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

[Force13b]

I'm sure he did Brian's crazy

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Max777

so, did you get it done yet?

Originally Posted by Force13b

I'm sure he did Brian's crazy

You have no idea Tyler. After I spent WAY too much time dicking around with the wiring, the TC, and the fuel cell (which I never finished either) I started working like a motherfucker. Worked ~40 hrs strait before I passed out.... literally curling up in the passenger seat. It was cold so I took my flannel lined car cover and wrapped myself in that for a little 6 hour nap before I went about 46 hrs strait as well. In the end there were a few little things that kicked my ass.
For example.... went to start the car for the first time and had no power to anything that I wired up. Factory shit was all fine but nothing I wired was working. WTF? So I started at the battery and worked forward. Oddly enough the main relay wasn't getting a turn on signal..... :scratch: OK.... hit the schematic and found out that the IG2 circuit passes through the fuse blocks power window circuit. Odd... whatever... I added my own powerwindow circuit so I pulled the factory's fuse. Once I figured that out, popped a fuse in and all was well.
Then there were a few gauges not working properly. Traced that to a gnd that accidentally got wrapped into the front harness. Cool, gnd that and viola. Then she wouldn't start. Not surprising with all the changes that I made. Namely injectors and coils. Now, the MoTeC is just plain awesome. You can adjust the IJPU to suit different injectors. So, theoretically if you go from a 1000cc to a 2000cc injector, you can cut the IJPU in half, and the tuning won't change IFF the injectors are linear in thier delivery. I went with a set of ID725 and ID2000's up from the 750/1000 POS delphi basically propane injectors. I changed the IJPU to suit and she wouldn't even start. I toyed with the map slightly and got her to stumble but it hit me that the entire map was now going to be fucked becuase I was going from a very non-linear injector to a perfectly linear injector. If I post a screen shot of my map compared to a map of a car running ID's, you'll see what I mean.
Then I discovered a small fuel leak, didn't look to far into it because at this point it's like 2pm on Friday and I also found a fairly frozen FR brake caliper. It was just too much. What I should've done was focus more on my car and less on others at the end of March. Oh well, next year.... and I'm sure a bunch in between. Gives me more reason to have the FC shipped to CA for 7stock though

[Force13b]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

You have no idea Tyler. After I spent WAY too much time dicking around with the wiring, the TC, and the fuel cell (which I never finished either) I started working like a motherfucker. Worked ~40 hrs strait before I passed out.... literally curling up in the passenger seat. It was cold so I took my flannel lined car cover and wrapped myself in that for a little 6 hour nap before I went about 46 hrs strait as well. In the end there were a few little things that kicked my ass.
For example.... went to start the car for the first time and had no power to anything that I wired up. Factory shit was all fine but nothing I wired was working. WTF? So I started at the battery and worked forward. Oddly enough the main relay wasn't getting a turn on signal..... :scratch: OK.... hit the schematic and found out that the IG2 circuit passes through the fuse blocks power window circuit. Odd... whatever... I added my own powerwindow circuit so I pulled the factory's fuse. Once I figured that out, popped a fuse in and all was well.
Then there were a few gauges not working properly. Traced that to a gnd that accidentally got wrapped into the front harness. Cool, gnd that and viola. Then she wouldn't start. Not surprising with all the changes that I made. Namely injectors and coils. Now, the MoTeC is just plain awesome. You can adjust the IJPU to suit different injectors. So, theoretically if you go from a 1000cc to a 2000cc injector, you can cut the IJPU in half, and the tuning won't change IFF the injectors are linear in thier delivery. I went with a set of ID725 and ID2000's up from the 750/1000 POS delphi basically propane injectors. I changed the IJPU to suit and she wouldn't even start. I toyed with the map slightly and got her to stumble but it hit me that the entire map was now going to be fucked becuase I was going from a very non-linear injector to a perfectly linear injector. If I post a screen shot of my map compared to a map of a car running ID's, you'll see what I mean.
Then I discovered a small fuel leak, didn't look to far into it because at this point it's like 2pm on Friday and I also found a fairly frozen FR brake caliper. It was just too much. What I should've done was focus more on my car and less on others at the end of March. Oh well, next year.... and I'm sure a bunch in between. Gives me more reason to have the FC shipped to CA for 7stock though

That sucks balls! Well at least you'll have the FD there next year when i'm planning to be there.


