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2gslse 05-10-2011 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149037)


I don't, but I'll be back there real soon to get some pics, some vids, and I think I'll have Dave overlay my last run with 2GSLSE's last run so we can make some real comparisions and see where we're at


Remember mine was at 14psi so do a fair test before cranking up the boost.
and
maybe add 1 overlay for a certain renesis also :smilielol5:

Nismo 05-10-2011 09:34 PM

I'll fix your wiper switches assuming you find me a switch that is rebuildable.

EJayCe996 05-10-2011 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149037)
It was awesome chatting with you as well man. Thanks for the kind words, we've definately got to catch up some more next year, we did not have enough time, especially if/when you've got your beast in attendance. I've got to make sure I'm down there 2 days early too. I didn't spend nearly enough time hanging out and bullshitting outside the show, and spent too much time fixing cars, my own included.... silly wheel bearings :rofl:

Hey, at least you did them at the dinner table so you could BS with us AND do your wheel bearings :rofl:

BTW, did you see the spot on the table where the varnish got stripped off Sunday morning? :rofl:

Thanks to you I now can't get those brakes off my mind

knonfs 05-11-2011 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149038)
Sooooooooooooooo perhaps I should post up the POST DGRRXI to-do list :D

1) CLEAN!!!!!! Compound front bumper and get rid of the impregnated bugs, cut and buff the hood, clear out the empty RedBull Cans

2) 6-spd!! Yes, it's done and ready to be installed so I can hunt down and kill the vibration

3) Belly Pan

4) New Rad Shroud

5) Brake Ducting

6) Little more fab left on the Bumper support

7) Re-Adjust the hatch latch :banghead: First trip off the highway heading to DGRRXI and the trunk popped open :rofl:

8) New Hatch Cable

9) Fix Fuel Gauge

10) Cupholders - shut up all!

11) Remote Start needs to be programmed

12) Properly Working Windshield wipers

13) Nozzles in the cowl

14) New SS Clutch Hardline

15) Vacuum Block

16) Touch myself

17) Wire up the Highbeams.... oops

18) New Door panels

19) New shift, ebrake, and center console boots

20) New Brake pads in the front

21) Fire Extinguisher

All in all though, I got just about everything accomplished for DGRRXI that I wanted.... but I gauruntee that there will be another laundry list in 7 months.... After all that's done, I'm going to redo the intake piping to match the BNR's inducer better. I think there's a few ponies to be had there :suspect:

So, you will be done before midnight tonight? LOL!

How are you doing man? I might have to pull a copy cat, and mimic your front bumper support :cheers2::biggthumpup:

project86 05-11-2011 06:46 PM

What are your plans for door panels?

TitaniumTT 05-11-2011 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 2gslse (Post 149043)
Remember mine was at 14psi so do a fair test before cranking up the boost.

That's fair.....


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Originally Posted by 2gslse (Post 149043)
and
maybe add 1 overlay for a certain renesis also :smilielol5:

WHY???? I we make more torque @ 2500rpm than that thing makes at full song? Seriously.... it wouldn't even be on the chart... and if it was, it would have to be in portrait moder, zoomed WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY the hell out :rofl:

TitaniumTT 05-11-2011 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Nismo (Post 149046)
I'll fix your wiper switches assuming you find me a switch that is rebuildable.

SAAAAAHHHHHWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTT!!!! Thanks man... lemme snag a b/u next time I'm @ Daves, send ya 2 JIC, mine was TOTALLY dead last time and I actually de-pinned the harness and ran them to a SPDT switch for h/l operation... I think that one is FUBAR.... maybe I'll send you 3, there's a black 'vert that might need one :suspect:

TitaniumTT 05-11-2011 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by EJayCe996 (Post 149058)
Hey, at least you did them at the dinner table so you could BS with us AND do your wheel bearings :rofl:

This is very true! Dude, I'm surprised I was able to stay up that long... that was 36 hrs straight with 3 hrs of sleep... I was fucking SPENT!

