Just getting the little things out the way before I get it painted.

 

Good work, but I think your steering wheel is on the wrong side.

 

:-)

 

What color are you painting it?

 

I want a dark green, mazda protege's have the color I want if you ever seen a dark green protege. But I'm now thinking a silver migh do me better for just a general paint job.

 

Nice gauges. How did you get the autometer speedo to work? Any info on that?

 

my question is why did you ditch the rotary?

 

LOVE the dash... guage's are nice .. and thats a cool pic too. V8.. hmm.. wouldnt mind one myself to be honest..
Daryl

 

If your ever in the area, I'll give you a ride and you'll understand.

I do like rotaries so don't flame me to much, I just like american V8's but don't like american cars.

The speedo is electronic- my trans is a '91 T-5 that has a electronic sender rather than a cable.

 

yeah i understand the more power thing.. but what actually brought the idea to your head? and how hard was the swap?/

 

evil: This link should work for you http://www.grannyspeedshop.com If that doesn't work then I mispelled something. Anyway, Granny's Speed Shop has made the V8 swap a piece of cake for those who consider that route. I, for one, thought about it once while my seven sat in the garage with no motor. However, after being a member here and learning how unique the Rotary really is, I decided I would be missing out by not staying with the Rotary. It's really not about the power at all. Although, these ARE light weight cars that a V8 would do nice in-there are alot of other light weight cars out too for that matter....

Rotor vs Piston: You can't go wrong either way. I think BOTH colors would look real sweet on a 1st gen. British/Dark green has always gone good with small sports cars. And the silver, I think the new Honda Silver Satin looks real trick...

 

could you maybe straighten out your steering wheel and take a bigger pic of the gauges, they look sweet! Tell us how you did it!

 

Ummkay.....so maybe I was WAY off on the link. It was strictly a guess anyway.

How bout here: http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/rx7.html

 

thats cool.. i would think that a built up rotory could easily challenge a v8 on the basis of weight alone.. dont v8s weigh alot? the rotory doesnt weigh that much does it? plus wouldnt that change your weight ballance.. i would think the engine would sit up front further just my 2 cents....

 

sweet man, check out this thread for some nice color ideas

http://ausrotary.dntinternet.com/for...ic.php?t=40040

 

Great link, was about to leave the house, but I went threw the whole thread. So an hour later I guess I get my *** out.

The gauges... All I did for the time being is used the original cluster housing and cut a piece of plexi-glass to cover the face of the original cluster, put the gauges in there. The speedo and tach fit well but the temp and oil holes had to be enlarged a little, use the correct size hole saw and works out well. I'd like to figure out how to do fiber-glass, but I don't have an area to play in.

 

hmm, interesting stuff

 

I'd go green! Mainly because mine's already silver...
Glad to see another piston guy on here. I was afraid that I was gonna get mobbed by everyone for doing a V8 swap on mine! LOL!

Actually, a small block V8 is only going to add around 100lbs, give or take depending on the engine used. So there's really not a significant weight increase. Many of the V8 rex's are running in the 11's, 12's, and 13's in the 1/4 mile bone stock (As far as the engine goes anyway. ie - Stock internals. And no superchargers, turbos, nitrous). Not sure what the rotories are running as I haven't seen any run yet where I live. Hope to soon though! I've heard they can be pretty darn quick!

But it's all about the car as a whole and not necessarily what's under the hood.

 

Yep, there are a few of us piston powered 7's on this board, we just try not to mention the pistons. So what's your setup ?

 

dark green is purrdy. (ahem ahem, my car!)