What did you do to your FB today?
02-20-12, 09:14 PM
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put an upper radiator hose on my friends wifes Rx8, does that count?
02-20-12, 09:42 PM
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It's a rotary, and it's an improvement. Counts in my book.
I ordered new black 12-point nuts and bolts and the center nut wrench today. Still trying to find new valve stems and center caps. May not bother with the caps but I have a paint scheme in my head that I need to get new ones to pull off.
I ordered new black 12-point nuts and bolts and the center nut wrench today. Still trying to find new valve stems and center caps. May not bother with the caps but I have a paint scheme in my head that I need to get new ones to pull off.
02-20-12, 09:56 PM
#153
Interesting. When I did mine, I just used a brass brush on an angle grinder. I started out with a standard drill, but then found out the angle grinder does the job 20x faster.
By using just the brass wire brush, I was able to get probably 90% of the shine you've got on yours. Getting to that point (which is still very pretty) is actually pretty fast and simple with the setup I used. I think I'll probably repeat that process, and then clearcoat it.
The added work to reach the point of true "bling" like you have achieved would be a bit much for a "work horse" type of car like mine.
Again, beautiful work!
P.S. What type of clear did you go with?
By using just the brass wire brush, I was able to get probably 90% of the shine you've got on yours. Getting to that point (which is still very pretty) is actually pretty fast and simple with the setup I used. I think I'll probably repeat that process, and then clearcoat it.
The added work to reach the point of true "bling" like you have achieved would be a bit much for a "work horse" type of car like mine.
Again, beautiful work!
P.S. What type of clear did you go with?
I used Rustoleum Hi-Temp Engine Clear. Supposed to be good up to 500 degrees, and I intentionally did not polish or clear anything from the intake manifold water ports on down. That area's invisible when the engine's together in any case, and I don't nomally like to paint anything a gasket goes on.
Final snaps from today's work.
Rotor housing 2 (front)
One clearcoated, one not. Who can tell which is which?
The intake I so far plan to just leave nylabrushed. may clear it, may not. I'm still on the fence about plugging the intake water ports = = trying to convince myself it would have no smog impact.
Closeup of finished colors, in the sunset light.
02-21-12, 03:56 PM
#160
Sin City Rotary
that would be correct, also compounded by not being quiet the right blue and adjacent to the housings .... but will probably be pulling the engine and redoing
ever dawn on ya how rotarted you are? Strikes me when I make a comment like pulling an engine with less then 200 miles because the shade of blue if off
Tonights mission to figure out why the power hatch is not opening using the button
ever dawn on ya how rotarted you are? Strikes me when I make a comment like pulling an engine with less then 200 miles because the shade of blue if off
Tonights mission to figure out why the power hatch is not opening using the button
Last edited by 13x; 02-21-12 at 04:06 PM.
02-22-12, 10:17 AM
#162
that would be correct, also compounded by not being quiet the right blue and adjacent to the housings .... but will probably be pulling the engine and redoing
ever dawn on ya how rotarted you are? Strikes me when I make a comment like pulling an engine with less then 200 miles because the shade of blue if off
ever dawn on ya how rotarted you are? Strikes me when I make a comment like pulling an engine with less then 200 miles because the shade of blue if off
02-22-12, 12:45 PM
#163
It took more than one day but I took this '79 626 close ratio transmission apart:
So I could get this modified:
The one on the right is the 626 input shaft machined to work on the rotary engine.
This will let me have the close ratio trans that I have wanted for so long!
So I could get this modified:
The one on the right is the 626 input shaft machined to work on the rotary engine.
This will let me have the close ratio trans that I have wanted for so long!
02-22-12, 07:35 PM
#168
Today I finally sprayed paint instead of primer....got my windshield trim sprayed with epoxy primer this morning and then this evening I wetsanded it and sprayed it with gloss black single stage urethane....
02-23-12, 05:44 AM
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Glad to see that somebody has been making some progress.
This damned virus is still kicking my butt (round 3 since Christmas!). And the next item on the top of my list is to take a neighbor out of town to check out a 12a he found on Craigs List, so I probably won't get anything done this week at all.
Maybe I'll get the propane tank refilled for the heater so I can at least do a little painting (I did get some prep work done on the header panel, at least).
I'm thinking of painting the entire nose black (header, headlights, bumper (maybe), air dam, and maybe front tips of the fenders. I'll do it in Plasti-dip so I can peel it off if it doesn't look right. (fear of commitment much? lol).
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This damned virus is still kicking my butt (round 3 since Christmas!). And the next item on the top of my list is to take a neighbor out of town to check out a 12a he found on Craigs List, so I probably won't get anything done this week at all.
Maybe I'll get the propane tank refilled for the heater so I can at least do a little painting (I did get some prep work done on the header panel, at least).
I'm thinking of painting the entire nose black (header, headlights, bumper (maybe), air dam, and maybe front tips of the fenders. I'll do it in Plasti-dip so I can peel it off if it doesn't look right. (fear of commitment much? lol).
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02-24-12, 03:29 AM
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No work done, but I did get word of an orphan (see attached). It's a GSL, '85 I believe, drives but needs a tuneup.
I had decided to keep my chassis, and just deal with the damage from the crash a couple of years ago. It's not sever, but I know it's there and it bugs me horribly. Right now I've got her pretty torn down, with most of my race parts off of her anyway (for a winter refresh). So, she's stripped down and I'm staring at the bent metal every day, feeling down, when all of a sudden I hear about a nice, red, possible replacement. Is God trying to tell me something?
The only drawback I see is that it has a sunroof...
With a bit of work, I'm pretty sure I could swap parts around, end up with a solid/pristine chassis again, then sell the original and double my money in the process. However, time is always the one thing I never have enough of (okay, add money to that list as well). But, I could probably swing this and finish it before the race season starts up.
On the downside, I do feel a lot of loyalty for my first ever chassis. Thinking of replacing her makes me feel sad inside. lol
I had decided to keep my chassis, and just deal with the damage from the crash a couple of years ago. It's not sever, but I know it's there and it bugs me horribly. Right now I've got her pretty torn down, with most of my race parts off of her anyway (for a winter refresh). So, she's stripped down and I'm staring at the bent metal every day, feeling down, when all of a sudden I hear about a nice, red, possible replacement. Is God trying to tell me something?
The only drawback I see is that it has a sunroof...
With a bit of work, I'm pretty sure I could swap parts around, end up with a solid/pristine chassis again, then sell the original and double my money in the process. However, time is always the one thing I never have enough of (okay, add money to that list as well). But, I could probably swing this and finish it before the race season starts up.
On the downside, I do feel a lot of loyalty for my first ever chassis. Thinking of replacing her makes me feel sad inside.
lol
