just getting some knowledge here and if there is a site i can refer to so i see what im up against.. does anyone have any pics of what its looks like before and after that would be great!! thanks

 

i dont have a befor pic but if u want i can show u the after pic on my 85 let me know if u wanna see it or not

i took all of mine out in abou 30 min. ez task anyone can do it let me know if u want the after pic

MIke

 

ya show the after pic and then someone can find a pic of there stock 12A if that even exists on here anymore

 

HERE is my 79 rats nest.

im havin trouble postin pics so thats the best i could do

 

whast the advantages and dissadvantages of that?

 

Here's Joelwahid's rats nest:

 

woooooooooahh ! we didn't get half that cr@p on our engines ! ... i see why its nick named the rats nest !

 

actually, the 81-85 models had about twice as much crap as the 79-80 models... more solenoids, hoses, etc.

ask me how I know (83 engine in a 79 car)

Jeff

 

heres the 85 with rats nest in tact


peace

 

and without nest

 

damons car -
BEFORE

AFTER

<thinking aloud>Hmmmmmm I think its about time I replaced my leads<thinking aloud>

 

Just for the record, the first pic is not my car. It belongs to a friend, but mine looked exactly like it (minus that FRAM oil filter).

peace

 

So you just rip everything off or what?

 

just rip it out and plug all nubs except the large one next to the fuel lines

peace

 

but don't those lines do things? It's unlike an automotive manifacturer to put switches and hoses on just for the fun of it.

 

Some of them are for emissions ... hence why my car hasn't got them ... but the rest of them must be there for a pretty good reason

 

So wait I just rip off all that stuff then plug up all the holes? I feel kinda weird just ripping everything off not knowing what I'm really doing lol.

 

You think thats a bad rats nest, look here, and that was only about 1/2 of it...

 

YIKES! I have to take all that off?!? Could someone explain how to do this in a bit more detail? I have an 83'

 

is that sarcasm I smell mantis? j/k

all the rats nest can be removed just dont plug the oil filler neck, or the nub on the top of the engine next to it.

the engine nub needs to go to the canister, and the filler neck to a nub on the carb that constantly pulls vaccum. same principal as crankcase ventilation.

do not remove the vaccum lines that go from the carb to the carb (clear/yellow)

peace

 

Is this thread just regarding carbureted engines, I just bought an 83 with an 87 13B in it. It appears to be kind of thrown in. I know I have a lot of work ahead of me, and I am new to the rotory thing. I am looking to clean up the engine compartment and an wondering, along with various emisions stuff is it ok to remove stuff like the sub-zero fluid. It is going to be stored in the winter, so i figure it isn't needed, is that correct?

 

Hmm maybe I should wait and get someone who knows what their doing, to help me. I don't want to break anything.

 

Yeah the sub zero fluid is worthless. Pull it off.

Is the car carbed or fuel injected now?

 

nosajwrx-7 - this is only for carbs, I cant say that I know too much about the fi engines. pm directfreak, mike-p-28, accuspeed or some of the other that have done the swap.

peace

 

It is currently FI, I haven't really decided what to do with the car yet, I am doing a lot of reading right now. Still in the planing stages!