(Turned my brother a nonbeliever of the rotary engine, even though he's only 13 into a believer.
Took him out for lunch and we had a little around the town fun.)


Start'em young LOL

 

I cleaned a space for it in the shop and listened to it making awful noises while pulling it around and into the space.

 

Yeah, we do both agree the car needs a little more power.

 

550 Mile trip to Bayfield from the Twin Cities with the old man. Convinced my dad we should take my RX-7, and I don't he regrets it.

Much...

Its 9:00 pm and my poor 83 starts to overheat. Not enough water left, and we can't find out where its at without jacking the car. No water anyhow. We hitchhike to the closest bar, and ended up getting a ride from a couple of lesbians. Not my age, but pretty close to the old mans. We get a few beers, find a jug of water and by 11 we are back to the car. Get the water in, confirm the leak location, and get to a hard surface. Look under at the leak, it's a bloated, blown hose, no surprise.

Tape the hose that blew, fill drive, burp, and drive. 5 miles later temps are going up.

Get to the next stop before temps get bad, hose is shot again, but not where we taped it. Blew right at the hose clamp. Slice much of the the oil damage off after verifying that the hose will stretch long enough, and fill with the last of the water. Not enough. 4 mile hike to the same bar and back for water (it's now like 2 am and little traffic, much less sober traffic) fill it, and get to our destination a 3:30 am. Good spirits though, and happy we had our tools in the trunk.

Sail on my dads boat for three days come back, buy new water heater hose, and better hose clamps. Stock up on water and head out, not really wanting to jack up the car in a foreign parking lot if we could avoid it. Half hour later the line pops one last time and we get serious with the new hose and clamps, and it doesn't dare give us any more trouble.

Anyhow, here are some pics, the resolution on the night shots suck, but that's not the point.





Anyhow, that was my weekend with the '83.

 

MN guys on a roll here I guess. If that is a hose that runs from the firewall right next to the throttle opener to the bottom of the beehive - I truly am sorry. I had to replace that hose in 2 days with plenty of trips to the parts store for clamps, a coupler, hose, and just to take a break. I couldn't imagine doing it in the dark, yikes! Two questions:
1. Where did you guys go sailing? I'm assuming Superior but I'm normally proven wrong.
2. What part of the twin cities you hail from?

 

1. Apostle Islands, right in Superior.
2. Western suburbs

And yeah, that is the exact pipe. I have a dowel pin leak and that spilled gunk right on the hose, and let me tell you, that position behind the throttle is no fun. Still need a few couplers to get the heat working at 100%

 

got the gauges all wired up. I also got my turn signals and headlight switches all ran just need a FEw $$ to tie it all in and be done. Payday is tomorrow so I will have the tow truck pick her up and take her to the brake shop. Then I will get to drive it for the first time since the build started

 

That has to be a good feeling.

 

I solved the mysterious clanking noise coming from mine and then drove it around a little. I put it right back up on jack stands to start inspecting everything.

 

well i looked at it, and cried a little bit inside because i haven't driven it for a week. it's really like an addiction lol

 

cleaned all the damn Corvette parts and service manual off of the roof and hood of the 85. can't let those Chevy parts taint my 7, lol. kids sat in the 7 for a little bit and pretended to drive. i may have to wax the car on thursday..

 

1. Awesome location for fishing. I've only fished Superior once, I'm more of a Mille Lacs fisherman since it's only an hour north of my house.
2. I'm just north of the northern suburbs. About an hour from the cities, 45mi.

I actually used a hose clamp on the original 90deg hose bend into the firewall, to the rest being new hose into the bottom of the beehive. So hose clamp, 90 deg original bend, hose clamp, coupler between original and new hose, hose clamp, new hose, hose clamp on beehive. Many many parts, but the only way I could put the stupid throttle opener back on for the A/C.

 

I'm done waiting for this heat wave to break; been nasty hot every day for the last two weeks, but I got garage stuff I must get on before car-show season hits next month. Time to stock up on sports drinks, and get to sweatin'!

 

On Sunday, I got the front right orginal brake hose changed, brake fluid flushed (down that one line) and repacked that one wheel's bearing. The Original 1983 grease has turned to wax -- eeew.

I ran out of time to do the other front wheel and the rear (I know i should have started at the rear).

 

You my friend just saved me a bit of trouble. Didn't even think of that, and mazdatrix asks too damn much for the part!

 

drove her for the first time since the build began a year ago! It was 2.6 miles of pure craziness. the 350ftlbs of torque was WAYYYYYYYYYY more than she had before and she was spin happy. Going to be a fun winter.

 

i know! i'm in the same boat, my 1st gen has just been collecting dust... although its almost car show season. Time to stock up on sports drinks and start sweatin!

 

I haven't driven mine in about a week either.. and it's my DD

 

well, it's been a good day for the green hornet. while i was at work today, my bushings came from rockauto, and my grandfather went ahead and installed them for me. what a difference! the steering is sooo much tighter and the knock is gone, and play in the steering wheel is almost non-existent. i also "tested" my oil cooler; really got on the car, had a bit of fun in an empty parking lot, and the temperature gauge happily sat at about 1/4. now i just need to have the a/c fixed, lol. but apart from that, i can now enjoy the car to the fullest extent without worrying how much oil i've left on the pavement or whether or not the wheel is gonna fall off. a very happy day for me indeed, felt good to drive it again, even if was only a week it sure as hell felt like an eternity

 

I started tracing down some wiring issues and have a ton of work to do with rewiring lots of things...

 

I haven't drivin my car since I bought it... Even then it was only running on one rotor.


I think I need new bearings on the front and rear. Just one more thing on this LONG rebuild.

I REALLY hope that all this effort is gonna be worth it, and I can drive the b jesus out of this machine for at LEAST 40k without a hitch.






Back on topic I did put my radiator shrowd on and it looked cool, but there is no engine behind it.

 

yesterday, I finished re-doing the fender flares. now they are sealed up and bolted to the proper location. just a fyi when doing flares on the quarters. make sure you seperate the body skin from the wheel liner. IT will bend your quarters all to hell.

 

Repacked the front wheel barrings - didn't need it but peace-of-mind

 

Worked on the wiring of my TII swap

 

Cleaned up the wiring from all my recent work, gave a quick bath, and drove it for the first time in about a year to a local car show. I really need to make this DDable.