Twinnos FD Journal

**Kamikaze** · 10-08-2007, 09:56 AM

Somehow I missed seeing your car at Nopi. But I did see lots of pics; looks good.

**Twinnos** · 10-08-2007, 11:16 AM

thanks. it was a rush to get it done. gotta do a little more to it soon.

**13Bracer** · 10-08-2007, 11:23 AM

what kind of front mount is that you got on there?

**Twinnos** · 10-08-2007, 11:52 AM

greddy trust mspec 2 row

**Lotte** · 10-08-2007, 03:24 PM

what other mod are you planning on doing?

**13Bracer** · 10-09-2007, 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by Twinnos

greddy trust mspec 2 row

nice thats what i have sitting here in front of me for mine...lol
how do you like it?
was the install easy fit?
and did you have to relocate your battery for it?
thanks

**Herblenny** · 10-09-2007, 08:38 AM

I used to have the V spec.. pretty much the same thing (made in Japan vs Taiwan).

With most fmic, you will face higher water temp. And also quite a bit of trimming with either stock or 99 bumpers. I just sold my v spec and went with blitz fmic. But to be honest, most upgraded smic will do just as good as these fmic. I like the blitz vs slightly better as air flows to the rad better and pipings are shorter.

**Twinnos** · 10-09-2007, 10:17 PM

had mine shipped from japan, all the instructions in japan too. couldnt understand it for shyt.

**Twinnos** · 10-09-2007, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by 13Bracer

nice thats what i have sitting here in front of me for mine...lol
how do you like it?
was the install easy fit?
and did you have to relocate your battery for it?
thanks

i let mike ***five star tuning*** put it in. and the battery was relocated to the rear. but that was the easy.

**Twinnos** · 10-09-2007, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by Lotte

what other mod are you planning on doing?

just cleaning it more, nothing special

**Twinnos** · 10-12-2007, 09:11 AM

Oct 11: drove the car home from audio installers, heading down p.hill around 8pm. I hear an exhaust 2 cars up. Since it was dark i couldnt make it out, had to get in for a closer view. finally came up behind it, a black 240sx, nice exhaust with gold or black rims. looked over at the driver he gave me a thumbs up and says "nice ride", i acknowledge his as well. i ask how many horses he has "its tuned for 310". i say nice and hope to see him around later.

**Twinnos** · 10-12-2007, 09:11 AM

this just in:

**Lotte** · 10-12-2007, 01:24 PM

what happened to just keeping it clean, nothing special.

**Twinnos** · 10-12-2007, 11:04 PM

i think its still clean. and a lil shot of go go juice wont hurt. lol

**redgst97** · 10-13-2007, 12:00 AM

You gonna change your name to Singlenos ??? Or did you only take the picture of 1 of the boxes?

**Lotte** · 10-13-2007, 11:55 AM

lol

**Twinnos** · 10-13-2007, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by redgst97

You gonna change your name to Singlenos ??? Or did you only take the picture of 1 of the boxes?

naw, thats the only box. no room for two bottles on this project. plus its an intercooler kit only.

**Lotte** · 10-13-2007, 06:51 PM

what numbers are you making

**Twinnos** · 10-13-2007, 07:43 PM

dunno. and probably wont get it dynoed anytime soon................

**Herblenny** · 10-16-2007, 02:22 PM

Come out to the Supra/Z/RX-7 shoot out in Steele, AL this Saturday!! Should be pretty neat! If you haven't heard about this, goto RX-7club SE section.

**Twinnos** · 10-16-2007, 09:13 PM

sorry gotta work. this just in though:

**13Bracer** · 10-18-2007, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by Twinnos

sorry gotta work. this just in though:

oh ****..
lookin good man..
i wish mine could come together that fast...lol

**Twinnos** · 10-18-2007, 08:49 AM

what do u need or what r u waiting on?

**13Bracer** · 10-18-2007, 12:40 PM

hahah trying to find a place to get the red interior..

get my oil pan put oin.my front mount on.
99 spec front bumper,lights and wing..
and mazdaspeed gauge cluster..
thats just for now..later single turbo

im just having a problem with the gauges and the interior..

