Nelson Vining

The other side

The rear with the springs out

And again from a different angle

Nelson Vining

I get the feeling now that I have heard the motor I might need to upgrade my brakes and diff pretty soon... Because Ive gone nuts to get the car running, whats my best cost effective brake upgrade? FC Brakes?

kutukutu1

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Fc brakes front and rear should be plenty.

Frogman

Lol FC brakes, yall are nuts! More like FC performance brakes!

Nelson Vining

Dash back in with some paint and aftermarket gauges as I cant trust the factory ones at this point

went with a classic JDM Bride seat set up.

here is the finished up set up, going on a trailer today for drop off to the tuner... getting Brent Curran from CBR Racing to put the tun on it, cause he is a pro

Frogman

I'm very interested to see what roll cage you are going to use ( racing seats need a cage harness) . Looking great so far!

Nelson Vining

Hi, Not in New Zealand , we are road legal with factory belts (and I just installed brand new ones) but I do plan on putting a half cage in at least with harness system... the plan is to get it tuned, get some kms on it, then diff swap, brake upgrade and cage probably in 3-6 months time.

After that just drive, I am about to enter a bunch of classic car events like Targa Tour etc... I do have a Group C body Kit for it, but I think I will keep it Havana Brown and narrow body for a while and just enjoy it, after a lot of hard and sometimes frustrating work... Grow some love back so to say.

That said this is a californian car I imported to NZ so I still have the Cali plates and title... If I ever do sell it, I think I will ship it back to Los Angeles and sell it there.... there is simply a bigger racecar market in the states than NZ

Nelson Vining

Off we go for tuning at CBR Racing, Brent Curran is a legend with rotaries down this part of the world

Nelson Vining

Well its been dyno tuned and back for a few more finishing touches like water overflow bottle and stuff. Buttoned up a few small oil leaks... and here is a quick vid of me driving it to the tire shop to get my rims checked over before a track day in a few weeks...

Sorry about the quality I was taking it on my iphone

Jimbo II

Nice build, is Brent back in Matamata? He fixed my gearbox couple of years ago when I dropped 1st and 2nd gears in Tokoroa.

Have fun with your RX7

Nelson Vining

Hi, Nice blue wagon, still rolling it? Yes Brent is back in Matamata. and the dyno is at HPR in Hamilton. Yeah he is a good fella to deal with and solid knowlegde of all things rotary

Nelson Vining

Hi, Anyone want to buy the driveline? or the whole car? I have a new project Im looking at. PM me

First drive after picking up from Brent Curren for Tuning




Cold start




Driving the big motor through Auckland rush hour traffic