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Rotary_Engaged 07-22-2007 07:15 PM

Cleaned the K&N filter today https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.gif

Seppuku 07-22-2007 07:49 PM

I drove it.. i figure thats a rarity for most on here so worth mentioning.

93RX7R1 07-22-2007 10:10 PM

Rotated the tires & checked the brakes......getting her ready for inspection on Thursday. Oh and I also took her for a quick spin! Had to, the day was PERFECT for it!

TYSON 07-23-2007 08:23 AM

Went to the beach INSTEAD of doing something to it! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif

SEDave 07-23-2007 09:00 AM

I put some fresh premix and fuel in it and drove it hard.

jdm12a 07-23-2007 01:41 PM

lets see. . . . . i bolted the motor in, bolted the tranny in hooked up part of the wiring harness and am confused as to y i dont have a fuse box, been workin on it since 8 this morn

Rob x-7 07-23-2007 06:25 PM

I had the garage door open yesturday and looked at the car



thats about it, been like that for close to 2 years now https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif

banzaitoyota 07-23-2007 07:51 PM

took it apart 4 years ago

djmtsu 07-23-2007 09:40 PM

Glanced at it while walking out of the garage this morning.



Then watched as the door rose to reveal its sexy goodness when I got home from work.



I drove it Saturday morning though.



It aint broke, so I can't fix it!!!!

Leetheslacker 07-23-2007 10:32 PM

kicked it.

amp 07-23-2007 11:14 PM

started to work on one... decided to just go drive the other

G2G 07-24-2007 07:06 AM

took it apart two or three years ago.



- Hand

Rotary_Engaged 07-24-2007 02:24 PM

shopping for tires.

jwteknix 07-24-2007 03:55 PM

i spent all day cleanning my car. tommorow after work shes gonna get some more tlc. lof, rotate balance, tranny and diff flush. then with in the next 2 weeks i should have my body kit and rb exhaust on the other tii. then i can drive a inspected car untill novenber lol

wwshadowfoxww 07-24-2007 05:05 PM

well after a month of having it apart from haveing to change the steering rack ,I got as far as putting the swaybar back in and found out whoever took it off before me had stripped the bolt. now all i need to do is rundown to the hardware store. it will probly be another month befor that happens thow.

toplessFC3Sman 07-25-2007 07:25 AM

bought tires, am trying to find a new turbo, kicked the starter (it was on strike... put an end to THAT notion!), and tried to get it to run correctly when cold... i wish i didnt have to rely on it as a DD.

jwteknix 07-25-2007 05:26 PM

yeah soo i just got the lof done today had to change mpv sway bar links and bushing while in the middle of doing my **** so i had no will to do any of the rest of the ****. maybe tommorow

Rotary_Engaged 07-25-2007 09:42 PM

Just wet sanded a little more going to do the $50 paint job. Gloss white.

toplessFC3Sman 07-25-2007 10:03 PM

oh, and cleaning various switches, as well as breaking 2 of the 3 hood latch bolts, drilling them out, and re-tapping them.

Xynic 07-26-2007 11:15 AM

I bought another one? drove it for a couple hours and am going to sell it again in a few days after I get the tps adjusted better.

Rotaman99 07-26-2007 11:30 AM

Got my BACV working. Bad transistor in the ECU. I then remembered I had a spare N327 ECU so I swapped that in, started the car, kept the BACV open to the atmosphere so that when itwas working, the car would run like crap and I would deffinatly know that its working. hehe. I do things backwards sometimes.



Now im working on regrounding the ECU. I just need to put the pins back in the plugs to the ECU and hopefully the 3800rpm hesitation will be gone.

Leetheslacker 07-27-2007 05:34 PM

pulled some parts that im selling



kicked it, again

teknics 07-27-2007 06:08 PM

might get the yellow car running on sunday, 3 years after taking it apart.



kevin.

j9fd3s 07-28-2007 05:17 PM

i drove the 79! as we've found the, death star exhaust port, way to kill a mercedes, without even damaging the paint

sweet7 07-29-2007 01:19 PM

I put my FEED sideskirts on. Actually I made Sinful put them on and I watched. Since he dosent have an FD anymore I figure he misses them so I'm gracious enough to let him work on mine. I know, I know, hold your applause please its flattering.

j9fd3s 07-29-2007 09:48 PM

[attachment=42548:DSC01648sm.jpg]fresh coat of wax! this is the only picture the camera decided to focus...

Leetheslacker 07-30-2007 03:21 AM

prepped the dirty fc and the good fc for some good motor swap fun.



now i need a goddamn engine hoist and none of my friends have one i can borrow. ****.

