Knowing what we know about ultimatums, it’s a no brainer that thirty days later David was making arrangements for a transporter to pick up his car. (Wait, wait, what happened to that two month quote, you ask?) Let’s just say David had some issues with Wolf and in May 2006 he gave them a thirty day ultimatum to finish the project.
But, as you may be guessing by now, this plan was short lived at best.įor what it’s worth, Wolf kept in contact with David but the turbo kit did not arrive until late January 2006. David even planned to drive the car back home (cross-country) with his wife in the passenger seat. They gave him a projection of roughly two months of work time to finish the whole project, which sounded great.
PROJECT TORQUE FREDDY LSX UPGRADE
The plan, as all plans do, had evolved and now called for a big GT42R single turbo and all the associated parts to upgrade the car which would be fabricated by ASE Engineering in Australia. Remember how I said Pettit started the swap in July of 2004!!! So, off goes the FD to California in August of 2005. However, before he shipped it to them, he was contacted by Wolf EMS USA who offered to finish his swap, tune on their EMS system, use the car as a project for their own company and do it all for a low low price he could not refuse.
He decided to let Gotham Racing (which no longer exists, by the way) have a go at completing his car. This gave David the idea to scrap the twins and go for a big single turbo. He was promised 15lbs of boost but he actually got 12lbs running 400 RWHP and (adding insult to injury) ended up blowing the secondary turbo while still trying to break the motor in. Pettit did the 20B conversion rather quickly but had issues fully tuning the EMS on a twin turbo setup. The real journey began in July 2004 (remember this start date), which is when David took the car to Pettit Racing in Florida to begin his 20B, three rotor swap. Well, as short as I possibly can with a story like this one. But, since you probably won’t get that chance, I’ll tell it. In fact, his story seems even more surreal than reading his daily updates in the 7club forum thread when you actually get the chance to hear him tell it. If you decide to look it up, be prepared to invest a few days of reading – it’s a long story and completely surreal. All the details of his journey are logged in the forum. I was no stranger to the story of David’s epic tale, as I have been following it since the beginning.
With the exception of the Pettit rear flares and 99 spec front end, the car’s paint is as completely original as the owner. Here’s a little mind blower to start us off. And since he’s the only owner of this car, he actually knows everything that has gone into the car and everything it has been through. He is the original owner of this black beauty – he took it right off the showroom floor. The story of David’s FD3S RX7 starts way back in 1994. If only they knew the journey this car took to get here. As it drove through the city streets, you could just see all the heads turning to watch it weave through traffic. Even with the weather in “doom and gloom” mode, when I saw David Hayes‘ black Mazda RX7, I was simply stunned. It didn’t stop until late afternoon, with dismal skies and a hazy mist hanging overhead even after the downpour stopped. Florida gave us what it is known for at this time of year – rain, and a whole lot of it. It was a sleepy Saturday morning in Florida with a dreadfully overcast sky.
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