:smilielol5: That would work as well. I might have to place the girlfriend in your car for a stink down the dragon so she stops bitching at how fast I drive the 'vert :rofl:

Thanks DJ :icon _tup:

:clap:

No need to pray to me, I don't care about all that, just bring the parts and I'll make it work. And for christ sake, I wish people would stop the sacrifices! Its getting really hard to explain the dead animals on the front porch to the wife!!!

As long as you are ok with not seeing her in the pics on Killboy's site :smilielol5:



She seems to be a sweetheart though and if she doesn't mind she can ride along. Besides how fast do you think that the junkyard vert will go?

Man, I would LOVE to come up and help with the vert, I just don't think the wife will let me :(

Probably because stock the car sits ass low. At least mine does. Same thing happened with the FB. When I put on RB springs, I think it raised it up from the old ass springs being collapsed.

After looking at the old springs, and looking at a couple local 8s, I think the stock rear springs prematurely sag. Mine is an 05, and the ride is BETTER with the tein s techs, and the other two 8s I looked at are 04s and the rears are completely gone. Bump stops shredded as well. Its really surprising that a newer car would have a failure like this. I mean, a 20+ year old fc, yeah. but not an 8 year old car...

:rofl: I knew I was setting myself up for something... but that's just whitty man!

Thanks man. Well, at this rate... about as fast as Kyle and Chris can push the damn thing. I need to stop putting in the late nights on this FB and get to work on the 'vert. Tonight I prep some of the irons, tomorrow we paint the housings/front cover, work will continue and I'll build the engine this Sunday. Friday night the thing comes in the shop while Dave's away so monday morning I can start work on her. She'll get out of her own way, I expect 250+ @ the wheels.

"Business" trip? :suspect:

Speaking of the FB how is everything coming along? Waiting on parts or just sorting out shit?

Chassis and ECU is completely wired except for the fuel pump that I'm waiting on. That's including the 61pin connector ;) Engine harness not done yet. Mani's are on, fuel system is pretty much mounted, the Gaby Skern rails didn't fit in the primaries, had to grind and repaint some of the lower mani, they're in now. Got the pedastal in but need to source new o-rings for it and Greedy doesn't supply them, so we'll have to go through McMaster. Started work on the mounting the coils after everyone left for the night, figured I do all the cutting and grinding and loud shit with my ipod and ear bud deals cranked and no-one around to annoy with the noise. Tomorrow The Raychem should be in so if I can stay out of the dyno room (pretty much all day today) I should be able to get all the sensors mounted, and start on the engine harness. It's all laid out, just needs to be wrapped and terminated. I suspect the trigger kit will give me some issues, but it's not a big deal... I'll probably end up taking my plasma cutter to the AC braket :smilielol5: ...which reminds me, is your AC charged?

So everything except the little stuff should be done by the weekend. Then it's time to chat heat exchangers

Oh, and I'm prepping you that I'm going to ride you hard about AN'ing all the coolant lines ;)

OK sweet sounds like lots of progress so far. the A/C is charged and still has R12 in it when the time comes for the A/c to be refilled I may be able to get my hands on a few cans to fill it. Should I look for the other style A/C compressor/mount?
Why A/N all the coolant lines vs just a few?

TONS! My eyes hurt after wiring up that bulkhead connector. Was gonna post a pic in here but you've already seen it in BAW ;)

Ok, kewl.

Nope, they will all need to be modified. This one wil probably bew the easiest. I'll get a pic up in here tomorrow for your viewing pleasure when it's all mounted up.

Cuz it's what the cool kids are doing :smilielol5:

I like AN'ing all the lines. On the rear iron for the 'vert I'll take that big 5/8" nipple off and tap it to 1/2" NPT, the fitting on the rear of the iron gets drilled out and tapped 1/4" NPT and adapter fittings go on. it just makes things easier when it's time to come apart. I know, I know... you only pop the hood to change the oil... you're one of the lucky ones. I would definately AN the upper and lower rad hoses though. Weld fittings onto the rad, the lower fitting on the WP housing, and build something for the upper. No leaks, no adapters, do it once and forget it. I tried the silicone adapters and hardlines and was constantly plagued by small little leaks. Didn't spill a drop all year after I did the AN thing last winter.

Lol - I was thinking that when I boxed it up.. didn't have any o-rings handy that would fit it or I would have tossed them in. How badly did I butcher your last name on that address?

Fucking HORRIBLY!!!!!! I was going to shoot you a txt perfectly spelling your name out but figured I'll wait till I catch you asleep and sharpie it on your forehead :rofl:

lol.. I figured I destroyed it..

Yeah... I'll txt you the correct spelling. Don't feel bad, there has only been 1 person outside of family that has gotten it right, and he was coached. Telemarketers call and say, "Hi, can I please speak with Mr. Treffff, Mr. Treeeff, Mr. Trevv... Is Brian there?" :smilielol5:

So... challenge to mount the QuickSilver coils under the manifold accepted.....

BAM!!!

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Damn Brian I really didn't think there was enough space for them there but you was right when you said I think I can do it. so far it looks like everything is gonna go together as planned. The RE FB is finally coming together

Looks great Brian.. Everything is looking pretty slick as usual... Can't wait to see this one wrapped up and in person!

Am I the only person whose interest this piqued?

I have been collecting parts since I bought my RX-8 in January, in preparation for DGRR. I only lack the exhaust, which I am picking up next weekend.