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Originally Posted by EJayCe996 (Post 149058)
BTW, did you see the spot on the table where the varnish got stripped off Sunday morning? :rofl:

:rofl: No, no I didn't see that... strange though... I've had other lubes strip off finishes before :suspect:

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Originally Posted by EJayCe996 (Post 149058)
Thanks to you I now can't get those brakes off my mind

Those things are AWESOME! Did you see the size of the rotors! Were you out there when we were taking them apart? i know AJ came out in disbelief just to make sure that I actually brought a rotary :lol:

I've still got some tweaking to do with them though. Ordered some new wheel studs and spacers today, decided that they look better with that extra 5mm of clearance. What I need to do is start messing around with different compounds though, the Wilwood pads that are on there kinda blow and they dust like a MOTHER, need a little less bite and a lot less dust. I've got so much clamping power and so much leverage that I want to go with a less agressive pad and shift more of the bias towards the rear. I'm still cranking down on the Prop valve and I have yet to lock up the rears... kinda discouraging considering they are a 12.2" x.81" rotor out back.... yes, that is larger than most rotaries FRONT brakes and larger still than some rotaries UPGRADED FRONT brakes.... I am brake king, hear me...... squeel?

TitaniumTT 05-11-2011 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by knonfs (Post 149084)
So, you will be done before midnight tonight? LOL!

I would be if I wasn't working 12+ hrs a day... tomorrow is my first day off since I got back, and my last for another week.... and I'll be prepping a boat for the season, then working on the Landi, I GOTTA get that thing done. I did get a few parts orders in today though so that's a plus. I'm slated for Daves on Wednesday, we'll see what happens though....

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Originally Posted by knonfs (Post 149084)
How are you doing man? I might have to pull a copy cat, and mimic your front bumper support :cheers2::biggthumpup:

I'm doing well, how bout you? Saw your ride in PA, what's the deal with that? Good luck man, it's a PITA to fab and plan to take the bumper on and off a dozen times. Worth it though. Getting the ends bent to fit will be kinda a bitch though..... BTW, I'm ordering plans for a tubing bender :reddevil:

TitaniumTT 05-11-2011 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by project86 (Post 149099)
What are your plans for door panels?

Nothing big, as they stand right now I've got the stock tops that I died black, my fibergalss bottoms, and in the center is a black material that I've never been thrilled about. A few months ago I had a burn hole repaired in the drivers seat and I had to purchase an entire yard of the grey recaro material to fix it. I've got a LOT left over so i'm going to recover the center section in that. Then my upholsterer is going to get the scraps and build me some new shift boots, ebrake boots, and a heftily padded armrest cover out of the remaining material and some Mercedes black leather. So the black leather and the grey recaro material that is in the seats will ALL match PERFECTLY! Right now they're a little light for my taste. The boots/covers that I have now will live in the 'vert as that car has a grey interior and the same RX8 seats... or it will anyway... and they'll match that interior alot better.

project86 05-11-2011 09:39 PM

^^ oh ok. sounds like a good idea.. im gonna be reconsidering some interior options for mine as well when i start putting it all back in.

FC3S Murray 05-11-2011 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by project86 (Post 149121)
^^ oh ok. sounds like a good idea.. im gonna be reconsidering ...

You should reconsider my hand across you face Be-otch:willy_nilly:......sorry, I am sexually frustrated since Aunt Flow has been in the house the last week.

EJayCe996 05-11-2011 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149117)
Those things are AWESOME! Did you see the size of the rotors! Were you out there when we were taking them apart? i know AJ came out in disbelief just to make sure that I actually brought a rotary :lol:

I went out there briefly... I do blend in with the darkness a little easier than AJ :lol:
I said something but everyone was zoned out tired around your car and paid me no attention so I went back on inside :suspect:

Monkman33 05-12-2011 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FC3S Murray (Post 149135)
You should reconsider my hand across you face Be-otch:willy_nilly:......sorry, I am sexually frustrated since Aunt Flow has been in the house the last week.

If you ride the red tide, you wash up on shore.


in other words, do it in the shower.

need RX7 05-12-2011 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149038)
POST DGRRXI to-do list

get rid of the impregnated bugs

What happens at DGRR stays at DGRR? :o11:

:smilielol5:

MaczPayne 05-12-2011 01:10 AM

There's a list every year!

Touching yourself should be no. 1 on that list. :)

project86 05-12-2011 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FC3S Murray (Post 149135)
You should reconsider my hand across you face Be-otch:willy_nilly:......sorry, I am sexually frustrated since Aunt Flow has been in the house the last week.

haha why on earth would you slap me on the face?? :squint:

TitaniumTT 05-12-2011 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by EJayCe996 (Post 149140)
I went out there briefly... I do blend in with the darkness a little easier than AJ :lol:
I said something but everyone was zoned out tired around your car and paid me no attention so I went back on inside :suspect:

:smilielol5: THat's right!@!! I remember now.... Yeah, those things are monsters... Brian does like very much.

