What did you do to your FB today?
#7926
Full Member
Helping another enthusiast
Grit blasted and ceramic coated Italian muffler
RB header
Gas tank with original pad
Exhaust with air piping
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KYPREO (02-22-22)
#7929
acdelco d1906 Nkg 49034
I celebrated the 32 anniversary of the rx-7 purchase. No more riding the RTD (rapid transit district or Rough Tough and Dangerous) Los Angeles bus through watts at 11 pm coming from the county jail...... by changing the oil.
The Atkins rebuilt is now 18 years old. Time sure flies.
The Atkins rebuilt is now 18 years old. Time sure flies.
#7930
Senior Member
Bought a 130amp alternator upgrade for my 82.
Took it apart and painted it......and installed the new black suede steering wheel with new NRG hub.
Took it apart and painted it......and installed the new black suede steering wheel with new NRG hub.
Last edited by raven12aFB; 03-14-22 at 01:21 PM.
#7931
Slowly getting there...
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@raven12aFB is that a rewound FB alternator or one from an FD or Taurus?
#7932
Senior Member
I'm almost certain that it's an FC alternator.....
#7936
Uncle Rico
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Looks like my stock style radiator finally bit the dust, and started leaking out the core. Searching for a stock style radiator, i came up with nothing. The local radiator shop quoted me $700, thank to the huge uptick in metal prices. Decided to break from the OEM look on the grounds of necessity and replaced it with an aluminum.
All happy again.
All happy again.
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Maxwedge (03-18-22)
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thirteenbees (03-20-22)
#7940
Damn, it did start!
I’m running the Koyo and a 13b. Most electric fans are too thick. The lauded Taurus fan would be too thick. I went with a ford contour fan from a v6 equipped car. It’s a 3500cfm fan if it is to be believed.
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Maxwedge (03-19-22)
#7942
Slowly getting there...
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I really don 't want to go to an electric fan. The new radiator is approx 10mm thicker than stock and the 13B is approx 20mm longer than the old 12A, so there's 30mm less space between the stock fan and the radiator. I have a flex fan to get me started, but I plan on machining the OE fan spacer down so the OE clutch fan can still be used. We'll see.
Aaron Cake had a good write-up of how an electric fan doesn't actually gain you any HP over a clutch fan, because while you've lost the weight/drag of the fan, the electric one adds 30amps of draw (strain) on your alternator. Which takes the same 2 HP to produce that you just gained. So you gain no power from the swap.
More important (to me) is that I hate the clutter it adds to the engine bay. I like the early RX-7 because it's A) one of the best looking sports cars of all time, and B) it's so simple and un-cluttered. Open the hood on any modern car and you can barely see the engine through all the tubes and cables. Why would I want to add a more complicated and inherently failure-prone cooling system? A clutch fan is fail-safe. If it fails (after 30 years or 200 miles) it will cool all the time (clutch seizure). If an electric fan fails you're screwed and could damage your engine. No thanks.
Aaron Cake had a good write-up of how an electric fan doesn't actually gain you any HP over a clutch fan, because while you've lost the weight/drag of the fan, the electric one adds 30amps of draw (strain) on your alternator. Which takes the same 2 HP to produce that you just gained. So you gain no power from the swap.
More important (to me) is that I hate the clutter it adds to the engine bay. I like the early RX-7 because it's A) one of the best looking sports cars of all time, and B) it's so simple and un-cluttered. Open the hood on any modern car and you can barely see the engine through all the tubes and cables. Why would I want to add a more complicated and inherently failure-prone cooling system? A clutch fan is fail-safe. If it fails (after 30 years or 200 miles) it will cool all the time (clutch seizure). If an electric fan fails you're screwed and could damage your engine. No thanks.
Last edited by Maxwedge; 03-20-22 at 12:50 AM.
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#7944
Senior Member
#7945
Rotary Enthusiast
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I really don 't want to go to an electric fan. The new radiator is approx 10mm thicker than stock and the 13B is approx 20mm longer than the old 12A, so there's 30mm less space between the stock fan and the radiator. I have a flex fan to get me started, but I plan on machining the OE fan spacer down so the OE clutch fan can still be used. We'll see.
