Ahoy their chums,
It’s been a little while since i gave the bizzleblog anything fresh – the bottom line for this is simple. In two weeks (pretty much to the day) i’ll be tieing the knot with my long suffering “other half” overseas and she’s commandeered every penny that i own to pay for an expensive overseas wedding.
Bizzle Tip for the day: “Don’t fucking get married – it’s more expensive than you can imagine”
I was having this conversation with young Mr Flappy Hands (Phil “FlikstRR” Maclachlan – check out his new PS13b project) the other day over MSN, when i realised that my new engine for the R34 actually magically transformed it’s self into a lavish wedding breakfast. Anyway… enough about that.
With the Bizzleblog S13 requiring some final finishing touches (more about that in later articles) and me getting sick of the sight of the R34 4 door stuck on axle stands with a wedding breakfast for an engine and a champagne toast for a turbo – so i put it up for sale (or preferably swap) with something that i could jump in and drive pretty quickly.
The next morning i got a PM on Driftworks by a nice chap who owned an RX7 FD3s that was in his words “95% finished” and he was interested in swapping it with me for the rolling R34 shell. After a lot of back and forth, we did a deal that worked for both of us. The only problem was, i had to get the R34 on 4 wheels and rolling before i could put it on a trailer!
Need wheels....
The second problem was that i had used the R34 as a bit of a Christmas Tree for the past couple of months and pinched loads of bits off her for various other endeavors. So a trip up to see my old friend Mr Smith at Garage D was in order. I hadn’t been up there in a while and the rumor was that you need to make an “appointment” these days. So a quick phone call to Eoin, who looks after all parts sales for Garage D and i arranged a time to pop up and see them.
If you have never had a reason to go visit their workshop in Watford, go buy something just for the experience. You’ll struggle to find a larger concentration of “tite as fuck” skyline’s and parts anywhere else in the UK. I have known Julian since he used to work out of a small workshop on the other side of Imperial Way – to this date, i have never been to him and asked for a part he didn’t have sitting on the shelf (and im talking about some proper obscure stuff too)
With the parts kindly passed over to me by Eoin and some dosh exchanged, i was on my way back to home plate with all the bits i needed to get the car rolling and onto the trailer.
All that was left was a quick Sunday afternoon dash down to Bristol to exchange the cars and bring the FD back to the fort.
And here she is…
So far the spec of the car is:
1993 RX-7 FD3s 2+2
Street ported engine built by RX Motors containing:
- Street port
- New standard apex seals etc
- Polished Plenum & Throttle Body
- GReddy Pulley Kit.
GReddy turbo kit containing:
- GReddy Air Filter
- GReddy Turbo Elbow.
- GReddy Downpipe.
- GReddy Exhaust Manifold.
- GReddy External Waste gate.
- GReddy Screamer Pipe.
- GReddy TD06 SH25G Turbo.
- GReddy Turbo Heat shield.
Additional Engine Ancillaries:
- 1600c Injectors (secondary)
- Primary injectors 550cc
- GReddy FMIC
- Secondary Fuel Rail Kit
- Apexi Power FC ECU and commander
- Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator
- HKS Exhaust & Decat
- Bosch Fuel Pump 044
I also got A LOAD of very cool bolt on bits to go with her. The front bumper (and the rest of the kit) is genuine Shine Auto Project (Burnout kit)
There are a number of things that need doing to the car, she’s currently got no boost controller or fuel map and the exhaust system seems to have had proper gaskets substituted for exhaust paste (retards) The engine has only just been fitted after being “run in” in a different vehicle which make an unfortunate contact with a concrete lamp-post. The sump also has a slight leak and the paint work is in need of some serious work to tie the whole car together.
Luckily, she’s currently sat up with the chaps at CarBody Banbury who are going to work there magic with her.
I’ll keep you updated with her progress over the coming months, but having a running and driving car is a definite step in the right direction!
I’ll leave you with a link of her running on a base map 
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[...] been concentrating on some real life stuff of late and have also just picked up the new FD project (see here) which has taken up a little of my ever decreasing free time. We are actually not too far away from [...]
[...] been concentrating on some real life stuff of late and have also just picked up the new FD project (see here) which has taken up a little of my ever decreasing free time. We are actually not too far away from [...]