My project

[TheDriver216]

Well i guess its my turn to start a build thread.. I will be taking my '82 base model and transform it into something that will make me crap myself every time i drive it.. I just picked up a S5 as a daily so i can finally get this shindig started.

First the machine..

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I drove all the way to Greensville SC, to get this since i couldnt find anything around here worth buying.. there is hardly any rust on it.. the gray fender is from someone hitting me in a parking lot so i had to replace it.. It has a cracked dash and alot of sunfade and rubber pars dry rotted and falling apart..

My plans are to rebuild the 12a.. with new rotor housings, seals, bearing etc etc. Balanced rotating assembly. Street port or Bridgeport , turbo II transmission. ford rear end, sump the gas tank for -8 fuel line out to the pump then -6 lines all teh way to the motor and back
The car is gonna be fuel injected with a Megasquirt2 which Low Impedance is assembling for me.. Running Throttle Body Injection on a downdraft manifold.


I will then be adding this

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Its a garrett to4s 60-1 .84 exhaust side p trim and clipped , .70 compressor side 4"tapered inlet with a 2.5" discharge

More to come once i start disassembly. :)

[Viperx7]

Not a bad set-up. Good luck with your project.
If your going with FI, what are you gonna do with the carb? Might be interested if you want to sell it. Is that a Mikuni or Weber?

[TheDriver216]

The carb will most likely get sold... Its a weber 45 dcoe (mazdatrix setup)... i have various jets and, air correctors and idle jets, it currently has 40mm chokes and have a set or 38mm ones that i never installed. I tuned it myself by smell and feel lol i know not the best way but it runs real strong and it doesnt smell so bad.

[Viperx7]

Let me know if you decide to sell it. I'm getting ready to rebuild my 85 and would like to get rid of the Nikki.

[TheDriver216]

Will do Viper... and can i get a mod to move this to the build up sub section? I didnt actually know there was one here.. i guess im a little slow at times :banghead:

[Whizbang]

i will testify for the setup on that car. Its pretty nice

[Eatmyclutch]

Zero cams haha

And I never seen a steering wheel like that. Have fun.

[TheDriver216]

Apparently the steering wheel is off of an SA from what ive been told.. my car is a mish mash of stuff... my body is an 82 the steering wheel is an SA, my rotating assembly is apparently a 83-85 since i need the larger clutch and pressure plate.. and who know what else.. And dont worry ill have loads of fun next summer.

[Rogue_Wulff]

Actually, that steering wheel was the standard issue S model wheel from 79 to 83. The GS & GSL got the 4 spoke, while the S got that 2 spoke wheel.

[Jeff20B]

I think I like the two spoke better. I'd still prefer a smaller diameter one though. :)

[warwickben]

nice man, iam in the same boat as you.but iam buying a focus for my new daily :( :( . i just got my turbo tracking number. iam going with a Garrett t04b dont know the specs off the top of my head, got it dirt cheap from a fc guy. still trying to deiced on my intake setup. i want to go carb since i know a few people who have tuned a blow thru setup vs me not having much money to have some one tune a ecu for me. i just need to decied side draft, moded stock carb, or racing beat holly moded.

if you can find one get a working 79 cluster the speed gauge goes to 130 ish(cant remember) it will swap right out no mods needed ect. i swapped my 1980 cluster for a 79 nice knowing how fast your going after 85.

[TheDriver216]

yeah im gonna do the speedo mod soon lol.... i was gonna go blow-thru with my 45dcoe but i was convinced by others to go Megasquirt.. im a lil slow go now beacuse im trying to get my FC i just bought road worthy enough to be a daily... wheel bearings are shot beyond all belief.. and im trying to plan a small vacation somewhere also..

[warwickben]

i wish i could safely drive a fc as a daily winters in mass are crazy.

[TheDriver216]

lol i live in cleveland so our winters arent any joke(granted its not mass).. i drove my fb as a daily all winter... so i shouldnt have an issue with the fc

[warwickben]

true true i did drive a 4.6 crown vic for the last 3 years . iam trying to deiced between a cheap focus or a cheap awd car. never let a drunk person move your car, my buddy had to move my winter car and wound up tearing the front end off .

since you had a side draft is it true there a bitch to tune right for street use. ive been told they are harder to get right then a 4 barrel.

[TheDriver216]

I had no issues... when i bought it it was off a "race" only car so it was tuned for wide open only.. im running 40mm chokes so down low its a lil less but after 3.5 to 4k it screams ( i have 38mm chokes but i like it wheres it at and i havnt dynod it to see where im making my power to justify changing them)...
From a roll its pretty quick. i tossed in different idle jets, smaller main jets and it runs great (havnt changed air bleeds since no wideband ). it was easy for me to tune. i did it all by smell and feel. not the best option but since it doesnt need to go much longer i wont wideband it.. it doesnt smell like gas and no misses so im happy.. transition is real good from idle to main circuit (i dont spend much in teh idle circuit though im usually always above 3k). it has its days just like any carb but i chirp 1-3 all day long. i was very impressed by it. It starts real easy, 2 pumps and turn key i dont even have to use the choke and ive driven it on pretty cold days. I would not consider it a waste of money.

Low impedance has rode in it he'll tell you how it pulls :)

[warwickben]

you just made me want to go with a side draft setup. ill get it from rotary shack, since he will boost prep it and help me with the jets ect, if i tell him my whole setup. i dont want to post prices since you have to email him for them, but at first i thought it was a to much for me,since iam a broke 22 year old. but it will be cheaper then racing beat holley setup.
i know a few people who drag race on teams and i asked them to find out where to send the holley to get set up for boost. as it turns out id be spending much much more for the racing beat setup if i did that. that and i guess the O.E.R carbs are spose(sp?) to be much easier to tune.



o yeah my sa has a 4 spoke steering wheel dont know if its stock or not.

[TheDriver216]

Well i posted an article on teh boards on how to boost prep a holley yourself http://www.rotarycarclub.com/showthread.php?t=2056&highlight=boost+prep+holley

My set up is a Mazdatrix setup... It screams. The OER's i guess are supposed to be better cuz they built off of the weber design and fixed some inadequacies .. i guess there progression from idle to main circuit is supposed to be better(from what ive read/ been told). Ill try to get some video of a 1st-third gear pull and just a third gear pull for ya... I can keep up/beat NA fc's its kind fun when they dont expect it lol

[warwickben]

lol i found that link before. when i searched on google it seemed every car site had that link posted some where. i just dont think i could do it my self. ill talk to a few people i know who are in to carbs and see if they could do it for me.

one thing ive been trying to figure out is what cfm carb i would need ect. i was told that i could buy the racing beat kit run it na for a while take it off boost prep it and i would be fine minus retuning it a bit. the same person told me i wouldnt even have to rejet it which i wasnt sure if he was talking out of his ass or not.