Spenser's Street FD
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I've really got to work out if I'll regret not going for itEveryone needs some brap in their life.
Francob
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I've really got to work out if I'll regret not going for it
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Half-bridge semi-pp go all in 
What with some beautifully made manifolds from Turblown, Pro-Jay and others to make this one helluva setup
What with some beautifully made manifolds from Turblown, Pro-Jay and others to make this one helluva setup
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I think I'm going to stick with a large street port but I'm still kinda going around in circles...
I really liked the way the car was before in terms of drivability and sound. It would be cool to add braps, and to take advantage of the extra flow with a half bridge, but it's just not needed for my power goals.
Realistically for me it's a street car, and I know everything is street-able, but I feel like a HB would get on my nerves a tad. I'm happy to sacrifice some peak power, and to be honest anywhere near 500hp in an FD is no joke!
That being said I've got my sensible hat on at the moment, so I'm personally taking the above with a pinch of salt
I really liked the way the car was before in terms of drivability and sound. It would be cool to add braps, and to take advantage of the extra flow with a half bridge, but it's just not needed for my power goals.
Realistically for me it's a street car, and I know everything is street-able, but I feel like a HB would get on my nerves a tad. I'm happy to sacrifice some peak power, and to be honest anywhere near 500hp in an FD is no joke!
That being said I've got my sensible hat on at the moment, so I'm personally taking the above with a pinch of salt
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Cheers dude!
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I've never really liked the wheels that came on the car... Picked up a set of wheels the other day!
I can't afford to drop 3k on the wheels I want, so "reps" will do for now. Another set of 7Twenty wheels, the car is currently on Style 14 18x9.5 +22 and these are Style 49 18x9.5 +15. The rears should be perfect on a 255 tyre, the fronts might be interesting to fit!
I can't afford to drop 3k on the wheels I want, so "reps" will do for now. Another set of 7Twenty wheels, the car is currently on Style 14 18x9.5 +22 and these are Style 49 18x9.5 +15. The rears should be perfect on a 255 tyre, the fronts might be interesting to fit!
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You won't fit those on a standard arch
9.5 + 30 is a tight fit with a minor flare id prefer +35
Your +15 are sticking out another 15mm
Will need either (or a combination)
Aggressive flare
Crazy camber
Stretch tyres
New bigger arches
9.5 + 30 is a tight fit with a minor flare id prefer +35
Your +15 are sticking out another 15mm
Will need either (or a combination)
Aggressive flare
Crazy camber
Stretch tyres
New bigger arches
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I'll give it a go! My arches are rolled flat - current fronts are 9.5 +22 on a 225, know someone running 9.5 +10 also on a 225. My rears are 9.5 +22 on a 255, I have a good finger width space which should take up the 7mm difference nicely. So we'll see! If not we'll make them fit, or they'll be up for sale
On a separate note, I'm pretty sure my 325ti has done another head gasket, which put has put me in fuck it mode - we're going half bridge
On a separate note, I'm pretty sure my 325ti has done another head gasket, which put has put me in fuck it mode - we're going half bridge
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Francob
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If you are going half bridge you might as well go fullI'll give it a go! My arches are rolled flat - current fronts are 9.5 +22 on a 225, know someone running 9.5 +10 also on a 225. My rears are 9.5 +22 on a 255, I have a good finger width space which should take up the 7mm difference nicely. So we'll see! If not we'll make them fit, or they'll be up for sale
On a separate note, I'm pretty sure my 325ti has done another head gasket, which put has put me in fuck it mode - we're going half bridge
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God, I’m on 9.5 et22 front with 245 semis and fuck me am I having a nightmare with catching everything, arches are now flat and started a flareI'll give it a go! My arches are rolled flat - current fronts are 9.5 +22 on a 225, know someone running 9.5 +10 also on a 225. My rears are 9.5 +22 on a 255, I have a good finger width space which should take up the 7mm difference nicely. So we'll see! If not we'll make them fit, or they'll be up for sale
On a separate note, I'm pretty sure my 325ti has done another head gasket, which put has put me in fuck it mode - we're going half bridge
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That must be tight! Mine caught a tad on full lock with 225. You just have to let it naturally clearance I supposeGod, I’m on 9.5 et22 front with 245 semis and fuck me am I having a nightmare with catching everything, arches are now flat and started a flare
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Sunroof
I still have water getting in and found the issue. Replaced the sunroof seal as it was knackered and upon doing a bit more digging, found the drain bucket thing is very knackered. I've probably got no chance finding an affordable replacement, so I think I'll have to get the unit out for repair at some point - for now it's dry days only!