Aaron Cake had a good write-up of how an electric fan doesn't actually gain you any HP over a clutch fan, because while you've lost the weight/drag of the fan, the electric one adds 30amps of draw (strain) on your alternator. Which takes the same 2 HP to produce that you just gained. So you gain no power from the swap.
More important (to me) is that I hate the clutter it adds to the engine bay. I like the early RX-7 because it's A) one of the best looking sports cars of all time, and B) it's so simple and un-cluttered. Open the hood on any modern car and you can barely see the engine through all the tubes and cables. Why would I want to add a more complicated and inherently failure-prone cooling system? A clutch fan is fail-safe. If it fails (after 30 years or 200 miles) it will cool all the time (clutch seizure). If an electric fan fails you're screwed and could damage your engine. No thanks.
Aaron Cake had a good write-up of how an electric fan doesn't actually gain you any HP over a clutch fan, because while you've lost the weight/drag of the fan, the electric one adds 30amps of draw (strain) on your alternator. Which takes the same 2 HP to produce that you just gained. So you gain no power from the swap.
More important (to me) is that I hate the clutter it adds to the engine bay. I like the early RX-7 because it's A) one of the best looking sports cars of all time, and B) it's so simple and un-cluttered. Open the hood on any modern car and you can barely see the engine through all the tubes and cables. Why would I want to add a more complicated and inherently failure-prone cooling system? A clutch fan is fail-safe. If it fails (after 30 years or 200 miles) it will cool all the time (clutch seizure). If an electric fan fails you're screwed and could damage your engine. No thanks.
That said, there is nothing inherently wrong with a mechanically driven clutch fan. They work well. Electric fans are mainly about packaging, with a side of ease of adjustment.
#7946
Senior Member
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Installed a Franklin Engineering low profile oil fil neck and setup a cleaner breather setup. I still wanted to properly vent the gas tank, so I drilled and tapped the fill neck 1/8npt and installed a second smaller hose adaptor.
The AN line and fittings are overkill but I like the clean look. The breather is bolted to the pump housing using a M6 rivnut.
Also added a heat shield for under the filter socks.
With a side mount alternator I really like the clean engine bay look.
The AN line and fittings are overkill but I like the clean look. The breather is bolted to the pump housing using a M6 rivnut.
Also added a heat shield for under the filter socks.
With a side mount alternator I really like the clean engine bay look.
#7948
Full Member
Put together an epic interior:
3x OLED GaugeArt Displays
Custom Hand-Made Speedo and Tacho
Traction Control ****
Boss Hub with Sparco L777
High End 720p Double Din Headunit
Beryllium Reference Tweeters with Imaging Center Tweeters
3x OLED GaugeArt Displays
Custom Hand-Made Speedo and Tacho
Traction Control ****
Boss Hub with Sparco L777
High End 720p Double Din Headunit
Beryllium Reference Tweeters with Imaging Center Tweeters
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ATC529R (03-23-22)
#7949
Finally filled up the gas tank and quickly noticed it was leaking from the fuel gauge sender. I installed a new sender since one of the prongs was broken off and it also comes with a gasket.
The fuel gauge now works although it seems whoever worked on the old sender clocked it wrong, I'll need to turn it one more bolt hole counter clockwise. It's still leaking badly though, I believe it's because whoever worked on it before used 6 self tappers and the gas is coming up from the longer bolts and seems to be seeping from the crevice under the sender flange. Now I need to figure out the best way to seal it.
The fuel gauge now works although it seems whoever worked on the old sender clocked it wrong, I'll need to turn it one more bolt hole counter clockwise. It's still leaking badly though, I believe it's because whoever worked on it before used 6 self tappers and the gas is coming up from the longer bolts and seems to be seeping from the crevice under the sender flange. Now I need to figure out the best way to seal it.
Last edited by YellowFB; 03-23-22 at 10:14 AM.
#7950
Rotary Enthusiast