That's looking pretty sweet Tim, what rims are you rolling wit yo?! HAHA

I didn't see you helping out with the motor install, just pointing fingers and barking order I'm guessing? j/k
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See current pic attached below. I'd like to switchover to some Gram Light 57S Pros with the titanium lip, but those are HUGE money, so for now I'll probably stick with my Enkeis.

LOL.... too funny. Yea you know me Andy... all BARK, but no bite. Someone had to take the picture YO!! Just kicking back and thinking about driving that sucka :driving:

very nice build.. i should start saving for my own FD someday... *sigh*

Thanks for the compliment Hello Roto. Here's a few new pics. Finished all of the radiator/Intercooler fab work today. Pics below show the splitter plate installed inside of my radiator to properly direct flow as well as the finished end tanks and mounting points for my AC condensor.

Tim just a teaser picture, you get the rest when we can catch up together. Glen build you a jewel.


Steve

Thanks Stever. Can't wait to see your project completed as well!! Hopefully soon for both of us!!

Most recent shots. Getting closer. Details, details..... argh!!

Looks great Tim!

I may have a brand new OEM fan motor if you want it. I am moving to a different radiator/intake/fan/ac condenssor setup that is much more integrated than the stock adapted setup so I will have that fan motor laying around. I replaced it last year and I was blown away how worn out my 70k mile fan motors were.

Also... if my fan stuff comes soon, we could build a harness extension with my connectors so that you don't have to splice into your harness. We will have to see how the timing works out. I should start getting everything in a week or so.

Your engine bay sure is filling up! With that W/A injection I sold you, what power goal are you shooting for? The limit is going to be HIGH...it is going to be a monster!

hey your running 4 yaw secondaries 1000cc right? whats the ohms for them and how are they wired through the PFC (series or paralell)? i may just end up with this same fuel system. lol come to think of it alot of mine will be close to this build.
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My guess would be parallel, and I dont think resistors are needed. However, I've PM'd Glen at AZRR and asked him to comment since he did my build.

Thanks for the offer on the fan motor Brian. I just may take you up on that. Also, if you're serious about your harness connector(s) offer, I may delay wiring of the fans to the last item, just to take advantage of that offer. Thank you!

Power goal is 400RWHP between 14 and 16 psi, which I believe is VERY realistic. I'm thinking it will be in the neighborhood of 425RW if I set my boost closer to 16 psi, but we'll see. Lots of determining factors. The W/I will be used mainly as a safety buffer, especially in the Summertime.

Talk to you soon!

One of the worst things you can do to an injector is put a resistor on it.

Tims setup is wired in parallel

How soon is the car going to run? Mine is at the shop right now *fingers crossed* hopefully going to start up tomorrow. I cant wait to make it back to tucson and drive the RX. I cant wait to see your done. Looks great and I know that Glen and Tom do a great job on the rebuild, sometimes too good.

Welcome back next week. You've definitely earned your time off! Yes, I stopped over to check out your ride yesterday. Seems to be coming together nicely. Didn't stay to see if they got her fired or not. Mine is still about 2 weeks away, but hopefully soon for both of us! BTW, I told Tom and Glen that I might be interested in purchasing your "stock" smoked aftermarket turn signals (RX7store I believe). Get in touch with me next week and we'll work out the details.

They just started it up yesterday!!!! I know how the wait is and how hard it is to just sit on a car and not drive it. I sent you a pm about the turn signals. I hope that glen and tom have a meet sometime and get all the azrr cars together for a cruise.

i understand this but what is the inmepence of the injectors being used in this car? the reason i ask is i want to do a very similar fuel set-up but the yaw injectors i was looking at are 13ohm and wiring them into parallel would put the ohm draw to 6.5ohm's and from what i understand anything under 10ohm's or more importantly over 1-1.3amp's on a PFC will burn up the driver? so are you using a different ohm injectors or do you have an explanation on to why it wouldnt burn up the PFC coils in your setup?
any info is greatly appreciated
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I happen to have 4 780cc's yawpower injectors just lying around here. Took my ohmmeter to one of them and measured 12.5ohms. If the 2 injectors are fed 12V power in parallel, that will be approx 1.92 amps.

If you don't mind me asking here, where did you get the 1.3 amp figure? I also happen to be an electrical engineer designing industrial computer boards very similar to a ECU such as the PFC.

the amp figure isnt exact mind you its basicly what has worked for others in the past without burning up PFC drivers. now youd have to check the drivers in the PFC to get the exact amp but i dont have that ability curently. im just wanting to know what these injectors ohm is to see where they would come out amp draw wise. so that i can chose the correct ohm injectors for my project, maybe these guys know something i dont.
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I'm sure AZRR has something figured out. He might be using an FJO injector driver. He's also got gobs of injector capacity so will never probably have to run the injectors anywhere close to 100% duty.

