well guys as everyone knows here i think lol i sold my 1988 TurboII and bought myself a 1978 LandCruiser and i decided to keep my rotary heart =) and build myself a trackcar this is a budjet racecar between 3 friends heres a couple of pics of how i first got the car and ill give you a little run down on the car ok? lol =)

neways at first my bodyguy bought an 86 base model rx7 for $700 the previous owner couldnt get it running and my body guy knew i loved rx7's and knew wtf i was doing so he brought it to me and i figured out that there was a bad fuel pump we replaced it with an old turboII fuel pump i had and what do ya know fired right up we ll the car had a little rust on the floor so he decided to fix it and then hell sell the car.. well it came time that he didnt really try to sell it and the car sat in my backyard for about 4 to 5 months since i sold my car i told him id offer him $400 the way it is he said ok and well i moved it from my backyard into my bay and decided to work on it
we stripped everything and all the junk it had inside and got that thing running again had a messed up alt and no gas =) so i replaced the alt connected the battery charger and put about 1/4 tank of gas in and boom fired right up... i shut it off changed the oil,flushed the radiator and installed a short ram intake after that it was time to start stripping the car to nothing so thats where we are now heres a few pics hope you enjoy it ill give you guys another run down later of when we finish everything else...
TwEaK








there was a full turboII interior in it but most of the piece in it were broken so oviously it was all trash from there =)

 

and this is where we are now =)







this is after removing all the tar n **** and sanding it down and spraypainting it a semi-flat black



dash is almost out and gonna replace it with the grey on you see and while the dash is out remove all the junk thats behind there and install some aftermarket gauges



removed sunroof assembly and will be welding the sunroof shut





heres some engine bay shots after i did everything and replaced some vac lines that were cracked i will be removing emmisions in about a week and cleaning up the engine bay more...
THanks
TwEaK

 

looking good....keep us updated...

 

holy crapthat 3rd picture is messing with my head!!! eyes dont know where to look, lol

 

Not bad looks exactly like one I found for my buddy except his is an 88 GXL. I wish I had an FC like that just for track use and keep the one I have for my daily. Good job can't wait to see what you get done to it.

 

lol so far its been fun i think for the hell of it just to see what a stock 2nd gen can do im gonna fix the clutch and go out there with the factory tires and suspension with 170k miles on it =) see how hard i can take those turns lol and once everything is stripped car is gonna get weighd im not shure what im gonna hit but i wanna be at least 2500 or lower
TwEaK

 

tmw ill be removing the dash fixing the clutch and finish removing all the tar after i do that im gonna buy a pressure plate and replace the clutch then its towards the engine department im gonna remove emmisions,remove all a/c lines remove the a/c condensor and dryer remove all the cold start assit junk also the charcoal canister and then remove the front and rear bumper reinforcements =) ill take some pics tmw give you guys an update
TwEaK

 

bump ill take more pics tonite and give you guys a heads up
TwEaK

 

looks good, make shure u put gas in it before u try start it hehehe

 

Make your intake a true CAI, much better than a cone just sitting in the engine bay.

 

your saying what run the piping to like the front of the radiator in the bumper??? would that be good???
TwEaK

 

I made a lil box out of sheet metal and put that around the filter, then I took out my washer fluid bottle and ran a air dryer tube from the front bumper up to the intake. Cost me only $10 and works great!

 

ill try that out where did you buy the metal from???? and how did you do all the bending?

TwEaK

 

forget the CA box. do the prelude intake trick. use honda intake piping to get the airfilter where your wiper fluid is. I will try to find the thread.

 

This is BY FAR the best DIY intake mod I have seen. Check it out.

http://www.nopistons.com/forums/inde...&hl=custom+CAI

 

ill definately check that out i actually plan on running it in front of the radiator ill give you guys an update soon
TwEaK

 

and while your at it make your induction forced

hell. if im doing it anyone can



goodluch though buddy lookin good

 

well ive run into some issues and i must sell the car i am now gonna be moving so it must go....
TwEaK

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...62#post4750162

 

That didn't last very long.

 

damn oh well a short lived dream

 

F THAT


racecar baby

 

rofl you guys r funny well it all depends i bought myself an FJ40 landcruiser and cant be into mudding/offroading and still have an auto x car im gonna finish it but lets see more pictures should be up later tonite im gonna finish stripping it...
TwEaK

 

Wow, you don't seem too committed to anything. Bought an FJ40 out of the blue? Kind of a snap decision don't ya think?

 

and reason was i had an 88 turboII with a bunch of mods more mods than i can think of was very fast i used to do alot of drag racing and well it backfired on me and i got arrested and had to bail myself out also bail the car out of the impound costing me about $1000 in that plus now i have to pay court fees that isnt going to be fun at all but i decided to sell the car for what it was worth and get myself into a sport that isnt illegal and is still fun so i decided to purchase a car that my dad had back in the day when he went offroading and mudding so we could both have a good time and have fun with the car....

 

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