RE TurboII

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Well all i know is that this was alot of work for a 17 year old to take on (ill never do it again) but i didn't give up and it paid off. my fc is finally done aside from a few small things. i bought the car from some hippy guy who pretty much ruined the car. the motor ran like garbage and the body was terrible. i bought the car in april for 1200 bucks. from then until now ive made about 30 trips to the junkyard and put well over 1800 in my own money earned from Sea World San Diego making 7.50 and hour and from then until now has been a struggle. i did all the work myself too. i have alot of time on my hands because im doing independent studies. I bought the 91 TurboII motor for 1300 w/ 30,000 km's complete. i started the swap back in late september ( i was 16 at the time). i ran into so much stuff that kept kicking me in the ***. i broke 2 Lower intake manifolds, pulled the turbo off like 4 times to replace all the lines and gaskets and i swapped the harness and injectors from my old 87 TII motor. that swap was just finished about 2 weeks ago. During those 2 months of swapping the motor i hunted down junkyard to junkyard just to find some bumpers and molding. prices were decent but still pushing my budget but in the end i believe it was all worth it. The car was transformed w/ a little spray paint, blood and sweat. me and my friend customed the foglight bulb to light up yellow. I can't wait to finish the little things such as the transmission cross member and blown front diff mount so that i can drive the thing. please leave comments whether its flame or not i just want to know what ppl think. it may look like any ordinary s5 TII but its come along way to get there.


heres the link of what it looked like at first when i brought it home from the guy

http://photobucket.com/albums/a196/R...30013298_l.jpg

Heres what it looked like after a quick front bumper swap and some spray paint

http://photobucket.com/albums/a196/RE_TurboII/The%20FC/

And heres the final product of all my hard work

http://photobucket.com/albums/a196/R...0Present%20FC/

and heres some pics of the intake manifold that broke twice

http://photobucket.com/albums/a196/RE_TurboII/WTF/?sc=3

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

oh yea its still spray painted and the grease that you see on the car wont come off yea i know its hilarious

ghettojr1

haha good stuff man... yeah im about to turn 18 and been though about 8 cars... i just recently picked up a 240sx s13. my rx-7 took hella days to come alive too... all good. how u manage to break the manifolds

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

as for the manifolds i somehow broke them barely tightening them with a ratchet

fc3stech

It looks great so far, better than most 24 years old and over FC's owners cars I have seen, and your 17 doing all this keep it up man nuce work

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

thanks for the comments guys

Brody8877

iTrader: (10)

man u are sure lucky... i wish i hav job. Being 17 with a TII is not a good mixture and finding a Job in SF is BIATCH!
Nice White TII, i love white TII

snowball

rotary = gas in then the seals and all your money go out the exaust,
total cash into my car (by me and last owner) 11k+ in mods and engines
dont give up car looks great, good luck!

breckboarder55

yeah your doing a good job, im 17 w/ a t2 too, i bought it and had it painted with money ive been saving since i was like 8. But then i through an apex seal a couple of weeks ago and i dont have anymoney at all...

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

haha good point with the gas and exhaust but at least it has a one of a kind sound. my brother was like "why does it sound like my ******* jetski" i just started laughing. yea i love white TII's but im thinkin about going gunmetal with some black cosmetics (stock mirrors, rear spoiler and carbon fiber N/A hood but of course ill do my front mount first)

RRTEC

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You really need to re-install the fan shroud..... Cooling is very important and without it you aren't really sucking cool air through the radiator you are just blowing hot air around.....

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

its installed now. i did it right after i took the pics. the motor sounds strong but i need to check my oil and water lines to the turbo cuz when i rev it up it sounds really loud and thats not very good. could be not enough oil getting to the turbo

NOPR

It apepars from the fuzzy pictures that you broke the manifolds because you didnt completely remove the old gasket. That **** has to be COMPLETELY gone no matter how hard and brittle it is. Otherwise (as you demonstrated), it will break. You're putting pressure on it over an uneven surface and its cast aluminum so theres NO flex whatsoever, so if theres even a chunk of gasket left, its gonna crack.

its a damn nice car though, i expect mine to be pretty similar when its finally done, hope you enjoy it!

smuse305

I'm 17 too, and have an '87 TII. Its an awesome machine when it finally runs. I, like you, have a common high school job that pays in the 7.50 range. Shoot me a pm..... Its great to know that there are more 17 and 18 years on here. Thanks
Sam

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

haha power to the youngins. yea i made sure that i removed any bit of gasket that wasn't already removed the 3rd time i tried. and 7.50 sucks. i hate it. barely even gets me enough money to do what i need

jono20

im goin through the same thing up in canadadada atm. 17 yo for a few more months, and the cars jsut about done. this is in fact my SECOND rx-7. I payed for the first one, but this one and the new engine are on a loan, so ive got to get a few more jobs to pay for it :P 6.5 grand in the red right now.

JoshRX7

iTrader: (5)

Okay, first, congrats on your RX 7... I applaud you on your hard efforts and work like this at your age is pretty neat. Good job. Just wondering, what made you decide to spray paint your car white? lol It was GREEN! Did you ever consider black or perhaps another similar green?? haha Just wondering why it had to be white? Sorry, don't mean to be an *** because you have obviously done lots of work. You can go anywhere and do anything... don't mean to sound pessimistic... I would've just stuck with a darker color and think you would've have been a lot happier.

And to the guy that has borrowed 6.5k on a car that is probably 18 years old... I hope this isn't your daily driver... if it is, you may be learning an important lesson in personal finance very soon.

Gosh, I'm a hardass today.

Everybody have a nice day.

Josh

RRTEC

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Where are you located? If you are within 200 miles of me I will paint your car for $150 Gloss White.... I can't stand that it is Rattlecanned...

YBNORML

Good job! It looks like the hard work paid off for you. It looks nice.

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

Josh it was actually that stock blue the FC's came in but the guy had tried to cover up a bunch of spots. as for that 150 dollar paint job ill prolly take you up on that once i break in a few thousand miles on the motor. thanks everyone for the great comments. at least i know that other ppl think my hard work payed off

t-too

ahh but of course, fixing up a car in highschool... it sucks... it's why my tII still isnt moving. my senior project, i'm 18 and paid $7.00... LAME ***... but i get some help cuz i work for my dad and he's buying me a rebuilt motor.

RX-7tII88

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Im also 17 with an 88 TII. Just recently had to replace the turbo, so now im almost broke with no job. $7.50 an hour sounds good to me. And I cracked a rim, that I will end up spending the rest of my money on. Good work on your car though, looks great.

Syncro

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In reply to the tittle of this thread...

"finished the fc"

Bullsh*t! The car is nevar done!

RE TurboII

iTrader: (2)

true true ok "Transformed FC from hoopdy to S5 LOOKING TurboII"

RotaryForce13B

That is SO true! I got about 6k in my 90GXL (motor, tranny, suspension, brakes, wheels, tires & a whole bunch of nick nack stuff) and it is no way close to being finished. I make $31.00 an hour and still find it hard to set aside enough money to do all the stuff I want to do! So, keep up the good work and stay dedicated!