HDP's Red R1

[HDP]

I guess I waited a little late to begin a writeup of my build up as I'm nearing the end of the project. I will just start from the beginning and work up to the current state.
March 2006: On my way to work one morning cruising about 50 mph, HUGH hesitation that nearly threw me into the steering wheel and a big white/grey/blue/black trail of smoke bellowed from behind... at 114666 miles, my original, very tired 13b had completely let go. It had been on it's last leg for quite some time but held-up for nearly 30k miles on numerous long distant trips all over the S.E. including DGRR 1, Rotary Revolution and even a few trips to the dragstrip.

June 2006: After sitting for a few months, it was time to get cracking on my new project. I had been researching different engine options to use and after talking to Ray @ Malloy Mazda, I decided to go with a BRAND NEW stock 13b... 0 miles. The following month, I took receipt of the new engine and began to map out all the modifications and upgrades I had in mind.