Not fussed about leaving the car under a cover, it needs paint anyway, and it’s better than water coming in. In a sick way, I quite like patina.
Rusty rear drain, and non-rusty rear drain for comparison:
ECU
I've started mapping out the additional sensor termination myself as my wiring guy blanked me, have been putting it off for a while but it isn't as complicated as I first thought. I'll probably need another set of eyes over it though to make sure I'm not being dumb
Parts
Picked up a trans and diff brace set from a chap fairly local to me, won't be putting these on yet though as I want to do bushes all around first.
Other news and other other news
The 7 is booked to go to TPS in a couple of weeks, so I'm hoping we'll be able to get it running in Feb. Spoken to Marco who has said to use the Haltech single turbo base map for start up and running in with a 4k limit. Also spoken to SAS and he'll be putting a 6" box in my mid pipe for quietness, as I really don't want an obnoxious idle!
Compact update - head gasket isn't gone, but it's running annoyingly hot after the top rad hose popped off. Shall give it a bleed once I've got my jack back as it's currently under my clio. BMW cooling system
Clio update - box out, box rebuilt, box going back in on Saturday. Ring trip booked, I WILL NOT be having car problems this year.
I still have water getting in and found the issue. Replaced the sunroof seal as it was knackered and upon doing a bit more digging, found the drain bucket thing is very knackered. I've probably got no chance finding an affordable replacement, so I think I'll have to get the unit out for repair at some point - for now it's dry days only!
Not fussed about leaving the car under a cover, it needs paint anyway, and it’s better than water coming in. In a sick way, I quite like patina.
Rusty rear drain, and non-rusty rear drain for comparison:
ECU
I've started mapping out the additional sensor termination myself as my wiring guy blanked me, have been putting it off for a while but it isn't as complicated as I first thought. I'll probably need another set of eyes over it though to make sure I'm not being dumb
Parts
Picked up a trans and diff brace set from a chap fairly local to me, won't be putting these on yet though as I want to do bushes all around first.
Other news and other other news
The 7 is booked to go to TPS in a couple of weeks, so I'm hoping we'll be able to get it running in Feb. Spoken to Marco who has said to use the Haltech single turbo base map for start up and running in with a 4k limit. Also spoken to SAS and he'll be putting a 6" box in my mid pipe for quietness, as I really don't want an obnoxious idle!
Compact update - head gasket isn't gone, but it's running annoyingly hot after the top rad hose popped off. Shall give it a bleed once I've got my jack back as it's currently under my clio. BMW cooling system
Clio update - box out, box rebuilt, box going back in on Saturday. Ring trip booked, I WILL NOT be having car problems this year.
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Update...
The car didn't get over to Josh in Feb due to personal reasons on his end, so he's behind with things. The car went to him in mid March, and he is planning to get the engine in next week - so we'll see how that goes. Kinda bummed as the weather has been so good recently but it is what it is!
Sunroof
RX7 people are so nice, a chap on Facebook offered out his sunroof before he chucked it away, and ended up posting it to me which will cure my leak! The lid is pretty finished, but the bucket itself is more than usable, so I'll clean up and swap my lid + motor over when I have the car back. Thank you Martin!
In car stuff
With the new column display setup, I needed somewhere to put my turbo speed gauge, so I bought a single din gauge holder + storage pocket thing from Draklore. Which meant I needed a single din stereo to replace my double din. I dug out my old Ferrari Becker unit and plan to run that, get a mini amp and put my speakers back in the front with new wiring. Unfortunately I didn't own a Ferrari - it came in my first car, isn't exactly period correct but I think it's cool haha. It will suit the 7 much better than an old mini with straight cut gears!
Other stuff
Compact - is behaving, I'll leave it at that as I don't want to jynx anything.
