My RX7SP build up

[grantrx4]

Originally Posted by RICE RACING

F1 will learn many things to make things more efficient and that is good either way it means more power.

My car is Don Mega Crazy but not for open sharing here till I progress on to the next developments. Those next levels will commence next year and then I'll post up all this old stuff from this year for people to copy.

Fair play. Are you running the BWs400 on your Don Mega Rice Spec Street port?

[RICE RACING]

I use a custom made and RR specified motorsports turbo, nothing you can commercially buy.

[Fendamonky]

Originally Posted by RICE RACING

I use a custom made and RR specified motorsports turbo, nothing you can commercially buy.

So no more t04z?

[kraftjason413]

wow! I just looked through the first page of photos and I may have jizzed myself. Love the exhaust work. I've not seen that spoiler on an FD before.

[RICE RACING]

Originally Posted by kraftjason413

wow! I just looked through the first page of photos and I may have jizzed myself. Love the exhaust work. I've not seen that spoiler on an FD before.

Look up Mazda M2 1020 this is a write up I did on it explaining the historical context.

M2 1020


RX7 SP "localy developed????*


http://www.riceracing.com.au/RiceSPGallery.htm


In a recent book I aquired it describes a special Mazda RX7 developed totaly by the M2 performance arm in Japan (est 1990 with 4 Mazda factory employees), this special was the M2 1020 (pictured above). You can see it has a striking resemblence to the "localy developed" race version ultimate RX7, the RX7 SP. Minor differences are the extra bracing for the centre wing (which do vibrate easily) and also the centre brace for the front bar (again which crack with extended use). The parts are very similar if not identical to these localy developed versions :idea: :?: :!: Also of note is the "special bonnet" which is not available anymore in original aluminium specification.

Also of note is the derived PFS Supercars RX7 special which funnily enough some of the same "special localy developed Mazda Australia bits" namely the intercooler which is 100% idential to the SP unit.

After looking at all these coincidental parts and the fact that the M2 branch was closed in April of 1995 in Japan and the model was shelved for local production, is it a bit suss that these parts may have been off loaded to Mazda Australia to make a performance model such as the SP? Or were these body parts all developed and designed here and shipped to Japan??? *highly unlikley to me* Some carbon bits such as the intake and fuel tank etc seem not to be on any other variation but I am wondering about the original concept (competition special car) did it infact have a genisis in Japan, surley that must be the case and the parts were either copied and cosmeticaly altered (+ aditional bits added). Its just striking that they are identical designs.


This one is a hard back, Author Brian Long. Pretty current showing right up to Spirit R models etc, not a bad book just thought a bit more covering the Aussie exploits would have been better given the influence it had on Mazda and its model tributes that followed.

The SP it seems through more research allot more polished hardcore better made version than the M2 ever was (least in materials used and way they were made) so lots to be proud of regardless of the originality of the concept or where its true roots may have come from.




The RX7SP is the only kind of its type in the world of Mazda and a real historical piece, Australians made and perfected what the japs were too scared to do ! Factory Supercar Killer!!!!

[grantrx4]

Originally Posted by RICE RACING

I use a custom made and RR specified motorsports turbo, nothing you can commercially buy.

Sounds very interesting

So how much air does it put out in lbs/min?

[RICE RACING]

Some dash configuration shots

New screens to put up kents!

[RICE RACING]

These are new shots of the ICD and some pages I use

[Dannobre]

Nice new toys

[RICE RACING]

[Pete_89T2]

I like the customizable graphics legend by the 11.05 parameter

[RICE RACING]

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

I like the customizable graphics legend by the 11.05 parameter

It's the BDC & HC fail safe warning alarm....

[RICE RACING]

These are some of the pages I have finalized, while on black works best in all conditions and layout etc, color gradients etc, a sample of what it looks like...

[jacobcartmill]

RICE, can you post some detail of how you're deciphering that data?

i am assuming it's CAN data from your EMS.

i've been wanting to start a project like this for a while, but my x86 tablet runs the haltech software/gauges well enough. yours looks PERFECT.

[RICE RACING]

Originally Posted by jacobcartmill

RICE, can you post some detail of how you're deciphering that data?

i am assuming it's CAN data from your EMS.

i've been wanting to start a project like this for a while, but my x86 tablet runs the haltech software/gauges well enough. yours looks PERFECT.

It's Pectel CAN data stream off my MQ12 ECU, it's deciphered or analysis with Pi Research Toolbox professional software (previous data shots).

I have to make a video of the dash going through demo mode, it looks really nice, though tedious amounts of programming involved to make it all work!!! I lost count how many hours I have put into the 'dash' unit alone.....