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

[2gslse]

I don't know yet I will try to talk to bill tonight we need to get together and put in his flywheel/clutch soon before time gets tight.

[TitaniumTT]

Time is tight now, for me anyway..... Leaving in a week for CA for 2 weeks, and as of right now there's 45 days left, and 25 left when I get back..... not that I have a calender on my wall or anything

So Bill is deadset on chasing down that 194 huh?

[2gslse]

Yeah he is after it... then has his sights set on you with his FC if it ever gets done. I need to get my FB moving and shoot for 350-400 rear-end shredding/grenading horsepower

[WE3RX7]

Damn you all.

I plan to get up to OG racing next weekend to grab some fluids for the trans, brakes and diff on the rx8. I need to order up the rear trans seal too.. .than I can get the clutch/flywheel in and beat down that 194whp,lol.


The FC will dominate, lol... still looking at other potential engines even though I have the REW...

[Force13b]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Time is tight now, for me anyway..... Leaving in a week for CA for 2 weeks, and as of right now there's 45 days left, and 25 left when I get back..... not that I have a calender on my wall or anything

So Bill is deadset on chasing down that 194 huh?

What the hell are you doing out here for 2 weeks?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Yeah he is after it... then has his sights set on you with his FC if it ever gets done. I need to get my FB moving and shoot for 350-400 rear-end shredding/grenading horsepower

I'm not worried about his FC... by the time he's got that thing rolling, let alone moving under it's own power I'll have the FC done, the 'vert done, and then redone with boost, the FD done and you and I will be going back and forth with 400+ rwhp boosted FB's

I dunno.... 7 rwhp from a flywheel??? it's possible... what was Dave saying he kept on getting with those? I think it was 7-9. Regardless it'll be fun. I think he needs to change out those shitty GM coils... good thing he's not reading this thread

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Damn you all.

Oh wait.... ooops

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

I plan to get up to OG racing next weekend to grab some fluids for the trans, brakes and diff on the rx8. I need to order up the rear trans seal too.. .than I can get the clutch/flywheel in and beat down that 194whp,lol.

You guys gotta lemme know when you're heading up there. I should have the FC running by the 15/16th... and I gotta get down there anyway to muck around with this damn tranny some more

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

The FC will dominate, lol... still looking at other potential engines even though I have the REW...

Takes more than an engine to dominate.... gearing adds so much acceleration it's frightening, and gearing is something we've almost got down, ..... as does traction control, and launch control... and boost vs gear, boost vs TPS, etc etc.... it's a good thing Haltech is on the cutting edge

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Force13b

What the hell are you doing out here for 2 weeks?

Someone in DHS is calling in the big cockgun So you've been given fair warning and fair amount of time to get yer ass down to DHS.... I suspect I'll be there from 3/20 to 4/2. That's the plan as of now.

[chibikougan]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Now that's an ass! Spent quite a long time fiddling with the bumper trying to get it straight.... that's much better than it was. The Carbon Exhaust guards fit great.... next is to poish up the tips again and then we're done on this end.



Today I should be able to get the new overflow tank built and mounted, and the interior back together so I can take it apart in the next few weeks when I go to drop the 6-spd in, I'll need a new boot for the tranny tunnel... becuase that had to be trimmed to fit the new tranny, and of course drop those Cup-Holders in place if I can ever find them.... ok..... back to work I suppose

Mmmm they look better then I ever could have imagined!

[2gslse]

Dave said he sees about 5 hp from the flywheel so its close I may have to uncork my exhaust by removing the cat if it is too close,besides it was my first dyno with the rx8 and its my DD not a running project/moneypit that is what the FB(Fu*king Broke) and FD(Financial Disaster) are for

[helghast7]

Originally Posted by tweiss3

my FC has the cruise on it, and yes, i use it a ton

i wasnt refering to your car anyways, but if you have it already then why say you need another one? almost all the systems on the FC are independent of each other, if you get a stand alone the CC wont even realize it

but dont quote me on that, the FC has been known to have retarded wiring, with things that are not needed being there and other things being MIA and on and on....ive found connectors i still have no clue what use they may have had

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Kewl, buy WG's and stuff and post pics. So are you going to be single turbo for this years DGRRXI orrrr still on the twins?

idk we will see how the funds go, the biggest thing left is finding a good price on the turbo i want, so far the best number i found was 1480 shipped, im still doing some digging to see if anyone can beat that

only time will tell

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Cruise gets me into trouble. WTF is there to do besides try to steer. I fear that cruise would just help me fall asleep...

hahaha i have so much fun with CC, i feel like im david hasselhoff and i have the KIT car whenever you go up a hill the car enters boost on its own

i always find myself saying "thank you kit"

barrels of fun


btw brian, you can still get mazda comp stuff right?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Dave said he sees about 5 hp from the flywheel so its close I may have to uncork my exhaust by removing the cat if it is too close,besides it was my first dyno with the rx8 and its my DD not a running project/moneypit that is what the FB(Fu*king Broke) and FD(Financial Disaster) are for

I'd say something about the cobb, but I don't know where to start! There's got to be more you can do than uncork the exhaust.... Damn, if we could play with timing... you could definately take it up a notch...This instigating is fun

Why don't you have an FC?