Clio - absolute gem, my favourite car right now. Really successful day at Bedford, a couple of minor bits to sort then on to another shakedown at Brands in a couple of weeks. Ring in June, zero issues please. Early days but this is looking like a successful car year????
The car didn't get over to Josh in Feb due to personal reasons on his end, so he's behind with things. The car went to him in mid March, and he is planning to get the engine in next week - so we'll see how that goes. Kinda bummed as the weather has been so good recently but it is what it is!
Sunroof
RX7 people are so nice, a chap on Facebook offered out his sunroof before he chucked it away, and ended up posting it to me which will cure my leak! The lid is pretty finished, but the bucket itself is more than usable, so I'll clean up and swap my lid + motor over when I have the car back. Thank you Martin!
In car stuff
With the new column display setup, I needed somewhere to put my turbo speed gauge, so I bought a single din gauge holder + storage pocket thing from Draklore. Which meant I needed a single din stereo to replace my double din. I dug out my old Ferrari Becker unit and plan to run that, get a mini amp and put my speakers back in the front with new wiring. Unfortunately I didn't own a Ferrari - it came in my first car, isn't exactly period correct but I think it's cool haha. It will suit the 7 much better than an old mini with straight cut gears!
Other stuff
Compact - is behaving, I'll leave it at that as I don't want to jynx anything.
Clio - absolute gem, my favourite car right now. Really successful day at Bedford, a couple of minor bits to sort then on to another shakedown at Brands in a couple of weeks. Ring in June, zero issues please. Early days but this is looking like a successful car year????
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I'm back bitches - it's probably about time for an update!
The car went to Josh in March 2025, and due to various reasons the engine didn't go in until May - I haven't got the build pics just yet but I went all black everythannggg just like before. Engine wise just as a recap, along with your standard rebuild kit - 2nd hand rotor, reground housings, new pumps, RA Super Seals and then from Colum, stud kit, balancing & rotors clearanced. Josh on the porting and assembly. I paid for injector flow testing for peace of mind, didn't actually get the results looking back but my positivity would like to think someone would have said if there was a problem!
May 2025: I had written out a little termination plan for the ECU wiring - Tom at Advocult was very helpful at running his eyes over it for me! I decided to start doing bits myself on the car to speed things up, dash out for removing what I no longer needed etc. Got some nice spec44 wire for the additional sensors (fuel pressure/temp, oil pressure/temp, boost solenoid). I'd also spoken to Stu here re finishing the car once the time came (it would have been in-car wiring and then start up/ tune).
Summer 2025: not a whole lot happened to be honest, the car really only needed a couple of solid days allocated, but it was a bit of a challenge getting that booked in for various reasons... I also got a couple of extra bits like an uprated starter motor & tank baffle.
June stuff July stuff
Autumn/ Winter 2025: not the hugest amount of progress, it was a few hours here and there, order parts, then repeat - it felt like the car was very much a back burner piece of work. Got the car over to Stav in September for a new midpipe & metal oil return - the previous had some heat damage. Hoping a big middle box will help keep the thing quiet ish with the new porting style. This is all 3" still - possibly change that up once we've actually done some miles.
Jan 2026: end of the month - the bay was pretty much done & engine holding fluids. Plugged the ECU in and went for a crank - it did so and had oil pressure. The car needed about a solid day spent from here.
Feb - March 2026: ordered a couple more bits, an ECU connector had broken & the clutch master had gone where hadn't moved in so long. I started enquiring with other shops to finish the car as I was getting frustrated and really didn't want to miss out on another summer. Tom had a fairly long waiting list, so I decided to book in with Stu (for May). By the end of March, the car needed the in-car wiring, master cylinder bleed and the wastegate fitting. The plan was to sort the wiring with Josh, or Stu said he could sort if it didn't get done in time. I also sold my rep wheels, tbh the colour & finish wasn't a bit of me, and if I refurbished I wouldn't have been massively off a nicer set of wheels money wise. With that, I won a set of old Work VS-MX on eBay - 18x8.5j ET45 18x9.5j ET38 - planning to rebuild and add 0.5" or 1" wider lip to the fronts and 0.5" to the rear, if that keeps offsets sensible.
