'88 FC3S EGI - Okishima!

[Jord]

I miss the old project thread thing so here's me sharing my daily hack with you lot. Not a out and out drift car per se but my daily driver and it skids nicely



Now as some of you may know I've owned this car before however the temptation of shiny wheels got the better of me and I swapped it with Will Gough for a set of Work Eurolines and some other bits and pieces.



ANYWAY to cut a long and uninteresting story short I changed jobs at the start of this year and couldn't think of another daily I'd prefer than my old Mazda RX7, which I'd owned and never really driven.



BUT it was the cleanest UK-Spec FC I'd seen in terms of underneath, it was a good solid shell with a low-ish mileage full service engine and it had a fresh MOT courtesy of Mr Gough.



So after much pestering of Will on here and Facebook I finally persuaded him to part with the car. Sadly during this time it had inherited bright green wheels and the most useless wing mirrors I'd ever driven with. Still, the car had awesome presence and Will had done a top job of tidying the car up, getting it road legal and fitting some shiny new K-sport coilovers, although they are actually pretty crap, as far as suspensionings go.



Took the car straight to the Okishima meet the day after picking it up and it was a HOOT to drive, awesome fun to throw around corners and surprisingly sprightly! The tyres caught a fair bit but that was easily remedied.

[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/10748731"]Okishima ! on Vimeo[/ame]

Okishima meet got featured on Hellaflush, Speedhunters and various places and the car got a lot of attention so I guess the green wheels weren't so bad. but they still had to go.



After rolling around on white Origin DNA02 17x9.5 +15 for a while i paid Mr Smith of Garage Rippledrift a visit for some arch roller action. Mitchimus Prime from DriftGarage kindly lent me his arch roller so the metal abuse could get underway.



Lined these up - never thought they'd fit.



After a surprisingly small amount of work the new rear wheels were on - SSR Professor SP1 in 18x11 +16 flavor. Tyres are Maxxis 255/35. We even managed to lower the car a bit more at the back too.



Drove the car about a bit and sourced some genuine Ganador wing mirrors from Topi who'd had them for sale for like over a year with no takers. Sorted.



During Will's time with the car he had also fully stripped all the sound deadening and interior (see above). However after a few journies I decided i couldn't live with another stripped interior so the lot went back in, except carpet but I'm saving that job for a rainy day. Will also thankfully did this -



....so rainy days are too much fun at the moment for me to put my carpet back in. I also finally managed to source some JDM Kouki rear lamps and plate holder too so these went on in place of the S4 UK lights and plate.

So heres the spec as she sits now -

Engine
2354cc 13B
77500 miles!
Secondary throttle butterfly assembly removed
EGR valve bypassed
K&N Panel Filter
Custom SS Exhaust (Loud)
Twin Branch manifold (unsure if this is standard)
Brand new battery

Suspension
K-Sport coilovers *shudder*
Shit brakes

Wheels and Tyres
SSR Professor SP1
17x9 +10 - 215/40 Front
18x11 +16 - 255/35 Rear

Body
S13 front lip
Genuine Ganador aero mirrors
JDM Kouki rear lamps
Front arches rolled
Rear arches rolled and pulled

And heres how she looks now -













Next up is some more lowerings as I can go down 10mm-ish front and at least the same at the back, a skim of filler and some paint for the rear arches and a seat and wheel for inside.

[Ed]

Beteen you and Si, you've proved that the myth of RX's not taking man spec wheels is bollocks

Good work

[CarlCF4]

man that is a pure boner creator,

definition of nailed stance

savage

[Daniel]

Nice one Jord!

It's looking pretty much spot on now. Personally I think it might need a little something up front to match the aggression of having SSRs all round now though.

Still down for an MM shoot (even though you keep taking perfectly awesome photos yourself) ?

[Drif-Tim]

Clean, Simple, Sexy wheels and great Stance.

Love it

[jap-si]

some Bride VIOSIII low max would be sweet in this

[NikDev]

OMG, awesome! Nailed the stance! Made my day

[Olly - Sil80]

Cool Jord! Looks awesome, pretty similar spec to my car and I love dailying it!! I knew you would regret pulling the sound deadening. haha. Ganadors look tops too!

[alex_evo]

awesome car man seen it at shows etc loving it

[Brooksie]

sell it toooooo me.

[Darragh]

Perfection.

[keef247]

the only reason i hate being 6ft8 is that i'll never be able to fit in a rex.this defines my hatred

[Bon Bon]

FCs are normal size inside, steering wheel is a bit too low but that can be remedied.

[Captain Muppet]

That is what my FC would look like if I wasn't shit at everything.

Want.

[Jord]

FCs are normal size inside, steering wheel is a bit too low but that can be remedied.

I'm 6ft and more legs than torso and I could do with the seat being a fraction lower and further back. Easily remidied though like you say.

[swiftmini]

Wow very nice!!

Did you finish the ps? If so i never saw it


Kev

[Jord]

I still own the S13 although it has been very neglected sadly. Going to start the ball rolling again on it soon as I would like to get out there skidding again.

[swiftmini]

It would be good too see it in progress again. Hope you crack on with it soon

[Joe-sef]

your 6ft jord? wtf?

love the car by the way. im not even going to comment on the fitment.

[SRRay]

very nice,makes me want an FC soooo bad