-Tokico D-Spec Struts
-Tein S-Tech springs
-Agency Power sway bars and endlinks (front adjustable)
-New window beltline seals
-Mazda OEM front splashguards
-2009 Mazda RX-8 factory wheels
-RE Amemiya Super Dolphin Tail catback exhaust.

Can't. Wait.

Thaks guys....

I can't wait. I will finally see my car again on Sat.

LOL I started with "oh I just need tires", now that I have added springs, struts, gauges, random cooling mods, and exhaust, I think I am going to relocate the battery. I dont know what will run out first, the cash or my wife's patience:lol:

Shit. Forgot about the Mazsport cooling fan mod kit I have as well. It might not get installed. We are working on making a different version :)

And the wife only needs to know what she needs to know. Catch my drift. I bought all the big ticket items with the money from my FB I sold to IH8DSM. The wheels blew my budget, but I got them so fucking cheap I could not pass them up.

Same here :)
That's the key to a happy marriage

Fuck, well looks like I am out of DGRR... had a pretty nasty accident working on my dads truck, and now I have a broken collar bone that is going to prevent me driving a manual transmission for two months, plus I am going to burn through my time off from work with doctors visits..... THIS SUCKS, I have spent alot of time and money getting the car ready, in fact I finished this morning!!!!:banghead:

That sucks, hope you have a full recovery your health is the most important thing. care to say what happened?

Sure, after repeating it many times for the paramedics I pretty much have it down .

I am usually always super careful when getting under a vehicle, usually multiple fail-safes to protect me. I was working on my dads truck and had it on ramps. I got the chalks to block the wheels, but they never made it behind the wheels. Turns out the moment you pop a shift linkage loose is a bad time to realize the e brake isn't working. :epic facepalm: The truck (a big Sierra, thank goodness) came off the ramps (my feet were sticking out the front of the truck and I was laying on my side), and the front bumper pinned me and drug me about 6 feet before I could twist to lay flat to let it pass over me. I had to get up and run to the truck to stop it, then run back up the driveway to get my phone cause I was pretty sure I needed an ambulance.

So the result? a snapped right clavicle and severe bruising and contusions. I have to drive my moms suv for two months since I dont even own a automatic vehicle (unless Phil wants to loan me the Comso, LOL)

So needless to say, I am VERY fucking lucky I just have a broken clavicle and bruising, not a funeral. I am still pissed at myself for such a careless mistake..

Wow!!!:eek: as bad is it is someone was looking our for you. sounds like you will be OK and back in no time. You said 2 months? DGRR is only a month and half away if you could get the time off work its still close to the 2 month window so don't count it out quite yet. maybe someone could drive you or pick you up on thier way and still attend the meet just no crazy driving

Sorry to hear about it Steve!
Glad your ok... Could of been alot worse.

Only real thing I had to do for DGRR is to register. Which I just did.

Car is looking good. Brian has the Haltech/harness in( its amazing how light a harness is when its not full of emissions crap) ,wideband hooked up, fuel almost done (if the pump ever comes in) next up full 3" exhaust and V-mount intercooler in a FB.

Seriously... about all we're missing is the pump and it could start.

I brought some 1" round AL from CT this morning :reddevil:

VMIC will be fun, that's for damn sure.... I'll be done with the 8's in a few days, and then back on your car if the pump shows up....still not here.

Sooooo, here's my todo list.... since a picture's worth 1000 words... here's 3 :rofl:

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Yup.......... that about covers my to-do list :smilielol5:

Oh, BTW MC.... the Overheat Exh lamp is on the idiot cluster in the 'vert's so I'm stealing your idea for the check engine light ;)

After seeing you still taking stuff OUT of the vert I can see why Dave says tic-toc so much. by the time DGRR is on you he will be using a bullhorn to screw with you

:rofl: Kyle got to the radio before I did and he had on some rap crap all day long so the Ipod came out with the earbuds.... everytime Dave walked by he said.... tic-toc motherfucker ... and he had to yell it :lol:

Then at the end of the day he asked what in the hell I was doing still taking shit out and jerking around with wiring harnesses the way I was. Answer was simple... the best wiring is that which you cannot see.... by doing it this way, the front harness comes out the firewall and dives behind the fender immediately. The engine harness with the CC and the wipers are against the firewall, the engine harness hits the back of the engine and does it's thing, tranny harness is in the engine harness as well as the reverse lights, stock water temp, oil pressure, and oil level all in one harness. So in each corner you only see a few feet of wiring and that's it.... everything in front of the engine is clean... shock towers... all that jazz.

The whole time he's looking at me with an eyebrow raised before he finally asks... is it worth it?

Hell yeah! Day and a 1/2 or less or extra wiring to pull out everything that's not needed and make it so that everythings clean.... psssssh yeah!

Day and a 1/2! I see a say already you won't have that done in 1/2 a day.....

You watch...

tic-tock... tic-tock motherfucker

:smilielol5:

I still think a bullhorn would be better. but I can see him yelling tic-toc everytime he walks by

:rofl: He had to POUND on the windshield to get my attention once.... I suspect something like that will be employed eventually

Updates aboveeeeee
Sons birthday is this coming weekend.. so the last few days and last weekend were busy. NOt sure whats next on the CAR list.. Im trying to decide on the engine work to do.. and if there is time and MONEY to go through them, and install them.

so your doing a v mount on the 8? more info please!!!

No VMIC in an 8, we've got 2 here with bad turbos that nees swapping... the 8 is far and away the biggest PITA of all the rotaries to work on