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    Project FinoBuilt

    As some of you read my intro post, I'm currently building my project MX3 Drag car . So where should i begin.....

    Early 2015 I started wondering how good of a base car my MX3 would be if i wanted to build a drag car out of it.
    I started searching what could be done engine wise, tranny wise, body wise etc etc.
    Since 4 years before i had bought a KLDE with gearbox, so i could replace the broken one in my K8 MX3. So i had the DE laying around for quite a while.
    Now that i had the engine sorted, i kinda wanted to do things differently than most here. I wanted to go to the "As light as possible, power to weight ratio" route.
    So me and my brother stripped the car to a shell.
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    After this, the next step was putting in a rolcage. I bought a Chromoly 6point roll bar kit from Applied Racing and Technologies. Cost about $500 shipped. I had a buddy of mine weld it in, and he did an awesome job.
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    After that i parked the car in my garage and stripped everything from underneath the car and strip out the engine bay. Some parts will come back on it, some i have sold/traded.
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    About the engine, I'm going with the bone stock KL-DE out of 94 Probe GT. I will be running it without any accesories (no PS, no Alternator, no mechanical waterpump). I will also be running the engine on M1 fuel (methanol). The engine has been overhauled with new OEM rings and bearings. I will have another friend of mine make a custom intake manifold. I also have thermal intake spacers being made, and my friends at Paradise Racing will send it to me. I will use the System1 racing oil filter. The ones you can reopen to clean out.
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    Drivetrain will be the same Probe GT gearbox, with a Fidanza flywheel (wich i have to order a new one), Competition Clutch Stage4 sprung disc. I will use the Magnus Motorsports clutch release valve. I'm gonna experiment a bit with the 5th gear to see if i can delete it, without using the block off plate i saw someone wass selling and installing. And in the future i will buy 1-4 straight cut dog gears and billet final drive from PAR. (Hoping to land a good sponsor while the car starts racing). But for now it will remain stock. As for driveshafts, i bought a donor MX6 and took out thr engine (so now i have a spare engine) and took the front and rear spindles. These are 5 bolts and hold a much beefier shaft than the MX3 shafts. So yeah, the car will use 5 lug wheels.
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    Rear spindle assembly, stock for now, but in future will change for either Strange Spindle Struts or something similar that most FWD drag cars use.
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    Fueling, i decided to use M1 (methanol), because it's cheap, it makes more power than racing fuel and keeps engine cooler. For that I'm using the Bosch 044 external pump, System1 racing fuel filter, Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator, Ford Racing 1600cc injectors and custom fuel rails. And a 1Gallon fuell cell which will be mounted in front of left front wheel.
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    Cooling the engine, i decided to use an electrical waterpump. Since i will only be drag racing, it's more effective way to cool the engine down after each pass, without having the engine running. For that i boight the Meziere WP136S. For that I'll have to cnc cut a plate to fit the existing WP shape, and have a nozzle welded to it. I also bought a Honda Del Sol aluminum radiator with 12" fan. These radiators are smaller in size and should be just what i need.
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    Stopping the car, I eleminited the booster and original brake master cylinder. I'll use Wilwood racing Brake master cylinder kit, that comes with an extra remote reservoir that i will use for the original clutch master cylinder.
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    For the rear, i have an Ebay drifting handbrake, which i will use only for burnouts and when staging. I will use a Line-lock on it, which makes it easier to operate when staging.


    Electrical and EMS, I bought the XS XP1000 16V battery with charger, since i will be eliminating the alternator. It will be mounted in front of the front right wheel. As for engine management, I'll use the new Haltech Elite 750 ecu and i will display everything with the Racepak IQ3 digital display dash.


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    Oh and i almost forgot. About the "As light as possible" part. We are going with all Lexan windows. I also started to mess around with fiberglass and i did manage to make molds of the doors, which i made one door off. It was pretty time consuming since i never did this before, but it ended up pretty neat! The orignal doors, weights about 70lbs each, i think the fiberglass one will weigh less than 15. Since i have the molds already made, we wanna experiment with carbon fiber next and see how that goes. The plan is to make a one piece front, CF doors, CF back hatch, and CF rear bumper.
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    Oh waw, enough ranting for now, haha. If there is more interest in this project i will keep you guys updated.

    Thanks for reading!!
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    Last edited by FinoBuilt; 04-15-2016, 03:27 PM.

