Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[helghast7]

ive always been told to put it before the IC but idk

[Force13b]

Brian car's looking...holly

So that box i asked you about it is a lojack box i can have them come out and "inspect it" and they'll put in a change ownership for it for 99$. Not sure what i'm going to do.

Also for the sound deadening i heard if you put dry ice on it or, you know the air cans, turn that upside down and spray the liquid on it the stuff will break off easier.

[WE3RX7]

dry ice works wonders on tar for sure.


As for the BOV, I've traditionally kept mine closer to the TB - 12" or less away, but I've run them both ways. Physically it makes more sense there then before the IC...

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

ohhhhh...i love looking at your welds, it always inspires me to get better at welding myself....which is why im diving right in and trying to weld up my own battery tray

im sure next weekend ill come crying to you to fix it =D

btw im gona post up a pick of the first time i mocked up the IC piping i want ur opinion on where you would put the BOV...though space is going to be more limited once its in for real since i didnt put the rad or condencer in yet

Thanks Dave.... in a few months I need to build an Aluminum one for my truck so I'll keep some measurements etc and see what we can figure out. The one in the FC I welded strait to the chassis, just need to coat it now.

I've always kept my BOV's as close to the TB's as possible, like Bill said, makes more sense to have it there.

Originally Posted by Force13b

Brian car's looking...holly

You should see what I'm tackling tonight.... see comment below ***

Originally Posted by Force13b

So that box i asked you about it is a lojack box i can have them come out and "inspect it" and they'll put in a change ownership for it for 99$. Not sure what i'm going to do.

Cool, glad ya figured that out. I dunno, it's worth it to have sometimes. It doesn't matter how many starter kills, fuel cuts, etc etc you put in the car, it's just as easy to tow the fucker. It doesn't make all that much sense for me becuase of where I am, I don't take alot of trips, and when I do the cars are locked up, not to mention I have a ton of neighbors etc.... so I wouldn't, but for $99, it's already there, I don't know what their monitoring contracts are like but it might be something to look into.

Originally Posted by Force13b

Also for the sound deadening i heard if you put dry ice on it or, you know the air cans, turn that upside down and spray the liquid on it the stuff will break off easier.

Yeah, but honestly, my LS weighs like 25lbs, the sound deadener weighs 25lbs, if it was a track car I would strip it out, but I want to make this thing more of a touring car that's competive on the auto-x's/track days, not a track car that I drive on the street, so the sound and heat rejection that the LS plus the factory offers is where's it's at for me

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

dry ice works wonders on tar for sure.

So does heat. Heat gun to soften the shit up, then some 3M Adhesive remover for what's left over works awesome as well


*** If I EVER catch anyone jacking an RX7 up by the seems, I'm going to jam that jack so far up your ass that I'll be able to use your face as the jack pad to show you were to properly jack from while operating the jack with your leg

[Force13b]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Cool, glad ya figured that out. I dunno, it's worth it to have sometimes. It doesn't matter how many starter kills, fuel cuts, etc etc you put in the car, it's just as easy to tow the fucker. It doesn't make all that much sense for me becuase of where I am, I don't take alot of trips, and when I do the cars are locked up, not to mention I have a ton of neighbors etc.... so I wouldn't, but for $99, it's already there, I don't know what their monitoring contracts are like but it might be something to look into.

I think i'll leave it in but fix the hack job for wiring. Then later on i'll call up and have them come check it out.

*** If I EVER catch anyone jacking an RX7 up by the seems, I'm going to jam that jack so far up your ass that I'll be able to use your face as the jack pad to show you were to properly jack from while operating the jack with your leg

lol just by looking under my car i can see the old owners did that to my car quite a bit. Not to mention a dent where it looks like the jack sliped or something.

[helghast7]

cool, makes sense to me..

i actually made the tray already....well its in pieces at the moment...i just need to weld it together..hopefully harbor freight is open....i swear they have the stupidest hours

[WE3RX7]

I missed all the pics on page 15 - dude, your car had a ton of rot... that SUCKS! Good thing you're addressing it now though before it got worse. You may need to move to warmer/less salty climates!

[2gslse]

Originally Posted by Force13b

So that box i asked you about it is a lojack box i can have them come out and "inspect it" and they'll put in a change ownership for it for 99$. Not sure what i'm going to do.

