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04G35S 02-02-15 08:23 AM

I get so jealous when I see people that get to enjoy their RX7's all year! Screw winter!

lukes 02-15-15 03:56 AM

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Good evening out today to get the groceries ..

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Patiently waiting for my Mazdaspeed drysump kit from 1FAASTFD3S to turn up ! Excited !

lukes 02-19-15 03:39 PM

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Picked up this awesome Radium AST.

Thinking about placement .

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lukes 02-22-15 12:13 PM

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I Head out to the Nz Rotary Summer Nationals, a drag racing event for rotaries only held at Framautolite drag way Meremere. This was the first time id taken the car to an event !

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A quick wash before driving out to it to the strip, found a decent park next to a Gunmetal Rx3 with very similar paint job!

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Was a good day, watched an Rx3 turbo and Rx2 20b PP do really low 11's all day then finally the both ran identical times 10.90 , crowd was pleased.

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haltechguy 02-25-15 02:45 PM

Your car looks good. So does thast ast! Any 1/4mile times?
I'm assuming it's all sorted out now. Did you try another tuner?

lukes 02-26-15 12:26 PM


Originally Posted by haltechguy (Post 11876147)
Your car looks good. So does thast ast! Any 1/4mile times?
I'm assuming it's all sorted out now. Did you try another tuner?

Thanks dude ! the car got a lot of attention.

I didn't race unfortunately, the car is still not 100 %. blow off valve doesn't dump and the whistle is still there. Also the clutch master cylinders somewhere have gone & the clutch pedal likes to stick to the firewall.

Been waiting for two weeks for my shop to order a new turbo smart bov, but are always busy. So yeah I just Putt around in it slowly looking good.

haltechguy 02-26-15 06:33 PM

Awesome. Have you tried ppre? Have heard thru Haltech there the best rotary tuner in your part of the world.

j9fd3s 03-01-15 01:44 PM

i'm in for the HKS intercooler! when you get all the other bits sorted its going to be a really nice car

BTW, years and years ago my friend had an RE-Amemyia clutch and it made a whistle too. his car went WOOOO wOOOOOO. i think its because the thing is symmetrically sided.

lukes 03-01-15 07:10 PM


Originally Posted by haltechguy (Post 11876788)
Awesome. Have you tried ppre? Have heard thru Haltech there the best rotary tuner in your part of the world.

They built the original car and the 20bpp, I considered it all the way to the point of getting quotes for tow trucks. But its about 7hours from me and I would have liked to visit it to keep an eye on progress so I took it to someone in my city ... I may take it to them for the final tune.

lukes 03-01-15 07:12 PM


Originally Posted by j9fd3s (Post 11878011)
i'm in for the HKS intercooler! when you get all the other bits sorted its going to be a really nice car

BTW, years and years ago my friend had an RE-Amemyia clutch and it made a whistle too. his car went WOOOO wOOOOOO. i think its because the thing is symmetrically sided.

Thanks Dude,

wow the clutch made that sound? that's really good to know because multiple shops are at their wits end trying to find it ! thanks for the heads up. although even if it was .... how could you fix that?

lukes 03-03-15 02:33 PM

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Did a quick google ! And wow these clutches make this noise because of all the holes ?

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The videos are identical to my noise , personally I hate the noise ...

https://www.rx7club.com/single-turbo...evving-842017/

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...estions-24604/

After spending a lot money rebuilding this clutch with carbon Kevlar plates im not sure what I can do now tho haha

Andre The Giant 03-03-15 03:48 PM

I think you should be able to confirm if that's causing the sound by temporarily taping over all the holes.
Personally, I think it has to do with some passage in the irons being blocked off. I know you're using the aftermarket LIM. But there are passages for the egr gas and for the air injection into the exhaust port. I was using a shop air blower to clean my irons 2 weeks ago, and heard the exact type of noise. Changing the angle and air speed made the pitch of the sound change also. I thought of your thread as soon as I heard it but forgot to post here.
That sound would drive me crazy

j9fd3s 03-03-15 04:10 PM


Originally Posted by lukes (Post 11878154)
Thanks Dude,

wow the clutch made that sound? that's really good to know because multiple shops are at their wits end trying to find it ! thanks for the heads up. although even if it was .... how could you fix that?

it definitely isn't a normal noise you'd hear in a car...

lukes 03-04-15 01:20 PM

Would it be possible to cut off the outside edge with the holes in it and re weld a toothed section without?

