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12-15-2008, 11:26 PM | #1 |
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AZRR CYM FD Build Coming Together
Everyone,
Where do I start. I've owned the car since Nov. of 2000 and she was bone stock with 39K miles when purchased. I noticed a nuisance coolant problem starting to develop in early 2002 that was diagnosed as an early coolant seal breach, but the problem didn't become catastrophic until Feb of 2008 with 56K miles. Parked in late February and pulled the engine in late March to take it over to Glen and Tom at AZRR for a medium street port. Decided to swap out the stock twins for a responsive smaller single turbo with good low end spool and 400 RWHP as my goal at 14-16 psi. So, after lacking any motivation to work on the project this summer with garage temps in the 120F range, I finally got motivated in October. I purchased a monster IC core from Garrett (12 x 24 x 3.5) with the intent on fabricating up my own Vmount. I drew from most of the best ideas I'd seen in our RX communities and designed and drew up all of the parts using heavy construction paper and wood to make mockups of everything from end tanks to mounting brackets. It's been pretty involving, but I think the end result will be pretty sweet, plus I'll have the satisfaction of seeing something that I envisioned become reality. Hats off to all the kitmakers who came before me. I really appreciate your ideas and inspiration. So, let's start the discussion. Here's what the car will have in it when completed. Hopefully this captures most everything: Engine: AZRR Medium Street port (Balanced Assembly) Ground X lower intake manifold Blowzilla TD61 Turbo (GT35R compressor with ball bearing cartridge and T4 divided hot section with 76 mm turbine wheel and 1.0 AR) AZRR turbo manifold and DP Dual Tial 38 mm wastegates Tial BOV Primaries (2 stock 450 cc RX-8 Renesis injectors) Secondaries (4 1000 cc Yawpower injectors) AZRR primary and secondary fuel rails Weldon fuel pressure regulator Walbro pump, but probably switching post break-in Coil relocation kit Stainless steel OMP lines Garfinkle oil pan brace Competiton Clutch lightweight steel flywheel with new ACT street/strip clutch Engine Management: Apexi Power FC New Mazda engine wiring harness Body (new items): RE Amemiya AD9 CF hood (painted to match body color) Shine auto FEED replica sideskirts in CF twill weave Shine auto old style Amemiya rear diffuser Aftermarket hood struts. Below is a shot of the car with my old setup, followed by new pics of the car in it's current state of progress... Engine will be ready for pickup later this week. Thanks to everyone who've assisted me so far, especially Glen, Tom and Garrett over at Arizona Rotary Rockets. You guys are the best. Also, hats off to Aaron at Yawpower and Adam from Streetorstrip Concept. I wouldn't be where I'm at so far without all of your contributions! Last edited by RCCAZ 1; 12-15-2008 at 11:44 PM.. |
12-15-2008, 11:38 PM | #3 |
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.... a few pics to show you how I fabricated up my mounts using wood mockups to test fit everything. Also, a shot of the bare end tanks and IC core before welding.
Last edited by RCCAZ 1; 12-15-2008 at 11:48 PM.. |
12-16-2008, 12:57 AM | #5 |
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nice setup tell me more about this v-mount what kinda radiator are you running custom moddified twin flow???? i keep looking at vmaounts and the only kit i like so far is DEW's. i even applied to do testing on the kit but im a bit aways from him so i dont think hell go for it personally. but id like to find out more about your radiator setup for the v-mount if i end up having to make my own as well. i was gonna ask how you like your fuel setup tunning wise but you dont have it running yet let us know as i was looking at a very similar setup for my x-lim, i never though about dropping down to 450 primaries though. why did you drop the primary size?
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12-16-2008, 01:44 PM | #8 |
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Looks great so far keep up the good work and keep us informed.
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Don't I wish my garage had AC. Quite honestly, I think I was just burned out on the car for a few months. It took me some time to get re-energized. Stay in touch if you happen to make it to Queen Creek. We have a great group of people who love to get out and drive!! Last edited by RCCAZ 1; 12-16-2008 at 06:06 PM.. |
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12-16-2008, 10:28 PM | #12 |
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Actually, I bought the car on Ebay from a guy in Hawaii back in 2000 when buying something on Ebay was seen as being really "risky." He was getting zero bids on the car Stateside due to the logistics of shipping, which worked out well for me. I contacted him personally, got him to shut down his auction, then agreed to a price offline. Once we worked out the deal, I transferred funds to him and owned the car for 45 days before I ever laid eyes on her as I waited for the car to be shipped from Honolulu to Long Beach.
Longest 45 days of my life, let me tell you!! proz07..... here's a couple of pics of my radiator mockup as promised. |
12-17-2008, 01:48 AM | #14 |
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This car is the reason my wife and I fell in love with FDs (and why we have one ourselves now) and she will be so glad to see you painted that hood. Definitely less ricey and more classy than the raw CF weave.
Ground X intake manifold? Is this another name for the Xcessive Manufacturing LIM or is it something else? |
12-17-2008, 07:10 AM | #15 |
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YAA!!! Does this mean we will soon see the big yellow banana on the road? As Jesse said, I love the new hood and I am so glad you painted it. It looks great. Make sure you let us know when you do the engine install. I am sure Jesse would love to help you with it.
Merry Christmas and see you New Years Day up on South Mountain (in your Honda Fit )! |