Originally Posted by chibikougan

Mmmm they look better then I ever could have imagined!

They are sexy. thanks man! But not really.... cuz now I need to polish the tips

Originally Posted by helghast7

i wasnt refering to your car anyways, but if you have it already then why say you need another one? almost all the systems on the FC are independent of each other, if you get a stand alone the CC wont even realize it

but dont quote me on that, the FC has been known to have retarded wiring, with things that are not needed being there and other things being MIA and on and on....ive found connectors i still have no clue what use they may have had

In the S4 world. I've seen that most of them are pretty much the same. The only difference that I've seen is in the rear harness, some have the rear window wiring, some don't, but as far as I remember, the front and EM harnesses are all the sameeeeeeee.... eeeeeee save the obvious n/a turbo differences.

Originally Posted by helghast7

idk we will see how the funds go, the biggest thing left is finding a good price on the turbo i want, so far the best number i found was 1480 shipped, im still doing some digging to see if anyone can beat that

only time will tell

sooooooo, you'll be running down to Deals on twins then?

Originally Posted by helghast7

hahaha i have so much fun with CC, i feel like im david hasselhoff and i have the KIT car whenever you go up a hill the car enters boost on its own

i always find myself saying "thank you kit"

barrels of fun

Builds boost on it's own.... at least it still works.

The one thing with installing them in the FC with a standalone, where to get the required signals? I would do a Hall Effect sensor off the driveshaft personally, or some other way other than tapping into the ignition system.

Originally Posted by helghast7

btw brian, you can still get mazda comp stuff right?

Don't think so. You can usually setup an account before you've finished your car if you think you're going to race.

[WE3RX7]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I'd say something about the cobb, but I don't know where to start! There's got to be more you can do than uncork the exhaust.... Damn, if we could play with timing... you could definately take it up a notch...This instigating is fun

Why don't you have an FC?

He doesn't want an FC because there would be no point to building a car.. he'd already have the perfect one.

I would like to play with the timing some on the cobb with the GM coils. I actually took some of Dave's adjustment and built a new map for the rx8 as well. When we go back up for the dyno, I'll run it on the stock tune (which we proved was by far the best thus far) and then again with the new map and see where we are. I dont want to dive into tuning the timing at that point, I'd rather get some more monitoring in place (EGT, etc) before getting too far into it.

Anyway... sorry for the thread jack. Actually, I'm not. Without thread jacks, this would just be another boring turbo swap FC build thread that nobody really pays attention to and is only destined to end as they all do with the owner scrapping the whole idea and going V8

[2gslse]

[QUOTE=TitaniumTT;143470] I'd say something about the cobb, but I don't know where to start! There's got to be more you can do than uncork the exhaust.... Damn, if we could play with timing... you could definately take it up a notch...This instigating is fun

Why don't you have an FC?


Had a FC at one time it was a bare-bones '86 no sunroof,steel wheeled,aluminum hood car fun to drive but wasn't my style I sold it for a profit and bought FB parts. I've always loved the FB's lines more than the FC.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

He doesn't want an FC because there would be no point to building a car.. he'd already have the perfect one.

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

I would like to play with the timing some on the cobb with the GM coils. I actually took some of Dave's adjustment and built a new map for the rx8 as well. When we go back up for the dyno, I'll run it on the stock tune (which we proved was by far the best thus far) and then again with the new map and see where we are. I dont want to dive into tuning the timing at that point, I'd rather get some more monitoring in place (EGT, etc) before getting too far into it.

eeeeehhhhhh..... I think you're just waiting till you have some more time/coin to dump into the ole' 8 chasing that elusive 195... I think I was doing that with 2 puked turbo's

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Anyway... sorry for the thread jack. Actually, I'm not. Without thread jacks, this would just be another boring turbo swap FC build thread that nobody really pays attention to and is only destined to end as they all do with the owner scrapping the whole idea and going V8

haahahahahahaahahahaaa..... A) y'all know I would never do a v8 into an FC.... I would swap out for a cosworth, or some exotic boosted 4 clyinder, or a v6 twin turbo... but never an LS.... see below



2nd.... more importantly.... AT LEAST MY THREAD GETS REGULAR UPDATES!!!!!!1

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Had a FC at one time it was a bare-bones '86 no sunroof,steel wheeled,aluminum hood car fun to drive but wasn't my style I sold it for a profit and bought FB parts. I've always loved the FB's lines more than the FC.

Steel wheeled? Not stock were they?

I thought the exterior lines of the FD>FC>FB but interior was FD>FB>FC bang for the buck..... well.... none

[hades]

I wonder if LS1's have exhaust sleeve issues