How much is the service to keep lojack active? Couldn't you also get a cell phone for a kid added to your plan I think I have seen them have a chaparone (check spelling) feature on them so you can track them yourself(also be good to track S.O. if anything suspicious) . If I was going to do it I would wire it in someplace hooked to the charger it would be better than the cops sitting there not giving a s*it about another stolen car and if you need another phone it would be there waiting



BTW... Brian I received the merc. marine coils whenever you get ready to do the testing let me know I'll ship them up to ya if you are still planning on the great coil dyno day.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

cool, makes sense to me..

i actually made the tray already....well its in pieces at the moment...i just need to weld it together..hopefully harbor freight is open....i swear they have the stupidest hours

Cool! Bring it, I wanna see

Something else to consider is putting it right on that Greddy elbow. THe elbow is cast AL, THICK cast AL and that flange, if it's the Greedy one as well is a nice thick billet AL.... those two will weld together nicely. I dunno where the intercooler piping came from but I've had issues in the past trying to weld ebizzle intercooler piping kits together...... just something to thing about.

Originally Posted by 2gslse

BTW... Brian I received the merc. marine coils whenever you get ready to do the testing let me know I'll ship them up to ya if you are still planning on the great coil dyno day.

Cool, sounds good to me! Yes, we're still planning on doing the great dyno day. I think it'll be very early April at this point with my car getting a little behind and Alex's getting here for paint sometime this weekend. I spoke with Simon and he is sending his M&W CDI and Merc coils when he sends me some sensors in a few days This is gonna be fun..........

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

I missed all the pics on page 15 - dude, your car had a ton of rot... that SUCKS! Good thing you're addressing it now though before it got worse. You may need to move to warmer/less salty climates!

You're telling me Bill..... it keeps getting worse and worse. A little pinhole requires HUGE pieces to be cut out to get all of it.... fucking blows!

Here's the repair from the passenger side.... wait till you see the drivers side

[TitaniumTT]

Fuck you winter


Fuck you rot


Fuck you piss poor ex-husband body shop owner repairs..... who the fuck does this?!?!?!?!? (oh yeah, the PO's ex husband owned a bodyshop..... if he treated here twice as good as he treated her car, well it's a good thing they're done)



I mean, he just welded the rot shut! There we're 1" long peiced of welding wire sticking through the other side... shoulda gotten a picture of that

And look at this shit, an entire piece if just rotted away



So yeah, we're gonna have to be replacing that whole piece... yeah, spot weld cutters are awesome......



I don't know if this was a jack incident, more like she ran into a fucking curb..... that's a pretty serious hit and the run under the valance is distorted as well.



One more corner after this repair and I may just rock it out all night tomorrow just to be done with it........ ugh... I just want to turn the corner and get my girl on the ground.... dee dee dee... no pun intended on that one.

[helghast7]

seems like a possiblility, though theres really not much room over there since im keeping the crusie control, and the tial BOV is a big one lol

as for the piping, the whole kit is a real greddy kit, not the knock off from rx7store so it "should" be good to weld on

wether it is or not is another thing...

do you want me to bring the tray in pieces or together haha!!

[WE3RX7]

Man Brian, your car was all kinds of jacked up (pun intended there)! You may actually shave a few seconds from the next auto-x session... wonder if your roll cage is what held the car together with all that power and rot

Looks good though man... cant wait to see it at Dave's or DGRR!

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

seems like a possiblility, though theres really not much room over there since im keeping the crusie control, and the tial BOV is a big one lol

as for the piping, the whole kit is a real greddy kit, not the knock off from rx7store so it "should" be good to weld on

wether it is or not is another thing...

Yeah, I hear ya.... thick is better though

The intercooler end tanks are another option too. I would like to see it on the elbow for a few reasons, another being you can change the intercooler around and not worry about boving the BOV int he future

Originally Posted by helghast7

do you want me to bring the tray in pieces or together haha!!

Up to you, my MIG is at my shop, my TIG is at Alex's

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Man Brian, your car was all kinds of jacked up (pun intended there)! You may actually shave a few seconds from the next auto-x session... wonder if your roll cage is what held the car together with all that power and rot

Looks good though man... cant wait to see it at Dave's or DGRR!

Thanks Bill, yeah all kinds of rot. I dont think it'll really affect anything though based on where the suspension carrys the load through the chassis. I'm sure it'll help though, but the suspension was pretty stiff, not to mention all the chassis stiffners I added. Still makes me feel better to know that the rot has stopped as much as possible anyway. I'm sure there are other places that I just cannot see. Afterall, we are talking about a 22 year old car here.

I tell ya though, this is the first thing that I'm doing with the FD, actually the first thing is going to be to build a battery tray as that will be welded in, the it's down to primer, on the rotisserie, go through the chassis, fix ANYTHING up front, new undercoating, new interior coating, prime the chassis, then start mocking everything up and building all these parts that people keep requesting

[helghast7]

well it looks like i might have to bring it in pieces....the coworker that owns the mig welder ive been using is being a bit of a dick at the moment....oh well lol

still not a bad thing though, now i can pick your brain and actually do something about how to mount the top hook part

[classicauto]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

How secksay!

I can has him 4 employment? Dats da m0st aw3shum skillz evar!