April 2026: I got more frustrated here for a few reasons. For the most part the car was out of sight out of mind, but nice weather reminded me that I do actually own my dream car and I really wasn't comfortable with where the car was being kept. I decided to get the car back to mine nearer the end of the month. I can't even put into words how good it felt to have the car back and give it a clean - it was covered in over a year's worth of dirt & mold!
May 2026: prep for Stu... I could finally sort my sunroof, which actually wasn't as bad as I thought... Ground back, kurust, paint, new drain hose and it passed the leak test. The in-car wiring didn't get done, so I labelled stuff up for Stu, emptied the crap from the car, made a ground and off she went! Was awesome sitting down with Stu and going over what needed doing - that was honeslty a massive anxiety delete. So at this point it needs my extra sensors wired in, wastegate fitting, clutch bled, fuel, tune, start. Will we be on the road this summer?!?!
The car went to Josh in March 2025, and due to various reasons the engine didn't go in until May - I haven't got the build pics just yet but I went all black everythannggg just like before. Engine wise just as a recap, along with your standard rebuild kit - 2nd hand rotor, reground housings, new pumps, RA Super Seals and then from Colum, stud kit, balancing & rotors clearanced. Josh on the porting and assembly. I paid for injector flow testing for peace of mind, didn't actually get the results looking back but my positivity would like to think someone would have said if there was a problem!
May 2025: I had written out a little termination plan for the ECU wiring - Tom at Advocult was very helpful at running his eyes over it for me! I decided to start doing bits myself on the car to speed things up, dash out for removing what I no longer needed etc. Got some nice spec44 wire for the additional sensors (fuel pressure/temp, oil pressure/temp, boost solenoid). I'd also spoken to Stu here re finishing the car once the time came (it would have been in-car wiring and then start up/ tune).
Summer 2025: not a whole lot happened to be honest, the car really only needed a couple of solid days allocated, but it was a bit of a challenge getting that booked in for various reasons... I also got a couple of extra bits like an uprated starter motor & tank baffle.
June stuff July stuff
Autumn/ Winter 2025: not the hugest amount of progress, it was a few hours here and there, order parts, then repeat - it felt like the car was very much a back burner piece of work. Got the car over to Stav in September for a new midpipe & metal oil return - the previous had some heat damage. Hoping a big middle box will help keep the thing quiet ish with the new porting style. This is all 3" still - possibly change that up once we've actually done some miles.
Jan 2026: end of the month - the bay was pretty much done & engine holding fluids. Plugged the ECU in and went for a crank - it did so and had oil pressure. The car needed about a solid day spent from here.
Feb - March 2026: ordered a couple more bits, an ECU connector had broken & the clutch master had gone where hadn't moved in so long. I started enquiring with other shops to finish the car as I was getting frustrated and really didn't want to miss out on another summer. Tom had a fairly long waiting list, so I decided to book in with Stu (for May). By the end of March, the car needed the in-car wiring, master cylinder bleed and the wastegate fitting. The plan was to sort the wiring with Josh, or Stu said he could sort if it didn't get done in time. I also sold my rep wheels, tbh the colour & finish wasn't a bit of me, and if I refurbished I wouldn't have been massively off a nicer set of wheels money wise. With that, I won a set of old Work VS-MX on eBay - 18x8.5j ET45 18x9.5j ET38 - planning to rebuild and add 0.5" or 1" wider lip to the fronts and 0.5" to the rear, if that keeps offsets sensible.
April 2026: I got more frustrated here for a few reasons. For the most part the car was out of sight out of mind, but nice weather reminded me that I do actually own my dream car
and I really wasn't comfortable with where the car was being kept. I decided to get the car back to mine nearer the end of the month. I can't even put into words how good it felt to have the car back and give it a clean - it was covered in over a year's worth of dirt & mold!May 2026: prep for Stu... I could finally sort my sunroof, which actually wasn't as bad as I thought... Ground back, kurust, paint, new drain hose and it passed the leak test. The in-car wiring didn't get done, so I labelled stuff up for Stu, emptied the crap from the car, made a ground and off she went! Was awesome sitting down with Stu and going over what needed doing - that was honeslty a massive anxiety delete
. So at this point it needs my extra sensors wired in, wastegate fitting, clutch bled, fuel, tune, start. Will we be on the road this summer?!?!
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