Now some positive photos!!! Only have a hand full at the moment... will get more up soon

New parts


Being assembled


Engine assembled


Also purchased this pulley kit
D310 - FD Street Pulley kit

Currently my engine bay is getting resprayed... should be finished next week hopefully... will keep you all up to date

 

Very interesting, you have about the same plans as I do, keep it up and keep us (me) updated!

 

Merry Christmas to you all.

Not too much of an update since last posted.

Engine bay is waiting to get sprayed... mean while, I have taken all the parts (alternator, PS pump/mounts, UIM, LIM) etc and am tiding them up!

Over the years they have had plenty of grease etc... I'm going for a stealth look so I have decided to paint most things black with a touch of red.

UIM


PS with new pulley kit


Top angle of PS - with red brackets...


Also managed to start cleaning up the wiring harness. Cleaned up all the grease and ugly bits. Re wrapped them in tap and covered them. Also tried to clean up the plugs as much as possible




Over the next week I will be cleaning up most parts including the intercooler... will be painting this black with red silicon hoses! Will post more photos in the coming days...

 

Omg the background props in these pics

 

One hell of a opps but nice rebuild!

 

Nice photos - table with spare parts

 

Spent some time cleaning up some more parts. Managed to clean up the alternator and intercooler/intercooler piping...

Before...



After




Painted intercooler

 

There has not been too much happening lately. Just waiting for the motor to go back in the car. Engine bay was resprayed but don't have a photo.

Some goodies that arrived....

HKS Twin Power


Prospect speaker gauge pods



2002 style lights


RE short shifter!


Hoping to get her running soon so I can run the motor in then go the single turbo work.

 

Thought I would post an update on whats happening with my FD (yay... not).

So, end of December, I took my car to a mechanic to take my motor out to get rebuilt by Extreme Rotaries. The motor was taken out and the motor was completely build from head to toe in weeks. I delivered my motor back to my Mechanic in Jan, and unfortunately this is how it currently sits.

With a few delays in the process with tidying up some parts in the engine bay, i've now decided to take the car back over the Christmas break. I'll be doing a few things here and there such as replacing bushes and some parts to get her nice and tidy and in the new year will be taking to either Maztech / Rank rotary to get the engine put in.

In the mean time... a few goodies that arrived whilst it's been off the road.

My Favorite!
Brand new Work XD9 Rims in Bronze.
Front: 18x9 + 38
Rear: 18x10 + 10

Will cover these in Nitto NT05 Semi Slick tyres soon enough.



Ordered brand new window switches!


Proflow fuel system.
Including Primary and Secondary fuel railes with 1000cc x2 injectors and 2000cc x2 Secondaries.


New cluster!
Found a knight sports 300km cluster so thought, why not!

 

Update: So over the past few days I have been spending some time on bringing back a bit of life back in some of my interior parts. Some of my pieces had a few fade spots so I purchased a mothers product to rejuvenate plastic. After much patience and many coats, they are starting to come out quiet nice. I put some heavily coats towards to end to give it more of a wet look.


I didn't even think to take a before photo.

 

Thought I would post a bit of an update on my FD.

The engine is finally in and running. The motor is getting pretty much in the engine bay, just sorting some of the electrical gremlins out.


Engine completed. It's finally running and driving again after such a long time.


I've left it as the twin turbo setup to run the motor in and get the car back on the road. Once i've done that, the single turbo will get done!

The car as it sits right now in the garage... all alone!


I thought I would test fit the new XD9's


These are 18x10 +18 on the rear. The front sit very nicely, the back do come out a little to cover the whole guard which is what I was going for. These will be covered with NT05 Nitto Semi Slicks soon enough.



Did some cleaning up in the interior since its been out for so long. Still not finished, few things left to clean up in the interior. Need to install my Bride Seats as well


Installed my 3x52mm Autometer gauges in the dash speaker! They look great in my opinion and go very well with all the other interior lighting


Next on the list:
Trying to find a few more parts to put the car back on the road officially. Then I will run the motor in. Very soon, I will begin the single turbo conversion and get some serious power!

 

Update: After 4 years the car has been off the road, it is finally back! So excited!

I decided to change out the seats today to my Bride seats that have been sitting for the last 1.5 years!



Ripped out the seats and decided to clean the carpet! Finally got the first seat in. I accidentally mixed up the rails and put them on the wrong side but fixed that!