Not that anyone would probably care (electronics are pretty boring stuff to everybody but me), but typically output current capability of a switching circuit such as an injector driver is completely dependent on proper heat-sinking and transistor/FET Ron resistance. (i.e. completely a thermal issue) If anybody has a picture of the internal heatsinks of the PFC injector drivers and their part number, I can compute close to exactly the ambient temperature at which point the silicon will self-destruct at a given duty-cycle/RPM.

I think Glen had mentioned at one time that the 4 1000 cc injectors would be run at a very low duty cycle based on the power goals I was looking to achieve.

Everyone,

A few new pics from this past Saturday. Afternarket turns now installed on the nose and thanks to Shawn Beniam for stopping over to perform my battery relocation to the rear side drivers bin. Incredible job Shawn, THANKS!!!

Great build
 

This is looking awesome. I hope mine looks as good as this. Great work!

Do you have an air filter? I have two of those too just sitting around that I can't use. If you need one let me know and I won't throw them away.

Already ordered one up Brian, but thanks anyway for the offer.

I should have just boxed all of my rotary parts up and gave you the box. Seriously! I end up just throwing all the stuff away...

Whatever you do, don't toss it. I have quite a few spare parts that I've saved in case one of our RCCAZ members needs it in the future. Let's talk about what you have before you toss anything else out. ;)

New pics from this weekend's progress. Vmount is now done for all intents and purposes. AC condensor will stay in place but not be hooked up until a few months down the road. IC piping is roughed in and the cold side will be final welded this week. Obviously the hot side pipe is still WAY too long, so that will be cut off once my 90 degree coupling arrives.

Couplings should be here by Wed, and a ton of odds and ends to complete this week if we're still gonna fire her this coming weekend. Everything will need to come together for us to be successful. We'll see.

Hey Tim
It is the weekend, is she on the road yet?

Wish I could say "yes" but I am i-n-c-h-i-n-g closer.

Received the other ends of the connectors needed to make my fan harness extensions from Fritz Flynn. Other remaining items include assembling WG lines, coolant hoses, install different power steering cooler, figure out my intake system along with a few wiring odds and ends. And.... I need to spend some quality time with the wiffy, on top of not feeling well, so you know how it goes....., but SOON.... we will be there!

OK.... we're now within a week for our first start. Keep your fingers crossed. IC piping is now complete and the remote coils have been mounted. Here's a few pics of the most recent progress. Remaining items are fan harness extensions, undertray construction, wastegate lines plus a few other odds and ends, then attach fuel lines, DP, MP and catback and turn the key. We'll see.

Looking good -- are you planning to fab a cold air intake? Looks pretty tight in there right off the turbo for a filter.

Hey Jesse. Man, you ask all the tough questions. Thinking of a couple different approaches, but this is the one I've made the most progress on so far. Wish it were a little more visually appealing, but if I build a duct to seal the IC with the hood, I think it will provide the coolest approach "airwise." We'll see.

Still no downpipe?

Not much else to do? Vacuum lines...looks like that is about it and it will start. Dont know about road worthiness yet, did you figure out what to do with the PS cooler?

Hey Tim, I just tried sending you an email and got an "out of office" autoreply. I can't believe that you'd just up and leave for vacation so close to getting the FD running again. I told Lynn you must have gone on a roadtrip to break in the new motor! :)

Try me here at home or PM me. The wife and I are home for our "Spring Break" just trying to get some honey-doos completed around the house as well as completing the FD. Finished the WG lines today and got the radiator hoses attached. Tomorrow will be the PS cooler, then connect the wideband, Ignition box, DP, MP, catback and run the wires for my cooling fans. Finally, connect the fuel lines, pull the fuse to prime the system, load a "swag" map into my Power FC and see if she'll start. More than likely a couple of days yet. I'm thinking Thursday right now, but we'll see. For sure by Saturday.

Yes, I do have that "temporary" DP that I showed you the last time you were over. I'll use that for break-in and my first tune. PS cooler will be tackled tomorrow. See my previous post for a short list of to-dos.

Here's the latest as of Tuesday. Radiator hoses are now completed as well as installation of the new PS cooler. This eliminates the "stock" snake and replaces it with a much smaller aluminm 4 pass tranny cooler. Should work just great and really helps clear up my ground clearance. Here are the latest pics. Next up is completion of the fan harness extensions, then bolt up the DP, MP, catback, connect the ignition exciter box and wideband, get a map loaded into the PFC, prime it and turn the key ;)

You going to be around tonight? I was going to stop by, check out the project and pay you for those hood struts. I was going to come right after work, so around 6-630 or so.

Does that work for you? For some reason you phone number wasn't on my SIM card and my last phone died. Can you PM me your number either here or over at rx7 club? I will give you a call before to see if you are around.

It's looking good Tim... keep on trucking!

Brian... I'll be there. Call me on my cell if you need to, but yes, I'll be there.