car has been off the road again while im getting a new intercooler and piping made up.  it was running a stock rx7 cooler and the piping was very messy so that was first on the list to rectify.
intercooler should be finished before the weekend.
 
in other news, i bought a new car...in japan.  myself and a few mates are going over in November for a Drift week at ebisu.  Personally ive never tried drifting, closest ive done is dirt rallys. so it should be an interesting week, ending in a 48 hour non stop matsuri.
here is my Missile. jzx90 with coilovers, locker, rack spacers, seat and a few other goodies.  as you can see its pre binned so i dont have to worry about denting it HAHA. 
 




 

newintercooler and piping done.  good to have some boost again :)
 

Good work Scott. Hope to see it soon.
 
You wouldn't think the under bonnet pic of the drift car is the same vehicle once you see the outside .
 
Rhys
 

look forward to seeing it... i might try head up to murray bridge sat night, ill txt you if i do

Rhys, haha yep. ive seen video of it drifting so its all good. least i wont be afraid of denting it.
 
Glenn, yeah mate sounds good. if all goes according to plan ill be doing my second stint at about 10pm. 
 
cheers 

 
 
 

the curse continued with this car,  
 
after getting the car back with new intercooler and piping it ran like a bucket.  usually i would figure it out myself but seeing as i had just spent a fair bit on getting the work done i decided to take it back to the shop which did the work.  They took it and had i for about a week looking for air leaks ect.  After " not being able to fix the issue" they suggested putting it on the dyno to see if they could replicate the fault. it was all at their cost so i agreed. 
i got a call a few days later saying the car was ready to pick up as NISTUNE has been fitted and the car has been tunes...... WTF.  I never agreed to have any tuning done as i wanted to get the car running right first + i couldnt afford it.  
The shop accepted responsibility for the mixup and agreed to pay for it ( lucky for me)
Apon picking up the car i found the RH front quater had been damaged very badly. it had been hit and dented/ paint missing.  I was furious that the shop would give it back to me in that state. After some talking they agreed to fix it. So i got it back the other day and the repair job is actually very good.
unfortunately after the whole ordeal the car still ran like balls. I did what i should have done in the first place and had a look myself.  as it turns out they didnt plumb up the wastegate actuator. also didnt plumb up the IACV. so to get it to idle they just wound in the stop on the throttle butterfly. 
i just mocked up some fitting and it drives alot better now. i need to pull the piping apart and do it properly now. 
 
 
the whole reason i decided to take it to a shop ( who was recommended)  was because i was over the drama of this car and just wanted it done so i could enjoy it for a while.  3 months later ,and another massive headache, i almost have it running properly.
i have been reminded why i work on my own cars and not let others do it.  

Sounds like they had the apprentices working on it for $12 an hour. There should have been someone skilled/ qualified supervising the work but I'm sure they were tied up with more 'important jobs'
 
This sort of thing happens too often. Bad workshop management. I can't believe they had it for a week to try and find the problem and still couldn't.
 
Well, a free nistune aint all that bad  You should have it going well soon eh. Good luck
 

That is ridiculous, so much bad luck.
 
At least you now have a car that after giving you so many headaches you can get in and it puts a smile back on your face.
 
Hopefully no more issues or boofheads doing a dodgy on your pride and joy
 
Ryan

Handing the keys over to someone else was hard. Up untill about 6 months ago my whole working life was as a mechanic. I found it hard to justify paying someone else but I after everything that's happened with the car I just wanted to drive it. In the time it took I probably could have done it myself with less stress.
A few more little things and she should be good. Then I can drive it over summer and after that concentrate on getting better suspension setup and better wheels

Cheers