# How to steal the soul of an FD - SOLD **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 21, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871 "2007-02-21T07:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![AJC2500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ajc2500/32/4965_2.png) [@AJC2500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AJC2500)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/221 "2007-06-14T08:02:34Z")
ah i recognize that garage. oh and are you not using the other hood? ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/222 "2007-06-14T08:05:06Z")
Sold the CF one a while ago. Buying a stocker from Jay/addictedtoboost ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/223 "2007-06-14T19:30:46Z")
So, I got to drive it a bit hard tonight… WOW It’s seriously fast. Scary fast. I’m sure I’ll get used to it and it’ll be back to “quick” soon, but it’s intense right now. It laid thick black stripes through the end of 2nd and possibly into 3rd. Then it hooked and took off. Next time I’ll be ready and modulate a bit, this time I just wanted to lay into it. ---
**Author:** ![MXS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mxs/32/7507_2.png) [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/224 "2007-06-14T19:32:49Z")
awesome. :tup: did you bolt your seat down first? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/225 "2007-06-14T19:45:11Z")
Actually, yes! And I had a fully functional seat-belt too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bpipe95](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bpipe95/32/7294_2.png) [@bpipe95](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bpipe95)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/226 "2007-06-14T20:01:49Z")
it was fun to watch go down the road… sounds soo pissed off. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/227 "2007-06-16T19:48:36Z")
So it does big fat hairy burnouts? Thats the only reason I’d want a V8… A friend bought an old Camaro with a bored out 454 in it for 2k. I thought to myself, I’d buy it for 2k and spend another 2k on tires just to drive around everywhere doing burnouts rocking out. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/228 "2007-06-23T17:14:08Z")
So, I’ve been spending most of my time helping my friend with the Neon, but I did have time to put on the R1 lip and set on the bumper. I still need to line it up and actually bolt it on. I also need to remove the white sticker residue on the front of it. ![http://www.brentstrong.com/gallery/d/1054-1/_DSC1163.jpg](http://www.brentstrong.com/gallery/d/1054-1/_DSC1163.jpg) ![http://www.brentstrong.com/gallery/d/1057-1/_DSC1165+-+Version+2.jpg](http://www.brentstrong.com/gallery/d/1057-1/_DSC1165+-+Version+2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/229 "2007-06-23T18:29:19Z")
When does the chevy banner come off… lol ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/230 "2007-06-23T19:17:45Z")
Not until after I’ve driven it some. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/231 "2007-06-24T07:55:11Z")
Uhhg, get rid of the ghey chevy banner. But nice to see it mostly together 😉 Let me know when you wanna go shoot some pics. ---
**Author:** ![AshyLarry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@AshyLarry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AshyLarry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/232 "2007-07-21T20:19:12Z")
So whats the deal with this thing? almost a month with no updates?! ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/233 "2007-07-21T21:41:13Z")
Good timing, I just wrote one for tonight. Well, I’m not sure where I left off, but I’ve been working right along on the car but not getting many photos. This weekend was set aside to do the exhaust and I finally brought my camera along. The car is in great running condition and is fast as hell. I still have tons left to do to be finished though… So, on to the progress. Powered by 10+ people’s worth of Chinese food. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1008/867111089_9d9c60054b.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1008/867111089_9d9c60054b.jpg) I’ve been avoiding doing this for a while, but it’s gotten to be time to mount the PCM. This means I needed to cut the fins off of it. Since the PCM was designed to live in the engine bay and it will be in the passenger compartment for this car, it shouldn’t be an issue. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1155/867101935_77ef983560.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1155/867101935_77ef983560.jpg) ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/867956178_fcfc321f38.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/867956178_fcfc321f38.jpg) Each piece of the exhaust needed to be deburred and the aluminized coating ground off where it was going to be welded. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1313/867968002_60def4107a.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1313/867968002_60def4107a.jpg) ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1138/867121595_8ad048cb47.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1138/867121595_8ad048cb47.jpg) While John worked on lining up and making the cuts and tack welding stuff into place, Mark and I worked on my shifter plate. I saw a few FD guys make these to help patch up the shifter hole and insulate from noise and heat. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/867977876_3976414bcf.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/867977876_3976414bcf.jpg) After cutting it up a bit and making it fit, we sprayed it down with some high heat black paint to keep it nice and will be running a bit of weatherstripping under it to really seal things up. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1387/867983014_8d36539e11.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1387/867983014_8d36539e11.jpg) Here’s John working. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/867989128_68951bebe8.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/867989128_68951bebe8.jpg) Starting the cuts for the x-pipe. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/867994554_42f2a03e44.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/867994554_42f2a03e44.jpg) We’ve barely dented the 10lbs of food. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1194/867149319_a36e826f87.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1194/867149319_a36e826f87.jpg) Compared to the storage space here, working conditions are AWESOME at John’s. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/867154927_ca383231e4.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/867154927_ca383231e4.jpg) ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1265/868015624_61ed617c68.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1265/868015624_61ed617c68.jpg) We spent a LOT of time and effort working the bends on the driver’s side to clear everything and still leave as much ground clearance as possible. Looks like we’ve accomplished that. As things stand right now, the exhaust definitely isn’t the lowest point on the car, so I guess we win that battle. ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1432/867166943_451ad8150d.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1432/867166943_451ad8150d.jpg) And here’s the finished product, just tacked together for now. Not sure if it’s the perspective or what, but the pipes look uneven in the photo. The end towards the bottom of the frame connects to the headers. As you can see, the driver’s side was a total whore compared to the passenger’s side. We had to go through the transmission mount and between the body and transmission and then bend around to go into the x-pipe. Lots and lots of mild bends, but it should still flow great. The other end of the x-pipe still needs to be cut down and we need to build the exhaust back from there, but this is great progress. This is all 3" pipe, immediately after the x, we’re stepping down to 2.5" and shouldn’t have any major issues with fitment (at least not compared to the headache of the driver’s side). ![http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1053/868019336_67658b0b9c.jpg](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1053/868019336_67658b0b9c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bpipe95](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bpipe95/32/7294_2.png) [@bpipe95](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bpipe95)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/234 "2007-07-21T22:26:08Z")
siqqqqqqqq ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/235 "2007-07-21T23:21:30Z")
damn that camra looks great even on my moniter. You didnt get any under pics of it fitting? 2 scaleps in the trans Xmener, a slice in the t56 case, and a one little dent so far. Shit was tight. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/236 "2007-07-22T08:18:23Z")
What’s up with the Camaro? Taking the hybrid to meet her Chevy grandparents? 😛 Sweet as hell mang :tup: ---
**Author:** ![E.Roy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/e.roy/32/5073_2.png) [@E.Roy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/E.Roy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/237 "2007-07-22T12:09:22Z")
That car is awesome, I always wanted to have the great handling of a Japanese car with the power and torque of an american v8 Similar idea as a Shelby Cobra (1960’s era), and I do not think anyone has a problem with those ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/238 "2007-07-22T12:34:24Z")
Johns garage pwns… ---
**Author:** ![AshyLarry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@AshyLarry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AshyLarry)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/239 "2007-07-22T15:15:24Z")
Sick, can’t wait to see it! ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871/240 "2007-07-22T15:53:29Z")
looking good :tup: cinder blocks… ehhh… not the safest [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871.md?page=11) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-steal-the-soul-of-an-fd-sold/24871.md?page=13)