FCJG15

iTrader: (18)

What a nice steering column cover and steering wheel set up > looks great!

2jzfc

Tiny update, the engine bay is starting to look a lot more cluttered these days. A few more things I need to buy and finish up such as oil cooler needs re-installed, finish installing the engine harness, clutch slave cylinder and I'm sure other little things.

2jzfc

Man I'm horrible at keeping build threads updated... But honestly not a lot of cool things have happened since my last update. Minus getting the car running and driving... I do have a couple things I can post about with video and pictures so I guess I can do that for those of you who care.

This past weekend I was able to install my NA LSD rear diff with all new delrin mounts in the rear and a Mazdatrix hard rubber mount in the front of it. And that is all that is really worth mentioning, engine bay is cleaned up a bit but still more to do. In the following updates there should be interior updates and I'm going to try and make plans to corner balance the car and raise the suspension a bit. It's just a bit to low for me I'm not into "stance nation" and destroying the undercarriage of the car...

So yeah here are a few pics and a video I can show off, please don't mind the commentary in the video I hate my voice...

Removing the old diff and dropping the subframe:


Rear diff cover with the delrin mounts installed:


And a quick video of the car running as I do a walk around. Yes since then I've topped off the coolant, and yes it has an exhaust leak I need to fix as soon as I can.

http://vid88.photobucket.com/albums/...pstephq59x.mp4

Hope you all enjoyed, and stay tuned for more updates!

2jzfc

Oh wow, so I've neglected this big time! Been way too long since I've last updated, I guess a lot has happened since the last post I've made and I'll do my best to do the quick version.

So I got to drive the car for about a thousand miles and this happened:


Long story short, as soon as I started driving the car I noticed about every 50 miles or so my coolant buzzer came on and my overflow tank would be full. So doing some research and talking to a few local rotary guys, I was able to make the assumption I had a bad internal issue. So I parked the car and then decided to go into turbo mode building my 98 Honda Civic so I'd have a daily.

I then pulled the 13b, ripped it apart and found the water jacket destroyed. Got myself a new plate from the Rotary Doctor and that's about it. Also reverse in my trans has something wrong with it, you have to "find" reverse and when you do it will destroy the reverse light switch. And then to get out of reverse you have to hit the shifter out of gear. Not sure how this happened, but something is broken/bent... So that too will be ripped apart soon to diagnose and fix the issue.

And one last thing, I've decided to go a bit different with my 6-port.... First of all I'd be dumb to not do some kind of port job, and I decided with a street port. But the big decision some of you will scratch your head at. I'm ditching EFI and running a Weber 48 DCOE carb! Already ordered the Atkins wrap around intake manifold and DCOE kit. If tracking is correct, and the weather in the Mid-West does not slow it down. I should have the kit by this Tuesday, so more pics to come!

One last pic, the current state of my 6-port...

2jzfc

So I promised an update today with pictures, so here ya go! Got to my office this morning and a big box was sitting on my desk. And inside said box? This....

FCJG15

iTrader: (18)

Hey bud it's been a long time. Hoping to see more build thread updates!

Also if you're getting rid of that hard intake piping shoot me a PM! Lol

Gregory Casimir

iTrader: (8)

this is a pretty sweet build so far. keep up the updates.

2jzfc

Oh I guess I won't have any use for it anymore haha, I need to put together a for sale thread of all the leftover stuff I'm going to have from the EFI setup. I'm sure some of it will eventually sell!

2jzfc

Thanks! I hope to have updates as frequently as possible.

2jzfc

Also small updates, last night I ordered mild intake/exhaust street port templates from Pineapple Racing, hope to have them in by the end of next week.

JCurry

iTrader: (6)

How do the wheels fit? Anymore pictures of how they fit?

2jzfc

Well don't have a ton of recent pictures of it with the wheels, but the wheels are the exact size and offset as TII wheels. So they fit perfect, the tires are a 225/50/16 I had to have coilovers to fit the tires in the front. But here are a few more pictures showing off the wheels.

2jzfc

Just a small update for anybody who cares, I went ahead and ordered my intake and exhaust porting templates from Pineapple Racing. Upon getting the templates, I realized that I ordered the wrong intake template. Instead of getting a 6-port template, I got a 4-port template but instead of returning it I decided to go ahead and keep it. Never know what I'll have in the future.... After looking around on PR's page I realized they didn't have a template for the 6-port so I ordered Mazdatrix 6-port template. I also decided to keep the PR exhaust template, I have no reason to believe that it won't work well with the MT intake template.

Also I started to do my research on how to get power to the 12a distributor I'll be using, and after asking a ton of questions and reading up on a few threads. I've come to the conclusion the best setup for me and my budget is to go DLIDFIS. I purchased 3 GM ICM, and 2 OEM replacement ignition coils, this setup should give me a stronger and hotter spark over the factory 12a distributor setup.

