mr. diablo HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

well, all yesterday i was alone and half of today... but rodney came over about 4-ish.....

things i got done.....
-degreased engine bay
-sanded 3/4 of engine bay
-pressure washed entire undercarriage (shes pretty damn clean!)

thats about it!


heres some pics..... the last pic is to show how dirty the engine bay was before i cleaned, pressure washed, and sanded

 

Ghost you need at least a 1" clearance around the pipe or it will melt the bumper.

 

hey cesar......happy b-day!

even if it's belated

 

Thanks for all the B-Day wishes everyone.

BTW - For those that don't understand the "El Diablo" reference, it's from Talladega Nights.

 

i have been running it hard for a few days now. the bottom of the bumper actually touches the exhaust. there have been no signes of melting. im very supprized.

 

i melted my plastic but that because i shoot 2 2 foot flames out the back lol

 

i think i might have you beat. a lady asked me to roll down my window yesterday and told me that the back of my car was on fire.

by the way, i heard you welded in a cat. what kind did you use and did it fix the fire problem?

i gotta replace one of my resonators with a cat cause my exhaust is LOUD

 

lol... dont take advice from the man whos done this before...lol.... i recall telling you it was gonna be ear piercing loud lol

 

viper i just got a short shifter for the P5, man does it feel good after we got it installed the proper way. i wont mind so much driving Mirnas car now except for treh slow accelerations poor handeling and un cockpit like feel. Kieth also examined the roof rack points and i think we should take a closer look at the two cars when we have time if you are still intresed in the swap.

 

yup, the roof rack should be a farely simple swap.

 

lol...now im in a debate..... i had to use the roof rack i swore that id never need to use so ill have to dig deep and figure out whether i wanna get rid of those ugly things

 

hehe.. i knew it would be loud. i just thought a dual stage scilencer + 2 gigantic resonators would do the trick.

you think replacing my smaller 18" resonators with a 11" cat would do the trick? its only a 300 cell count though and flows 600 cfm which is pretty damn high. its the best i could find thats rated for 1700-1900 degrees.

that would leave me with one high flow cat, a 2.5 foot resonator, a cannister muffler and a dual stage silencer (i wanna get rid of that).

 

by the way folks, ive noticed a difference in performance between stock and this system without the silencer. the throttle response is better and it seams to really rev up faster throughout all of the rev range but its more noticable up top. 4000-7000rpm seams to have more punch when you floor it to pass someone. its too bad its soooooo loud otherwise id love to keep it catless even though at 600CFM it should be like it isnt even there.

 

heres a link to cats that are specifically made for rotaries.... (scroll down the page to the cats)

http://www.rx7.com/store/rx7/fcexhaust.html

a cat will quiet it down enough to keep it tolerable

 

$250+ dollars...

 

keith check your email!

 

loren check your email!

 

man.. i should have just played tennis with you guys tonight... my opponent sucked

 

sorry to hear about that Ghost, maybe next time...

 

Ok I Think I Am Good For Next Thursday! dew Rag / smoke Filter Here I Come!

 

yeah, the next event is the D1 Drift Event at Irwindale Speedway this coming Thursday (8/31/06).

 

Should we buy tickets early for Thursday night?

 

probably should....I would assume that we could pick them up through Ticket Master.

 

If you want to buy tickets now you can get it here. http://www.irwindalespeedway.com/index.asp