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VW is done, Onto new things with 8 cylinders....... My LSX Hunter.


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Well since my VW is pretty much done and I have done everything in iit I wanted to do as far as goals I wanted something else to play with this summer and started looking for an Mazda FC shell. Well As I was looking Hoblick posted up hae had one for sae with a V8 swap already in it. I got one hell of a deal but I had to promise him that one minor detail would happen this summer to it.......

 

This is How she sits since buying it at the beginning of winter in 08.

N/A 1987 Mazda RX7

 

Car came turn key,with

Stock 5.0L H.O. conversion out of a 1991 Mustang

T-5 World trans

Oil Pressure

Temp sensor

 

Car has been thru 2-3 people I have found out and even found pics of the engine going in for the first time....

 

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It will stay with me for a while hopefully and I plan on pushing this car to its limits...

 

 

Why did I choose this path?

Easy. I knew nothing about V8's or the ford world. I kept up to par with Ls1;s and knew what not to race but to me the 5Liter motor is pretty intresting little motor to beable to support 500hp and not skip a beat. This is a new learnig process for me and I am trying to do most of the work myself in order to know and have more knowledge then just sending it off to a shop to have them turn a wrench, Id rather my self be responisible and I'll be the only one to blame if something fucks up.

 

Now dont get me wrong here but I already needed help on my brakes, Hell we beat on them for 2 days with no luck and they maxed out a 10,000lb press... thats out of my league as far as tools so i took it to will at 614 streets and he hooked it up. tuning will be done by Lasota and thats about it. I might even try to do some welding myself...

 

Live and learn.

Brakes

Since then I have gotten it a five lug conversion with TII brakes all around and the Ebrake was fixed by "614 streets" He also had to help me and get the rotors off of the Aluminum hubs witch were a pain in the ass altogether. So in all the car has a completely new calipers all the way around with rotors and pads.

 

Thats it so far. and here are some pics.

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Now the body is ruff on the outside and I already dented the rear quarter panels it fell off a trailor loading it up during the snow storm......

 

But I like it more of a sleeper and to let people talk shit about how fugly they think it is..... Hood scoop was gonna go but its staying along with the dryer vents at the top of it.....

 

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Shanton.. as long as you've ridden, I know you have wrapped handlebars before.

 

KEEP THAT SHIT TIGHT AND EVEN, C'MON MANG!

 

 

haha just bustin' your shit.. I dig the project.

 

 

PEE ESS

 

Sell me BT kit?! :D

 

 

VW will be the clean cruisin around town ride, lol I know I was in a rush, Hell that wrap job looks better than the body of the car lol.

 

Vortex ahs got some killer deals on big turbo kits lately in the classifieds.

You gonna take the corolla to some drift events this year?..

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I may've missed this elsewhere, but are you keeping the vw or selling it? That RX7/GT (or whatever the hell you wanna call it ;)) oughta be a blast. Good luck with it.

 

Nevermind. Disregard the ? about your vw. You've posted again since I opened this thread. :) I'd also like to add now that I've seen the hood... Are you really intent on keeping it?

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VW will be the clean cruisin around town ride, lol I know I was in a rush, Hell that wrap job looks better than the body of the car lol.

 

Vortex ahs got some killer deals on big turbo kits lately in the classifieds.

You gonna take the corolla to some drift events this year?..

 

I keep looking at the BT kits from Kinetic but then I remember I have another car I need to finish. It may be out this year, but it's going to be close.. there's more work than I anticipated originally. Just about everything has to be rebuilt or gone over before I dare drive it. I'll settle for a K04 upgrade in the VW once the K03 takes a shit, I just want to whip it around town, really low.

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it looks really nice man! if your looking to drift it theres a guy on another forum im on that drifts his FC with a 5.0 HO in it also. if you got any questions for him or setup questions i can get him in contact.
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it looks really nice man! if your looking to drift it theres a guy on another forum im on that drifts his FC with a 5.0 HO in it also. if you got any questions for him or setup questions i can get him in contact.

 

 

If its the same kid he has a white one he just posted up on v8rx7 forums.....

 

 

Hes got some sick pictures!!!!!

 

 

 

Well Ill get more into the rear end a lil later but this setup will be god for track street strip and autocross:bangbang:

 

 

 

 

DarkFormula Can't wait to beat you at the track http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/../ubb/smile.gif

 

Who said I wuold be driving my car when we race......:bangbang: Come get some suka!

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Looks great. the hood needs to go for the sleeper thing to work.

 

 

Well as long as its parked where ever we goto to hustle this year there will be two fart cans on the rear and the hood scoop should make for some shit talking right off the bat... lol you cant see inside of the rear of the scoop or the sides so only one can wonder and im sure that person will have the slower car...... I hope.

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This header!

 

 

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and this header

Started to wrap the headers the other night but I think I will be doing hose clamps to hold everything in place wire tie was kinda shitty Idea in my opinion.

 

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is not the same.

those are not tight. they need fixxed.

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Heres more pictures for your scrapbook. Did you find the front sway bar kit?

 

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