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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 01:31 AM
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1st swap = success

After a year of sitting in the garage with a burnt out motor,

she has waken from her beuty sleep, and damn she got hot,
cleaned the engine bay got all the access nonsense out of there as well,
cleared up tons of space

this actually was the first engine swap i had done on a car-
i went into it knowing nothing about rotary engines and how they work to knowing a hell of alot more, enough to start my first project and build this car up to someting good

ill post some pictures here withen a day
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 01:51 AM
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nice. what chassis/motor?
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 01:59 AM
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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nice, always good to bring a car back from the dead instead of sending it off to the wreckers

congrats!
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 11:01 AM
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pix? i wanan see the "hottness"
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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Cruise it down to Lawrence some time.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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I remember my first swap. Never pulled a motor before. After everything was done...I sat back with a beer and a huge *** grin. Thought to myself...Damn, I did it. Congrats, post some pics!
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:46 PM
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Iam going to feel like that some day *sheds a tear*
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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first time I did a motor swap, and the car started up I damn near cried like a little bitch.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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I had done a few motor swaps in the past with my Dad, but when I did my RX-7, it was my first real swap I did the work on. I remember before it was "drivable" just getting in and starting it just because I could, lol.

~T.J.
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