food7373

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Hey guys, I'm just wondering about some parts in my engine. I know the guy before me did some of stuff to the car, but I'm just wondering what some stuff is. Since I'm not able to use the Hayne's Manual to tell anything, because not a lot is stock, I was wondering if you guys could help me ID some parts. I know; the carb is a Mikuni, the spark cables and plugs are NGK, there is no AC, K&N filter, there is MSD Blaster Coils, the engine is a 12A from an 83 along with the transmission,the cap and rotor are from an 83 ignition, and I know there is a gas pressure thingy on the passenger side of the engine and that reads around 8psi I believe. The engine bay is a complete mess and really dirty. Here are some pictures of it, thanks for helping me get to know my car more.


Entire engine picture



Oil temp and pressure work, pressure stays at 40 during idle and temp stays at 180. how would i get water temp to work and what should that be at?



Is that a 79 break master cylinder and clutch master cylinder? or would it be an 83?






other side of engine



What is that radiator from?



Mikuni carb. Is that the stock size gas line? or is that bigger/smaller? There is a Holley fuel pump that is really loud, so maybe the fuel line is bigger/smaller than normal?



no a/c



RB headers?



fuel pressure



what year alt?

food7373

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stock engine mounts?



where does that go?



water/coolant temp?






rusted cap, do you guys recommend i get a new one?

DivinDriver

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That's an SA alt, remanufactured.

The header looks to have been cut in half for some reason. Can't imagine why.

Radiator looks original.

Yes, get a new rad cap.

Yes, water temp probe in a homebrew mid-hose mount.

Engine mounts look stock.

If that frayed firewall heater hose in your "no AC" pic lets go, you'll be out all your coolant within about 2 minutes.

food7373

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the frays are covering a hose, i will check how sturdy it is though. thanks for the help divindriver. And im kinda curious why the header is cut in half. haha.

StealthGXL

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The picture right above the water temp probe, looks to me like an O2 sensor for some sort of A/F gauge... If you follow the wire where does it end up?

rxtasy3

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no that's also a temp probe. maybe that's why the gauge doesn't work, the wrong one is hooked up? put a lighter to it and see if the gauge moves. also can't imagine why the header was cut. almost looks like they took a 12a header and cut it to fit a 13b.

mazdaverx713b

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the engine mounts are stock...the radiator cap needs replaced. go to the dealer. i can provide the part number if need be. replace that upper radiator hose and get rid of that awful probe. the oem sender is located under the oil filter just ahead of the oil pressure sender. its near the #2 rotor's trailing spark plug. no fault of yours, it just looks lie a lot of stuff has been hacked up.

DivinDriver

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Good to know the car's in the hands of someone who's trying to put it right. I hate to see a -7 suffer.

food7373

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Yeah, this thing is hacked up, I'm really wanting to just take everything out and take all the wiring out and do it right, then put the engine back in and have it look really nice. I'll fix up the sender once I have time this weekend, thanks for letting me know where that was.

food7373

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I will check that probe soon, hopefully I will be able to figure out what it is. and and i'm really trying to think why they cut the header, it's a 12a engine, at least that's what the rotor housings say. i'm gonna look at the header tomorrow, study it and see maybe why it was cut.

food7373

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Thanks, I really hate seeing it suffer too, I just want to make this 7 really nice, then maybe sometime when I have some real money, buy a rolling chassis 1st gen and put a GTU1 Mariah body kit on it with a 3 rotor engine, that's my dream.

food7373

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I mean GTO-1 ^

DivinDriver

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That's the only way to get it really cleaned out; you get lots of working space.

This:


Plus a lot of this:


Gets you from this:



To this:

food7373

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Oh my word, that thing is sexy. ^ I'm thinking that won't happen until the garage for me and my papa's 'stang when he finally buys one. My uncle recently built a garage with a lift in it for his Shelby GT-H and his older mustang, that inspired my dad to buy a 'stang (he is going to buy one in the summer sometime or fall) and build a garage for me and him. Once that is built, I will be able to organize all the tools and hopefully get some for pulling the engine and doing a complete rebuild of my '7 or getting a new engine. I can't wait for the day when my engine bay looks as good as yours.

DivinDriver

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There are parts of my anatomy I'd readily part with to have easy private access to a lift, ya lucky dog!

food7373

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Hahaha, I have access to 2 lifts, my uncles, and my friend's dad is a mechanic and has his own personal shop with a lift and all the tools you could want. I would die for that shop. If I lived back on our old farm, I would have access to some tools that would also have helped me a lot more now than when I was really young. I will grab some pictures of my Uncle's GT-H some time, maybe a video if he takes me for a ride in the spring.

DivinDriver

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Puts me in mind of that Rush song, "Red Barchetta"


My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about.
He says it used to be a farm,
Before the Motor Law.
And on Sundays I elude the Eyes,
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire,
Where my white-haired uncle waits.

Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the Borderline.
Run like the wind,
As excitement shivers up and down my spine.
Down in his barn,
My uncle preserved for me an old machine,
For fifty-odd years.
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream.

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car.
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better, vanished time.
I fire up the willing engine,
Responding with a roar.
Tires spitting gravel,
I commit my weekly crime...

Wind-
In my hair-
Shifting and drifting-
Mechanical music-
Adrenalin surge...

Well-weathered leather,
Hot metal and oil,
The scented country air.
Sunlight on chrome,
The blur of the landscape,
Every nerve aware.

Suddenly ahead of me,
Across the mountainside,
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide.
I spin around with shrieking tires,
To run the deadly race,
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase.

Drive like the wind,
Straining the limits of machine and man.
Laughing out loud
With fear and hope, I've got a desperate plan.
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside.
Race back to the farm, to dream with my uncle at the fireside

j9fd3s

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the water pump assembly is from an 89-91, along with the fan (!?), since the FC water pump assembly had a temp sender, you should be able to move the aftermarket one out of the hose to the back of the water pump. my local NAPA stocks bushings, it makes it really easy to adapt from one thread to another. upper hose just looks like stock SA

ignition is just stock 81-85, you get NGK wires at the dealership

fuel pressure regulator is a holley

radiator IS stock, its still got the silver tag on it....

if it was mine, i'd replace all the hoses, clean it, and enjoy

BTW water temp should be 180-195... 230 is too hot

food7373

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Thanks for the tips, hoses will be replaced hopefully soon. And wheres the silver tag on the radiator?

food7373

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I've never heard that song divindriver, I'm going to have to look it up then. haha.

j9fd3s

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whoops, one of the pics it looks like its there, the other pic you can see its a shadow or something...

food7373

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Okay, haha, well thanks for the tips.