My MB "FEED" project..

[Herblenny]

Here are few pics of my project for the Exedy booth at Formula Drift ATL..

My buddy Leo (AbadR1) painted the bumper (type2R), fenders, and help me install it. All done from last tuesday night (after 5PM) and early thursday morning (3AM)... Not bad for start painting to install :)

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5482&stc=1&d=1241990679
http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5483&stc=1&d=1241990703
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/finished1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/finished2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd01.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd02.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd03.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd04.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd06.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd10.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd31.jpg

[My5ABaby]

Beautiful...

[Brent]

Looks good Phil. I really like the 3rd and 4th picture.

[Herblenny]

Thanks..

I need to do something about seeing the ground looking into the bumper opening.. I hate that!!! I did use 99+ MS undertray that Shine is replicating but it still shows the ground at certain angle... I'm going to try to fix that next weekend.. and build some sort of oil cooler duct..

[RotaryRoadRage]

gap or not , that mofo is still super clean..by the way.. how's that cosmo doin ? ;) lol

[imstillonjava]

Absolutely beautiful. Makes me think I should have kept mine montego blue too. Any higher res of pics 8-10 available?

[rotorhead87]

I envy you for all of your possessions I wish I could have!!! Beautiful FD is all I can say.

[MotoTek]

Phil, your MBFD is just so clean. Tastefully modded both interior, exterior, and engine wise.
3rd pic is my favorite. Nothing better than a garage with 2 FD's sitting inside being worked on.

[BuLL]

Wow, love it!

[Herblenny]

Thanks for the compliments...

Absolutely beautiful. Makes me think I should have kept mine montego blue too. Any higher res of pics 8-10 available?

I do have a high resolution 8-10. shoot me your email and I'll send it over.

I took these pictures while someone else was shooting for a magazine..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd08.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd11.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd23.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/myfd28.jpg

[20b 3rd gen]

Looking good Phil, so whose magazine was the shoot for :)

[cabaynes]

looking good buddy!

[Herblenny]

looking good buddy!

Thank ya!

How are things in Vegas?

[RotorDad]

very nice

[Swif]

I like that bumper. How does the car drive with that bumper? Does this get reed of the light feeling when driving at around 100 mph? My car seems to get light around this speed then seems to settle down a little at about 120 mph.

I also was looking at the same hood. See this comb on you car was great for me. I have a 95 MB. I think I may go with a differant hood. I like the look, but I think I want something a little differant then the look you have with that hood.

Great looking car and as others have said, "tastefully done."

[Herblenny]

It might be all in my head.. But the car feels bit more stable over 110 (gotten up to about 130-140). I did however tried by best to cover the underside of the front bumper using MS undertray and stock undertray. Also I have the Feed Canards and oil cooler ducts.

Here are few more pics from yesterday..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/10.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/11.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/15.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/16.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/17.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/3.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/4.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/5.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/6.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/7.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/8.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/9.jpg

[ZGN]

nice photo work. It looks like you cleared out the whole city to take these photos, almost not another car or person in sight!
:)

[dregg100]

you need less offset on the front wheels, but looking good other than that.

[Herblenny]

Kevin, It was early in the morning.... Now I'm playing around with the pics to bring out some color.. Here is a rendered pic..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/5.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/DSC_0041-1.jpg


dregg100, I think its good.. If I bring it out more, I think it will start hitting my fender liner. As of now, it doesn't rub anything at all

[Brent]

Looking good as always Phil.

[Red Dragon]

nice photo work. It looks like you cleared out the whole city to take these photos, almost not another car or person in sight!
:)

lol, yeah downtown Birmingham early in the morning is pretty vacant... Phil your car is pure sex on wheels.:001_005:

[RCCAZ 1]

Hey Phil,

Looking awesome as always. Been buried at work the last 3 weeks straight, hence my reason for not responding to you on last year's Deals Gap shirts. I'll be in touch once things settle down at work... promise.

Hey, on your brake rotor setup, are those 99 spec brakes or just stock calipers with aftermarket cross-drilled rotors? Just curious since I'm thinking of upgrading my brake rotors in the near future and I love how yours turned out!

