Twin Charged FD - Fraternal Twins

[RX SE7EN]

Worked on the fuel lines today. Had to get special low profile 90 degree -6 and -8 hose ends for them to clear under the fuel panel in the back.

Then I went to work on covering them so they can't rub on anything. This is all E85 safe SS fuel line. Two -6 feeds and a -8 return.

Plain line:


Black heat shrink for protection, then labeled for future convenience, and clear adhesive tubing over the ends and labels:





Also made the duct for the radiator. Fits the bumper perfect, and then tapers to the radiator. the FMIC sits square in the middle of the bumper, so anything that gets around the sides goes straight to the radiator. I'll redo this later on with a single piece of aluminum. It will be easy to make now that I've got this as a template.



Not many front mounts of a decent size let fresh air get to the radiator

[RX SE7EN]

I had IRP upgrade my alternator. I had dropped off my powdercoated housings last week and picked up the upgraded unit yesterday. All bolted on:


A few shots of it coming together:






Still a lot to do before deals gap though. Going to be a long week.

[WankelsRevenge]

When this engine is done and complete, it will deffinatly be added as a background on my computer.

[JhnRX7]

Originally Posted by RX SE7EN

Not many front mounts of a decent size let fresh air get to the radiator

I can think of one

Ducting looks good, and I love the labeled lines

[RX SE7EN]

Thanks John,

Unfortunately this week hasn't gone very well so far though. Everything seems to be taking forever. I'm taking tomorrow off of work, and working all weekend on it. That's 3 solid days to do the following:

Must do's:
Make the fuel lines
Make the brake lines
Make the coolant lines
Make the vacuum lines
Mount the wastegate solenoid
Mount the MAP sensor
Mount the EGT sensors and signal box
Relocate meth pump (duct work is now in the way)
Make one more oil cooler duct
Port all the piping (smooth out rough edges)
Add ICV to the plenum
Remove the dash, finish the new wire harness, install it, re-install the dash
Add oil
Add coolant
Get tuned (Monday night I hope)

Like to do's
Add brake ducts
Install BBK
Make A/C lines

I need to have a productive 3 days.

[budfc3s]

best of luck the car is coming out sick cant wait to see it on the dyno!!!!

[Oyvindjs]

cant wait to see the graphs of this engine! Good luck on your work!

[legatia]

I feel so bad for surfing the forums right now.. Garage keeps screaming my name!
Looking good

[RX-7FD3S]

god damn, this is one sexy project, keep it up

[TXRota]

O lord...no lag on a rotary, especially a 3rotor = ass whoopins

[general7]

That looks amazing, def checking back here for progress!

[RX SE7EN]

All nighters are synonymous with DGRR haha.

Decided to hold off on my milspec wiring job, not enough time to have it back up and working unless I cut corners. So I decided just to relocate the fuse boxes in the engine bay (the new piping is now where they used to mount. I'm also cleaning the old wiring up a lot. So it's not quite what I want, but its a huge improvement and I'll eventually redo it and tuck it all inside after DGRR.

The mess:


Cut off:



Tefsil Wire:


New lengths added:



4 to 1 adhesive shrink insulation for the uninsulated crimps:


3 to 1 shrink wrap:



Still need to fab up a bracket to actually hold it.

Also extended the fan wires in a similar fashion, as well as ran new wires for the coils. Now all I have to do is add the new clips for the injectors and extend a few sensors.

[RX SE7EN]

New fuel line holder for my 3/8" SS twin feed lines, and 1/2" return line:

Still holds the rear brake line in place.

Making the lines:



Also, a new idler pulley, ceramic ball bearing sweetness:


New spot for my new FPR: It's too massive to put on the firewall.




Custom clutch line to hide it better and save space:

[RX SE7EN]

Finally started it. Was troubleshooting wiring for a long time because my spark and fuel injectors weren't firing. I had decided to move the switched 12V source for my ECU to the open slot on the top right corner of the fuse box by the clutch pedal.

All my wires were checking out ok, continuity everywhere it was needed and 12V sources and grounds were good. Just no signal going to anything. Checked my crank sensor, the wires and resistance were good.

Then I looked at my ECU while I was cranking and noticed the LED's turned off and it would disconnect from my computer while I cranked. So I determined it was loosing power when I went to start it. Then I remembered I had changed the switched power source. So I changed it back to where it was, which was just highjacked off of the stock fuse for the fuel pump. And bam, it fired right up. So must be the top right 12V port of the fuse box looses power when the key goes to the "Start" location.

It won't really idle yet, I've got to adjust the throttle body idle screw and the new larger injector settings. But it sounds pretty good. I also need to tighten down the turbo's vband flange.

Here's the video, please ignore my excited friend haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjr11...ature=youtu.be

[TitaniumTT]

You suck... couldn't wait ONE MORE DAY!?!?!?!

Been there, done that with the wiring... did it just 2 days agao actually with the rustang that I blew the mufflers up on