New weight saving/performance project started... - Page 2

rick2 · 08-15-2007, 03:27 AM

Well... the fancy test pipe will never get installed now... We won a Racingbeat header on an ebay auction, and it has the proper tube to activate the ports built in... so we're just gonna bend up another bare testpipe so that we don't have the loss from the weld spots of closing up the 2 holes now...

SteveO · 08-15-2007, 11:52 PM

At first I was thinking, won!!! you lucky... well we won't go into your lucky streak, but then saw ebay and I was like ahhhhh

Good stuff though, makes it much easier for ya.

Post up all you FTD's

KevinRX7 · 08-16-2007, 06:32 PM

Sweet deal Rick.. it must be coming together nice now!

Supersonic · 08-16-2007, 11:26 PM

Cool Beans Rick!

rick2 · 08-24-2007, 07:14 PM

Got the header, and it didn't have the 5+6 port tube, so we modded it to look just like the RB roadrace header, and made a quick straight pipe to connect it to the "y". Much louder w/all 3 cats deleted, even w/the stock mufflers.

A little "raspy" tho... after we delete the stock mufflers, and convert it to one lightweight muffler, we might add a resonator to the testpipe to get it to sound right.

http://www.rick2.net/imagegallery/ma...?g2_itemId=648

first time we fired it up:

making sure the 5+6 ports work:

still gotta delete the smog pump, as now its just dead weight...

AZNPWR · 08-25-2007, 12:12 PM

DUDE! that sounds awesome!!!

That's some great work

RageRX7 · 08-25-2007, 03:25 PM

Ya sounds good. It's a little raspy but you should be able to get that out with a small mod.

Hows the power?

rick2 · 08-25-2007, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RageRX7

Ya sounds good. It's a little raspy but you should be able to get that out with a small mod.

Hows the power?

didn't get to drive it yet... (when we finished it up and bundled it all back together, it was after 11:30pm... figured the new noise wouldn't make neighbors happy, ehe...)

tho today we're loading her up and going out tot he last night autocross for the LV region... I'll let you know what I think

KevinRX7 · 08-26-2007, 01:34 PM

Right on. Best of luck Rick!

Supersonic · 08-26-2007, 06:19 PM

I'm expecting video

Good luck Rick, hope it's working for ya!

KevinRX7 · 09-01-2007, 01:07 PM

So how did it run Rick?

rick2 · 09-01-2007, 05:56 PM

Well, we forgot the camera mount at the shop, so no video.. sorry

Certainly felt like it had a lot more power, seemed to rev faster, and was a lot easier to steer witht he throttle, but our normal competition didn't show, so I dunno if we got any faster for sure... that and we had almost record turnout to the event, so we only got 4 runs instead of our normal 8+

about a month till the next regional event (sept 29) so we've got some time to make more improvements.

Supersonic · 09-02-2007, 12:22 PM

4 runs? wow.. I've never seen an auto-x that big. Least amount I've ever had was 7!

Great that it looks like it's working though, little time to refine it some more for an ass kickin in sept

KevinRX7 · 09-06-2007, 11:30 AM

Good stuff Rick.. too bad you couldn't really compare it.

Don't worry about the camera, at least you just forgot it, you know how many times I go to the trouble of setting it up to find I took close ups of my windsheild wipers?

FCROTARY · 09-06-2007, 09:44 PM

Rick, all told how much weight do you figure out go out of the car so far? how much more to go?

rick2 · 09-06-2007, 10:24 PM

havent had a chance to weigh it yet since the exhaust project, last time we had it on the scales we were just under 2600lbs... if i were to guess, i'd say we're down another 100 lbs since. I think we might be able to find another 100lbs or so, as well

rick2 · 09-21-2007, 04:12 AM

Well, we added some weight tonight...

in the form of big ass oversized Racingbeat sway bars

Also upgraded to some hawk HPS brake pads, and added the oem spoiler.

didn't bother to take pics of the sways, as you can't see 'em on the car, and the install was simple. but DANG... the car is sooo much more flat now... we went and goofed off on some backrpads for a little... car turns so much better... feels so much flatter... way less throttle oversteer, too... car feels firmly planted. So much so, the seats we stole out of the GXL feel inadequate now...

Now we're torn on our next upgrade... it will either be the solid heim endlinks to finish the suspension, or finish our exhaust by replacing the "y-pipe" and dual exhausts with a single pipe and lightweight muffler, or real racing seats... or maybe some lightweight wheels and r-comp tires, since the azenis seem to be the bottleneck for grip now...

but, we've got a busy 3 weeks of racing to make up our minds.... next weekend is autocross on the flightline at nellis AFB (last event at that location, the course was over 2 miles long, and it had so much grip it was like driving on sandpaper!), the next week is a regular autocross out on the asphault lot at primm, and then the weekend after uis the evo school (just recenty found out my registration was accepted... yay!)