Andre The Giant 03-04-15 01:25 PM

Possible for sure. But financially feasible? Probably not. If you tape over the holes and confirm it is causing the sound, then maybe you could find some high temp tape or vinyl that would not melt from the heat. Have it cut to the exact shape by a sign shop and stick it on.

http://m.acehardware.com//product/in...ductId=1273881

Maybe some aluminum tape like this^ ?
And make a jig or die to cut all the circles out the same?

lukes 03-09-15 03:22 PM

My Project took quite a big hit recently, to the tune of $4300 !

1FAASTFD3S ripped me off a Mazdaspeed dry sump kit.

Read About it here.

https://www.rx7club.com/bad-fugly-me.../#post11882045

Rotate86 03-09-15 03:33 PM

Bro that is super stink. I hope you get to bottom of this.was the payment made through PayPal? Or direct into his account from your nz bank?Maybe they can look into it.youd think dealing with another forum member everything would be legit.

lukes 03-10-15 01:48 PM


Originally Posted by zebbi (Post 11882104)
Bro that is super stink. I hope you get to bottom of this.was the payment made through PayPal? Or direct into his account from your nz bank?Maybe they can look into it.youd think dealing with another forum member everything would be legit.

Yeah Dude, feeling the burn pretty hard.

It was paid thru bank transfer after he refused to use Paypal. (That is my mistake there, I should of used PayPal)
Calling the Bank customer service desk I was told to go into a branch.
When I went into the branch I was told there was absolutely nothing that could be done as it wasn't a business and the conditions of the bank wire were non refundable.
It also came with a lesson from the Bank teller why I shouldn't do it again lol

lukes 03-15-15 10:17 PM

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New Turbosmart race Bov ,

Looks nice , sounds good too ...

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lukes 03-19-15 01:46 PM

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Replaced some silicone and rubber lines today with some beefy hoses.

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And replaced the plastic T sections with brass pieces, dunno what kind of workshop would install these :scratch:

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Re-located the Boost solenoid.

Re-located its wiring off the turbo oil feed to down behind the water pump, looks much cleaner.

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Neatly hidden under the air filter.

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Rotate86 03-19-15 01:57 PM

Cool.always good working through the little things.will get a pic of the air lines I use but I have been moving away from silicone vacuum Lines to nylon tubing and push to lock fittings.not quite as flexible as silicone but do look great and super fast and fuctional for removal.

hows things progressing with getting the money back?we're you going to be building a race engine, for the need of a drysump setup?

96fd3s 03-23-15 07:07 PM

Hey man, did you drive down Bucklands Beach road yesterday afternoon at maybe 5pm or something?

lukes 03-24-15 01:23 PM


Originally Posted by zebbi (Post 11887409)
Cool.always good working through the little things.will get a pic of the air lines I use but I have been moving away from silicone vacuum Lines to nylon tubing and push to lock fittings.not quite as flexible as silicone but do look great and super fast and fuctional for removal.

hows things progressing with getting the money back?we're you going to be building a race engine, for the need of a drysump setup?

Nylon and pushlocks would be nice!

The dry sump situation is progressing, there is no real racing need for the Dry sump haha, ideally this engine would chop and change into my drift car if I ever got around to making the engine bays identical and compatible.


Originally Posted by 96fd3s (Post 11889677)
Hey man, did you drive down Bucklands Beach road yesterday afternoon at maybe 5pm or something?

Hi , no this car has never been out east. Did you see something awesome?

96fd3s 03-24-15 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by lukes (Post 11890056)

Hi , no this car has never been out east. Did you see something awesome?

Sort of lol. I just heard/saw a dark grey batty, similar colour to yours going past that sounded sweet. Had a really cool sounding BOV.

lukes 03-24-15 04:02 PM


Originally Posted by 96fd3s (Post 11890147)
Sort of lol. I just heard/saw a dark grey batty, similar colour to yours going past that sounded sweet. Had a really cool sounding BOV.

Sorry man wasn't me ! Maybe see Ya around !


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