Ongoing build thread for my Girl-built SC300nat!
05-14-09, 11:10 AM
#181
a ton of work, very painful & good luck
I drove 2 FDs in college was on the rx7club as snook and surgemonster, my roomate a tt supra. both moved to vettes now. Just picked up the sc and cleaning it up in and out perfect before I move on to turbo, but its right around the corner.
I see a lot of people switch to a ijz or 2gte when they want turbo instead of na-t, I guess if its so extreme and you are changing everything around the engine like you did theres no bother switching to a turbo block besides the oil squirters and some other details?
I drove 2 FDs in college was on the rx7club as snook and surgemonster, my roomate a tt supra. both moved to vettes now. Just picked up the sc and cleaning it up in and out perfect before I move on to turbo, but its right around the corner.
I see a lot of people switch to a ijz or 2gte when they want turbo instead of na-t, I guess if its so extreme and you are changing everything around the engine like you did theres no bother switching to a turbo block besides the oil squirters and some other details?
The GTE block's oil squirters help out a lot with false knock but there's other ways to get around that. There are a billion threads on here about the various upsides to going gte but in my case it's just not necessary.
Last edited by hyjaxx; 05-14-09 at 05:34 PM.
05-14-09, 02:31 PM
#182
Racer
iTrader: (5)
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: FL
Posts: 1,377
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I don't go on RX-7 club now without a 7. The FD is one of the most pure sports cars out there. I dont think I'll ever enjoy a car as much as that one, like a go cart. However, once I dumped so much into the 94 and I concluded Id need 30k more easy to be complete with the project I gave up being in college at the time. Wish I had never sold that 94 it had 42k miles on it mint!
Everyone is different, I've never scratched any of my 6 cars working on them, Im very slow and thorough and go for perfection. I do it once and thats all. Ill think about it for weeks before hand though.
Good luck finishing this massive project that normally takes people a year or many years.
Ive also decided NA-T but Im sticking with wuss hp for just a little more action during DD activities
Everyone is different, I've never scratched any of my 6 cars working on them, Im very slow and thorough and go for perfection. I do it once and thats all. Ill think about it for weeks before hand though.
Good luck finishing this massive project that normally takes people a year or many years.
Ive also decided NA-T but Im sticking with wuss hp for just a little more action during DD activities
05-14-09, 05:10 PM
#183
I love the weight distribution- it feels like no other car I've ever built. And the interior is just tight! I'm gonna miss that FD!!!
Ok- back to the SC~I got my lazy butt out to the car and got the shifter in earlier this morning or afternoon or whatever time it was...I did a bunch of stuff but that's the only thing that's 100% finished. I've had tons of free time lately so it'll progress quickly from here on out. Sorry about all the junk on the seat- I needed it all later so I didn't feel like putting it away. The plate will get fabbed a little later on- it's like really close to the bottom of my priority list and it's gonna take FOREVER to make.
Ok- back to the SC~I got my lazy butt out to the car and got the shifter in earlier this morning or afternoon or whatever time it was...I did a bunch of stuff but that's the only thing that's 100% finished. I've had tons of free time lately so it'll progress quickly from here on out. Sorry about all the junk on the seat- I needed it all later so I didn't feel like putting it away. The plate will get fabbed a little later on- it's like really close to the bottom of my priority list and it's gonna take FOREVER to make.
Last edited by hyjaxx; 05-14-09 at 05:38 PM.
05-15-09, 09:17 AM
#187
Under the shifter plate is a gnarly layer of Toyota seal packing. My seal for the shifter cable is gonna sound ghetto but it works like a charm when you don't have a grommet. I took a rubber fuel line and a heater hose and cut a 1" section off of both, slit the sections from end to end and wrapped the cable in the fuel hose then wrapped it in the heater hose. I crammed them down into the hole I drilled for the cable and sealed them with Fipg.Trying to get the hoses to squish into that hole was absolutely horrible.
05-15-09, 12:12 PM
#190
Pole Position
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: F
Posts: 204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Under the shifter plate is a gnarly layer of Toyota seal packing. My seal for the shifter cable is gonna sound ghetto but it works like a charm when you don't have a grommet. I took a rubber fuel line and a heater hose and cut a 1" section off of both, slit the sections from end to end and wrapped the cable in the fuel hose then wrapped it in the heater hose. I crammed them down into the hole I drilled for the cable and sealed them with Fipg.Trying to get the hoses to squish into that hole was absolutely horrible.
05-15-09, 12:15 PM
#191
Pole Position
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: F
Posts: 204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I love the weight distribution- it feels like no other car I've ever built. And the interior is just tight! I'm gonna miss that FD!!!
Ok- back to the SC~I got my lazy butt out to the car and got the shifter in earlier this morning or afternoon or whatever time it was...I did a bunch of stuff but that's the only thing that's 100% finished. I've had tons of free time lately so it'll progress quickly from here on out. Sorry about all the junk on the seat- I needed it all later so I didn't feel like putting it away. The plate will get fabbed a little later on- it's like really close to the bottom of my priority list and it's gonna take FOREVER to make.
Ok- back to the SC~I got my lazy butt out to the car and got the shifter in earlier this morning or afternoon or whatever time it was...I did a bunch of stuff but that's the only thing that's 100% finished. I've had tons of free time lately so it'll progress quickly from here on out. Sorry about all the junk on the seat- I needed it all later so I didn't feel like putting it away. The plate will get fabbed a little later on- it's like really close to the bottom of my priority list and it's gonna take FOREVER to make.
or you could use it in the bass boat tournament
love u, mean it
05-15-09, 12:43 PM
#194
I have a stocking line that runs from my foot all the way up to that triangular thing- then from the triangular thing it's a braid that runs way up to a victorian scrollwork design. It's on both legs. It just looks like I'm wearing old school panty hose with the seam running up the back. Pretty cool- it's the first tattoo I've ever seen that elderly people love. I get more compliments from people in motorized scooters than anyone else. I guess it's because you can usually only see the lines and not the rest when I'm wearing a skirt.
05-15-09, 12:50 PM
#195
OMG! hehehehe- you're such a goof David! And you certainly weren't showing me any love this morning when you were yelling at me over a damned tranny cooler!!!!!!!!!!!! But I still <3 ya!!! I gotta run- I just finished wiring the Tbrake and I need to run the wires for the temp gauge.
Last edited by hyjaxx; 05-15-09 at 12:54 PM.