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12/28/11-1/19/12: battery relocation project
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10-09-2018, 01:09 AM
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3/7/11 - M2 intake & XSPower SMIC
I decided to do some work with the engine bay with air flow and the coolant system. I decided on an M2 intake, which took a while to hunt down. Didn't take too long to find the CF one from another member. The good thing about rare parts is that someone is always holding on to it and might be willing to sell to fund their new projects.
Then I also got an XSPower SMIC from a friend in Austin. He spent a good deal of time grinding away the XSPower logo and polished it up. Looks pretty close to an M2 SMIC to an untrained eye.
The oem SMIC looks like it does very little cooling if anything.
The only downside is that I didn't realize I needed the Greddy elbow to make this kit work so car was going to be down for a little while til I could make it work.
Actually if I didn't have the M2 intake box it would have fit fine because I could have shifted it over to fit the smaller connection that was meant for the stock elbow. I should have done more research in the end because I ran into overall fitment issues. My RZ bar wouldn't clear the hot side pipe. I didn't have a proper place to mount my AST anymore after installing this SMIC either. It's not surprising that I used to rush into things before researching. Now a days though I might spend too much time reading and making spreadsheets on information before deciding on anything.
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10-09-2018, 01:48 AM
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3/28/12 - Koyo radiator / Tri-Point AST
Decided on the regular flow Koyo radiator. Looked so shiny and new that I almost felt bad installing it into my dirty engine bay. I also went ahead and bought brand new OEM radiator hoses from Ray Crowe.
This was a time that I wasn't picture heavy and I lost some of my back ups too. The cool thing about the replacement radiator hose clamps were that they came with these red metal ties that you just pull off and they clamp into place. So cool...lol
I bought an aluminum air separation tank from Tri-Point Engineering to replace the stock plastic AST. They don't make anything now a days but I used to like what FD parts they offered at the time. I never understood the shape of the stock AST being square, seemed like the coolant wouldn't swirl properly to get rid of air in the cooling system. It'd be cool to add something like this to the 4Runner but we don't have any issues with cooling plus a lot of RX7 owners end up deleting this. If you can properly flush your cooling system, you should never have any air bubbles in the first place.
I also met up with a local forum member to talk about the process for restoring the AC system. He had a pretty cool rotary engined pickup truck with TE37x wheels. He recommended on getting a full MANA set of lines, just in case the ones I had were bad, an extra condenser, new compressor, new expansion valve, and rig up a new drier. The new drier was to replace the MANA drier, which was a pain to find a replacement for. For FDs, there was the MANA (port installed) and a JDM (factory installed) AC setup. Differences were very small but mainly the drier for the JDM setup is very easy to find, while the drier for the MANA setup is pretty much impossible. I guess this is partly the reason why most people just ditch the AC setup altogether. The other reason would be racecar...
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10-09-2018, 05:42 AM
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2011 May photoshoots
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10-09-2018, 06:24 AM
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6/3/12 - paint correction and 99 lip remount
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10-09-2018, 07:11 AM
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6/21/12 - Banzai differential brace
I was still getting some wheel hop, even though I'm only on stock hp and have already installed my new rear end pillowball and poly bushings. I went hunting for a differential brace on the classifieds.
The PPF nuts were seized, so the studs just came out with the nuts when I tried to loosen them.
Nothing huge to note, except I was still getting some slight wheel hop so the search for an answer continues. I can tell the rear end has firmed up some or maybe its just a placebo effect. My differential bushings are delrin bushings so I'm sure its not that. I'll have to bring down the differential just to make sure though. I would rather have the new HPP 2 in 1 cradle, but there's still a wait list for that one as well.
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10-11-2018, 01:31 PM
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7/4/12 - AC refurbishment part 1
All the parts for the AC refurbishment came in and I went over to another forums member garage to get started on dismantling the AC plumbing.
These are a mix of the lines I bought online from Fritz and the lines from my car. One of the lines was weirdly bent. Might have been for an non-stock intercooler setup
I had returned the SMIC back to stock so I could get at the AC without messing with the nicer couplings from the upgraded SMIC.
This is why cabin air filters are part of newer cars.
This was the old expansion valve. This is pretty much it for the disassembly portion. Chunked the deuce on most of the stock lines and some of the new lines. The next day is going to be spent on cleaning the lines for installation.
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10-11-2018, 01:50 PM
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7/5/12 - AC refurbishment part 2
Started off the day cleaning the lines with this AC cleaning spray I bought from the autoparts store.
Prior to the AC refurbishment, I bought a new medium SMIC setup to replace the XSPower setup. Check out that new SMIC duct. Seems like it'll be efficient.
Here's the new compressor. It's actually the compressor off of a 93-95 Toyota Corolla. $130 off eBay vs spending $300-400 on an actual RX7 compressor.
The drier was a retrofit of the stock RX7 lines and lines off of a 1st gen Tacoma. It turn's out the 1st gen Tacoma / 3rd gen 4Runner uses the Denso drier instead of the MANA type. I had a local shop weld the aluminum lines. Turned out great.
Found some real R12 off craigslist. Held decent pressure. It wasn't perfect and we found out that the schrader valve was bad. Too bad it was after we filled up the system so that'll have to be dealt with later on after I finish my plans with the engine.
Spent roughly 20 hours refurbishing the system overall. AC works but it only gets super cool while at freeway speeds. Coolant temperature creeps while sitting in traffic or in the city. At least I can leave town with the car if I need to take it anywhere. However, now a days, if needed I can use my 4Runner to tow it with me for track days or if I need to go up to Rotary Performance in Garland.
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10-11-2018, 11:34 PM
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7/28/12 - M2 medium SMIC installed
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10-13-2018, 08:54 PM
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8/14/12 - Stance XR install part 1
The rear coilover installation went fine..
Went ahead and replaced some of the old suspension bolts while I was at it.
It'll be nice to have proper suspension dampening again. Front bushings on the tokico shocks are known to wear out so hammering a seized bushing does nothing except just make it jiggle in place. This is where a BFG would have been useful but I didn't have one back when I was staying at the apartment. I didn't have access to a power saw so I'll be using a hack saw to get it but that won't happen for a few months.
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10-13-2018, 09:22 PM
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4/10/13 - Stance XR install part 2
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10-18-2018, 01:36 AM
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12/5/13 - minor update
Not many updates left before we catch up with the present. Ticked over 90k back in 8/23/13.
Then I moved out of my apartment back in November 2013, so I had to arrange to leave my car at my friend's house for long term storage.
Bought a few supplies (12/5/13) to get the brakes ready for track weekend in December of 2013.
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10-18-2018, 02:10 AM
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12/8/13 - front brake job
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12/9/13 - rear brakes day 1
The rear brakes were a bit of an ordeal. The passenger side gave me some hell taking 2 days to finish the job.
Check out that crusty goodness.
Ended up snapping the passenger side bolt that holds the caliper in place as well.
To end the day, I couldn't get the piston all the way in with long needle nose pliers. Must be some kind of seizure of the piston going on. All I know is, I spent 4 hours going no where and the sun was already going down. Good thing I wasn't in my old apartment parking garage.
The work on the driver side on the other hand went fine. I should always know that things won't ever go smoothly on this car.
In retrospect, I could have probably left the rears alone since I needed the car up and running for the track day. These setbacks almost cost me my track weekend.
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10-18-2018, 02:51 AM
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12/10/13 - rear brakes day 2
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