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Postby BRC » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:14

It is short, and the amazing thing about it is that it weighs less than one of the headlight assemblies.
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Postby speedjunkie » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:14

It's aluminum?
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Postby BRC » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:14

indeed it is
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Postby BRC » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:14

fab'd up a cover for the radiator to help air flow and take the focus off the funky look of it. It seems to hide everything nicely, I think ill try to use the same stuff to cover the ECM and clutch mess.

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Postby BRC » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:14

had the exhaust re-worked, finished the cooling system, and now its a street drivable machine! Took it to work, a quick test drive after, and it runs like a raped ape. But I will admit that it sounds very strange to hear the rumble when its started, It just sounds... not natural, It runs great, its just weird hearing the sound of a v8 coming from this car. But overall im very pleased with it. It has enough power to climb barnes hill in 6th gear at about 1100rpm and still accelerate. The torque is the most facinating part and its very responsive. All that said its a pretty nice balance of power and drivability despite being a bit of a frankenstein. Otherwise its a completed project taking 6 months and 1 day.
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Postby iani1.1 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:14

haha it is odd hearing a v8 rumble coming out of a rx7. nice work.
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Postby BRC » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:14

it kinda like blowing into a trumpet and hearing a drom solo.
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Postby iani1.1 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:14

haha yea i hear ya. mine will soo be the same, if the engine ever blows up. there's an abundant of ls engines and parts here so ill have no problem of acquiring one.
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Postby BRC » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:14

so im cruzin around one night just minding my own business when I needed to double check the wheel spin capability of my 7, like we all do from time to time... just to make sure it still works, When all of a sudden!!! AXLE HOP!!!! hop,hop,hop,snap... now when i shift theres a real nice thud from under the pinion snubber. Tore another diff mount again, After further inspection its just the mount instead of the whole subframe at least. So now I have the Racing Beat competition mount coming for the front & solid mounts for the rear which should be here soon, Also decided to replace control arm bushings with poly at the same time.
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Postby erod550 » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:14

Wheel hop is a pain in the ###. All the extra noise I get from my rear end now (har har) sucks and is annoying but thankfully I get zero wheelhop. Hopefully those new parts will do the same for you.
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Postby speedjunkie » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:14

BRC wrote:so im cruzin around one night just minding my own business when I needed to double check the wheel spin capability of my 7, like we all do from time to time... just to make sure it still works, When all of a sudden!!! AXLE HOP!!!! hop,hop,hop,snap... now when i shift theres a real nice thud from under the pinion snubber. Tore another diff mount again, After further inspection its just the mount instead of the whole subframe at least. So now I have the Racing Beat competition mount coming for the front & solid mounts for the rear which should be here soon, Also decided to replace control arm bushings with poly at the same time.


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...alright, how do we have all these emoticons and not one FACEPALM?!

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Postby BRC » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:14

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Postby speedjunkie » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:14

One question...in all this turmoil of engine swapping...does the fry-dropping rule still apply?
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Postby BRC » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:14

speedjunkie wrote:One question...in all this turmoil of engine swapping...does the fry-dropping rule still apply?



indeed it does... you know how hard those things are to get out from in between the seats and the center console, were talking interior removal for that one!
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Postby speedjunkie » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:14

Just get a small dog, or maybe a mouse. They'll take care of it.
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