Autoblog project snow white, rx7.

Fidelity101 · Aug 22, 2006

this winter it gets some new cosmetics done but here is the before pics of my car:

what went into the beast:

now after I had it home:

my old 240 next to the FC, the short while when they shared the garage space heh.

this winter it gets a new aluminum TII hood, body repair (dings and some dents and the trim piece) new paintjob of white and possibly s5 tails and window tint.

mods completeled already:
PIAA yellow fogs
Atkins streetport
3mm apex seals
Tokicko blue shocks
K&N intake cone filter
Centerforce clutch
Walbro 255 fuel pump
NGK plugs/wires
Manual steering rack (factory)

Mods I've done this summer:

Air conditioning removal
Air pump removal
ACV removal
Racing beat header/presilencer/cat-back
S4 clutch type LSD 4.10 ratio
SAFCII
Weight reduction
Rear Seat removal
5th/6th port & sleeves removed
Dual alternator pulley mod
Battery relocation
Custom Dual Calsonic Electric fans
Racing Beat aluminum flywheel
12a tranny mod (shorter 1st, 2nd, 3rd gears)

whats left to install:
Water temp gauge install
AEM UEGO wideband install
piggyback tune
figure out why my rear wiper stopped working heh

thagr81_us · Aug 23, 2006

Hellz yea homie... Way to join me in the stickies in this section. Car looks good. Taking it's an N/A 13B... Any more future plans for the engine and body?

Fidelity101 · Aug 23, 2006

haha yeah

Its NA for now, if I get bored with it like 2 years from now I could go boost.

and actually yes I do have future plans

get an s13 front lip (they look hot on FCs, zenki or chuki lip)

find a set of wheels I want, I dunno if im gunna stick with the 4 lug or not but if i swap its gunna cost alot more since I will need 2 sets of wheels instead of 1 more set.

also when its getting under paint, im getting the antenna shaved and the mirrors/wing repainted as well.

engine wise Im gunna mess with the intake manifold and throttle body when I have the extra time and money and squeeze a few more poneys out of it

next summer it gets tanabe springs, racing beat sway bars (front and rear) wheels 17"s hopefully.

thagr81_us · Aug 24, 2006

Sounds like a plan bro... You happen to have any pics of an FC with the S13 front lip on it? I can't say that I've ever seen one, nor heard that they fit. :12dunno

Fidelity101 · Aug 24, 2006

I can't find it right now, but when I do I'll post it here.

but i assure you it fits and the zenki one looks nice, the chuki one looks like the stock FC one, just like a half inch bigger.

thagr81_us · Aug 24, 2006

Ah... That's cool. I guess you learn something new everyday then. I might have to pass that along to my buddy who is making an FC drift car. Only he is running a 13B-RE with street port and a GT35R with Microtech. Should make for a nice car.

Fidelity101 · Aug 24, 2006

sweet god yes. lol

FCs don't drift as well as the 240 though, its alot harder from my experiences.

but still thats gunna be a fast car lol.

thagr81_us · Aug 24, 2006

Yea... It should be. I'm sure we will have some videos of it in action on the highway and around a drift course. Maybe even some auto-x events. But I'll be sure to share them with ya. :thumbsup Might even get some ideas... I'll try to remember to snag some pics of the motor next time I go home.

Fidelity101 · Aug 24, 2006

yeah I need some underhood shots, if my radiator wasnt at an angle I couldprobably fit in my engine bay with the engine still in it heh

oh and today I just picked up some 15" oz wheels from those oz-rally lancers.

just didnt want the phone dials anymore and I traded some old stuff I had for it

pics soon to come.

thagr81_us · Aug 25, 2006

Sounds like a plan homie. The motor for my buds car is still on an engine stand until we get some more parts prior to installing the engine to make it easier on us. I'll try to get some pics the next time I head back though...

