^ Good luck... I've been waiting on my shine hood for quite a while now (the panspeed model) - did you get in on the GB?

Brian - I never read that plug thread before, lol - I guess I'm not the only who seems to piss Ted off so easily!

Eager to see this build's progress though. It'd be nice to have three 13B RE FCs at DGRR in 2011 (mine wont make this year - no way in hell since its taking FOREVER on parts)...

Ted has always seemed to disagree with me, even when I can mathematically prove him wrong in certain 6-spd swap threads. The guy knows his stuff, no doubt, but... well....

Eager to see this build's progress though. It'd be nice to have three 13B RE FCs at DGRR in 2011 (mine wont make this year - no way in hell since its taking FOREVER on parts)...[/QUOTE]

BAH!! Failure Bill!!! This is why I build my own parts. No waiting on anyone but myself. Now I just need to get back into that, "I only need 4 hours of sleep a night" mode :rofl:

Double BAH!!! That's blasphemy Kevin! That's saying form over function! Build the intercooler the way you want it to be with the emphasis on ducting from the front. I noticed a minimal decrease in AIT's when I finished my hood. Mainly becuase I was seeing close to ambient temps with the stock hood due to the ducting in the front. The only large benefit was heatsoak while at idle or after shut down. That and the heatsoak dissipated more quickly with the vented hood. My hood doesn't vent any engine bay heat, or any apprechiable amounts of it anyway. So in that regard, the D-Max Sexy style - which I found angular and not sexy at all - shine hood would be a better choice, but at the same time, I take the approach that one piece should do one job and do it best, hence why I made mine the way that I did.

Think about it though, we need projects and clients and thanks for the sexy comment :kiss:

Unfortunately, I cant make a bumper or 2 way LSD :)

Its all good though - I told ya, I'll be down to have you make a nice four post strut bar when my car's mobile again :) Not a big job, but hey - its something. I'm still waiting on the shine hood as well even though they are supposedly "done" and one has already been delivered....

Man.Im diggen what you got cant wite to see the finish product.

Well, I got this IC for free, and I trying to prove that you can have 400whp cheap, and build a solid car, you can have all three FAST, RELIABLE, and CHEAP. I got my turbo and mani for 700 shipped and it's a SS manifold, likely a blitz from what I am told. I have 2 wastegates coming for 100, and traded my stock turbo and mani for a set of 1680's that will go with the 750's I already have that I also traded for my RE turbos. After paint I'm planing on coming in around $7500-8500.

Thanks man, I hope to have it running in the new year depending when I get called back to work.

Anybody know if the Raceonusa hoods are any good, fitment and quality wise?

Here is what I am looking at:

http://www.raceonusa.com/mazda-rx7-8...zda-rx-7-86-91

In the case of building a drift car, this statement is false,

because using a good body would be a waste... :D

As far as a V-Mount hood goes, contact Shine Auto, they make the best fitting FRP reverse vent hood for the FC. Race on usa parts are known for fitment issues.

Over all, however, if you got an N/A hood, and know how to weld, it would be easier to make your own reverse vent than to wait on shine to finish up. I didn't know they were taking so long...

I'm an OCD kinda guy, and while shine does make some good looking products, the front aero bumper that I have leaves some to be desired in terms of fitment and strength in certain area's. The LS TII that we're doin had the same cracks in the same places that my used one had.

From what I understand, stay away from the Raceonusa pieces for fitment.

Stay away from that hood 'cuz it's ugly as sin ;)

Kevin, I can get you in touch with someone that has an original atihun hood.

Short of that, if yo can TIG, build your own, or let me build you one. Problem is I need your car for it to be PERFECT. But at the end of the day you and up with the most effiecient and best fitting hood you can possibly have.

http://www.atihun.com/pictures/hood/FC/3-6-2004/

This is the hood Brian??? If so, I might need to talk to this fella in the new year!

That's the one. I've got his email as well as evil forum name. Lemme know. It's probably the last unmolested atihun hood in existance. Still in the shipping crate. I was trying to convince the guy, who owns a fiberglass shop, both a blessing and a curse, to use it to pull a mold. Blessing becuase he has the know how to do it, and a curse becuase it's his business and projected the need for at least 5 buyers with non-refundable deposits to make it worth his while. Good luck getting that with the bulk of the FC crowd being cheap bastards. Although there is a LOT LESS of that over here which is nice and refreshing.

Awesome if you could forward that info in a PM that would be THUPER! Where abouts is the guy? Close to a border I hope?

;) He's close to the NY/CT/NJ border

okkkkkkkkkkkkkk and... I will drive down there and kick you in the bag!! OK once I am able to leave again, apparently when you are unemployed, and collecting unemployment you can't go to another country...

:rofl: Silly canadians

The aero bumper has since been discountiuned and is no longer sold by shine...

I have seen the development thread for their hood, they ordered a JDM real version, and it fit so badly, that they cut out the center vent, and put it on a stock N/A hood, later making a mold of the combined part. IMO, that was pretty dedicated as far as an aftermarket company goes. Also, no FRP aero is going to be 100% perfect, like a factory bumper...

The only thing that pisses me off, is hearing that their management has gone downhill...