What Has Rob Been Up To? (PICS!)

[sneakypete]

great thread man. the car looks great. i sent the pics of my exhaust. we should meet up one day and maybe we can trade exhausts.
when your done with your car, maybe you and your friend can help me paint my car... lol
-pete

 

[theKnifeArtist]

car looks clean! id like to see it up close one day......maybe one day at one of our local meets

you dont wanna see it up close just yet...
still got some work to do with the paint

one of these days ill make it to a meet, heh

 

[sneakypete]

dont feel bad... you dont want to see my car up close or from far away. paint is horrible

 

[theKnifeArtist]

Package in the Mail!

DMH 3" Electric Cutout

I bought from DMH because of their 4 year warranty.
I'm thinking its gonna go in the test pipe spot. Just gotta get some flanges on it.
This will go on as soon as i take my DDP off my old car.
..and maybe get a quieter catback:sarcasm:

 

[lolkidvr4]

car is looking great man.

 

[theKnifeArtist]

UPDATE UPDATE
It's almost been a year, i think its time for an update..
I've been pretty busy with repairing and restoring odds and ends and i've done a couple modifications as well.
I've wanted to focus on making use of the power upgrades to the car, and using the 57 trim CT to it's capacity.


Before

This how i bought the car.
It came stocked with chock full of goodies

Rebuilt 7M
HKS HG
57 trim CT
AFPR
Walbro
IC setup
exhaust
6-puck
solid motor mounts (yeah, took that garbage out)
something else i'm forgetting


It just needed a couple things to tie the whole setup together..




..and so then i got hit by truck

Yeah, was pretty pissed about that especially with the whole painting the car thing.
Insurance called it totalled..and gave me a bunch of money. That's sad really
I've been questioning where i'm going with this body, so i decided to hold on to the money from the body repairs/paint and patch it up for now..




..so on to tieing up those loose ends.



Lexus AFM, RX7 Turbo 550cc Injectors

Had them checked, flowed, and got new caps and rings. The guy said they overflowed his machine and was warning me of overfueling, but they were consistent Ill take it. Many of you probably read about this already..


SAFC2

Innovate LC-1 Wideband

Blitz SBC

Concealed Installation!

Set it and forget it. That's what i'm about, that's why it's in the glovebox.

I got rid of the RSR. Got a Raptor Racing 3" catback.

+

Exhaust Cutout

I have my HKS 3" downpipe on now. I'm going to recirculate my DDP before i install it back on the car.. as well as bore out the wastegate hole a couple MMs.

My interpretation from another thread..

sick nasty yup

Installed

Clean and almost-Stock Look. I dig it.

....

See that Q7 on my lift? Yeah, it was there for a while.
Here's me doing a shortblock. :nuts:
but that's a whole thread by itself..

i just think this is a cool picture

....

Back on track..

The cutout came with this switch. I didn't like this switch.

 

[theKnifeArtist]

I wired up a better switch.

I was going to put the new style switch in the useless coin tray next to the fog light switch but found it to be much more comfortable elsewhere.

HIDs installed in Hella Housings.

Brand New targa seals installed.

Redline for the Trans and the Rear

Studdable Snow Tires

simply amazing in the snow :icon_bigg

Snow Tires Installed

Why are they green? They were allll green, that's all i could get off before the storm hit..



So i would probably never buy a fancy flip out radio/dvd player/amp/ipod interface shebang...but you can't beat scoring one for twenty bucks:naughty:

Amp

iPod interface?! SOLD.

Got a toyota radio harness for it and mocked it up for now..

So my car ran like shit for a while and the AFRs were alll wrong.

In Diagnostic Mode

Spraying around with carb cleaner and reading the AFR..worked good.
but the smoke tester worked better..
Intake manifold gasket blown in several places.
Took care for the intake gasket another night at the shop. Runs great now


Took apart cleaned, and lubed my HKS SSQVizzle.

It works better after my service

Recirc!

Runs better, sounds different and quieter. I'd say its more intimidating now :biglaugh:

 

[theKnifeArtist]

Artsy Cluster Shots

VDO. Classic.

Fast N Furious MODE:biglaugh:

AFTER

Got my bay looking more like..well..my bay.
Still a little bit of red wiring harness tape to cover up but it's come a long way.:icon_razz
All that i need to do now is get it dyno tuned.

Then i can focus on everything else..

 

[Kevin]

nice stuff man

 

[theKnifeArtist]

hey, thanks!


:wave:

 

[empera]

good stuff rob, lots-o-progress

 

[87mk111]

Nice progress Rob, sucks to hear about the truck tho

 

[RazoE]

how'd you recirculate it? I have a recirculating tip that fits a 1" ID hose, but it won't plug into the accordian pipe. Did you get an adapter? if so, from where..?



she's looking great though, no doubt about it..!

 

[theKnifeArtist]

thanks guys!

RazoE- i have a recirculation adapter on the hks doodad.
That goes to my recirc hose which is a 1.8T coolant hose. hehe, perfect bend!. Inside diameter is just a little smaller.
That fits onto the metal cylinder in the accordian pipe port... I would rather use the one closer to the turbo, but i couldn't make the bend.
The hose is slightly larger than the port so i had to get it over the rubber and clamp it.
I would like to get a reducing adapter to make it a better fit..once i find one laying around..

 

[Sawbladz]

I'd look into rerouting that fuel line. Little too close to the alternator for my liking. Other than that its looking great.

 

[theKnifeArtist]

you mean hitting the positive post?
i have a cap on the post and theres a rubber hose around that part of the line

 

[shaeff]

Looking great, Rob! Yeah, that fuel line scared me as well.

 

[sirgeorgee]

Very nice

sorry for the crash

It is nice that you have a shop to work in --are you working there too?

Car is coming along nicely

Keep the pictures coming and congratulations ....

 

[RazoE]

thanks guys!

RazoE- i have a recirculation adapter on the hks doodad.
That goes to my recirc hose which is a 1.8T coolant hose. hehe, perfect bend!. Inside diameter is just a little smaller.
That fits onto the metal cylinder in the accordian pipe port... I would rather use the one closer to the turbo, but i couldn't make the bend.
The hose is slightly larger than the port so i had to get it over the rubber and clamp it.
I would like to get a reducing adapter to make it a better fit..once i find one laying around..

nice..! I need a 25mm to 20mm adapter (or 1"-7/8-ish for us) to fit into my accordian pipe. But the only ones I can find are plastic aquarium reducers in the UK...

 

[Mk3runner]

damn, thats some progress, nice ride.