I am teh smartz. I only knew this because the 77 REPU has something quite similar. The 74 doesn't. I'm thinking about swapping in the 77 style but you gotta deal with a slight hardware offset.

Nice rotor accent by the way. It gave me a special feeling.

 

Finally got my rebuilt carb and intake on. I let her idle for a bit but the temp gauge got to the half way mark. Checked my thermostat and it was toast. Tomorrow I'll pick up a new one and try again...

 

No pins, use small sheet metal screws and washers and have small flat standoffs in
place of the pins with a hole drilled the right size for the screws.

I like what I see so far. Let us know when the 1st batch gets its chrome.

 

Thanks; they're made from the custom gauge surrounds that Rotary13B1 sells; soldered threaded brass studs to the back to mount them through the door panels. They fit remarkably well considering I did the upholstery several years before I ever saw the trim rings.

I was considering that, but I'm not sure if there's enough meat for the screws to bite properly. The trim ring is not all that thick. I was considering casting threaded studs into it, or possibly sections of carbon-fiber rod as pins. Will be a process of experimentation. The long thin ring shape makes things complicated for poured rather than injection-molded castings.

I will. It'll probably be a few weeks yet, with all else going on just now; JCCS this Saturday, SevenStock in two weeks. Plus work and all that other 'life' stuff.

 

yep, they have 5 currently. its the whole plate so it comes with the boot also.

 

I got my plates back from my buddy at the machine shop and will put my axles together tomorrow. These are like what RE-speed sells, but they only have plates for the big bearing axles, and i have an 83 small bearing axle. so, I decided to use some of my own resources as i have limited time, and limited funds. I already had some good ole 1/4" plate steel stock laying at my shop, and a friends who works at a local machine shop. i called in a quick favor and couldnt be happier. here is an example of wimpy as stock parts vs beefy proper parts. 1/4" plate and grade 8 bolts




and this is why these are needed, these are the stock bearing retainers, back to back

 

Cleaned, packed, and ready to roll for JCCS in the early AM. Wish me luck!

 

well, didnt get a chance to wash the car for jccs, wouldnt have won any awards anyway :P not packed, and essentially flying by the seat of my pants with this :P

 

Just showing up is a win, bud.

 

The blue one's exhaust is done. Just eleventeen more things to do.

 

Heading out for the races. Wish me luck.

 

good luck guys!

 

Hope Kentetsu's luck was better; Car ran great and looked fabulous, but several just-cherried-out cars making their first appearances at the show took all the plaques. My 10-year-old paint is starting to show some history.

Not bitter; they were damn fine looking cars. They also had 5-figure money behind them, minimum unless I miss my guess.

It was horrid hot, too. 98 at the peak I think. The drive home without AC was skin-peeling.

 

2/60 didn't work well enough.

 

had a great time at jccs hanging with divindriver, finally got to see the spry beastie in person. shame i didnt have time to wash my car, and sadly there was no dirtiest car award :P can't wait to make the trip with him and sarah7 to sevenstock in a couple weeks! the green hornet is begging for an e-fan and some a/c before that trip, though :P

 

I had a pretty good day overall. Another win in CSP (even though they put a later model Mustang with a huge turbo in my class?)

The cars that beat me were all turbo/supercharged. I was the fastest NA at the event. The weather absolutely rocked!



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Congrats Kentetsu, always good to hear a 1st gen is winning races.

 

Way to salvage the day; congrats & thanks!

 

Off topic but yes-- this has always been an awesome show! Really great to meet this guy and his first gen. I caravaned with Glen at 5:30am yesterday for the show. Glen claims to drive slow but... Lies!! Lol. I'll see about getting pics posted sometime im another thread.

 

On-Topic; I unpacked the car and gave her a "well done!" pat on the fanny.

Off-Topic;

Left to right: BrGreenSA, Sarah-7, and DivinDriver @ JCCS 8



First three non-vendor RX-7's through the gate, and as this is the first year they let FC's in the show, Sarah's car would be the "official" first FC ever at that show.

 

replaced my axle seals, put my axles back in, new rear pads and rotors, and test drove and filled up on gas. So far, So good. No fuel leaks and no excessive diff noise. Now I hafta retune my SAFC all over again, the EVO 560cc injectors added more fuel that I had originally predicted :O

 

I got a cheezy AFR meter from ebay. I might as well take atvangage of that O2 sensor in my RB headers.


I normally just hack sparkplugs with the band saw to tune carburators (I also am guilty of smelling for unburnt hydrocarbons in the exhaust for "ruff tunes"), but I figure this engine is liquid cooled as well as a WHOLE different kinda carb from my normal so caution should be exorsized.

 

There are other ways?

 

lol, the smell tells me i have a good mix of 2 stroke in the tank

 

I reinstalled my transmission.