Thx!

[Herblenny]

No Problem.. I thought you were mad at me or something..

They are RX front and rear, stock RZ rotors that are custom drilled by David Garfinkle. Cross drills are harmocially balanced and has a beveled edge. Great amounts of works been put on drilling all those holes and top notch works been put on by David.

[RCCAZ 1]

No Problem.. I thought you were mad at me or something..

They are RX front and rear, stock RZ rotors that are custom drilled by David Garfinkle. Cross drills are harmocially balanced and has a beveled edge. Great amounts of works been put on drilling all those holes and top notch works been put on by David.

Does David have a website or sell them somewhere? I've got his oil pan brace and love it. Let me know where I can score a set of those rotors.

Tim

[Herblenny]

David is on this forum.. Garfinkle Motor Works.

You would have to send in your stock rotor and he will drill them for you..
Send him an PM>

[Herblenny]

I guess I haven't updated this thread in ages...

Here are some updates since..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/DSC_2745.jpg

Carpet change..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/DSC_2746.jpg

Test fitting the Feed trunk piece

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/DSC_2747.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/DSC_2748.jpg

SportTuner HID projector lights

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/SportTunerHID1.jpg

And also Feed signals with HIDs
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/FDprogress2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/FDprogress3.jpg

Finished with WORK VS-XXs

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/MBFD3-1.jpg

New Carbon Interior pieces... and RE speedo
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/today6.jpg

Just after Feed Rear flares
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/FEEDFD.jpg

At Exedy Booth

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/ExedyFD5.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/ExedyFD1.jpg

New Wheels... WORK XD9s... custom black by work factory in Japan.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/WORK_XD9s5.jpg

[Herblenny]

My wheels are on!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/WORKXD9A2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/WORKXD91.jpg

[need RX7]

:drool5: Looks awesome!

[project86]

:o16: i love those wheels...

[Herblenny]

Here is my updated UIM...

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/RWTBUIM3.jpg

UIM I had for about 5 years... Garfinkle did his magic polishing, welding, opening up the inside, etc... I never used it because I was waiting on my larger ported stock TB... which I never got.

But since I have the Rotary Work TB, I thought I use it instead of the stock one I had on.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/RWTBUIM4.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/RWTBUIM2.jpg

All the un necessary nipples are cut and welded... for cleaner look.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/RWTBUIM1.jpg

All the emission junk have been taken off..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/RWTBUIM5.jpg

and hole was cut on the top for uniqueness...

[prrex4ever]

Luv the new wheels, car looks great with them.

[Rotary13B1]

I think Phil is a street pharmacist! Straight up baller!

[Herblenny]

Alright.. For father's day, I had to go in to work for couple hours.. And thought I take the FD and test out the new TB and the wheel w/ 15mm front spacers.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/XD91-1.jpg


RW TB - I did noticed a slight low end bog. But it was pretty slight. But the rev through seem bit faster.. it could be just my imagination though.

Wheels - I just love how they look on my MB. I have slight rub on the passenger side after 15mm spacer.. I'm going to find out where its hitting and try to fix it. But the stance is perfect!

Drivability with these wheels seem pretty good. I was coming back home and this M3 got behind me and started to follow.. I'm running about 10lbs of boost and through the twisty downtown hill side, the car felt great. Maybe bit better on turns... again, it could be my imagination as I been driving my daily TL and haven't driven the FD in about 2 weeks.


Here is another pic with my riced out LED lights on :)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/XD92-1.jpg



And....

with the HID FEED signal lights and the LED wanna B lights..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/XD93.jpg

Yes!! I admit, I'm a ricer at heart.. But at least I admit and also trying to build a classy FD (My SSM) :)

[project86]

i dig LEDS. They really dont look bad.. maybe that means im a ricer too...

[SyndicateMotorsports]

is it okay to ask what your brake setup is? those are the best looking rotors ive seen on stock brakes.

[Herblenny]

is it okay to ask what your brake setup is? those are the best looking rotors ive seen on stock brakes.