Both seats in


I need to give the interior a good detail before I start hitting the road! Now i'm going to focus on running the motor in and getting it ready for the Single Turbo and last exterior mods etc.

 

Very nice project bud

Love the paint colour looks epic. Was it a custom mix?

Hows the availability of aftermarket stuff for the FD over in Aus?

Those bride seats are a nice touch with the white paint br keep up the good work

 

Thanks man The paint is actually taken from the Subaru STI with a slight twist to the pearl.

Parts are not too bad, depending on what you want. FD's are quite rare here so cost can be high.

 

I ordered my new tyres which arrived today!!

Nitto NT05 Semi Slick
235/40/18 x2
265/40/18 x2




Spent all day playing around with the ride height. I'm so over seeing my suspension! Went for the test drive to ensure there was no rubbing... here is a quick pic...

 

lower the front a bit, looks good tho! nice work

 

Yeah i'm thinking I may but the photos make it look higher than it is.... its 3 fingers gap between the tyre and guard.

 

Wow, your build up looks great! Respect to all that work.

Where did you buy your Carbon Fibre parts?

I just bought my 3rd FD3S last week from Japan and it is pretty much JDM but I want to add many carbon fibre parts to it. Maybe you can help me with that...

 

Makes me want to Hydro dip my interior pieces. consider hydro dipping the shell of your seats to match the trim pieces? the color and wheel choices are great!

 

We have a local guy who builds Carbon Fibre pieces for FD's.... Home - Angry Panda Factory

 

So I tackled a clunk that my FD was having at the front. Found the upper control arm on my driver side was a little loose so purchased some superpro bushes and installed them. Took the car for a test drive and took some pics. While changing the bushes, I adjusted the height of the front slightly... thinking I may need to lower the back a little more too... just don't want to go too low and get in trouble...

 

So over the weekend I decided to get my exhaust done. I had a Greddy Dump pipe with SMB mid section but a stock cat back. So took it to a local exhaust shop. Decided to go down the path of keeping the twin tip setup in 3 inch as its nice and clean in my opinion. Few hours later and this is the result... *diffuser removed*



I am very pleased with the look and sounds amazing. It is a quite loud though... i'll keep it as it is for the time being... here are 2 quick videos of the sound... I currently have a 4k rev limiter as I am still running in my motor...

Incar
http://vid257.photobucket.com/albums...ps0e1lbh63.mp4

Outside:
http://vid257.photobucket.com/albums...psgfdcde1p.mp4

 

Car is looking great!

 

Until the engine is run in getting ready for some big power, I am sorting out some of the smaller things...

Purchased some new Wheel nuts in red to go with the theme. Car is also getting tinted shortly...

 

Its been a while since i've posted an update.

Currently just running my in motor so I can begin my single turbo.

Few snaps driving




I finally got around to tinting my windows. Been wanting to do it for ages...


With only 300kms left on the rebuild to run the motor in, I am slowly prepping the car for the single turbo.

Ordered more final parts:
- 45mm Turbosmart Wastegate
- Turbosmart Fuel Reg
- Walbro 460lhp in tank E85 pump
- 2x 2000cc Bosch ID injectors
- Boost controller

Final thing I want to do before I start the conversion is prep the manifold and dump pipe and wrap them in head shield/wrap after I get my wastegate welded up. Hoping to start the conversion late Feb


Re-cap on engine mods and power goal
- T04z with 1.0 A/R - 20/25psi
- 3.5 dump pipe – heat wrapped
- Turbosmart 45mm Wastegate 14 psi Spring
- Turbosmart 1200 Fuel Pressure Regulator
- Walbro 460lph E85 in tank fuel pump
- Boost Controller
- 4x 2000cc Bosch ID injectors
- Proflow Primary and Secondary fuel rails with dash fittings
- PFC
- HKS Twin Power Ignition
- 3 Bar Map Sensor
- Full custom 3/3.5 inch exhaust
- Koyo Radiator
- Greddy Front Mount Intercooler
- Extreme Rotaries Pulley Kit
- E85
- ACT Clutch
- Large Extend Port
- Mt 2mm Race Seals
- Dowelled (8 extra studs)
- Balanced / Cleared
- Housing nitrated
- S5 Rotors
- New Bearings/seals etc

I'm sure there is heaps I forgot...

Power goal: 350rwkw+ on 20+psi running E85

I will keep you all posted.

Thanks,