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Originally Posted by Monkman33 (Post 149141)
If you ride the red tide, you wash up on shore.


in other words, do it in the shower.

This is good advice....:biggrinjester:

TitaniumTT 05-12-2011 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by need RX7 (Post 149142)
What happens at DGRR stays at DGRR? :o11:

:smilielol5:

Yeah.... pretty much.... there was lube, a dining room table, a bunch of drunk guys.... and in the morning the varnish was stripped off..... and people took pics of me asleep on the pool table :rofl:

Embedded was the word I was looking for.... tierd.... so very sleepy.... And most of them came out... there are a few chips though.... this is why that bumper gets repainted every damn year.... at least all the oil is finally off the windshield :lol:

TitaniumTT 05-12-2011 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MaczPayne (Post 149146)
There's a list every year!

Touching yourself should be no. 1 on that list. :)

The list never ends.... it just keeps getting recycled and added tooo and they things get done, then things break then things get added and wash rinse repeat :willy_nilly:

2gslse 05-12-2011 09:37 PM

OK wed. is just about over did you get to Dave's today?

TitaniumTT 05-12-2011 09:48 PM

Next Wednesday, the 18th.... and I think I'm going to have to puch it back a wee bit.... for a few reasons....

The boat that I was prepping today was a fucking stye!!! The shrinkwrap tore... or I should say the yard that stored the piece of poo tore the shrinkwrap and 6 month worth of shit flew in, mold, dirt, all kinds of nastiness... it's a miracle the thing is as clean as it is. Of course I realized this AFTER I slept in a little, lalligagged around, did some errands, touched myself, looked at the landi, played with my dogs THEN I uncovered the damn thing.... ugh... I wanted to get the landi's wiring done today as well and if the boat hadn't kicked my ass until 20:30... I probably would've.... bastard made me work for my money this year :rofl: So now I'm thinking I'll use Wednesday... the next day off.... yes that is technically 1 day off in 2 weeks.... to do the landi and I'll use the extra time to finish off the small list I have for the FC.

I need to get a hydaylic press as well and I'm going to have to pull the UIM to weld on some fittings, wait for lines to be made etc etc etc...... WHY DIDN"T YOU WELD MY HOOD SHUT!@!!!!!!!

Oh.... I'll be experimenting with brake pads as well :rofl: 43 days till Limerock!!!!

vex 05-12-2011 10:00 PM

I'm tuning tomorrow. you should make the trip.;)

EJayCe996 05-12-2011 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149182)
:smilielol5: THat's right!@!! I remember now.... Yeah, those things are monsters... Brian does like very much.

I'm trying to remember what I said but I had way too much moonshine by that point. Watching you do your bearings was hard enough to concentrate on.

TitaniumTT 05-13-2011 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by vex (Post 149223)
I'm tuning tomorrow. you should make the trip.;)

Where are you tuning? You going to my sweetie Davey?

TitaniumTT 05-13-2011 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by EJayCe996 (Post 149227)
I'm trying to remember what I said but I had way too much moonshine by that point. Watching you do your bearings was hard enough to concentrate on.

:rofl: that's because there was a hobbit jumping around distracting everyone :lol:

vex 05-13-2011 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149283)
Where are you tuning? You going to my sweetie Davey?

unfortunately I'm not. I'm too poor for that. Tuning will consist of me sitting in the car and hopping I get it drivable.

2gslse 05-13-2011 07:45 PM

I would get it running and driving but Dave is very reasonable and highly recommended

vex 05-13-2011 07:51 PM

I understand that. The issue is, I literally have only enough cash to get me to northern va and to my internship for the first two weeks. My car is no where near where I want it to be nor do I think any sane person would strap it to a dyno yet. Dave is just out of the question and I need the thing drivable yesterday.

TitaniumTT 05-13-2011 09:14 PM

It's not that Dave is reasonable, it's that HE CHARGES NO WHERE NEAR WHAT HE IS WORTH!!!!!!!

The man should be charging 4-8X what he does, for the amount of time he spends on each car.... it's ridiculous, it really is. Seriously T, get it running, make it driveable.... get it to where it's safe, then go to Dave. He'll take care of ya... shit, if you're lucky I'll even drive out for the event :rofl::biggthumpup:

RX7's make pisspoor dailies unless they're n/a and pretty bone stock... I've been saying this for years. People who want to drive modded 7's need some form of daily driving reliability.... I have my faithful Mighty XJ :grouphug:

Monkman33 05-13-2011 09:20 PM

I have two daily drivers. That way the likelihood of being stuck driving the 7 as a daily becomes negligible.

knonfs 05-13-2011 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149118)
I would be if I wasn't working 12+ hrs a day... tomorrow is my first day off since I got back, and my last for another week.... and I'll be prepping a boat for the season, then working on the Landi, I GOTTA get that thing done. I did get a few parts orders in today though so that's a plus. I'm slated for Daves on Wednesday, we'll see what happens though....



