came round to Manchester with his 13 to make a shotgun exhaust, plus a few other bits. We went out for a little shoot at the end of the day.



Chasing down Max! Looking forward to next buxton :smash:



Recently put neons on, ohhhh that 2001 flavour. :



And a lot more pictures:







Just after finalboss, front brake line snapped at sainsburys! ughhh











New lip!



Also let Ali have a go of the FC when his PS had a bit of a breakdown! :thumbs:

[Adamowsky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ziu552hfM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzg0-W38M20

Here's two videos Chris took, I can't figure out how to put facebook videos here so I'll have to upload them later!

https://www.facebook.com/adamzwa/videos/vb.1773979593/10200566605165633/

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Sprayed the car in a day!

Literally, got help from my little sister ^^ We prepped it in two hours, then masked it for two hours. Cleared out the garage and started spraying.
Finished at 11, demasked it today, it looks a lot freeeesher considering it was in a day :smokin:

[Adamowsky]

I think the skirts would look good if you get a front and rear bumper to match!

Also, what did you use to paint your buddy's valve cover? The color looks good!

Yeah I think so too! And its candy paint man

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I have got a lot of updates for this build. I have just forgotten to post in here regularly, so I think what I'll do is I'll copy and paste updates every few days till we are all up to date. Thanks!

Bit of an update, after my latest drift day teeside. I had to skip the May buxton due to money, since I'v had a pay day since then I'v done the June buxton and it was the best day ever! Car was faultless all day, went through many tyres. Plus altogether there was more or less 6 of us (drivers) meant there was loaaaaads of seat time.

First of all thanks to Harley of Suteka Sticker company for the sunstrip :smokin:



V8 SUCKS!



Some skid pictures :thumbs:









Couldn't really get close to Chris because show car/just reshelled ^^ On the other hand though, there was some close runs with Max !





Back home! Really liking my new set of wheels :euge: 15" dodge/chrysler tings.





Roasted



Also two days before buxton I'v prepped and sprayed my sister civ!



Few days I'v made up a strut brace, makes the engine bay look a bit more interesting, + f'course STEERING RESPONSE BRO.





Lastly, some film photos I took during the day. Just for those 90's feels :

[Zach Thomas]

I think the skirts would look good if you get a front and rear bumper to match!

Also, what did you use to paint your buddy's valve cover? The color looks good!

[Adamowsky]

good shit dude

Thanks man!

FC and NB content? Perfect!

haha, thanks ! Glad you like it

This is awesome! Digging the clio as well ive got a williams

Nice man! Williams are going up in value atm, better keep hold of it!

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Sprayed the lip! Although I didn't sand it properly incase I'v got a change of heart and wanna go back to green :



Did some shaping to my rear quarter to try and get it a bit more acceptable but still have to do some more :euge:



I'v also put my center caps on, just to see if they look any better. I'v got some mixed opinions but I like them for now.



Went round to see the mandem in the murcielago :



Rocker cover I'v done for him, suits his bay real nice :thumbs:



Then while just standing around and looking at the cars, Alex suggested he has some old side skirts of his S14. He said if I can make them fit, I can have them ! Wee little test fit, we figured out I can make them work somehow. So I took them home, and the next day the work started.



First of all I trimmed them enough so they go onto the door jamb, and then so they sit flush round the door. :smash:



Then I have cut sections out from both sides and made them sit flush as well, then fibreglassed them solid.



That was it for that day, I have also connected up my o2 sensor that day. But its showing me 14.00V rather than the 0.5v it should at idle. Any ideas why its doing that?

Next day onto the other side, same procedure.







That's it for now, my friend is currently making me some custom spacers due to the small center bore rx7's have. These should arrive soon and go well with the polished lips on my 15's. But just sitting here today I did this photoshop of what wheels I would like to maybe run in the future. :



Thanks for reading M9's!

[regiment9ine]

This is awesome! Digging the clio as well ive got a williams