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My 1979 Rx7..From Australia..13b turbo, Simmons wheels, fresh paint and interior

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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 02:05 AM
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My 1979 Rx7..From Australia..13b turbo, Simmons wheels, fresh paint and interior

Specs are as follows.

Body/Exterior

Series 1 RX7 repsrayed in green (not sure on colour name) but i just call it kermit green.
Series 3 front bumper and lower apron. New tail lights, indicators, all new rubbers, headlight washers and wiper blades along with alot of other stuff

Dark black window tint

Interior

Retrimmed interior, custom door trims, new carpet/new boot carpet
Momo gear **** and auto technica steering wheel.

Series 3 front and rear seats (soon to be trimmed to match door trims)

Autometer Pro Comp 2 1/16 water temp and oil pressure gauges custom mounted in series 3 centre console. Boost gauge mounted to A pillar.

Battery mounted in rear boot inside battery box.

Rolling stock

Simmons FR17 Rims with 215/40/17 whitewall tyres

Lowered 2 inches all round. pedders shocks, aftermarket springs


Under the bonnet

Series 4 13b turbo, with standard turbo and turbosmart boost controller.
Microtech LTX-8 with handset inside cabin
3inch exhaust
Blitz BOV
Massive front mount intercooler
Air filter enclosed inside custom air box
Makes 220hp at the wheels on 12psi with dyno sheets to prove.
All engineered,

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The car is off the road atm, having some problems with the microtech, its not getting any power to the front rotor, even after replacing the coil packs, plugs leads and CAS...has been in the workshop for 2 weeks, waiting to get the computer returned from my tuners.

Series 2 rear end going in also, and new springs

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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 07:25 AM
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post more pics!!
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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nice car man -- post some more pics
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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You don't see green cars anymore.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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that is very nice green the next car i get i should paint it like that. or my dads f-150
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 06:01 PM
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Nice FR'S, how original.

Cool sev though man . Too many aussie rotors with simmons IMHO
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Old Jun 22, 2008 | 01:07 AM
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haha yeha i know..i guess thats one thing our cars are known for..simmons and rotaries go hand in hand...they are a nice looking wheel, but fukn expensive though at about 600 odd for a rim minus rubber..however these were on the car when i bought it, all my rx7s have had simmons on them, but just the style changes...ive changed alot of things since then..will get some more pics up when i get the car back from the shop.
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Old Jun 22, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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Really nice car, can we be graced with some more pics please?

Good luck with the front rotor firing!
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 04:46 AM
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new pic
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Sweeeet ride meng!!!Love the Simmons too!!

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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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Damn...I love that color. That car looks Great!
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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cleaner without the white striped tyres!
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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hey guys! i have a few small updates!

the list includes
another microtech to replace the fried one, its still an LTX8 which is what was in the car to begin with

Highflowed series 4 turbo, which conists of a Garrett AiResearch t04 front cover, with a series 4 exhaust housing, so it should bolt straight up to the existing dump pipe/exhaust manifold, braided lines and hoses

42mm garrett external wastegate

and 2 extra 12a turbo fuel injectors

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hoping to achieve the 300hp mark, so ill see how we go!

And to the guy above, thats awesome to hear someone actually has my car as their desktop background
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 07:33 AM
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Excellent paint job. I do like the new tires black wall tires better. Thanks for posting a bigger pic.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 11:01 PM
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also heres a few more pictures for you fellas!







and the engine bay as it stands right now, soon new turbo gear install!



and one with my mates half finished BMW

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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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man, i like it... 300 hp will be easy with your setup mate
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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Very nice car. Wouldnt have thought that the green would have been such a nice choice on color. Works our great!
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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thanks for the comments guys! yeah fingers crossed she makes 300, even at least 270hp will be good!.

the car arrived at the workshop yesterday (friday in australia) so in a few weeks she should be all ready!
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 05:42 AM
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turns out the microtech was a dud ...so its still getting sorted at the moment...hopefully have it in for the turbo work this week!
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Sweet looking ride! What are the lil black gizmos on the bumper? Headlight washers? Deer chasers?
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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they are actually kangaroo sights, you just gotta line them up with the kangaroo and whammo! haha! nah they are actually headlight washers, didn't US spec Rx7s come with them?
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 02:48 AM
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i was thinking about painting my fb green hehe.
green with metallic flakes
clean car !!!
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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they are actually kangaroo sights, you just gotta line them up with the kangaroo and whammo! haha! nah they are actually headlight washers, didn't US spec Rx7s come with them?
I'm betting you'd just go clean under the kangaroo, causing only a barrel-roll.

I've not seen them on US first-gens, no.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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Nice car. I like the color.

BTW Canada had the washers but not the US.
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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small update, the car made 248kw at the wheels with the setup on it, still plenty more left in it. The cars now off the road, i sold the simmons off it, and have another set of wheels in mind now, i also blew the clutch in it

Heres a youtube vid of the dyno run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953fN6W5XZY
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