I'm doing well, how bout you? Saw your ride in PA, what's the deal with that? Good luck man, it's a PITA to fab and plan to take the bumper on and off a dozen times. Worth it though. Getting the ends bent to fit will be kinda a bitch though..... BTW, I'm ordering plans for a tubing bender :reddevil:

Man, I am doing good. Per Dave, the car should beready in a couple of weeks, I cant wait.

I hear you on the bumper, problem is that with the OEM one, its extremely difficult to mount two oil coolers, without having to cut all kind of stuff. I spent a lot of time fitting those oem fd coolers, and well, after all that work, I am not terribly happy with the results.

A tubing bender eh? A hydraulic bender? Man, you are one crazy dude :sifone: Cant say I dont envy you tho :icon_tup:

WE3RX7 05-14-2011 09:07 AM

Vex - you tuning in Culpeper this weekend? I'm around if you need some help getting it squared away.. I do agree w/ B and MC though, I would get it to Dave as soon as you can.. the man knows his shit and is well worth it.

vex 05-14-2011 10:49 AM

Unfortunately I'm not WE3. I'm in Blacksburg attempting to tune it. I'll be posting in my build thread in a bit about that.

TitaniumTT 05-14-2011 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkman33 (Post 149293)
I have two daily drivers. That way the likelihood of being stuck driving the 7 as a daily becomes negligible.

Wise man

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Originally Posted by knonfs (Post 149296)
Man, I am doing good. Per Dave, the car should beready in a couple of weeks, I cant wait.

I hear you on the bumper, problem is that with the OEM one, its extremely difficult to mount two oil coolers, without having to cut all kinjddmj of stuff. I spent a lot of time fitting those oem fd coolers, and well, after all that work, I am not terribly happy with the results.

A tubing bender eh? A hydraulic bender? Man, you are one crazy dude :sifone: Cant say I dont envy you tho :icon_tup:

Yup, hydraulic tubing bender, should open up a few more doors of the things that I can build. Also picking up a 12 ton press this week and a set of some sort of dies :suspect:

Doing any kind of dual oilcooler setup in an FC is going to be a PITA. Hell, even with my bumper it was a nightmare. So much of that ductin had to be cut away, THEN I had to add a ton of it to the top of the ducts to mate up with the oil coolers. Nightmare.... sorta. The one thing that I wish I had been able to do would've beed to find coolers that I could've tucked up against the wheel wells. The ducting would've been long, tight, and very effective..... and I would've been able to easily add in for brake ducting. I'm scratching my head on that one now but I have a few pretty sexy ideas in mind.

When Dave is done are you going to take the car back for a bit to breakin or just get straight on the dyno?

TitaniumTT 05-14-2011 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by vex (Post 149305)
Unfortunately I'm not WE3. I'm in Blacksburg attempting to tune it. I'll be posting in my build thread in a bit about that.

Yeah, post that shit in yer own damn thread. We don't wanna hear your haltech horror/woe stories here.... this is the big boy toy thread where if it ain't MoTeC..... its low tech :smilielol5:

Would you be able to get it to CT?

vex 05-14-2011 08:10 PM

Not anytime soon. Car is not tuned yet. The rain has delayed me yet again.

TitaniumTT 05-14-2011 08:51 PM

Make it driveable and get to CT, I'll help ya street tune her.

Duffman692002 05-15-2011 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 149117)
Those things are AWESOME! Did you see the size of the rotors! Were you out there when we were taking them apart? i know AJ came out in disbelief just to make sure that I actually brought a rotary :lol:

when I woke up to FB bashing I had to come to their defense. Actually seeing was awesome, those brakes are pretty damn nice. When are you gonna take them off that piece of shit and put them on something that deserves, and needs, that kind of stopping power?

TitaniumTT 05-15-2011 08:39 PM

Like what? An FB? The car that has the same suspension as a 60's rustang.... I'll tell you what.... I'll give you ONE of my used pads... You can open the door and drag it on the grnd to stop or you can go Flinstone style with it, dealers choice. :rofl:


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