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could you stop ripping on this guy - does it truly brother you how someone literally across the globe choses to modify his car?

He obviously wishes to make a replica in his own way, so... that's his choice

Thanks I dunno why he does, I've already stated in my first post its not a 100% replica, and he lists stuff that I obviously know i need to do... lol.

I was only questioning why you were working on the stickers before you did the bodywork.

How do you modify your car?

with jdm power obviously

Because there is a guy on a local 240sx forum that does decals and stickers, He posted up a thread about it, I PM'ed him a link to some pictures, took 5 minutes to take rough measurements, and picked them up from him the next day. It was easier for me to get it done now then worry about it later. All I have to do for painting the sides is just tape everything off anyways, so when I get to that it wont really be a big deal. Other body parts will come eventually when I can source them, which is alot harder than getting stickers lol.

Only what needs to be modded...I spend most of my car money on track days.

Installed my stance coilovers last week. Car is a bit stiff but way better than the dead stockers

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Looking good! Crazy to see how fast you are changing it. A good before and after picture would be cool. What's next on your list?

Thanks Trance I think whenever I do the 5 lug swap and get new wheels then I'll do a before and after. Mostly I'd like to find a 5 lug parts car so I can start redoing all the suspension then swap it over. I have most of the bushings and stuff already. I also would like to redo all the cooling stuff, Koyo rad and new hoses etc.

i would just hit up a junkyard or two, fc's are still prevalent in junkyards, and GXL"s have TII brakes on them already

We dont get too many here in oklahoma in the junkyards, and the ones at the yard are usually picked apart by the time I hear of them. Oh well a parts car will fall into my life one day, just gotta be patient.


And my mom bought a brz the other night I'm jealous lol.

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This post has been edited by celbii on Feb 21 2014, 08:21 PM

Heres my big update to my build:
Bought a new FC from texas

This one is about 90% complete to where I wanted mine, but this will save me a ton of time and money. So I will now need to swap over a few things from my old one to this new one and then put it up for sale. Its also a little more correct for my initial D build.

Details
-GTUs Model (only 100 in 1990)
-148,xxx miles on chassis
-Less than 2,500 miles on fresh 6-port streetport by Kevin Landers of Rotary Resurrection, built Oct 2012, dyno-tuned by Chris Ott at Rotary Performance in Garland TX, to a very stout 185whp. It is more powerful than the stock Turbo 2!

Engine
-3rd gen housings
-Full 6-port streetport
-Atkins 2mm apex seals
-Stock air pump actuating auxilary ports
-Atkins 1-piece machined auxilary port inserts
-All gaskets & o-rings replaced
-OMP operational
-All silicone vac lines
-Exhaust diffusers removed
-Stock TB, solenoids, etc and all functional
-Removed AC and PS
-Mazda Competition motor mounts
-Cork Sport SS oil lines
-Aluminum thermostat neck

Exhaust
-Racing Beat header, uncollected, Jet Hot coated
-Header lightly port matched to exhaust ports
-Full, uncollected RB exhaust with presilencers
-No cats

Suspension
-Rear toe eliminators
-Adjustable rear camber link
-Suspension Technologies bushings
-RB front sway bar
-Adjustable swaybar end links
-Brand new fortune auto coilovers 6/8k with swift springs w/ extenders (spare -Tokico Illumina struts with Eibach springs in front, Genuine Re Amemiya adjustable coilovers in back)
-MazdaTrix front strut brace with torque / engine damper
-Mazdaspeed MS-01 wheels refinished with brand new Bridgestone Potenza S-04 225f 255r
-New Ventus HRII directional tires on GTUs wheels
-De-powered the ‘right’ way 17:1 ratio manual steering rack
-Current 0 toe all around, -2.0 camber in front, -2.5 in back. Awesome
-4.3 ratio rear end LSD

Cooling
-Koyo N-flow radiator May 2012
-Flex A Lite Electric fan – temp controlled

Brakes
-New rotors 2008, 20k on them
-Hawk HP+ pads with lots of life (fronts new)
-Stainless brake lines
-Front brake ducts baby!
-STRONG stoppers

Trans
-Smooth, no grinds
-Short shifter
-Fresh bushings 2010
-Center Force Dual Friction clutch (awesome)
-Stainless clutch lines
-Suspension Technologies mounts
-Racing Beat steel flywheel (awesome)

