I can do the english
 

Pretty irregular spacing!

I don't think this is the correct factory placement of the front left wheel :lol:

lol send that to me can cut vinyl

how about the fender badge?

Changed the oil. Needed it since it was the break in oil. Best time to do it since the car has sat since November so all of it should have been in the pan.

I can send you the CAD file - DWG, DXF, or WMF format?

I'm not doing the fender badges at this time, sorry.

Today, I brazed the studs to the inside of my modified air cleaner cover, only slightly overheating the lid in the process (it's got a minor tweak now, not a visible or functional problem.)

Got the canister drilled, test-mounted, and cut the excess stud length down. Fits in the air cleaner without issue or interference with the idle compensator, which is a near fit.

After I refinish the lid (burned up the outside paint pretty good, heh) I'll fill the canister, bolt it all up, seal it to the lid with some Great Stuff, and should be in business, smog- and flood-wise.

PIX:
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DivinDriver, you remind me of the slogan on the matchbooks at a market I worked at some time ago.
"The man who says it can't be done is usually interrupted by the man who is doing it."
Thank you.

Thanks for that.

Working now on the silkscreens - getting the exposure times just right is a bit tricky, but starting to come together.

dang DD looks like your concept is a success

not sure if I could open those files ... a scanned version would work lol

I can output them as bitmaps (bmp, jpg, tiff, etc.) too, you just lose the smooth scalability. Tell me what DPI you need and I'll spool you some 1:1 scale output. :icon_tup:

The snorkel label is tricky to get on a silkscreen; the details are so small that the difference between underexposed & overexposed is very narrow, especially using transparency output that was ink-jet printed and not 100% opaque. If I can scrounge up some laserjet transparency film (without having to buy $50 worth), I'll try that route too, see if comes out crisper.

I begin to see why the print on the original parts was kind of blurry; the fine details of the design are down right at the limit of what can be silkscreened, even today.

Went to a local Rotor gathering in Spokane - caught up with some old buddies and made some new :)

Got a 10" Memphis M5 subwoofer in a temporary box to experiment with placement and acoustics. All i gotta say is wow - i can turn it up to any volume i want and there's no distortion and nearly no rattles on the car at all. Super clean sound. Anyone who talks shit on the factory head unit will now officially be considered WRONG.

My bro Chris (Metallic_Rock) took one look at my carb and realized my throttle return spring was way too loose. I was trying to tighten the throttle cable itself, which messed up my idle and didnt help anything. Chris cut off several coils and put the spring back on, then loosened the throttle cable a bit.

WOW who knew!? night and day difference. It used to surge and stumble really bad at low rpm, not smooth until about 3k rpm. Now it idles 1000-1100, and pulls SUPER smooth from there clear to 7k. like, amazing. WOW. I actually have useable power from 1k-3k!

Apparently the spring was so loose it wouldnt close the throtle plates all the way, hence the surging, and the high idle was putting a bit too much gas in there so laying into the throttle would make it stumble a bit.

It still runs rich, so, get that wideband O2 system on there and get her dialed in. Not a huge deal though, as my EFI setup should be arrive this week.

Divin', can you output in PDF? If so, you retain the scalability.

The day before yesterday, I started the remote hatch release retrofit. The replacement hatch w/solenoid was a piece of cake. Under the dash, however, it was a little more work as I had to remove the fuse box to get to the wiring and switch panel. I haven't located the wiring that's supposed to be there...I found the fuel lid wires (the same color), but no sign of the remote hatch release. I'm sure they're up there...must be bundled up there tucked behind the heater ducts. :p

Yesterday I took her out for her first auto-x session. It was my first in a FR layout car. Being completely stock (with the exception of an RB front sway bar), I was sliding all over the place out there. I had control the whole time, thankfully, but those 185/70/13 tires were not making things especially easy. Actually, they were making them fun...if being sideways is your idea of being fun (it is for me). :)

This makes me really look forward to the GSL-SE axle and spindle swap so I can get rear disks w/fresh Hawk pads, LSD, bigger front brakes, and more rubber to the ground.

fm

a bmp at actual size or larger would be fine .... once I can get the vinyl machine going again (it is acting up for some dayum reason) I'll cut one to see how it looks

Yep - in fact I had to for the curved text, as my (new) inkjet printer was having a bit of an argument with my (2000 version) AutoCAD plot drivers. Came out lumpy - - old versions of acad had trouble with some truetype fonts.

The PDF is perfect, though. I can PDF the other two items as well.

Nothing today. :(
Just trying to find where the emulsion tubes are located. Keep hearing about them, but no pictures so I can see where they are.

Check post #9

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...round-1029941/

Got under the car again today to chase down more rattles. Heat shields. 320K miles hasn't been kind to them. And I'm not doing a thing about them as I have a Racing Beat exhaust that will be going on this car in the next couple of months. No heat shields, no rattles. Until them, I'll just grin and bear it.

fm

vinyl file for DD
 

trying to link to image w/vector

I've been working on mounting my XM satellite radio neatly on the center console of my EV RX-7. I spent far too much time on it and I am glad to say I have overcome my OCD and it is considered good enough. Here are pics. Ill take a couple more when I get it all put back into the car. There is about 1/8" clearance between the ashtray and the bottom of the XM mount. Sitting in the drivers seat the XM does not block the view of anything on the car stereo. The plate is a real carbon fiber plate about 0.030" thick. Very stiff, much more so than a sheet of steel that thickness and yet weighs less than aluminum. The space to the left of the XM unit will end up with something having to do with the EV aspect of the car.

Corrected spacing, and bolded roman letters to make silkscreen contrast higher on the next go-round:

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New shoes and socks
 

Got my 15X8's on today with take off's RA1's 205 50 15. Attachment 494016

yeah buddy! Show us the angles! I wanna see that fatty polished lip

ooOo neat!

I will take a few after work, they do stick out past the fenders a bit, but I needed some good meats for the track!

Ohhhh, the nikki has built in emulsion tubes right on the air bleeds? Making it one solid unit.
So how do people use Holley air bleeds on the emulsion tubes?
Or are people exchanging the nikki fuel jets inside the fuel bowls for the Holley air bleeds?
:scratch: I think I'm losing it