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Nice. I see more and more of these things being imported

@yapoka1 no. The main thing to worry about when modifying an FD with bolt ons that will cause you to need a tune is opening up the exhaust. If you install a high flow cat, you risk the chance of boost creep and overboosting what the stock computer was tuned for. I will be demonstrating this in future dyno videos as I keep acquiring the parts

@@touchedbyawankel thanks.. btw what do you think of u type intercoolers? Like pwr or knights sport u type intercoolers. I think they are very interesting and there are not many reviews about them on the internet.

@yapoka1 i love them. I'm planning on getting the Aussie pwr one down the road with the knightsports as a backup since I'm planning on staying with a SMIC.

@@touchedbyawankel Nice! Looking forward to see you post a video about this!

@yapoka1 one of the members on rx7club.com. I believe he can have more made. They are great quality and I couldn't be happier with it. You can send me a message on Instagram and I can give you his name on the forum if you are interested. I got the ebrake handle and shift knob from him as well so all the stitching matches

Australia is better

This was my motivation for starting to make videos. I'm old school and lived off forums in the past. We lost so much when photobucket and other hosting platforms changed their hosting plans. These newer generations don't usually take the time to join or search the forums so I hope these videos help the newer RX7 community. More often than not, I hear about people ditching the sequential setup because of it's "complexity" but it really comes down to people being afraid to learn the system. Most people I know that have driven a properly operating sequential system love it and would keep it if they realized its really not that hard to work on.

Great to hear. If you have the funds now, you can save a bit ordering from Japan because of the dollar to Yen values right now. I would definitely keep an eye on that FPD in the meantime as they are prone to leaking. Take any hint of fuel smell very seriously.

@@touchedbyawankel where do you order your OEM parts from?

@Hazel-wj9fw RHDJapan is where I get most of my parts. Nengun sometimes as well. For OEM parts they can't get i usually get from a local dealership or Ray Crowe

@@touchedbyawankel Thanks a lot for letting me know, now i may have missed something because i don't remember you directly addressing it but is it relatively the same process for the emission's side of the rats nest for repair? I know the main bottom part of the rats nest (A through G on diagram) is mostly the turbo but I guess I wish you went a bit more in depth about the emissions side of things because where I am i still need to pass smog. did i miss it maybe?

@@Hazel-wj9fw The only difference in the rats nets with an emissions car vs the JDM is the EGR solenoid. If you go to 16:12 in the video, the print out I have is for an emissions car and solenoid "D" is for the EGR. So you would just need to replace that solenoid and the associated vacuum hoses. Very little extra work for an emissions vehicle.

@@HuyNguyen-bq3du i believe it was a Toyota Century. Super nice guy, I've met him at a Couple shows

I was wondering this as well

@christiangarcia1668 update to the 99 spec bumper setup, it's all bolt on but getting expensive to source the parts these days. IMO it's not worth it because if you run a front plate it won't give that "ram air" effect advertised. You can always custom make your own splitter to direct air up that direction but then you may be robbing the Radiator etc. From some of the air flow. This still pulls air from the same location as 99+ cars so if you run a front plate, it's just as good in the older models. Airflow over the intercooler will be more beneficial than more to the intake I believe.

@NicholasArvelo mine is a 94. Those vacuum "black boxes" are essentially closed versions of the older setups. You can still rebuild those with new solenoids just like the older ones. They still operate the same was as the open vacuum systems

It can be very intimidating with all the parts involved but as long as you can be patient and take your time, its really not that bad. I come from a time when we had to work on the early and mid 80's smog cars so the rats nest is a piece of cake compared to some of those systems.

@@touchedbyawankel its the #1 thing that scares me working on this car, FD is my all time dream car ever since i was little, I want to work on as much of the car as I can but this is the one thing that super scary to me. I've just never seen anything like that. Miata's and 4AGE's are way more easy to work on. Even watching an FC NA get taken apart was simple. You can get rid of almost all of this if you go single turbo if i remember properly. But if you live in an Area that is strict on emission like California, New York, or most major cities (both portland's is one i know) its just not possible

Thanks for that info, I'll be looking into that. I've been trying to figure out way to make my audio better in the videos. The MIC I have leaves a lot to be desired so this is great information. In the car, I use a inta360 camera

Contact @FullDetailAutomotive I believe he has some in stock still. That is the shop from my Dyno video

I wouldn't say this exact intake but definitely this "type" as in having an enclosed system to fresh air vs having two open filters in the engine bay taking in hot air. AutoEXE, KnightSports, Mazdaspeed type cool air intakes like this I would consider the best, they all flow nearly the same but the key is cool air. I go over these benefits in the video

The gold stuff works great, I would use it on aluminum components but like you mentioned, I don't think its needed on the carbon because of the velocity of the air like you mentioned. Still not a bad idea to go overkill with heat mitigation, I just don't want the gold in my engine bay if I can help it. Trying to keep the OEM+ look. The 240 on the other had really needs some better heat management which I'll be addressing int he future

@arthurdouglass4672 that would drive me crazy too. Luckily only my size brackets needed to be done

That is on my list for the next sessions. Already have a friend that offered to send me with a high volume unit that should work.

@F1aficionado that's my plan when I upgrade the SMIC, I don't want to spend the time and money to do it to the stock one if it's getting replaced

@@F1aficionado Convoluted? No difference? I'm guessing you've never seen it out of the car, it is a very simple "s-duct" It's a fairly well designed duct given the space constraints of the early design. It looks a lot like what we see in aerospace, or what you will see in motorsport. Honestly, the biggest issue is the airbox sharing an intake with the intercooler. The 99+ revision gives the ducting more space and another air intake for the actual inlet so it isn't pulling air that could go through the intercooler. With the stock early design especially, air speed makes ALL the difference, not no difference as you claim. The duct is placed in a high pressure area and the underside of the car is a low pressure area thanks to the under tray but you need air speed for a pressure differential. By using a big low velocity fan that is woefully inadequate to represent road conditions, you give the ducting zero chance of doing its job. RX7s weren't designed for drag racing or dyno pulls, they need to be moving forward for the engine or charge cooling to work at all.

the stand up fan was readily accessible. we have "turbo" fans that we use for tuning sessions. this was just a couple pulls.

Agreed, these sound very good in stock form. I almost like it better than the APEXi but I do like the lower tone as well. Either way, you can't go wrong. I plan on getting something similar in the future so the sound shouldn't change much until I add a high flow cat

I know how that is. It takes me a while to edit because I work a lot with my day job and I'm still learning the filming/editing aspect trying to get better with every video. Hard to do unless you spend $$$ on some nice wireless mics and other equipment but I make due with what I have. Money goes to car parts first

How much did the FD cost you? Really looking into buying one

@@VuBeClan 2 years ago it was a little over $24K. Not sure what the Market looks like over there now as I haven't been watching since I purchased this one

Thanks for that info. I've seen a few videos where drives have been taken and I totally understand some sellers not willing to allow test drive. I would have a hard time letting somebody test drive a car of these types without cash in hand deposit.

@Psyrecx the importing wasn't difficult. I did browse Canadian ads a lot when I was looking, but the selection wasn't the greatest. I was also able to take advantage of the low Yen to Dollar ratio and save thousands but purchasing from Japan

@@touchedbyawankel Yeah, the exchange rate is currently excellent.

That is the plan in the near future, I had a couple leakers to begin with and they had no issue replacing those but I will be installing a cooler so all the lines will need to be replaced which will be built by me since I have to make them custom length for where I want to install the cooler and run the lines

Most of the parts were sourced from RHDJapan while there were a couple items like bulk fuel line and clamps and such that I got locally.