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PM sent about a possible part-out of the roller; if someone buys the roller and wants to part with the interior, let me know!

Midnight Meat Train

alternately: Canadian Nude Oil Wrestling #3

Gone in 60 Seconds

After the initial tune: 178hp, 4 lbs of boost. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/Collin178rwhp.jpg

Oh, no, the supercharger is fine. The pulley was just obviously wrong.

I got the car back from the final tune earlier this evening, and have been out driving it! I'm thrilled with how it turned out, and it made a bit more power than I was hoping for (my goal was 200-205, though my mechanic was saying around 220 may be attainable.) In a 2700 lb car, that's plenty for me, for the time being at least. I'll post the 4lb dyno soon, and I should have the 8lb dyno tomorrow. Thanks! The engine is actually finished at this point, and I'm happy with how it turned out! The numbers aren't mind-blowing by any means, but it's right around what I was aiming for. It got more expensive than anticipated, but that's how this stuff always goes. HAH! Thanks, Marc! I'm happy with it. Thank you! I actually don't like the stock duckbill/lip spoiler at all. I debated between the stock turbo spoiler and the one I have for a while, and wanted something that provided a little bit of downforce, and something that just didn't look too ordinary. I hate most all but about three of the aftermarket spoilers available for the 2nd generation RX7; the only other ones I would've considered are the RE-Amemiya wing, and one other that mounts similar to how mine does but sits lower and flatter. Awesome! Glad you like it! It definitely needs some cosmetic touch-up, but it looks good from 10 feet away. I work right around there. Thank you! I wouldn't dream of putting anything other than a rotary in the car, ever. I'd entertained the idea of a 20B, but I just couldn't afford to do that at this point. A turbo swap would've been to easy/normal. I'm proud to say I met the goal that I set for the car, and then some. Now if we can just get some decent weather...

Ooooh, the graph paper is out. Shit just got real. Doesn't seem to have the ridges to it that the SN95 Mustang tail lights had, but I could easily be wrong.

By the way, the FD in your sig looks great! Do you have build threads for that and your M3?

Thanks! Thanks! I'm just pleased to have a rotary setup that's different from most. The only timeslips I've seen for a Paxton supercharger (on a car that used a piggyback instead of standalone) were around mid 13s. This obviously isn't a drag car, but I'm hoping to be somewhere near that as well. Thanks! I just love the feeling of the rotary's powerband. The supercharger accents that nicely, too. It won't be the fastest setup out there, but i'll be plenty of fun for the next few years; I've got bigger plans for it a couple years down the line. The car looked too generic 80s car-ish. It needed something absolutely vulgar. I think I accomplished that :gabe: Yeah, it'd be a good car for an LS swap; I can't wait to see someone do one with an LS9. It's a 5-speed manual; I didn't think to mention it because it seems about 95% of the second-generation RX7s are manual.

So, here's where I stand now: My car went to the dyno this past Monday for tuning by Logan Carswell of Defined Autoworks. It was supposed to be tuned to 8 lbs of boost. I was told to expect around 220-230whp. I got a call from Logan shortly before I was supposed to pick the car up, saying that the tune went really well, but the car was only making 4 lbs of boost, instead of the 8 it was supposed to. After some drama, he agreed to give me a discount on a re-tune. I since discovered that I had some oddball 5" pulley on the thing, instead of the 3.75" pulley that's required to run 8 lbs of boost. With that, I made 175hp, well short of the expected 220. Since then, I was able to contact Craig Conley of Paradise Wheels (the company that supports the supercharger) and was able to score the last one of the original 3.75" pulley that he had in stock! I've now got that in hand, and will be ready to slap that on in a couple days.... before that, though, Logan and I need to sort out an issue with AFT (which is used to lubricate the supercharger) escaping/spraying out into the engine bay. I'll end this post on the most positive note I have on the project so far: After picking up the car on Monday, and having to wait for two days for a dry enough day to take the car out, I managed to barely avoid getting pulled over my first time hitting boost getting on the freeway. I also managed to get in a few drives with my housemate (with him in his STi.) Even at 4 lbs, the car feels good. At 8 lbs, it should be a whole lot better. I should know for sure this Wednesday

I initially picked the car up with a street tune the day before Thanksgiving. Here's a pic of the engine bay from then http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/photobucket-1334-1322237392515.jpg

Well, I'd initially planned to run a SAFC-2, and do a pretty cheap build. I contacted Ken Carswell for his recommendations, and he referred me to his son, Logan, who runs Defined Autoworks. Logan strongly suggested using a Haltech ECU, and over the course of a few conversations with him and some other rotary-knowledgeable people (Glenn Price of Illicit Performance, out in California; Brian T / TitaniumTT of varoius rotary forums,) I'd concluded I needed to upgrade my fuel system substantially, and get at least a boost gauge and wideband in the car, to run safely. Having planned out all of the supporting mods (which ended up making things MUCH more expensive than originally planned,) I began the s/c install, which took all of two evenings with the help of a few friends. Engine bay before pic: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/photobucket-2940-1321200423996.jpg All the supercharger kit parts on the garage floor: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/photobucket-3378-1321200394143.jpg A lot of stuff removed from the engine bay: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/photobucket-3218-1321200453790.jpg Me and my buddy (I think she's on here as PrettyPrix) with the supercharger: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/photobucket-2701-1321200514537.jpg After: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/photobucket-3300-1321200482732.jpg

Over the course of late '08, up 'til about '10, the car experienced intermittent severe driveability issues, because of piss-poor wiring to the O2 sensor and TPS, and possibly a bad ECU. I also dealt with some 3800rpm hesitation issues, though those were much less bothersome. At that point, though, I was considering selling/trading the car in the interest of getting a TurboII, MkIII Supra Turbo, or possibly even a Starion/Conquest or Mustang SVO. Basically, I had given up on making this the car I wanted it to be. Early this year, though, I started getting the idea of a turbo swap, or a supercharger, back in my head. I'd actually convinced myself that I wanted to swap to a turbo engine and sell off this one, but figured I'd give it one last ditch effort to find a reasonably-priced supercharger; this had popped up for sale less than a week before: (and yes, that's a Paxton/Nelson SN-89 supercharger kit, including the optional goodies such as oil cooler and blow off valve, with all of 20k miles on it.) http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/SC_compressor_01.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/SC_cooler_pump_02.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/SC_parts_02.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/SC_Installed_01.jpg

Well, around Summer '08, someone right turned on red right into the front passenger-side fender of the car. The car went back to the same body shop that did the first paint job. After completing the body work, they realized they couldn't match to the paint they had put on just a year ago. As a result, I ended up with a new (slightly darker and less brown) paint job, which I was REALLY pleased with I'd been toying with the idea of throwing on a spoiler, and had picked up a stock one and a Supra-style one (which I could never identify the brand of,) and with the car getting painted again, it was a perfect time to have a spoiler painted. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/n82000840_30584884_9488.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/n82000840_30584886_135.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/n82000840_30588251_3801.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/n82000840_30641212_4146.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/collinfoust/Cars/RX7/n82000840_30641214_4999.jpg