Back in March (2002) I started with a stock everything ( 12a) 1985 Series 3 RX-7 that looked like this..........




Since then ive fitted (with heaps of help from my good friend Stuie)

RX4 style 13b Large Extend port. (R5 outer plates a S3 12a centreplate)
Autostyle Automotives long priamary exhaust & and race headers with handmade mufflers (3).
StuBer carby (build #1) on a heavily modded RX-4 13b inlet manifold.
1 ton dikain billet steel pressure plate and brass button clutch.
New clutch master and slave cylinders.
ASK billet steel lightend flywheel.
2 x 10" Davies Craig thermo fans and thermo switch
S1 3 core radiator and Oil cooler Conversion
Cold Air Induction & K&N filter
Replaced fuseable links to fuse box
Club car style rear wing.
Solex locks, Alarm System
Saas Steering wheel

Stezza

__ 6" infinty spilts, Boston Neo tweeters Soundstream SPL12 subwoofer.
__ 3 RF series Rockford Fosgate amps, sony head unit (colour coded), Alpine Sub level controller, Jaycar/Dick Smith Cabeling,
__ Oddesy battery, custom fiberglass sub box, Flash-Tac deadend doors.

Suspension

__ Pedders VRD shocks all round.
__ Pedders Sports ryder coils all round.
__ Super pro poly bushes through out (except rear upper arms).
__ Don Selby 25mm front sway bar.
__ Modifided front lower control arms.
__ Removed rear sway bar.

And my lastest mod... Lenso 17 x7" rims (i got them today!!)


upcoming mods:

__ gearbox rebuild, :cry:
__ some sort of brake work,
__ 4.4:1 Guru Torque Biasing Diff center (finaly) :o
__ maybe a colour change / respray
__ Roll cage & interior mods (carpet, maybe some seats)


after all that ive ended up with this


not bad considering ive had a few "Set backs" this year

and another rim shot..

 

Ba Ba Bam Ching! .

Looks nice man. Although Im not a fan of the spoiler, it still looks good It would probably look better red, but damn its a nice car. Lots of companies Im not familiar with on that mod list too .

~T.J.

 

I love it!

The rims look sweet and I like the contrasting black on the spoiler.

 

ive only got the wing for downforce when i do my track days..
I mosly likey will take it off when i respray the car, as i dont like it that much myself. But for some reason i hate colour coded wings on red or white 1st gen's!!!
every other colour i prefer them color coded, weird huh???

i also wish the strips on the bumpers were black too to break up the colour a bit more... one day i will fix it.

heres some more pics....

front strut and swaybar



subox and amp rack


Yes thats a back seat

my (true) race headers



i will get more (better) pics soon

 

Wow.... that looks great!

I'd like to learn more about your "handmade mufflers ".

 

Nice looking car. Thats the spoiler I wanted for mine. Where'd you get it from and how much. Nice wheels also.

 

the spoiler is based on one of the factory mazda ones, over here they call it a "club car" style as most car club racing used them... (there classed as being too big now)

many playes over here have them but i do belive mazdatrix has one the same if not close to that one on there website

the rims were a lucky find,,,, i was looking for tyres for my stock rims when i came across an advert for them yesterday

 

well there's not much too them... 2 (1 on each primary) are 2" id perforated stainless tube with a 3" outer tube and stuffed with some high quality grade of stainless steel wool

the rear muffler is basically the same but a 2 1/2" ID perf tube and a much bigger outer piece (mild steels this time) it is packed in a special way though, to which I'm sworn to secrecy. its free flowing and not too loud ( almost legal lol)
I can get some pics soon for you.

they were made by Rohan Ambrose from Autostyle Automotives who is also the brains behing (www.gurumotorsports.com)

The headers on my car are and old set from his race car and were on it when he broke several lap records around Australia

 

Nice find. They look great on the car.

 

hey Adsy, what's a StuBer carb?

 

its a fully moded 12a nikki carby... modded proberly!!!
sort of like the Paul Yaw ones you guys get in the States

It's got huge chokes, re-jetteted to suit and a whole new linkage setup that opens all 4 butterflies exactly together (NOT mechanical 2nd's!!) lots of other little mods too..

It does the job great!!
I can cruise in 5th gear at 1000RPM without jecking ect... no flat spots whatsoever any where in the rev range, great throttle response (as good as a weber!!) and revs easly to 9000RPM (and beyond) without runing lean or running out of air!

 

Very cool. Got any links to let us investigate, or do I have to hop on a plane and come down there to check it out?

 

there's a brief page of info on my website (link below) or the direct link HERE
Stuart is currently making 3-4 StuBer's a week and only does them after hours...

They would be pretty cheap for you USA guys as the Aussie dollor is worthless , but im not sure if Stuart is prepared to send them oversea's

 

Well I just e-mailed him and asked him.

Thanks for the links, Adsy! Now my Favorites list is bigger...

 

Hey Adsy01
whats the going price AUD on that wing?
The ones we get here are not that big,I got one but have no mounted it yet,cause the one you got is the one I want,Ill buy it from you

BTW your car looks sharp..and yes us guys in the US didnt get back seats.and they are hard to find.

Thats one thing I wouldnt mind geting ,Rotor rims,and FB back seats,Just cause they are hard to get and rare.

 

look fu<ken awsom there adam, and its even beter in real life.

 

That is one sweet car!!!

 

You have a BACK SEAT!

Jeff

 

Wish I had the $$$ to do that.

 

BE-YO-TI-FUL How much was the total cost? Nice paintjob and rims, I hope to make my 83 GSL look good like that one day!

 

Nice, mate, very nice. More than nice - way nice. I'm not a fan of the "new" wheel styles - but I really like yours. Beautiful. Never understood the back seats, couldn't fit a Koala in there if you wanted to!

Edit: Oh yeah, I f'got... I like the spoiler (wing). Adds style, looks great. Makes the difference between "plain Jane" and "hot"... immho!

 

You don't happen to have a shot of that spoiler from the rear, do you? For whatever reason I kind of like that one and I don't think I've ever seen a spoiler on a 1st gen that I've actually liked.

Nice ride, man.

 

thanks guys for the kind words...

um total cost well i'm lucky i picked up alot of stuff cheap and at trade price, but if i had paid retail and still got the other bargins i did (engine, rims, wing) it would add up to about AUS $11,000 including the 5k the car cost

umm i think there about 250 bux??? i got this one for 50bux from a mate who had a S1 for a parts car.

i'll will remeber to take some rear shots for you.


So do i!!! lol im sooooooooo broke now!


well it might be coming out when i re do the interior!
its good for putting stuff on without it rolling about lol


I've aloso got a new front bar that is a bit like this one...

again i picked it up cheap with a we cracks in it...
im really unsure wheather or not to use it now!

 

I WANT IT!! Thats the one I want, and I need a new front bumper anyway .

~T.J.

 

haha and here i am not sure wheather or not to use mine!!

the centre opening on mine was smaller so ive cut it open to improve the air flow quite a bit.. it still needs a fair bit of workbefore its ready to paint