Supersonic · 09-21-2007, 06:19 PM

Proper sways make a huge difference. Funny that you couldn't find an auto-x a couple months ago, now you got 3 in a row

08-15-2007, 03:27 AM	#21 (permalink)
rick2 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 243	Well... the fancy test pipe will never get installed now... We won a Racingbeat header on an ebay auction, and it has the proper tube to activate the ports built in... so we're just gonna bend up another bare testpipe so that we don't have the loss from the weld spots of closing up the 2 holes now... __________________ '87 Blue RX-7 Coupe - the race car '99 Green MX-5 Roadster - my daily '77 RX-3 SP - the project car

08-15-2007, 11:52 PM	#22 (permalink)
SteveO Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 92	At first I was thinking, won!!! you lucky... well we won't go into your lucky streak, but then saw ebay and I was like ahhhhh Good stuff though, makes it much easier for ya. Post up all you FTD's __________________ 94 RX7..no seats

08-24-2007, 07:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
rick2 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 243	Got the header, and it didn't have the 5+6 port tube, so we modded it to look just like the RB roadrace header, and made a quick straight pipe to connect it to the "y". Much louder w/all 3 cats deleted, even w/the stock mufflers. A little "raspy" tho... after we delete the stock mufflers, and convert it to one lightweight muffler, we might add a resonator to the testpipe to get it to sound right. http://www.rick2.net/imagegallery/ma...?g2_itemId=648 first time we fired it up: making sure the 5+6 ports work: still gotta delete the smog pump, as now its just dead weight... __________________ '87 Blue RX-7 Coupe - the race car '99 Green MX-5 Roadster - my daily '77 RX-3 SP - the project car

09-01-2007, 05:56 PM	#32 (permalink)
rick2 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 243	Well, we forgot the camera mount at the shop, so no video.. sorry Certainly felt like it had a lot more power, seemed to rev faster, and was a lot easier to steer witht he throttle, but our normal competition didn't show, so I dunno if we got any faster for sure... that and we had almost record turnout to the event, so we only got 4 runs instead of our normal 8+ about a month till the next regional event (sept 29) so we've got some time to make more improvements. __________________ '87 Blue RX-7 Coupe - the race car '99 Green MX-5 Roadster - my daily '77 RX-3 SP - the project car

09-06-2007, 10:24 PM	#36 (permalink)
rick2 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 243	havent had a chance to weigh it yet since the exhaust project, last time we had it on the scales we were just under 2600lbs... if i were to guess, i'd say we're down another 100 lbs since. I think we might be able to find another 100lbs or so, as well __________________ '87 Blue RX-7 Coupe - the race car '99 Green MX-5 Roadster - my daily '77 RX-3 SP - the project car

08-16-2007, 06:32 PM	#23 (permalink)
KevinRX7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 132	Sweet deal Rick.. it must be coming together nice now!

08-16-2007, 11:26 PM	#24 (permalink)
Supersonic Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 345	Cool Beans Rick!

08-25-2007, 12:12 PM	#26 (permalink)
AZNPWR Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 52	DUDE! that sounds awesome!!! That's some great work

08-25-2007, 03:25 PM	#27 (permalink)
RageRX7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 164	Ya sounds good. It's a little raspy but you should be able to get that out with a small mod. Hows the power?

08-26-2007, 01:34 PM	#29 (permalink)
KevinRX7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 132	Right on. Best of luck Rick!

08-26-2007, 06:19 PM	#30 (permalink)
Supersonic Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 345	I'm expecting video Good luck Rick, hope it's working for ya!

09-01-2007, 01:07 PM	#31 (permalink)
KevinRX7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 132	So how did it run Rick?

09-02-2007, 12:22 PM	#33 (permalink)
Supersonic Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 345	4 runs? wow.. I've never seen an auto-x that big. Least amount I've ever had was 7! Great that it looks like it's working though, little time to refine it some more for an ass kickin in sept

09-06-2007, 11:30 AM	#34 (permalink)
KevinRX7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 132	Good stuff Rick.. too bad you couldn't really compare it. Don't worry about the camera, at least you just forgot it, you know how many times I go to the trouble of setting it up to find I took close ups of my windsheild wipers?

09-06-2007, 09:44 PM	#35 (permalink)
FCROTARY Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 37	Rick, all told how much weight do you figure out go out of the car so far? how much more to go?

09-21-2007, 04:12 AM	#37 (permalink)
rick2 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 243	Well, we added some weight tonight... in the form of big ass oversized Racingbeat sway bars Also upgraded to some hawk HPS brake pads, and added the oem spoiler. didn't bother to take pics of the sways, as you can't see 'em on the car, and the install was simple. but DANG... the car is sooo much more flat now... we went and goofed off on some backrpads for a little... car turns so much better... feels so much flatter... way less throttle oversteer, too... car feels firmly planted. So much so, the seats we stole out of the GXL feel inadequate now... Now we're torn on our next upgrade... it will either be the solid heim endlinks to finish the suspension, or finish our exhaust by replacing the "y-pipe" and dual exhausts with a single pipe and lightweight muffler, or real racing seats... or maybe some lightweight wheels and r-comp tires, since the azenis seem to be the bottleneck for grip now... but, we've got a busy 3 weeks of racing to make up our minds.... next weekend is autocross on the flightline at nellis AFB (last event at that location, the course was over 2 miles long, and it had so much grip it was like driving on sandpaper!), the next week is a regular autocross out on the asphault lot at primm, and then the weekend after uis the evo school (just recenty found out my registration was accepted... yay!) __________________ '87 Blue RX-7 Coupe - the race car '99 Green MX-5 Roadster - my daily '77 RX-3 SP - the project car

09-21-2007, 06:19 PM	#38 (permalink)
Supersonic Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 345	Proper sways make a huge difference. Funny that you couldn't find an auto-x a couple months ago, now you got 3 in a row

09-22-2007, 05:19 PM	#39 (permalink)
rick2 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 243