FC3S Murray's never ending build.

[FC3S Murray]

Originally Posted by need RX7

I love it. Looks awesome.

Thank you! I do too.

Damn Sean, probably the best looking, cleanest FC I've ever seen. You should be very proud..... DAYUM.

Those are 17x8,9 +28 F&R right? Making me want a set of 5mm spacers.

Thanks Brian, coming from Mr. OCD himself that means a lot

Go for the spacers.

Did you move the allen bolts around?
I noticed that in your pic there's extra holes in the "center" of the plate - this is typical of most camber plates.
You can remove the bolts from the "top" and reinsert them in the lower positions, allowing you the get more adjustment.
Unless the sliding camber block is hitting something?

Thanks Ted!!! I didn't even notice that.

[project86]

ya... i guess it looks alright....










hhhaahahaha who am i kidding that looks way good . i like the equips alot better than the ssrs. good pickin. now i just nee to get mine on the road

[TitaniumTT]

Damn Sean, probably the best looking, cleanest FC I've ever seen. You should be very proud..... DAYUM.

Those are 17x8,9 +28 F&R right? Making me want a set of 5mm spacers.

[TitaniumTT]

Ted's right, exact same thing with my c/o's as well. There shouldn't be anything inside the tower that will limit you to 1.5. IIRC I'm running about -3 with a little more to go

[TitaniumTT]

Yeah you do, an we need more hi-res pics of your car, something that shows the pearl more damnit

[project86]

i know!!! i dont know why the camera doesnt really pick up the pearl that well... hm......

[djmtsu]

Looking VERY good man!

Now, quit being a pussy and drive that thing to DGRRX!!!!!



























Seriously, what are you chicken?

[FC3S Murray]

Originally Posted by djmtsu

Looking VERY good man!

Now, quit being a pussy and drive that thing to DGRRX!!!!!




























Seriously, what are you chicken?

yeah that is a pipe dream.

[TitaniumTT]

pssssh, if you drove to DGRRX at least you'd have your engine broken in sometime during 2010

[FC3S Murray]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

pssssh, if you drove to DGRRX at least you'd have your engine broken in sometime during 2010

F you brian LOL!

[TitaniumTT]

yeah yeah.... I'm the idiot that would drive 1-2 hundred miles a night around the state just to break in an engine in a week to make a dyno so I could auto-x the next day..... then there was the one week rebuild

[WE3RX7]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

break in an engine in a week to make a dyno so I could auto-x the next day..... then there was the one week rebuild

Possbily a connection

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

No I did not modify any of the oil passages. Cleaned them out really well. Used halomar to seal the pump. The pump I used was actually in better shape, I didnt measure the specs but this pump had far less visual scars then the last oil pump. New pump actually has very little to no visual scaring.

I really hate pulling the front cover........

Just becuase there is no visible scarring doesn't mean that it's within spec. The one that I'm using right now looked brandy new, but it was out by a few thou. Yeah, pulling the FC sucks, especially with the engine still in the car. Is your oil pan studded? Be glad if it isn't

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Possbily a connection

Yeah, that one week rebuild was the one with the sticky corner seal......... bastard

[FC3S Murray]

Hey I have a little concern with my oil pressure:
I have my idle set at 900 rpm and upon start up I have extremely high oil pressure due to running a FD regulator. Anyway when it settles at 160* oil temp the pressure is about 40 psi. After driving around and getting the oil temps around 175-180 my mechanical aftermarket Oil pressure gauges shows about 11-12 psi at idle........

This seems low. If I barely rev the rpm up to 1K(which my idle is set there now) it sits at about 17-18 psi,which is within factory spec BUT thats at 1k NOT 800 rpm.

I know what the front o-ring symptoms are and this doesn't seem like it because when I rev and drive the car i get upwards of 90 psi around 4k. 0-ring symptoms are bleed out at 40 psi and doesn't get any higher with revs.

My concern is it being that low and how low will it register when I have a long time frame of WOT pulls and get the oil temps even higher. Right now I am running Castrol GTX 10w-30. I will go to 20W-50 Mobil 1 syntheic when break in is complete.

I didnt shim the front cover regulator because I didn't know you were supposed to with the FD regulator. The Oil pump was nin perfect shape.

Any ideas? I have heard oil pressure at idle is not a big concern but I NEVER like low pressure regardless.

[TitaniumTT]

Shimming the bypass with an FD reg is only going to keep the bypass from dumping oil when the pressure gets too high. Shimming the reg brings the point where the bypass will bypass higher, it does nothing for lower pressures. Plus, FWIW, I am dropping my oil pan front cover this weekend to replace a squeezed out o-ring, I think my front cover is warped as this is the second time it's happened, and I am pulling my shims OUT. I have seen upwards of 125psi oil pressure and that's just way to high. It doesn't need to be there and is doing more damage than good in my eyes.

While your pressure is low, it's enough to raise an eyebrow but noting out of the ordinary. Did you modify any of the oil passages? Are you sure the OP was within spec? They may LOOK good, but the tolerances on them are so eff'ing tight that just a little wear will show low pressure. My pump was out of spec but it was only by a few thou, and I was in a pinch so I tossed it in... My pressure does the same thing as yours down low. When I pull my front cover I'm going to play musical oil pump parts to see if I can get a pump that falls within spec. I have like a dozen pumps but only one with the o-ring groove machined in it.

Sadly, the only thing to do is pull the front cover BUT I don't think you're at that point. I would honestly just wait and see what the bump in viscosity does. A new oil pump might be in order. Did you clean up any of the passages?