**Twinnos** · 10-18-2007, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by 13Bracer

hahah trying to find a place to get the red interior..

get my oil pan put oin.my front mount on.
99 spec front bumper,lights and wing..
and mazdaspeed gauge cluster..
thats just for now..later single turbo

im just having a problem with the gauges and the interior..

the interior can be done at tonys trim shop on either beaver ruin or buford hwy. top speed or madhavi can do the other stuff.

**13Bracer** · 10-18-2007, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by Twinnos

the interior can be done at tonys trim shop on either beaver ruin or buford hwy. top speed or madhavi can do the other stuff.

thanks for the info

**Twinnos** · 10-18-2007, 03:36 PM

Thur Oct 18: had a long day today. needed to take care of some last minute stuff on the 7. got ready to roll the car out of the garage around 11 am when it started raining, rolled it back in.
waited til it stopped 15 mins later headed to Sprayglo in lilburn (not buford hwy). they touched up my car from where the rock chips had got a hold of it going 85S to 316 one day. while they were doing that i jazzed up the dash with some carbon fiber. also they cut the extra piece from the rear fender flare so i wouldnt scrape the tires when i hit a bump or dip in the road. they also added the carbon canards on the front bumper. thanks alot to Jason and Matt at Sprayglo-Lilburn.

**Twinnos** · 10-18-2007, 03:38 PM

one more.

**road1will** · 10-19-2007, 08:53 PM

Nice FD...the paint looks pretty good for sprayglo!

What hood is that? Does it fit properly? looks a bit off in pics...

**Twinnos** · 10-20-2007, 08:37 AM

any paint can look good. they take their time and do it right at sprayglo-lilburn. im still working on the hood. it is a little off. thanks

**road1will** · 10-20-2007, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Twinnos

any paint can look good. they take their time and do it right at sprayglo-lilburn. im still working on the hood. it is a little off. thanks

i wish i could say the saame about a paint job i had done at sprayglo lilburn

**Twinnos** · 10-21-2007, 02:54 PM

did u go back and talk to them? if not you should. they are good guys.

**Twinnos** · 10-21-2007, 08:18 PM

Sun Oct 21: got up and left the house around 10 am to head to the car wash on pleasant hill. saw chris from Byt going the opposite direction. After a quick wash headed over to the impromptu photoshoot with super photographer Jaime (see link below). after the shoot headed strait to work, got there about 2 hours late but it was worth it:
Here you go Marcelle, from earlier today.

**Lotte** · 10-21-2007, 08:41 PM

how long did it take you to have the 7 as it is now?

**Twinnos** · 10-22-2007, 07:37 AM

probably about 3 months total.

**road1will** · 10-22-2007, 08:18 AM

I did once and they touched it up, got overspray on the rest of the car, and I ended up just sanding it myself and taking it to a body shop that a lot of guys reccomended to me. They removed all teh body filler on teh car and fixed/reformed every body panel by hand (this was on a 1964 Ford), They even created a new rear quarter panel (which has a pretty intricate design) all by hand, looks like brand new. The paint job on the car looks better than any brand new car i've ever seen on a lot.

that car is my show car, and has a lot of sentimental value (been in the family since new), so it was worth the $$$ to do it right.

**Boosted FC** · 10-22-2007, 09:24 AM

That is one beautiful FD. Very tastefully done

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**Lotte** · 10-22-2007, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Twinnos

probably about 3 months total.

dayum. what kind of work do you do to have that kind of money.

**Lotte** · 10-22-2007, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by road1will

I did once and they touched it up, got overspray on the rest of the car, and I ended up just sanding it myself and taking it to a body shop that a lot of guys reccomended to me. They removed all teh body filler on teh car and fixed/reformed every body panel by hand (this was on a 1964 Ford), They even created a new rear quarter panel (which has a pretty intricate design) all by hand, looks like brand new. The paint job on the car looks better than any brand new car i've ever seen on a lot.

that car is my show car, and has a lot of sentimental value (been in the family since new), so it was worth the $$$ to do it right.

which body shop did you go to?

**Twinnos** · 10-22-2007, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Lotte

dayum. what kind of work do you do to have that kind of money.

im broke as a joke!

since i have accomplished what i set out to do with this car i plan on selling it soon. and maybe (not sure) start on something else. either my dream car supra or the attention getting s13.

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