Luke Skyjacker

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Hey guys I decided to make a thread to update my progress and hopefully answer some questions I have. Been searching and researching on tech for a while and have really learned alot. The car is an 87' rx7 that has been backhalfed with a 9" ford and ladderbars.

I bought a LQ4 from a van and plan to run it stock via a carburator. I'm hoping this powerplant will be comparable to the 406sbc I had in the car before.

I have ambitions of setting the stock long block n/a record but I have had issues finding such a thread. The car is pretty light (2250) with a 4.56 gear and 295/65/15s out back. I'm hoping I will be at least close.

Luke Skyjacker

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sbc setup from 07'







^^^^last years attempt (motor blew so it went back under the knife)






when the car looked like that^ it had this motor:

Luke Skyjacker

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Pictures of some of this years modifications:
http://www.horsepowerjunkies.com/for...d.php?t=102976

pics and updates from 2007:
http://www.horsepowerjunkies.com/for...ad.php?t=56712

pics from 08/09:
http://www.horsepowerjunkies.com/for...t=67409&page=2

Luke Skyjacker

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This vid might still work, 10.28 @ 130 with the 406sbc
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/2038977920

Luke Skyjacker

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Any input on the stock 6.0 record? Stock long block ls record? I did some searching but could only find vette and fbody records.

digitalsolo

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The only stock block record that I'm aware of is boosted, which is a 1st gen RX7.

Nice car, BTW, good luck with the performance goals.

skinnies

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Luke Skyjacker

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From last nite.....

BLNLS1/RX7

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Keep us updated.

Luke Skyjacker

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http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/c...ostreet%20RX7/
photobucket link to pics, not in chronological order

WeeWolf

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Your car is back-halved isn't it?

Luke Skyjacker

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Sure is. Ladder bars, double adjustable coil overs on a 9" ford

96 Comp T/A

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Did you buy that nose as a 1 Piece, or make it yourself? Mine's got an add on kit, which I am not super fond of, the nose is passible though.

Luke Skyjacker

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The bumper came from California via ebay. i think it was designd for wide style front fenders. i was expecting it to bolt righ up with minimal body filler. it was way off! about 4-5" too wide at the front of the wheel wells on each side. it was awful. i had to cut it up and cut my fenders then use counter sunk bolts to attatch the bumper to the brackets i welded on my fenders. hers a few pics, wish i woul hve got some before i started cutting the bumper!





My G/F doing the body ork.... i dont have the patience for the body filler.

Luke Skyjacker

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mactizen

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Norotors.com in the drag racing section has a good list going, not all are lsx based swaps however. Guy that goes by skinnies went 8.9x with a basically stock 5.3 on boost. I went 9.68 on a h/c/i ls2 with a 100 shot and you're a good bit lighter then me.

digitalsolo

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You should definitely post this up over on NoRotors.com

Luke Skyjacker

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Just registered. Was an active member on Torquecentral.com back in the day, i was on v8rx7forum.com also. i guess it was just a matter of time. lol

Luke Skyjacker

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Update: fired this thing up this week. Sounds real good. I decided to go blowthru turbo. Motor is bone stock 2006 lq4. Didn't even change the pan. Stainless 2.5" up pipes welded to truck manifolds. Turbo is a Garret TA51 (71mm). 4" open downpipe exits behind starter. Large intercooler and 4" charge pipe. Still need to finish up a few things and get the carb setup for boost.dum

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