Progress on my car. WIth pics :D
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Progress on my car. WIth pics :D
Well I'm back at it again, I know that I haven't posted up here in a while about updates on my car so here it goes.
I flew down to Scotts place (Trochoid) since he hasn't been feeling too well to help him out a bit with my shell, powder coating, and prepping those 2 tanks. The pictures go from the start of prepping the shell really to getting up on the uhaul and me dropping it off at my painters place which is where it rests right now. I've also go all my powder coated mocked up in there, along with the ITB in place too. This will help me determine hose length and what not before I get the painted shell back so all I have to do is really just transfer everything and not mock things up. I might also try to get it running or even just atleast a bit to maybe drive it to the my bbuddys shop instead of towing it there.
Anyways to the pictures
I flew down to Scotts place (Trochoid) since he hasn't been feeling too well to help him out a bit with my shell, powder coating, and prepping those 2 tanks. The pictures go from the start of prepping the shell really to getting up on the uhaul and me dropping it off at my painters place which is where it rests right now. I've also go all my powder coated mocked up in there, along with the ITB in place too. This will help me determine hose length and what not before I get the painted shell back so all I have to do is really just transfer everything and not mock things up. I might also try to get it running or even just atleast a bit to maybe drive it to the my bbuddys shop instead of towing it there.
Anyways to the pictures
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Thanks for the hoping but my back is toast. Heavy pain killers and muscle relaxers don't even help some days. Spent half the summer on the couch which put me behind on work and cash flow. If anyone is looking for some powdercoating, PM me, I could use the work.
Origional sale pics are in this thread, shows the restoration of of the underbody and engine bay.
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/prepped-85-gsl-shell-progress-553071/
Sam was a great help finishing up the extra work he wanted done. I let him at it, he finished up some of the needed body smoothing and spraying the epoxy and primer. He picked it up quickly, he's a quiet, sharp young man.
He has a good deal of work ahead of him swapping all of the parts from his rusting body to the shell, but I'm confident he can accomplish it.
Origional sale pics are in this thread, shows the restoration of of the underbody and engine bay.
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/prepped-85-gsl-shell-progress-553071/
Sam was a great help finishing up the extra work he wanted done. I let him at it, he finished up some of the needed body smoothing and spraying the epoxy and primer. He picked it up quickly, he's a quiet, sharp young man.
He has a good deal of work ahead of him swapping all of the parts from his rusting body to the shell, but I'm confident he can accomplish it.
You guys got alot done there. Awesome work, alot of work prepping that car but it should turn out awesome!
Sam, you need to get a photobucket account, 10 posts of your pictures later. Your post count is really adding up (cheat codes I say! haha).
Sam, you need to get a photobucket account, 10 posts of your pictures later. Your post count is really adding up (cheat codes I say! haha).
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Thanks for all the compliments guys, Ya I really should do a photobucket or something ... or a car domain maybe or something.
I was debating where to leave the engine bay black or to paint it the same color as the car and and have decided to do it the same color as the car now. I've been told it just gives it a more professional look.
I can't wait to get all those red and blue fitting on the car along with all that SS stuff. Should be a sharp looking engine bay.
If you guys have any suggestions about doing something different, please keep them coming. At the end of my whole build up, I do have plans to try to score a couple of magazines hopefully to be featured in to help raise up brownie point for the First gen community and hopefully trying to keep on increasing the value of these little great cars. I might send them a teaser feature once the shell is painted and I have the FI setup going, and then release them a full issue of the full build with the Supercharger, and upgraded brakes and what not.
I was debating where to leave the engine bay black or to paint it the same color as the car and and have decided to do it the same color as the car now. I've been told it just gives it a more professional look.
I can't wait to get all those red and blue fitting on the car
along with all that SS stuff. Should be a sharp looking engine bay. If you guys have any suggestions about doing something different, please keep them coming. At the end of my whole build up, I do have plans to try to score a couple of magazines hopefully to be featured in to help raise up brownie point for the First gen community and hopefully trying to keep on increasing the value of these little great cars. I might send them a teaser feature once the shell is painted and I have the FI setup going, and then release them a full issue of the full build with the Supercharger, and upgraded brakes and what not.
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btw, for the people that haven't seen it, or just plain forgot the color that it will be painted is very very similar to this :
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=color
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=color
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thanks for the compliments guys, I have done a bit more work since I last updated this. This includes:
90% of the engine bay bolt and under side of the car are now stainless steel
The Gas tank is in
All AN hose line already made
Return hard line 1/2 done ... still gotta do the rest. Bending those inshape are fun
Elderbrock AN fuel filter
Talked to Billy from ReSpeed and he will be powder coating my Rack and Pinion same green as the rest
bunch of other little things here and there but I'll post up pictures hopefully tonight
90% of the engine bay bolt and under side of the car are now stainless steel
The Gas tank is in
All AN hose line already made
Return hard line 1/2 done ... still gotta do the rest. Bending those inshape are fun
Elderbrock AN fuel filter
Talked to Billy from ReSpeed and he will be powder coating my Rack and Pinion same green as the rest
bunch of other little things here and there but I'll post up pictures hopefully tonight
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Well i guess time for those update pictures. You will note that I'm using all the stock second gen intank pump stuff as in low light, fuel level sender and stuff. Was raining most of the day today so couldn't finish my hard lines yet. Still gotta fabricate a way to hook up my throttle cable too.
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I hate working in the fall ... weather so unpredictable ... still need to get my hard lines done. Plus one of the fittings that came in yesterday was the wrong one. Ordered 3 billet aluminum hose seperator so the hoses don't scratch up my paint when the fuel vibrates through them. Also added another thing with my rack and pinion from billy, and that's his outer tie rod end. Also did the black dragon order (For all the new window clips, rubbers and stuff) Should be doing the 1A auto order today for my carpet door seals