Got these today...

[geo2maz]

Jerk taking my dayum...

youngin'! I invented it, back yonda' 10 years before you were born

[Number2]

bling bling! Wheels look good. /jealous

[rmeeker13]

Those are sick man...love ur damn car!

[speedjunkie]

They on yet Eric?

Nope, I'm home on leave right now, in Missouri and Illinois. Once I get the other wide front fender and some money for tires and painting the fenders (and spacers for the rear), you can bet your patootie they'll be on quickly.

I've been married for 12 years this month and I'm still able to mod my car. We don't have kids so that's a big expense we don't have and generally any large sums of cash we've had at one time were bonuses from my jobs.

Although it's not always better being able to spend whatever you want because we also have a lot of credit card debt because she has trouble saying no to me lol.

Nice wheels btw.

I don't have TOO much trouble saying no anymore, I usually talk myself out of things. Most of the time I skimp on other areas of my life to put more money into the car, but now I'm more into a saving mindset. I only have 6 years left until I can retire from the AF and if I choose not to stay and I don't start saving now, I'll be screwed. I may already be screwed haha.

Oh, but now I discover my clutch is slipping, I need a fuel pump that will support 500-550WHP and I'm getting an FPR that flows more fuel...not to mention the many group buys I have my name in for LOL. Oh, and tires, spacers and paint. AND new fuel injectors lol.

^^ the smart way to mod but not the smart way to stay married.

Indeed. Although I have no past experience to base this on, no one ever wants to stick around long enough. My guess is Melba is just so darn intimidating. LOL

Jerk taking my dayum...

Looks good

bling bling! Wheels look good. /jealous

Those are sick man...love ur damn car!

Thanks y'all! I will love the car even more once these are on.


Oh, and just a little update as to Melba's progress. For those that don't know, I got it tuned last week. I was less than happy with the results...pretty much 214whp at altitude, approx. 300whp at sealevel. We knew it was lack of enough fuel because the power plateaued instead of spiking and dropping off, but we didn't know WHAT component was the problem. I swapped in Simon's Aeromotive FPR since I wasn't sure my Sard Sport model was flowing enough...no dice. We're still not sure but we think the Kenne Bell boost-a-pump still may not be working either. We discovered my fuel pump was only getting 6v instead of 12v and more. So yesterday I rewired my fuel pump with direct power from the battery through a relay...it's DEFINITELY getting enough fuel now. I had the FPR adjusted to about 70psi and it should have been at 40 hahaha. I was getting WAY to much fuel. So now I have the FPR adjusted properly, I am working on the fuel map so it's not too lean and not too rich, the pump is getting plenty of power, and the Kenne Bell is currently set on zero. I did a few pulls on the highway tonight and I'm getting up to 1.2 bar (about 17psi) but it's still not going past that to my 1.4 bar setting, so I'm not sure if I'm still lacking enough fuel or the clutch is slipping or what, but it DEFINITELY pulls. Much happier with it now. Although at 20psi I should get 500WHP and at 25psi I should get 550psi, or so I'm told by another owner of this turbo setup.

[chickenwafer]

You have an A-Spec 500R kit right? 500rwhp is pretty much the limit I think on that setup, common numbers are 460-495rwhp from 18-22psi.

Yeah, if your pump is only getting 6v then I'm amazed the car even made boost! So now does the PFC take changes to your fuel map and the weak pump was what was causing it not to get richer?

[speedjunkie]

Rich Farrell has the same turbo and made 500 at 20psi and 550 at 25psi, apparently. He was the one telling me all that anyway. Of course he has 4" exhaust all the way back and some other mods I don't have, but I have some he doesn't have too. Not sure how different we are. Come to think of it, he has one of the original 500R turbos and I have the SP for spool. Regardless, I won't make anything close to that at altitude so it matters to me very little.

It's definitely getting 12v and over now. I was testing the BAP today too and I blew the fuse in it and killed the car. Replaced the fuse and was on my way, still not knowing for sure if it's working LOL. The PFC does take changes now, yes. And yes, the weak pump was the culprit. I still don't know how much power I'm making right now, but I know I got no traction in 1st and 2nd today, and even in 1st it was from a roll. I think I might have had the same problem in 3rd but I don't remember for sure, I was just so stoked that I was breaking loose sticky 305s from a roll haha.

