AGREED, hell ya we can just run over the border, Minnesota to Canada right?

 

EXACTLY!!! I was cleaning inside with one of those microfiber towel and it took the red right off! Cheap *** leather steering wheels, the black doesn't come off though. Those are all old pictures, once I finish with everything I'll post new pics.

 

Here is what i am currently working on, Its far from complete, but its moving along pretty well.



Teaser pic of the Heart of the project



Another



And of course the 06 Galaxy Grey RX8 its going to go into


Thanks for looking guys, i just cannot wait to post pics of it mounted!

 

^ Going custom (or home made) mounts? You figure out any of the electronics (tach, water temp, oil, etc)?

 

Here is my swap , 13B REW built and tuned by Marko at ForceFed Racing.

 

Wow that oil filter is huge !! what's that from a diesel Landcruiser ? lol ^^

 

Here's mine REW swap I love this car!

Still deciding if I'm going to polish the aluminum/metal or powder coat it black under the hood.

 

moving the fuse box is a major pita?
OD

 

My question is how in the hell do you guys do that wire tunck in the engine bay. That makes the car look 1000 times better and oh so clean. Someone post up a DIY with pics lol.

 

S u b s c r i b e d

 

And this is me after

 

Looks like alot of blue wire. You jsut cut the harness, fed each in into the fender, then extended and soldered them back together as needed? I thought the factory wires could not be extended due to there being more resistance with the longer wires. I am can obviously be wrong if you had no isses though.

 

No issues what so ever, BUT. If I still had my Renny and the car was used as a DD, I dont think I wound have done it' due to the same concerns( resistance). In my specific case I was worried about the air bag system not working properly, but The way the build was going at the time the airbags were destined to go in the dumpster.
Lets not forget the fact that my engine is controlled totally by the Haltech ( cooling system, ignition system, fuel system), so It is not in any way the same as if I still had my OEM ECU still in charge.
with that said, I did had the concern but I did it anyways and as of today the car works perfectly fine. I hope that helped.. Remember, I'm just a cabinet guy...

 

I noticed in a couple of your pics you posted, its before you did the wiring tuck. I jsut need ot do alot of clean up in my bay. Especially since i have the chance since the motor has to come out again. Need to take that stupid insulation stuff off my firewall also

 

The insulation REALLY makes a difference. I say GO FOR IT..

 

Are you talking about the whole stack of light blue cables on the passenger side?
Those ended up being part of the engine stock harness, so they came of when I did the final tuck.

 

this thread makes me hate all of you .... that is all.

drool

 

stay tuned for more upgrades, I'm addressing a couple of small issues and getting some new parts. I have an excuse to take the car apart... and I love it.. Its my stress release.

 

 

What ever happened to this LSX swap?

 

 

I was talking about the factory harness on the driver side tht goes to the fuse box. I noticed it was still un-tucked in one of the pictures that you hvae posted at the beginning of the thread. Another thing that makes all your guys, look clean is no air conditioning. That and the motor swap allows for no cheesy *** big black plastic intake.

 

 

Looks like Firecran still has his air conditioning, and so do I(although mine doesn't have the clean look-working on that right now). There's also Kevin Dawson(Dietbudda) with his project which is still in the works.

 

Will be posting pics soon, but my 13b-rew setup is being redone atm with a new remans engine.