Fluids & Belts
-Oil change at 500 on new engine and every 1,000 miles, Castrol GTX 10w30 per Mazda specs and builder recommendations
-Redline oils in trans & rear end
-Belts in good shape

Electronics
- Real HID projects sakebombgarage 5k
-Apexi SAFC in glove box – dyno tuned by Rotary Performance
-Mallory HyFire 6 CDI ignition box
-Custom engine power and grounding kit
-New Odyssey Mini Gel Cell in stock location - awesome
-Stereo: Aiwa cd player, aftermarket speakers (old but functions OK)
-MSD Super Conductor plug wires
-Logicon, replaced & works but for 1 or 2 lights
-Windshield wiper switch works 100%
-Cruise control added (not included on GTUs) and works!
-Electric mirrors
-Aftermarket Gauges:
--Autometer oil press
--Autometer water temp
--PLX wideband
-Even the windshield wiper fluid system works!

Interior
-NICE INTERIOR! vents, surround, etc!

-Bride Gias 3 reps
-JDM bride seat rail
-Momo Apache wheel
-Perfect dash with cover for protection
-Manual windows
-Glove box, center console, all in good shape
-Idiot lights, clock works
-Legal “silver” tint – cool in summer
-Electric “rat trap” seatbelts, working, warrantied by Mazda for lifetime

Exterior

-LOUD compressor-driven air horn hidden inside front bumper
-Cork Sport Mazdaspeed Replica front lip
-Repainted Mazda Performance White code UK (original Arctic White) in 2007
-S5 tail lights & wing of course
-Working power antenna
-Working power mirrors
-Hatch struts work
-Gas door release, hatch release, hood release all work wel
-Door handles & locks work inside & outside
-All fresh rubber seals around doors, hatch (Seals TIGHT)
-Fresh drip rail on front doors (no rust)
-All locks, hinges, etc lubed with Lithium grease
-Aluminium hood

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This post has been edited by celbii on Sep 30 2015, 11:38 AM

Congrats on the purchase!

Just wondering why the different suspension setups for front and rear?

From what he told me it originally had KYB AGX's all the way around, but he didn't like how they rode so he switched to the Tokico Illumina setup. Then a while later he found someone on rx7club parting out a car that had been in a front end accident, but the rear suspension was still good so he got the re amemiya coilovers off of it, which ended up being a really good match to the tokico's and also let him lower it a bit in the rear since it rode pretty high before. This was basically his AutoX toy and its setup really well, only reason he got rid of it was because he bought a corvette to start playing with instead.

Lol, it's the car you should have bought to begin with...

The owner must have really needed the money.

^ Just can't stop can you?

We all work with what we have.

Sweet build buddy, keep it up!

Thanks Chilined, granted I expected the response from him lol. But thats exactly what I was doing, working with what I had. And thanks

I agree it would have been nice to start with this one, however I have a feeling if I didn't get my FC in this thread, then I would have not been as active in the community and only by chance did I see the listing to get this one, since I was looking for something for my other FC lol. So it all works out, the first one led me to this one.

He was tired of chasing vettes and being right on their tail, so he decided if you can't beat them join them. I should have taken pictures but he had a sweet c6 sitting in his garage that he had just bought last week, so he needed to get rid of his old toy

Awesome purchase! That's a really good starting point, and ready for boost when you decide to make it really accurate.

Sadly It wont be seeing any boost I plan on tracking the car and its much more reliable NA and has more then plenty of power at 185whp.

You just made me think, I haven't owned anything slower than my Jetta since mid-2007... And I don't think I could do it.

Reliability aside (which it should be on a track car), it's better to learn the car and your abilities with less power. I was just speaking for the future, years down the road. It should make sense to eventually tap the potential to its full extent.

I enjoy slow cars for some reason Granted this is one of the faster older N/A cars I've had. I DD a 07 acura tl type s and its decent for a bigger car speed wise.

But yeah you are right, who knows what the future holds

Being able to push the car closer to its limits is a great learning car. It's hard to learn from a car that will totally overwhelm. But experience is experience, end of that. I wouldn't mind a civic with a screaming B18C just to learn the dynamics of front wheel drive.

And the future always holds something The boost bug will hit you, just not yet haha

I lernt to drive in a FWD car during the winter. They can be fun cause you're never afraid to spin out, just go full lock and floor it

LOL, because that always ends well.