RespecGarage FD3S
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RespecGarage FD3S
So today I tried to get my KA24de in the 240, but im missing a passenger side motor mount....AAAHHHHHH! So I said fuck the 240 and started working on the 7 after sitting for a whole year. I got the motor out of the car and tore it apart. This is my first rotary rebuild and i feel 100% confident on the rebuild. Its already 10x easier than rebuilding an SR...lol . Tomorrow i will clean it and fix the port job I got from a local rx7 builder. I was a little suspec on what kind of porting i got. The inside of the ports look good, but the shape of the large street port looks iffy. i will be fixing this in the next few days. I already ordered RA super 3mm apex seals and pineapple racing heavy duty gasket set. After the initial tear down we suspected to had warped seals after a long session on the dyno at PFsupercars. The car sounded like it lost compression, but it still made 421hp @ 16psi. Well that wasnt the case. One of the apex seals actually broke at the corner and it didnt tear the engine to pieces. I drove it like that for a good month and 2 events.....What a dummy!!!
the first session at PF. This dyno session left the engine with warpped apex seals, but I still drove it for about 4 months.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ballinnm.../5/q6tNKhM3iyA
This was after the second rebuild with low compression and a suspec apex seal failure:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ballinnm.../4/D2BifQDA_7M
Second time ever drifting this 420hp horse with no powersteering, a t78, and lack of skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMiE2...eature=related
Loading pictures on flickr of the build.............
the first session at PF. This dyno session left the engine with warpped apex seals, but I still drove it for about 4 months.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ballinnm.../5/q6tNKhM3iyA
This was after the second rebuild with low compression and a suspec apex seal failure:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ballinnm.../4/D2BifQDA_7M
Second time ever drifting this 420hp horse with no powersteering, a t78, and lack of skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMiE2...eature=related
Loading pictures on flickr of the build.............
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Re: RespecGarage FD3S
All I read was:
apex seals
warped apex seals
lost compression
warped apex seals
suspected apex seal failure
www.youtube...
apex seals
warped apex seals
lost compression
warped apex seals
suspected apex seal failure
www.youtube...
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Re: RespecGarage FD3S
what it looks like after a year sitting.
421hp out of a 1.3l...lol
A little heat to get the 54mm nut lose.
Rotary porn about to happen
streetport looks a little suspec
The culprit.....apex seal is broken and it didnt crumble into a million pieces.
And there you go. Took a rotary apart in less than a day.
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its a pretty simple engine. It only has 3 moving parts and its put together with rubber seals. High heat will kill these engine 95% of the time.
This will be my competition car for 2010.
the next couple of weeks you will see a cage go in, maybe a wide body, paint, and dope wheels.
This will be my competition car for 2010.
the next couple of weeks you will see a cage go in, maybe a wide body, paint, and dope wheels.
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I am glad you're doing the FD again Danny!
I am surprised at how easy the LS1 is to take apart and put back together. I am excited for you to work on that too, haha!
I am surprised at how easy the LS1 is to take apart and put back together. I am excited for you to work on that too, haha!
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Lots of air being pushed in.