Maxt 07-30-2007 06:16 AM

I took my n/a fc to the car wash, then to the dyno and made 223 rwhp in 96 deg heat, so it was an ok day. Today i am putting in a stillway drag shifter and camber plates for track day on tuesday..

MtnRacer 07-30-2007 11:45 AM

Stripped out the interior I just put in and installed a roll bar! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif Now I have to put the interior back in and fit it around the rollbar... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/dry.gif



Steve

MtnRacer 07-30-2007 11:46 AM

Oh, new P/S lines too! Double woot.



Steve

toplessFC3Sman 07-30-2007 12:55 PM

well... friday I removed the TII starter since it was shitty again just to find that the spring-loaded contacts (whatever you call the little bars that replace the brushes) are just about completely worn down, so i steal the top cap and rotating bit (as well as the engaging solenoid) from an NA starter, reinstall, and it works great.



Sunday was putting together new OMP lines and inspecting the OMP itself (damn rain or i would have replaced the rad too)

j9fd3s 07-31-2007 09:53 AM


Originally Posted by Maxt' post='878951' date='Jul 30 2007, 04:16 AM
I took my n/a fc to the car wash, then to the dyno and made 223 rwhp in 96 deg heat, so it was an ok day. Today i am putting in a stillway drag shifter and camber plates for track day on tuesday..



what rpm?

Maxt 08-01-2007 12:06 AM


Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='879083' date='Jul 31 2007, 06:53 AM
what rpm?

That was at 9100.. The peak power was actually higher than that at a lower rpm, but the dyno rpm pickup was very intermittent, the graph disappeared going upward at 220' ish and then reappeard at the 223 going downward... The trailing spark is breaking up, I need 2 msd's on it..

Went to the track with it tonight, it honks pretty good for an N/a FC..

toplessFC3Sman 08-01-2007 08:05 AM

Resurfaced brake rotors goign on today, and starting to install the corksport FMIC and swap to a koyo radiator, put the ported WG exhaust housing on a new (to me) turbo after the compressor retaining bolt on my T04 hybrid came off and chewed the crap out of the compressor wheel... and if i have time, swap a FD torsen LSD into the TII diff case. Work's cut out for me the next few days

j9fd3s 08-01-2007 11:00 AM


Originally Posted by Maxt' post='879151' date='Jul 31 2007, 10:06 PM
That was at 9100.. The peak power was actually higher than that at a lower rpm, but the dyno rpm pickup was very intermittent, the graph disappeared going upward at 220' ish and then reappeard at the 223 going downward... The trailing spark is breaking up, I need 2 msd's on it..

Went to the track with it tonight, it honks pretty good for an N/a FC..



that car seems like its a really fun setup, and its simple too

Maxt 08-01-2007 07:27 PM

I need a lsd for the rear diff, being a GX(se), it's a peg leg diff.. It roasts the 225/50/16 yoko a 520 pretty damn good.. I have a still way drag shifter in the car, it was cool for the beginning but what annoying on the highway rattling like made..

Yeah, its a really fun car to drive, apparently the Mercedes benz racer was complaing about being behind it at the start line, something about noise and fumes.

Leetheslacker 08-02-2007 04:45 AM

yesterday, pulled both motors.

one at like 5pm, other at like 4am.



tonight, replaced the injectors on the good block, redid some vacuum lines, swapped the good tranny on the good motor, and dropped it into the car.



tomorrow, hooking all that **** back up and buying some fluids.

Baldy 08-02-2007 07:58 AM

Last night I wanted to hook up my Lokar stuff to my carb: throttle cable, bracket, and kickdown cable. Instead I spent my time ripping out the stock throttle cable (that little firewall clip was a bitch), and making a small plate to keep the new firewall connector from falling through the square hole.



Then torrential downpours start, while simultaneously we started getting presumably prank calls from someone claiming to be pregnant with my baby, and threatening to bomb our house. Yay!

toplessFC3Sman 08-02-2007 09:58 AM

yep, baldy, that was me. Im pregnant with your baby

j9fd3s 08-02-2007 10:42 AM


Originally Posted by Maxt' post='879244' date='Aug 1 2007, 05:27 PM
I need a lsd for the rear diff, being a GX(se), it's a peg leg diff.. It roasts the 225/50/16 yoko a 520 pretty damn good.. I have a still way drag shifter in the car, it was cool for the beginning but what annoying on the highway rattling like made..

Yeah, its a really fun car to drive, apparently the Mercedes benz racer was complaing about being behind it at the start line, something about noise and fumes.



wait, mercedes racer? i feel sorry for him already, he's prolly replaced 90% of the car to make it track worthy....



but yeah, those fart cans are really directional, jacks car was like that, 60db in front 130db in the back


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