macce76

Hi.

Wondered i`d write about my fc a little. It`s an import from Germany to Finland,
PO had allready done an overhaul for the engine. So far it works.
Swapped my El Camino on it last fall, managed to have a little fun with it before winter came.

Few pics from fall, the way we were.



For starters, i had to replace original exhaust, `cos it was held on mainly by rust..



Made my own design, pretty straight through 2,5" pipe. Surprisingly its also pretty quiet when you travel. But he** breaks loose when you give it some gas. So it`s attentiongetter in town.





It had some aftermarket 16" under, didn`t like those. So i loaned SSR wheels from a friend, i actually sold these same wheels to him.. Gutted..
Same time when changing wheels, decided to cut original springs, since i knew winter would bring me some coilovers.

Appearance vice, we were gettin better for my eye.





So rest of fall went like this, and on november, the rx went for hibernation.




Ebay provided coilovers, steeringwheel, and most importantly, new clutch ,`cos old ones bearing was grinding like hell.
Also bought some new wheels for the baby, needs some fixing thought
ACT 8,5*16 ET 28





Next episode, Brakejob..

macce76

I`ll continue ..

Little brake job, old ones were totaled, front end was stuck, 3 of 4 pistons.. per side i mean.
Rear wasn`t better at all..



Front discs, you almost could say they were stuck to the hub..
Rears come off clean thought




Little bath time, so rust and stuck parts would loosen a bit.



Pistons off, and ready to refurb.




First front caliber, and rear calibers.




Painted, new gasgets and rubberboots, slowly coming together something you can just put back in car.





Well, that`s a start, i`ll write some more soon.

Thank you.

13.bREW

Looks Great very clean S4 and the SSRs are legit. Im a fan of the NA builds.

macce76

Thanks REW.
Sadly those ssr`s were loaned by that time.

So let`continue.

Weekend was pretty efficient, managed to drop the old suspension and assembled new one in for a trial fit.




Have to do some cleaning..



Rear brakes ready, It`s so nice when you can install some clean parts.
Also rear shocks on a trial fit..


Front end so i can determine the ride height.


Like that..

And more fitting, rear is way too high. have to do something with that..




Next on agenda is some rimfixing, so i can mount the tyres and check how the height really is.
Lot has changed after this, i have to write next update fast..

unek87

Love the wheels brotha

psyaddict

looking good

kuuva86

Moro ! Mukava nähdä muidenkin suomalaisten seiska harrastajien tänne kirjoittelevan
Olenkin ko. auton seikkailuja seurannut usean vuoden ajan(nettiautosta). Turkuunko tämä FC on nyt eksynyt ? Itse olen FC:n omistanut jo vuodesta 2007 lähtien ja nyt on iso remppa päällä. Siitä lisää kirjoittamassani blogissa.

Käy tutustuun kirjoittamaani blogiin ja liity perustamaani yhteisöön
RX7Club.com - Finnish RX-7 owners
Project Genesis

macce76

Thanks guys.
And Kuuva, luin eilen blogis, on sulla ollu tavan paljon koettelemuksia.
Tän laitoksen historia kiinnostaa, onko sulla millasta infoa liikkeistä?

And again, some progres, This time wheel refurbishing.

Picture doesn`t really tell the truth abouth what condition these were. Curbing and pink overspray etc..
Here`s a picture, after quick wash and mild paintstripping.


So, paintstripping didn`t go as planned. Time to start sanding. First 120


Little comparing.


All four sanded. Yay.


Forgot to took pictures from different stages, but i gues you all know the drill.
320-600-800-1000-1500 and finally polish the lips.



Home stretch..

macce76

Second post for wheels

Masking so we can start painting.



Basecoat, For a while wondered leaving them to white. Glad i didn`t.



On to the colour.



trialfit with wheels. Rear is soooo high. Have to do something about it.



Well, pictures suck. Taken with phone so quality isn`t best.
Next on to do list is the height of rear...

Thanks.

unek87

O so pretty .

macce76

Thanks.

Brakes been bled, been fidling with rear height, too high still but..

Dropped the seven to ground and just looked at it.
Hell, i love it.



Tyre/Wheel combo sits pretty good to my liking.



Small details still to do. changing the steerinwheel, etc
Painted the doorhandless to black, suits better for my eye.



Next, road inspection...

psyaddict

do you happen to know if this car is in finland? Mazda RX-7 Fc 1.3 Wankel 110kW - auto24.ee

macce76

No, i don`t know if that`s in finland.
Pretty decent looking.

psyaddict

yeah, very good looking for that price, i heard it was sold to finland. It's the only fc3s iv'e seen on street.

macce76

Oh, do you know when the deal`s been done?

So. Seven passed inspection.



Did 4 wheel alignment at work, and tried some coil adjustments.
Just a tad stiffer for back, and a little softer on front and it will be ok.



First run was 400 km to a car meet in finland, and just to check that everything works like should.



That feeling after winter, when you get to drive. O my.




Oops..



So now i`m gonna pretty much just drive, and hope everything stays ok until the summer really starts.

Oh yeah, need to change clutch, pressure bearing makes noise. But that is a no brainer. Hope so.

Thanks

clokker

iTrader: (2)

Photobucket is being weird, I can't see any pics at all.

macce76

Hmm, weird. Everything shows just fine for me??

Baloo88

Oh, another FC in turku Was it the same one sitting in Motonet workshop last year?

macce76

Yes it`s the same. And still sitting occasionally. I work at there.
You have one FC in turku too??

Maybe a meet someday?

Baloo88

Yeah, I have a red S5 TII
A meeting would be nice but the car is in pieces in my garage, hoping to get it running before june

SJK300

Looking good, I really need to go through my brakes as well. And I need to change the rear dif...
Any updates or plans for the future?

macce76

Thanks.

Minor upgrades, gearbox needs rebuild. Rear diff also.

Baloo88. Was it you today at motonet?

ACR_RX-7

iTrader: (1)

I know I'm late to the party, but I just noticed that second pipe that runs along side.

What does that go to?

I have never seen that before.

macce76

Now, that is an exellent question. i don`t have a clue.there is a connection at the down pipe for it, and from there it went straight to back like that. I was afraid to remove it. So i connected it to exhaust pipe. It even had/has a silencer.. So if anyone knows, feel free to shine some light about this.

ACR_RX-7

iTrader: (1)

I have spent the better part of 20 minutes searching online through google images. No such luck yet. I wanted to at least spend some time looking before I asked.