How many dudes can you fit in a FC? I think we should find out! I'm saying we can get 8 in there. 1 working gas, bake, clutch and shifting. 1 steering in your lap. 2 in passenger seat. And 2 stacked on top of each other side by side in the back.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by SouthSideSlider

i'm slightly better off i wasn't even in denial that my car would be ready. if its ready for next years i'll be suprized.

yeah..... NO

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Better that you stayed home then drive all those hours on no sleep only to be stuck at the lodge and not enjoying the drive. Look forward to seeing it soon though! Get some pics up when you can, but get some sleep first!

Meh, I would've enjoyed the event without a doubt. You're right though, getting down there would've been sketchy at best. I was supposed to caravcan down with David from Nova Scotia but he wisely decided to leave before me. Alex bailed so I would've been driving it alone. I would've left around 6pm, gotten into the villiage around 8am. Instead I went to sleep around 4pm and woke up 18 hours later

I'll get some pics up for sure. Right now I've got a few other priorities that need attention. I plan to get some work done to her this weekend and maybe by 5/1 have her up and running. We'll have to hook up at Daves again for that dyno coil torture test, and I'll prob be swinging through as I am going to attend Zoom-fest this year.

Originally Posted by djmtsu

Ahem.....

Yeah, Sorry about that DJ. I meant to PM ya last night but was unsure when you'd be back. Shoot me your paypal addy and I'll hook ya up with what I owe you plus the fees. Sorry about that. THey look great though. I tinted them They'll look sinister

Originally Posted by 2gslse

sorry you didn't make it down it was like motel 6 we left the light on for ya just in case you were gonna surprise everyone by showing up in a FB or something. BTW its time to change the thread title again

Thanks man. I shot Bill a PM at some point saying that I wasn't gonna make it that night. THen all hell broke loose as well. I'm so bummed. I really hope this fall DGRR thing comes to fruition... I'll SOOOO be there. i have no plans to take that car down to nothing and toss her on a rotisserie between now and 2011
Are there any other local/non-local event's you're planning on hitting up? Zoom fest perhaps?

Originally Posted by Force13b

That sucks balls! Well at least you'll have the FD there next year when i'm planning to be there.

That's optimistic! I took on a few side jobs/restos/repairs over the summer so I don't know how much I'll be able to get accomplished on the FD. 2011 is pushing it, 2012 is more likely though.

Originally Posted by Force13b

How many dudes can you fit in a FC? I think we should find out! I'm saying we can get 8 in there. 1 working gas, bake, clutch and shifting. 1 steering in your lap. 2 in passenger seat. And 2 stacked on top of each other side by side in the back.

I has no back, although the RX8 seats are pretty spacious compfy enough to sleep in for 6 hours too

[Force13b]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I has no back, although the RX8 seats are pretty spacious compfy enough to sleep in for 6 hours too

I forgot you have a cage back there. We can jungle gym at least 2 people back there

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

got some great footage for you to check out, plus some crazy stories of things that happened, plus i still need to swing by to get some work done

AND..now that i think about it...i owe you guys some parts...perhaps when i go to get my work done i can sucker someone into driving a big truck to drop it all off (cough* cough* my dad or mom cough* cough*) and we still need to talk of an actual deal, perhaps through pms lol

Yeah man, I'd love to see some footage and hear some stories. I'm still pretty pissed I missed the whole thing. I'm gonna make sure the FC is in tiptop shape before she goes into hibernation so all I have to do is change the plugs, oil and gas and rock and roll. I'll spend the winter working the FD instead.

At least I have Zoom-Fest to look forward to and that All Mazda meet at OCC.... and about 2-dozen auto-x's and a handful of trackdays. Still going to drive through the dragon on the way to Zoom-Fest.

Hit me up with what you need done and we'll figure everything out.

Originally Posted by Force13b

I forgot you have a cage back there. We can jungle gym at least 2 people back there

maybe... maybe... I usually keep the transvestite midget hookers tied up to the x-brace in the proper position