Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[TitaniumTT]

Time is tight now, for me anyway..... Leaving in a week for CA for 2 weeks, and as of right now there's 45 days left, and 25 left when I get back..... not that I have a calender on my wall or anything

So Bill is deadset on chasing down that 194 huh?

[Force13b]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Time is tight now, for me anyway..... Leaving in a week for CA for 2 weeks, and as of right now there's 45 days left, and 25 left when I get back..... not that I have a calender on my wall or anything

So Bill is deadset on chasing down that 194 huh?

What the hell are you doing out here for 2 weeks?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Force13b

What the hell are you doing out here for 2 weeks?

Someone in DHS is calling in the big cockgun So you've been given fair warning and fair amount of time to get yer ass down to DHS.... I suspect I'll be there from 3/20 to 4/2. That's the plan as of now.

[2gslse]

Yeah he is after it... then has his sights set on you with his FC if it ever gets done. I need to get my FB moving and shoot for 350-400 rear-end shredding/grenading horsepower

[WE3RX7]

Damn you all.

I plan to get up to OG racing next weekend to grab some fluids for the trans, brakes and diff on the rx8. I need to order up the rear trans seal too.. .than I can get the clutch/flywheel in and beat down that 194whp,lol.


The FC will dominate, lol... still looking at other potential engines even though I have the REW...

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Yeah he is after it... then has his sights set on you with his FC if it ever gets done. I need to get my FB moving and shoot for 350-400 rear-end shredding/grenading horsepower

I'm not worried about his FC... by the time he's got that thing rolling, let alone moving under it's own power I'll have the FC done, the 'vert done, and then redone with boost, the FD done and you and I will be going back and forth with 400+ rwhp boosted FB's

I dunno.... 7 rwhp from a flywheel??? it's possible... what was Dave saying he kept on getting with those? I think it was 7-9. Regardless it'll be fun. I think he needs to change out those shitty GM coils... good thing he's not reading this thread

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Damn you all.

Oh wait.... ooops

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

I plan to get up to OG racing next weekend to grab some fluids for the trans, brakes and diff on the rx8. I need to order up the rear trans seal too.. .than I can get the clutch/flywheel in and beat down that 194whp,lol.

You guys gotta lemme know when you're heading up there. I should have the FC running by the 15/16th... and I gotta get down there anyway to muck around with this damn tranny some more

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

The FC will dominate, lol... still looking at other potential engines even though I have the REW...

Takes more than an engine to dominate.... gearing adds so much acceleration it's frightening, and gearing is something we've almost got down, ..... as does traction control, and launch control... and boost vs gear, boost vs TPS, etc etc.... it's a good thing Haltech is on the cutting edge

[2gslse]

Dave said he sees about 5 hp from the flywheel so its close I may have to uncork my exhaust by removing the cat if it is too close,besides it was my first dyno with the rx8 and its my DD not a running project/moneypit that is what the FB(Fu*king Broke) and FD(Financial Disaster) are for

[TitaniumTT]

Touche

Yeah well......................................... at least the blocks are still worth rebuilding when they give it up on a rotary. Show me an LS that can be put back together in a week with a $200 o-ring kit and $160 worth of machining and still put down near 400hp

[hades]

bought my tickets so I'll see you in a little over a month. yeah, yeah - I know flying its for pussies.

[helghast7]

Originally Posted by hades

I wonder if LS1's have exhaust sleeve issues

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Touche

Yeah well......................................... at least the blocks are still worth rebuilding when they give it up on a rotary. Show me an LS that can be put back together in a week with a $200 o-ring kit and $160 worth of machining and still put down near 400hp

you know its funny you guys brought that up, i always hear this battle about which is better and what not

but i realized after talking with my bosses at my new job that it all kind of evens out in the long run, my boss said that to build his engine how he wants it to make good power would cost him around 30k on just engine related expenses

where i may blow my engine a lot sooner, but i can make power to keep a close race with his car and still have money to rebuild mine at least 3 times with that much money

[TitaniumTT]

COOL!! As long as you get there I guess. Looks like I'll be picking someone up from CA @ JFK and driving down with him....

