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Old 03-07-06 | 03:55 AM
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My rx3 almost done





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i will post engine pics tomorrow
Old 03-07-06 | 04:08 PM
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Old 03-07-06 | 05:03 PM
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Man, I'm jealous now...I'm gonna have to polish all my stuff too!
Old 03-07-06 | 05:16 PM
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REAL Nice Savant!
I can't wait till mine is done... pics like those really get me motivated. Nice job! Are those stock seats? Also, can you tell me about your camber plate set up? I've been wanting to get one in my car but don't want to cut into the towers, ya know?Thanks in advance!
Old 03-07-06 | 06:34 PM
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nice job SAVANT! Hoepfully we'll see you out at some of the SO-CAL RX CLUB meets soon. The car looks great. I'm starting my RX-3 project and look forward to seeing yours in person soon!

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Old 03-07-06 | 06:38 PM
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Questions? What wheels are those, EPS? Size and offsets? Tire size? Do they rub?

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Old 03-07-06 | 06:55 PM
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So are you building the red RX3?
Old 03-07-06 | 06:56 PM
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So are you building the red RX3?
yup, taken over the project... starting with suspension soon!

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Old 03-07-06 | 07:02 PM
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Sweet! Glad it's getting some attention.

What do you have in mind for the suspension?
Old 03-07-06 | 08:09 PM
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Sweet! Glad it's getting some attention.

What do you have in mind for the suspension?
FB RX-7 upgrade.

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Questions? What wheels are those, EPS? Size and offsets? Tire size? Do they rub?

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they are eps 15x7 front 15x8 rear not sure on the offset it rubs in some driveways but not to much.... tires are 195 50 15 and 205 50 15

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Old 03-07-06 | 08:17 PM
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they are eps 15x7 front 15x8 rear not sure on the offset it rubs in some driveways but not to much.... tires are 195 50 15 and 205 50 15
Thanks, the car looks clean!

Where you at in L.A.?

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Old 03-07-06 | 08:27 PM
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Thanks, the car looks clean!

Where you at in L.A.?

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Im from da hood but im living in north la/south pasadena....Did you see the other 3 i got for sale?
Old 03-07-06 | 08:54 PM
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Great looking car! Real nice job.
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FB RX-7 upgrade.

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You do realize that no RX3 has ever won an SCCA autocross championship with that setup, don't you?

Old 03-08-06 | 02:50 PM
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Nice car! I really like the position of the turbo. I would imagine that you had to make your own turbo manifold. Or is it something that you can buy and make work? What about the intake manifold? Is that an FD setup? What throttle body is that? I ony hope that my next project looks half that cool .
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You do realize that no RX3 has ever won an SCCA autocross championship with that setup, don't you?

do realize that's because it probably wasn't legal to do so!! Just bescause no RX-3 has won a championship with a turbo, doesn't mean it's not good!

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Old 03-09-06 | 11:54 AM
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lol, just givin' you a hard time buddy
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Originally Posted by xrotaryguy
Nice car! I really like the position of the turbo. I would imagine that you had to make your own turbo manifold. Or is it something that you can buy and make work? What about the intake manifold? Is that an FD setup? What throttle body is that? I ony hope that my next project looks half that cool .
I had to have the turbo manifold custom made the intake is from a 91 tt and i used 93 housings and all upgraded internals seals,rotors,ect......thanks for the compliments......
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Need bigger pics.
Old 03-09-06 | 12:58 PM
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Very nice! Makes me wish I still had (and had finished) my RX3 autocrossers...
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Old 03-09-06 | 01:22 PM
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Man That Looks Really Nice
Old 03-09-06 | 11:54 PM
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Nice work great job....Looks like your done, what else you gotta do to it?....Now I really need to get a move on my turbo projcet. Can you post some pictures of your gauge works? I need some idea on where to my the gauges.
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Pretty Impressive...... Congratulations!.... Would like to see those pics larger....



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