Mazdatrix 6-port Street Port vs Pineapple Racing 4-port "medium" street port:


Comparing the differences in the ports between the two templates:


Pineapple Racing exhaust template:


More to come very soon!

2jzfc

Ok, so... I by no means am a rich person, I'm actually pretty poor. So choosing to own and build a rotary powered car is probably not the best choice for myself. But, no matter how long it takes me I'll do what I want to do and get this car back on the road. So.. Today I spent a lot (to me) money...



I've also finally started cleaning my parts in preparation for porting and rebuilding. Got my housing all cleaned up, and tomorrow I'll take the housings and rotors to work to put them through the parts washer. I'll post pics of my cleaned parts tomorrow. One step closer!

2jzfc

Took me about 5 hours to get these parts as clean as they are, still a little more cleaning I'd like to do before I start porting. One step at a time!

2jzfc

Another quick update, getting more parts in and buying more parts. While I wait for Photobucket to upload the new pictures, I'm happy to inform that this weekend if all goes as I plan. I'll finally get to start porting my plates and housings. I'll be starting on the plates first because they will take the longest, and because I still need to knock the diffusers out of the exhaust ports on the housings. Waiting to hit up a friend at his shop to help knock those out for me. So yeah, if I keep on trudging along I should have at least a complete keg before too long!

First up I got in front camber kit plates, these should be a nice addition to my Megan coilovers to dial the front end in:


Also got in my RB fuel injector plug kit:


And this morning was pretty stoked to see my Atkins master rebuild kit showed up with some special tools



And just a few minutes ago, I decided to drop a little money on a Gilmer belt drive kit:


I really should have everything I need to start getting the keg back together. Bought some new carbide bits for my dremel, and just waiting for the weekend!

Akomix

iTrader: (5)

Please post some impressions of that specific gilmer kit when you get it. I'm debating on getting the same one. I've read a few horror stories with the rotary-works offering.

2jzfc

Will do, I looked at all different sets of the gilmer kits and settled on this particular kit. One I know the Aussies love their rotaries, so I can only assume they put out a good product. Plus their advertising of the product got my attention, especially with how they market it specifically for S4's. Now if there is a different between SA, S4/S5 I don't know, probably not... But we'll see.

2jzfc

Been a while since I've last done an update, but with warm weather returning to the Mid-West it's time to do work. So I had really planned on getting the car up and running for this summer, but some friends of mine kind of forced my hand on doing a few extra things and doing it right. Which means more money, more time, and more effort... It's kind of hard to remember the order of which everything happened so I'll do my best.

The original plan was to just clean up the engine bay, and rattle can it the factory Royal Maroon Metallic. But a buddy of mine who does body and paint for a living talked me into stripping everything down and actually professionally painting the bay in my garage. It turned out amazing, I'm so glad I did this. But this now forces my hand and this summer (hopefully June) we'll be painting the whole damn car now... Anyways, that is later and here is the process we went through on the bay.








Also I decided since on of the most, if not the most important component of a rotary powered car was cooling. I ditched the generic factory replacement beat up radiator and bought a 48mm full aluminum Koyorad with Racing Beat radiator hose kit. I'm still looking for a decent aluminum shroud with good e-fan to match up with it though.




Also since we dropped the steering rack from the engine bay to paint the subframe I took the opportunity to install my adjustable camber plates on my Megan Racing EZ Street 15-way adjustable coilovers.



Also, I jumped on the local DMV webpage for the great state of Missouri and did some research to see what custom plate combinations have been taken for rotary/rx7 related themes. To my surprise I was able to snag "WANKEL" as an option and jumped on it.



And last but certainly not least, last night I decided to bite the bullet and build my first rotary engine by myself. I was really hoping to recruit a seasoned rotary builder, but he proved to be too busy to assist me, so I followed AaronCakes's videos on building and was able to do it all myself. Side note, while the center plate really should be installed with two people, I was able to figure it out on my own. And I really ******* hate hylomar, that **** is nasty... I was able to get to the point in the second picture at 1AM this morning. I'll finish the keg up later today after I get off work.





So there you have it... Pretty much all caught up now, sorry I've slacked off on my updating. But there are such nice builds happening right now that cast a pretty big shadow on my build so didn't think it really mattered all that much. Until next time, stay tuned!

2jzfc

And one more little update for you all:

unek87

The motor is a nice piece there brotha .

2jzfc

Thank you very much, I just hope I can get it to run as good as it looks!

2jzfc

So quick update, engine is done all that is left is flywheel, clutch, and attach the trans. I hope to be doing that pretty soon, but still need to order the new flywheel and clutch from RB. Anyways, pics.

unek87

Man I wonder if that glimmer kit will fit with my Taurus alt ?

2jzfc

Hard to say! The gilmer kit I have the hole for the alt was perfect, with a lock washer and the nut it's about as snug as it's going to get. If you're feeling froggy I'd say spend money on the cheaper kit, and if need be drill out the hole a bit more and see if you can get it to fit.