[chickenwafer]

Sounds sweet man! I was worried your Datalogit took a shit or something. No wonder it couldn't get any richer, the pump was only getting 6 volts haha.

I'm still considering the BAP but I don't think I need it until I go single. I'm gonna run the stock 550 primaries and get the 850cc secondaries bored out to 1300, then drop in a Denso Supra pump (that's the pump you have, right?), and delete the fire-starting FPD. I'll keep the fuel system like that until I go single turbo when I'll do CJ billet rails, ID 1000 primaries and 2000 secondaries , then I might need a BAP haha, or twin Bosch 044's

[speedjunkie]

I'm going to save you some time and money and just give you some options for the end game instead of doing it like I have...

-2 Supra pumps, or
-1 A'PEXi BNR32 pump, or
-1 or 2 Bosch 044s, or
-1 or 2 Rotary Performance pumps (good to 500 at the flywheel), depending on how much power you want to make.

But regardless of what you get, for the love of God, PLEASE rewire your pump like I have so it gets all the voltage. I'd heard of that mod a while ago already but figured I didn't need it...wrong answer. The wiring for the pump goes through the ignition system. And by rewiring it you probably won't need a BAP anyway. The only reason I got mine is because Howard Coleman is running one and he's pretty much a genius, but the KB BAP only goes up to 16v at the highest setting and you would already get 14v by running it off the battery like I have now. I'm not sure how much better the 2v would be and I'm not sure how it affects the fuel pump anyway. If I had to do it over, I'd probably skip the BAP and just have gone with two pumps or something.

[iani1.1]

have you looked into these?
http://www.compperformancegroupstores.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=82020&Store_Code=ZX
i used one of those inline with a supra fuel pump on the e85 engine. provided well more than enough fuel.

[RX-7 Chris]

Your new fender is here. I showed up on Saturday and the box was sitting on the from porch. The box is about 4'x3'x1' and took up half the front porch. I looked at the door and there was a sticker that said package was left on front porch. It was so big you couldn't open the door. haha

[speedjunkie]

Hmm, that's not a bad idea Ian, I didn't even know about those. Might have to look into that. I've thought about doing something like that, like a Supra pump or something and then a Bosch 044 or something inline but I wasn't sure if it would actually help or not since it was inline.

Yeah Chris, Simon told me the other day that it showed up...I'm so stoked haha. Funny how it was blocking the door and they still left a note, but I know why they did it haha.

[iani1.1]

yea i ran a supra pump in the tank with the zex inline with a toggle so i didnt have a too rich of a idle. only problem is if your not boosting more than 12psi with the external pump constantly running it will blow fuel pressure regulators like no ones business.

[chickenwafer]

I'm going to save you some time and money and just give you some options for the end game instead of doing it like I have...

-2 Supra pumps, or
-1 A'PEXi BNR32 pump, or
-1 or 2 Bosch 044s, or
-1 or 2 Rotary Performance pumps (good to 500 at the flywheel), depending on how much power you want to make.

But regardless of what you get, for the love of God, PLEASE rewire your pump like I have so it gets all the voltage. I'd heard of that mod a while ago already but figured I didn't need it...wrong answer. The wiring for the pump goes through the ignition system. And by rewiring it you probably won't need a BAP anyway. The only reason I got mine is because Howard Coleman is running one and he's pretty much a genius, but the KB BAP only goes up to 16v at the highest setting and you would already get 14v by running it off the battery like I have now. I'm not sure how much better the 2v would be and I'm not sure how it affects the fuel pump anyway. If I had to do it over, I'd probably skip the BAP and just have gone with two pumps or something.

I already have my fuel pump re-wired with a power wire directly off the battery to a relay to the pump.

I was thinking of doing the RP or Supra pump in-tank, with a Bosch 044 in-line as a booster pump for when I go E85 (still not decided on that). You just don't want the in-line booster pump to be running all the time because it will heat the fuel (pumps pressurize the fuel, pressure = heat), so I will wire it to a pressure-activated Hobbs switch. That way, the 044 won't come on until I'm in boost.

[iani1.1]

or you can just hook up a relay to the boost controller instead of the hobbs switch. though a hobbs switch alot more simple than what i did lol

[chickenwafer]

I don't have a boost controller, but I'll have one built into my AEM standalone. But the AEM will also have an output I can use to trigger a relay to fire the "booster" pump