[2gslse]

Yep the steelies on the FC were stock it was an odd car and pretty early production date IIRC the car didn't even have storage bins or power steering the only thing the car had was cold A/C and radio I dont remember if it had a tape deck or not.

On the CC for the FC I think it is like a FB and the cruise control box recieves its signal through the speedometer in the cluster so without it the system won't work.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

idk man, i wanna go but shits kinda weird with everyone, theirs like little weird stuff goin on, makes things really uncomfortable

What? Seriously? PM some stuff... that shut pisses me off.

Originally Posted by helghast7

well it used to do that, there taking the slow dump so currently their lag monsters and break up on high end so no KIT car for me now

i miss it oh so much

KIT COME BACK!!!!! lol

Yeah, don't make the same mistake as me and head out fi you think they're getting ready to puke.... just ain't work swapping turbo's like that. Good news is, if they do puke, BNR is closer than home.... get a little stage 3 on

Originally Posted by helghast7

well i know for the fd it uses the spedo sensor and the NSS, idk about the fc since i never had...well anything on that car

i would imagine since CC came on the higher end models that it gets the signal somewere from one of the VSS since at least the s4 uses a real spedo cable, i dont think it would use that

but really thats all you would need to make it a closed system since it has its own little module...unless mazdatrix has been lying to us all these years

That aftermkt Rostra unit can take just about any speed type sensor. Ignition pickups, speed pickups, halleffect sensors mounted on the driveshaft... whatever. The one problem I have, is the controls are sinfully ugly.

Originally Posted by helghast7

damn, Dave said mazda comp diff mounts for the FD were the best ones to get and you were the only person i could think of that could get them..i gotta figure this out

Mazdatrix or racing beat? I can probably get you a number for them and then throw it into the comp at a regular Mazda-Dealership?

Originally Posted by helghast7

idk man, if i had the bank i would love to throw a v8 in the ol FC..just not an LS

have you ever heard a 360 modena's 3.6l v8 scream? pure sex

Assuming you could get one, do you know how much sex you could buy with about $30k? I'm assuming about $20k for the engine

Originally Posted by helghast7

ohhh man i used to have those phone dials...god aweful
FD pwns lol

Watch it, my FC came with those phonedials back in the day

Originally Posted by helghast7

you know its funny you guys brought that up, i always hear this battle about which is better and what not

but i realized after talking with my bosses at my new job that it all kind of evens out in the long run, my boss said that to build his engine how he wants it to make good power would cost him around 30k on just engine related expenses

where i may blow my engine a lot sooner, but i can make power to keep a close race with his car and still have money to rebuild mine at least 3 times with that much money

For that coin I could have a 700bhp n/a 4 rotor that would kick his little LS's ass

What are we gonna do about these wiper switchs?

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Yep the steelies on the FC were stock it was an odd car and pretty early production date IIRC the car didn't even have storage bins or power steering the only thing the car had was cold A/C and radio I dont remember if it had a tape deck or not.

Seriously? No storage bins and no rear seats... stocker steel wheels.... I'm intriguerd.

Originally Posted by 2gslse

On the CC for the FC I think it is like a FB and the cruise control box recieves its signal through the speedometer in the cluster so without it the system won't work.

I believe it recieves the needed signal off the ignition system. I think the speedo/OD on the FC was all cable driven.

I could be wrong though. Never had cruise, thought about putting it on, grabbed the parts from a pick-'n-pull back in the day, still have them, just never put them on.... now I can't

[WE3RX7]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Seriously? No storage bins and no rear seats... stocker steel wheels.... I'm intriguerd.

Yea... our cars are (were ?) the "SE" model, MC had an '86 Base. Base models were just that... basic. No sunroof, no storage bins, no ps, usually no a/c and steel 14" wheels (not the phone dials, but actual steelies). Its actually a pretty sought after body due to it being the lightest one over the SE and lack of sunroof.

[vex]

Why not just modify the stock system to use the Rostra unit? That's my plan anyways.

Either that or use an output for a linear actuator for use on the throttle body directly from the ECU. Just need to get the output right to maintain the speed.