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Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1125 on: July 14, 2018, 04:06:50 PM »
Downforce when? :)

Before your car is running :)

I have a diffuser, and a Ronin rear wing, I just need to construct a splitter.
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Offline spacevomit

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1126 on: July 14, 2018, 04:18:10 PM »
Downforce when? :)

Before your car is running :)


I have a diffuser, and a Ronin rear wing, I just need to construct a splitter.



Offline onefastrx7turbo

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1127 on: July 14, 2018, 04:49:16 PM »
man I got confused there for a second haha. I was confusing your car with Akina Fcs. not sure why.....maybe a senior moment.
1986 RX7 - L92/T56 in progress
1989 RX7 - for sale!
1993 RX7 - waiting to be reborn
2006 Lexus GX470 For offroading
2010 RX8 - new DD
Past rides......
I don't really need them listed in my signature................

Offline spacevomit

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1128 on: July 14, 2018, 04:51:53 PM »
All FCs look alike  :yay:

Offline onefastrx7turbo

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1129 on: July 14, 2018, 05:06:24 PM »
 :D
1986 RX7 - L92/T56 in progress
1989 RX7 - for sale!
1993 RX7 - waiting to be reborn
2006 Lexus GX470 For offroading
2010 RX8 - new DD
Past rides......
I don't really need them listed in my signature................

Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1130 on: July 15, 2018, 09:47:58 AM »
All FCs look alike  :yay:

Most are multi colored.
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Offline spacevomit

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1131 on: July 15, 2018, 09:55:21 AM »
It's not the color of a man's panels that matter, but the content of his chassis.

Offline jwvand02

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1132 on: July 15, 2018, 11:04:44 AM »
Did you build your diffuser or buy it somewhere? The only one I know of off the shelf is the Shine RE replica, which seems like more form than function.

Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1133 on: July 15, 2018, 11:46:18 AM »
A guy built one on the club and did a small run of them.

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/fc-rear-diffuser-1112711/

I was going to put all this stuff in the car after paint.. my painter is a retired guy so the schedule got pushed out a bit LOL.
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Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1134 on: July 15, 2018, 11:49:19 AM »
Took the car out for a drive yesterday and brought my son.. he had fun. FWIW a Diono car seat fits perfectly in a Kirkey 17 inch seat :)

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Offline jwvand02

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1135 on: July 15, 2018, 01:50:24 PM »
A guy built one on the club and did a small run of them.

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/fc-rear-diffuser-1112711/

I was going to put all this stuff in the car after paint.. my painter is a retired guy so the schedule got pushed out a bit LOL.

I shot him a PM for the hell of it. Since the club made the classifieds disappear (I guess for those of us without enough posts?) I don't really go there at all anymore. Fabbing my own rear diffuser is one of those things that's on my long-long term project list. I'd really like to build it by cutting and welding closed the storage hole thing behind the rear bumper, so I could actually cut or remove the bottom rear bumper and make a big big boy.

Offline shawn_m

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1136 on: July 18, 2018, 05:39:09 PM »
I got a new set of wheels last week for storage and when I drive it in the street. I was just going to get tires, but the wheels were basically free with the 4th of July discounts, and they don’t look half bad. 17x9.5 +15 on 255/40/17 all around.

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Those wheels look great.  Do you think they would fit under stock front fenders?
87 GXL

Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1137 on: July 18, 2018, 08:03:05 PM »
I got a new set of wheels last week for storage and when I drive it in the street. I was just going to get tires, but the wheels were basically free with the 4th of July discounts, and they don’t look half bad. 17x9.5 +15 on 255/40/17 all around.

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Those wheels look great.  Do you think they would fit under stock front fenders?


Thanks! They are actually reasonably light too. Sadly, they won’t fit under stock fenders. Now if you had something that was 17x9.5 with a 35mm offset, that would work with stock fenders.

This wheel is also made in a 17x9 in a +17 and +30 offset.
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Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1138 on: July 01, 2019, 05:59:00 PM »
So I finally got the car painted last weekend!

I have a friend that has 50+ years in the auto refinishing industry. He has owned his own body shop and teaches at a couple local junior colleges. He has been telling me for 18+months that he will paint my track car, he just has to schedule the time at the facility on a weekend (retired people). Well yesterday it finally happened.

I have never done any “real” paint and body work on a car so in all it was a cool learning experience and a 20 hour day.

I knew we only had a day to do the job, so last year I had a professional shop tackle a few larger problems the car had. I used Simon Auto Body in OC.
The shop repaired and smoothed out the aluminum hood, it was a bit of a mess. They also fixed the one rust spot on the car, filled in a couple emblem holes and filled in some trim holes on the fiberglass fenders. They just left their work in primer as I was going to take care of the paint. So in prep for the actual paint work I stripped the car of all the parts and trim I could. I pulled all the lights, door handles, side mirrors, body moulding and sunroof delete from the car. I did all of that stuff last week.

Here is where we started:
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So we get there and meet my friend at the facility. We talked and he expected to be home by dinner. We had agreed that since the larger issues with the body were taken care of, we would clean the car, scuff it up and shoot the paint. We’d all be home by dinner time... We started disassembling the car a bit to make it easier to prep. My buddy said, “Well since we are here why don’t we just take care of all the small dents...” there were small dents on the doors, quarters, and roof.

We began pounding out what dents we could get to from the inside to use the smallest amount of body filler possible. Then filing down the high spots, sanding and prepping for the thin coat of filler, and primer. We go the primer sanded, all parts and car being prepped to go into the booth for sealer and paint. At this point every part getting paint was scuffed up with a scuff pad, or DA with 400 grit sand paper.


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Then the sealer went on every thing to get paint. We put a couple drops of red in it as a joke and sent people pictures. The sealer takes about 15-20 mins to flash. The car actually looked OK in matte pink! We got back in the paint booth one final time to look for any imperfections and address them before the color got laid down. We didn’t find anything at all. The sealer went down great. Time for color!

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Offline largeorangefont

Re: LOF's LS1 FC track car build
« Reply #1139 on: July 01, 2019, 06:01:43 PM »
The paint I used is a single stage acrylic urethane. That means there is no clear coat, the color provides the shine. I used Summit Racing’s line of paints in you guessed it Hugger Orange. Single stage paint is a great option for this car, as it is easy to touch up, and this is by no means a show car.

Color getting laid down. It is about 11 PM at this time.
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Then in order to accelerate the paint drying so the car could be reassembled to go home, we turned the temp in the paint booth up to 140 degrees for about 45 mins. The heater on the booth was 1 million BTU!

After a cool down we got back into the booth to unmask the car, reassemble it for transport, and get the heck out of there!
We did a pretty good just masking, just a couple of light spots of overspray that were easily fixed.

Got the car assembled and loaded on the trailer. It was a little passed 2AM when I got home. A marathon day for sure.

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Next morning I pulled it out in the sun to dry a bit. I've been putting it back together over the last week or so. I'll add some more pictures as it goes back together.
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Quote from: cool
Sell it to spacevomit.  He'll finish it.