They are Mazda RZ rotors custom drilled by David Garfinkle. David does awesome job and I highly recommend him!! They are also harmonically balanced.

[Herblenny]

New Mirrors..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/APRmirrors1.jpg

[speedjunkie]

What mirrors are those Phil? That's awesome they fit over the stock holes, no need to have them filled in.

I like the LED lights too. I also like the HID turns, so nice and bright.

[20b 3rd gen]

Look who made urbanracer.com...........again :)

[Mobius]

Phil, your car is fantastic, especially with those new wheels. Great choice!

[diabolical1]

i'm not a huge fan of body kits, but i must say: this car is breathtaking! i guess the fact that it also happens to be my favorite factory color for the FD doesn't hurt either, but seriously, everything on this car is hot!!! i have to make special mention of the wheels, too.

[RCCAZ 1]

RW TB - I did noticed a slight low end bog. But it was pretty slight. But the rev through seem bit faster.. it could be just my imagination though.

Wheels - I just love how they look on my MB. I have slight rub on the passenger side after 15mm spacer.. I'm going to find out where its hitting and try to fix it. But the stance is perfect!

Phil... any new updates on how you like the driveability of the RW TB? Also would like to know your ride heights (front and rear). Thanks!

[Herblenny]

Phil... any new updates on how you like the driveability of the RW TB? Also would like to know your ride heights (front and rear). Thanks!

Oh.. The TB..

Here is my impression.. I'm having bit of a start up issue when cold but mid to higher RPM the car feels bit more responsive. This could also be all in my head as I don't have better number.. also my UIM is ported out so that could also be the cause.

I'm going to tune the car a bit and turn up the boost a little when the weather get little bit cooler.

regarding ride height.. I have no clue. I'll try to measure that.

[RCCAZ 1]

Car really looks incredible. Regarding David Garfinkle and his cross drilling service, did he actually drill all of your holes, or just chamfer the existing ones?

[-xlr8planet-]

I loooooove the interior

its a really nice combo: spirit R gauge cluster, bucket seats, nardi wheel...

Perfect

[Rotary91]

I first saw this project in an issue of Modified Mag. and now Speedhunters.com posts it for a random snap, all I have to say is this is one awesome ride and keep up the great work!

[Boosted FC]

Car looks awesome Phil.

[RX-7FD3S]

man. your projects are sick:D
makes me miss my car(in storage)

[Herblenny]

I have forgotten about this thread here..

Anyhow, Here is an update on my FD..

Past couple of months, I have decided to pull my old set up and update the engine bay and few little stuff outside of the car..

Engine bay:

Got rid of the Greddy SMIC, Its custom piping, Blitz Intake, MS radiator, Optima Red Top.

New:
Apexi FMIC, HKS RS intake, HKS BOV, Koyo Rad, Tweakit pulley kit, Pettit water pump (Couldn't find my Greddy), New belt, 2 x 4 blade fans, Custom cooling fan extended harness, Braille 15lb battery and verticle mount, etc.

Exterior..

Added: Carbon fiber bumper protector and CF center wheel caps I made.

Here are some pics..

Engine bay in progress
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/DSC_5546.jpg

Exterior
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/WORK4.jpg

Wheels
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/WORK2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/WORK3.jpg

[Prodigy]

Looking great Phil, one question though, since the factory center caps for the XD9's are hella ugly, I see you made your own, would you mind giving a quick description of how you did it? a friend of mine has XD9's on his STI and really really wants to have center caps...

The car still looks awesome... BTW


J.

[Herblenny]

Well, Pretty much cutting the CF to its size. Not much to it. Only issue you might find is that some the hubs will poke through the center bore, which you can't use flat piece you cut out.. My wheel spacers helped with that issue.

Anyhow, I drove the car around town yesterday (after fab'd a IC pipe from spare pipings I had) and the car felt GREAT!! It might be all mental since I haven't driven the car in like 2 months, but car felt more responsive and also coolant temp was ROCK solid!!! I never saw above 85C.. which normally I see 86-87 (even with the fan to come on at 86C).

Here are few pics from yesterday..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/mbfall104.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/mbfall102.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/Back31.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/Back21.jpg