Fidelity101 · Aug 25, 2006

teaser shots of my new cheap winter wheels that look less gay than phone dials!

thagr81_us · Aug 25, 2006

Your FC need teh paint! Don't feel bad, my buds looks WAY worse than yours at the moment. Like WAAAAAYYYYY worse. Keep us updated on it and look forward to seeing some vids of it running soon. :woowooo

thagr81_us · Sep 7, 2006

Went home last weekend but was unable to capture any pics since we didn't go down to his shop at all... Went out to hang out with our car buds out of town instead. I'll try to get some of the engine sometime to share with ya.

Fidelity101 · Sep 8, 2006

update!!!!
AEM UEGO installed and currently working on a street pen and paper tune

i just need to figure out how to get around the narrowband TPS for a wideband one, it be easier to tune.

oh and this weekend I'm going to get an aluminum hood with a turbo scoop and its molded too

and maybe before holloween there will be paint! and an FC with no sunroof...

:O !!!!!!!!!!!!!

im gunna be around 2600lbs or less

thagr81_us · Sep 8, 2006

Sounds good homie... 2600lbs isn't too bad for an FC. But you'll never beat the weight savings of swapping your engine over to a Miata.

Snag some pics of the hood when you get a chance. Is it OEM style or aftermarket?

Fidelity101 · Sep 8, 2006

OEM TII aluminum hood, but the scoop is molded

already painted white too heh.

now im trying to find a wiperless hatch but its expen$$$ive and im going to go broke after the hood and paint lol.

thagr81_us · Sep 8, 2006

Ruh roh... I know how it goes though unfortunately. I'm a little broke myself... Post pics of the hood when you get put on...

Fidelity101 · Sep 8, 2006

yeah its gunna look gooofy

fadded blue car, bright white hood heh.

my friends and I were bored as hell this weekend and went off to the dead backroads of michigan and did some drags.

my buddy kyles car:

1981 camaro z28 SB 350 5.7lt rebuilt motor and trans, other than that. stock

my friend brian's car:

1999 VW GTI 2.8lt VR6 exhaust and some chip

first race vrs the z28:

3rd gear pull from 50-100, got a cars length on him around 70-80mph heh

second race vrs the camaro:

dead stop, took him like nobodys buisness

3rd race vrs camaro:

2nd gear pull from a roll 10mph

this one was a much closer race till I started hitting around 6krpm then I took off away from him

now for the vdub, first race:

from a standstill, he kept spining his one tire and I just connected and beat him by like 2-3 car lengths

second race vrs the VR6:

once again to give them a fair advantage I did a 10mph roll from 2nd gear and by the time he kinda inched up on me near 100mph but other than that I was just pulling on him but he cought when I shifted from 3rd to 4th but still I kept pulling on him

next time its a 2001 VW bug with the 2.0lt turboed, not sure how much boost its running.

the stock bug motor is 1.8t or 2.0 N/A this one was turboed and a rebuilt motor, not sure how much boost is being run, but on a cold day, depending on how its intercooled or if at all I have a good chance of loosing, but an intersting race it will be....

thagr81_us · Sep 10, 2006

Cool deal dude... Not too shabby for the old FC. Keep up the kills!

Fidelity101 · Sep 12, 2006

here is the new hood, I get it tommorow:

fcdriffter13 · Sep 12, 2006

Are you on the rx7club, the car looks familiar.

Fidelity101 · Sep 12, 2006

why yes I am

under the same tag name too.

I got the hood for 200.

thagr81_us · Sep 12, 2006

Not too bad on the hood...

thagr81_us · Sep 12, 2006

Yea... That doesn't look too bad for $200. Hell, I paid more than that for a front lip for my Miata!

Fidelity101 · Sep 13, 2006

okay hood update, I didnt get that hood but I got the other hood the guy had.

I was going to buy that AL hood but he was getting in this 800 dollar fiberglass hood and didnt like how it flowed with his body kit so he wanted to keep the hood in the pic above so I got the fiberglass one for 200 bones.

its gunna be on the market soon most likely, pics soon to come.

thagr81_us · Sep 13, 2006

Didn't flow with his body kit? Oh no... Hopefully it's not one of those ricey ones out there for the FC.