    #2
    Keep posting stuff. Would like to see where this goes
    91 protege gt. dropzone mx3 springs, mx3 crossmember, ractive front and rear strut braces, rear lower mx3 brace, 4 wheel disc brakes, corksport ss brake and clutch lines,kvr front pads, ractive cai,ram air hood scoop, modified front bumper, shaved ant and rear trunk lock, fubu ant, short shifter, corksport bronzeoil shifter bushings,92 glass sunroof and tail lights, mx3 center console, autometer gauges (volt and oil pressure) cluster needles painted to match, sound system, 17 inch eagle alloy 193 with 205 40 17 rubber. klze is ALIVE BABY!! . http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2394656http://www.toprotege.com/forums/show...hlight=project[url]

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      #3
      Thanks bud..

      I'm sorting out the issue with attachments so you can see all photos..

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        #4
        I'm interested, that's awesome work


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          #5
          holy large pictures batman
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          1992- project FE3..... 313 WHP @ 9.3psi




          I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"
          he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it

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            #6
            They were taken by my phone, and i uploaded them using my phone.. It looks ok on mobile not on PC haha..

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              #7
              I like the size of the pics lol
              91 protege gt. dropzone mx3 springs, mx3 crossmember, ractive front and rear strut braces, rear lower mx3 brace, 4 wheel disc brakes, corksport ss brake and clutch lines,kvr front pads, ractive cai,ram air hood scoop, modified front bumper, shaved ant and rear trunk lock, fubu ant, short shifter, corksport bronzeoil shifter bushings,92 glass sunroof and tail lights, mx3 center console, autometer gauges (volt and oil pressure) cluster needles painted to match, sound system, 17 inch eagle alloy 193 with 205 40 17 rubber. klze is ALIVE BABY!! . http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2394656http://www.toprotege.com/forums/show...hlight=project[url]

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                #8
                makes sense
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                1992- project FE3..... 313 WHP @ 9.3psi




                I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"
                he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it

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                  #9
                  Wish they all worked thow, I'd like to see this screen your using.


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                    #10
                    Originally posted by farcryNZ View Post
                    Wish they all worked thow, I'd like to see this screen your using.


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                    which screen is that?

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                      #11
                      very clean

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                        #12
                        This is the screen..
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                        And it will display like this..
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                        Last edited by FinoBuilt; 04-17-2016, 09:29 AM.

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                          #13
                          For what it's worth, I'd recommend against running it without an alternator, unless you're going to run one of those special 16V batteries. The electronics need the higher voltage of an alternator and most of the work-arounds to maintain the higher voltage weigh more than an alternator. HotRod did a nice write up on this a few months backs.

                          As for your fiberglass doors: very cool. How did you handle the window frame? Did you cut it out of the old door? Instead of carbon-fiber; take a look at Kevlar and some of the carbon/kevlar hybrids. Similar strength and weight (for this application) but lower cost. There is a company making a carbon-fiber/Spectra (so light it floats) cloth that I dying to try out. Alos, look at adding a honeycomb core, it will really stiffen things up with a minimal weight penalty.
                          Good Luck with it and thanks for sharing

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                            I guess the picture isn't showing, but i did write that i have the XS Power 16v battery, i will be using that.
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                            As for the doors, i chose to make the door withouth the top frame because of the way the frame bends. It's not flat like most doors, and that made it difficult for my rookie skills to copy in the mold.
                            I didn't cut off the frame, i just only made the mold till the frame, and just left it out.
                            I will use lexan glass all around, and for the windows, i will use a "Window frame kit" that most drag race cars use. It's a bar that runs like a window frame that i can bend in the shape of the window, that screws on the lexan to strengthen it and keep it from flexin. See picture...
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                            Kevlar itself is VERY expensive, and requires another method of applying resin to it. It's not what i could do at home. I would have to do resin infusion and than bake it while the whole piece is still under vacuum.
                            I will use carbon fiber combined with thin sheets of honeycomb, this will prevent you from using more carbon fiber layers (which saves you money) and it will be very very strong! And with carbon fiber i can simply apply the resin by hand layers and than vacuum the piece to remove access resin and to remove air pockets.
                            Last edited by FinoBuilt; 04-17-2016, 09:26 AM.

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                              #15
                              crazy stuff going on there!
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                              1992- project FE3..... 313 WHP @ 9.3psi




                              I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"
                              he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it

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