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87 TII, TECgt, T04-R....DGRR '09 build!

Well, I've changed alot around on the car, and am still progressing along with it. Next week, it'll be wired and fired! (no shit, otherwise it'll tough to drive across country! :) )

For the last couple years I've been running a Haltech E6X. Good box, but had *alot* of trouble with getting solid reliable crank signal. By alot of trouble I'm of course reffering to a pile of broken apex seals, several trash housings, chewed turbines and words that only a sailor would love.

I made the ECU switch mostly out of the need for extreme trigger accuracy. The TEC series of ECU's only use their own mag sensors and trigger wheels, no adapting into factory stuff. The system I'm running has a 60-2 tooth wheel mounted directly on the crank. No more CAS gear slop, VR conditioning, gains/filters or PROBLEMS (knocking on wood :lol: )

The other benefits of the new ECU were full sequential injection and ignition. The ECU comes with its own coils (similar or the same as IGN-1 coils) but obviously, I won't know how beefy they are until 18-20psi with 800cc of straight water.

This thread will just cover the changes I've made to the car, and getting it to deals gap (plus the keys! yeah!) and back.

Now some pik-tars.

My ECU mount. I didn't hack up the one I made for the haltech, so I can later on re-use the whole gammot (with a different crank trigger other then stock)
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Basically just put two flat bars across the stock ECU mount. Bolted EMS down, done. The pic shows the foam I installed under the ECU to minimize vibration....it just illustrates how much the foam is compressed.

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Here's the wiring under the dash. Most of its not visible - that was the idea. Ran it all with the stock wiring. When I re-did the engien harness for the new ECU, I thought "what the hell" and decided it would be a good idea if I removed *EVERY SINGLE* piece of wiring added to the car in the past, and did once, and correctly. There was all kinds of shit in there from the previous owner (CP racing....) shit you'd never want your friends to find out about much like the fat chick you got a BJ from while hamemred.

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Here's a nice shot of the a little harness. My glove box is littered with electronics, and in a stupor of some type, I thought it was a smashing idea to wire it all in straight up, no plugs. Well - when you decide to pull the glove box after doing something that stupid, you realize the error of your ways and make everything plug and play. The glove box houses: AI controller, Fuel pressure gauge, secret ninja switch..... and datalogging switch as well as the COM cable for the ECU.

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Above is fuse panel #2. This one is fed of of ACC ignition, or key on only. Feeds a few devices (and one wire is missing in this pic) but its also got a few spare spots if I ever add anything. There's more fuse panels which I'll snap shots of later.

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Here we see the mess that's left to wire. Not really much to do here other then wire in the last three realy plugs (two fans and AI) and tidy it up. I decide to stop the wiring progress here because I have everything I need to finish it up...............the engine however needs a bunch of things custom made, so thats where my attention is ATM.

EDIT: You can also see the neato relay mounts I made up out of some AL. Inspiration for those goes to TTT from his ECU mount. The realys had no tabs (GHEY) so I had to improvise something. This foam lined custom bit does the job very well!

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Main breaker. Used to be in the bin, now is more easily accessible. Also allows for interesting conversations with the passenger. "whats this doo-hickey?"

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New prosport gauges. Added four more to the line up. Here are EGT's (apillar) and boost. The fuel press. as mentioned is in the glovebox.

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Just another shot to show the added wiring along with the factory stuff. You can't see it too well here, but beside the large factory blue plugs there are two plugs I've added for the oil pressure and oil temp.

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Onto greener pastures....

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NOW. Here we go. Got the piece back from the machinist to adapt the FD front cover onto the FC oil pan. Anyone notice anything wrong with this picture???!??!

If you don't. Have a look at a front iron with an oil pump and chain installed.........yea. My fault for not mocking that up on the iron I gave him, although I'm sure I mentioned it.

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Mocking up the mazmart waterpump with Pineapple idler pulley. Nice piece, needed to trim the thermostat housing ever so slightly on the bottom because it was JUST touchign the belt. Just a note for anyone looking into one of these.