Fidelity101 · Sep 13, 2006

it looks like an FD hood on an FC:

its spray painted white over the ready to paint fiberglass.

and it comes with those black slits or whatever to keep rain out from the scoops and stuff

whatdya think?

most likely gunna sell it and get another AL hood and have cash on hand for spendin, maybe buy these wheels I wanted, maybe not dunno if i will need to go to 5 lug yet or not.

thagr81_us · Sep 13, 2006

Hmmmm... Almost like my bud's FD Scoot style hood. I like that however rather than the additional middle scoop in the front on the Scoot hood. But with that, you do know you're gonna have to put a nice body kit and front mount intercooler to make it look decent and actually be functional. Only bad thing is that you have made a low pressure area rather than utilizing one under the hood. Still shouldn't be bad though. :thumbsup

Fidelity101 · Sep 13, 2006

which is why im probably gunna just sell it.

it does kinda take away the fun of a stock bodied car.

and I know already where to get a few different AL hoods, it wouldnt look as well I dont think with no body kit.

so by me putting on that scoot style hood, it does negative affects you say? for me N/A?

thagr81_us · Sep 13, 2006

Just that rather than removing heat from under the hood it will just cause air coming from the radiator to go out rather than evacuating heat from under the rear portion of the bonnet which is important as well. This is due to a low pressure area that is formed under the hood from the factory. Rather than allowing that low pressure area to be evacuated, you are just creating another low pressure area under the hood along with the other one. It all just depends on the design of the hood and such. By looking at that one and how far the vents go back, you might actually would be okay. But yea, that hood is kinda extreme for a mild application. Just my $.02.

Fidelity101 · Sep 13, 2006

so its two different low pressure areays makes it bad?

but shouldn't this help my cooling with my radiator?

Dark-Hawk · Sep 13, 2006

Lookin nice man, I've been lookin around for a clean FC the past week or so as I need a car SOON, I can't seem to find any clean ones or ones that I wouldn't be worrying about the engine going, it seems like I'll be hopping to another S13 by tomorrow hah.
I love that style hood on the FDs, not sure how it'd look on an FC though.

Fidelity101 · Sep 13, 2006

yeah, and ebay is just showing crap this week for cheap FCs heh

and I put a feeler for it up on a few boards and already got nibbles within minutes, I could have myself hundreds of dollars in profit and a new hood.

im such a bastard, but im unemployed and only have 109 dollars to my name lol.

thagr81_us · Sep 13, 2006

Yeah... This will help with radiator cooling. Did you happen to check out the article from SCC this month? About aerodynamics... They explain aerodynamics pretty well and how crappy hood designs mess up aerodynamics. From the looks of that hood however, it looks like it will vent air for the radiator as well as the engine heat since the vents go so far back into the hood. But unless you are concerned with making a pure track car to bust lap times day after day, I wouldn't worry too much about the aerodynamics.

Fidelity101 · Sep 13, 2006

I'm concered that it will shatter in the winter lol.
but the extra cooling would be boss in the summer cause it could use it on the highway.

thagr81_us · Sep 14, 2006

How would it shatter in the winter? A lot of cars use fiberglass body panels... And I know it doesn't get THAT cold up there in Chi-Town...

Fidelity101 · Sep 14, 2006

I dont know, its probably fine I just freak out about things alot lol.

weary by nature

Dark-Hawk · Sep 14, 2006

I've a few grand to my name, and am waiting on 2K back to help add to that, but I've no car lol.

thagr81_us · Sep 14, 2006

You'll be alright... I promise.

Fidelity101 · Sep 14, 2006

IM GUNNA HOLD YOU TO IT!

hehe

I dunno if I want it or sell it, but I may just sell it and get the AL hood. dunno.

Autoblog project snow white, rx7.

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