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Note the date stamp in this picture. This was about 6pm yesterday. At the end of the night, the FD cover was installed, oil pan back on, ready for the final dressings of turbo mani, WP, *rebuilt* TII trans, and insertion into the hungry chassis :lol:

MORE UPDATES SOON> It'll be making noise next week fellas :)

Engine and trans together. Awaiting some gear oil to fill her up and I can drop the rotomoto back in place.

Finished coil brackets last night, also welded on new v-band to turbine housing (old one was some random piece that doesn't share dimensions with any other vband on the planet) Pics of those and the engine coming tomorrow...currently fabbing up new IC outlet pip off the turbo, and hoses for the rad--->FD water pump.

I'm waiting for a fitting for the FD front cover to -10AN...won't be able to fire it up until it gets here wednesday, but thursday as long as its not delayed, this thing should be singing.

wow man, talk about attention to detail!
I dig the body kit! FC2000?

Bah i'll post some pics now. Eating a sub.

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New turbine flange. My TIG welding skills are rusty. Its like riding a bike I guess, but I've fallen over the handle bars of my bike before!@! :lol:

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Trigger wheel centered/welded. Just a few filler-less tacks around it. I gave it a quick coat of paint, don't want TOO much on, dunno if it'll effect the signal...

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Belt/pulley setup. NO MORE SLIPPING FOR ME! I don't know why but I'm a little horny for this setup. I guess after years of having to use a pry bar on the alternator to tension it, buying pounds and pounds of v belts to find two the same, having match pairs that one streches more then the other on, you get a little fed up with that shit.

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Blingin' rebuilt tranny. Should I leave the tag on? Thoughts? LOL

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Originally Posted by stylEmon

wow man, talk about attention to detail!
I dig the body kit! FC2000?

Not FC2000. Classicauto2008. I do plan on redoing it and making it a little more "FC". But its a bomex cover with custom headlights (that started out as CP racing units) Its age and level of custom awesomeness is showing in the form of a couple small cracks though.....two of which happened while I had it off and bumped it with the engine hoist DOH.

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How it sits currently. My gear oil just got here, so I'm back out on the case.

Thanks for the comment Stylemon, I do try to adress the details!

Moar tomorrow of the powerplant in its home :cheers2:

Here's some more progress.

Coil brackets. Nice and sturdy.
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Insertion.
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I debated turbo orientation for a little while.
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I'll be going with the 2nd picture. Keeps it further from the exhaust and the piping is a tad shorter. The intake will run straight ahead, and under the IC piping. That's all for today, have all the drivetrain buttoned up, the engine harness is on now, plug wires ran.....won't be long now!

Nicely done Joe! Looking forward to DGRR.

Why the FD pump assembly? Are you still using the stock mounted Rad? I'm curious for the reasoning behind it.

Loving the coil mounts and the attention to detail.

Mostly because I went with the mazmart unit, and its only available for the FD and RX-8.....plus, the belt setup with an idler was much more advanced in my eyes then the twin v-belts. I plan on eventually doing a V or H mount IC, and as you know, the FD water pump outlets are more favourable for that type of rad mounting.

Gonna be sweet. Can't wait to see it in a few weeks!

Thanks, I can't wait to DRIVE it in a couple weeks! :) Actually I'll be driving it sooner then that though :lol:

ill race you to see who gets theirs started first! looking great man, cant wait to see it!

Good call on the outlets for the V or HMIC. I'll get pics of mine up tonight. I was looking at that ReMedy pump. Do want, but the pump I have is working and I have no cooling issues as of yet. We'll see what the summer brings when it's 99% humidity and 100*. That'll be interesting.

I want in on this race to see who get's thiers started first. Work is going to kick my ass for the next two days, I'm HOPING for a start on Wed or thursday. Than I need to break it in for a tentative dyno day on Monday the 6th.