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Old 03-09-07, 08:53 PM
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I have a new engine harness, but we just cleaned and re-wrapped the body harness.
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My goodness! Just madness! Pure, beautiful, and clean......madness!
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What kind of chemical did you spray the surrounding area . . ? the black "paint". . .





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The front portion was painted with the engine bay, the black is just an acrylic laquer. I pressure washed the wells and scrubbed them with a scotch brite and then painted them...
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Looks great I cant wait to see the finished project.
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Old 03-15-07, 06:53 PM
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more pics of progress, Its Getting There!
Attached Thumbnails Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-024.jpg   Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-027.jpg   Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-065.jpg   Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-087.jpg   Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-109.jpg  

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Attached Thumbnails Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-110.jpg   Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-130.jpg   Further pics of my Great engine bay project!-rx7-project-5-134.jpg  
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Very nice! Please tell me that you are getting a '99 front end!
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May eventually, but for now, just my stock bumper will do.
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damn ...lotta bling there buddy
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Looks great, I love the color.

p.s. How do you know which bolt goes where? (cardboard of bolts)
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meh... it looks ok i guess... i could do better! haha
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more pics of progress, Its Getting There!

those bolts on the cardboard. you're neurotic as hell. good job.
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awesome work. congrats on the progress. i've been slowly replacing my rusty old dirty bolts over time also. i got some stainless bolts from some place i found on google.
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Old 03-16-07, 05:35 PM
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Hey Herblenny! Here's one for you! LOL
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Hey Herblenny! Here's one for you! LOL
hahaha Phil i painted that just for you!!! haha oh man.
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Im working on doing my engine compartment right now. Yall did good
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Im actually doing lots of the same parts you are doing, for the brake booster, did you only have to take off the steering wheel to get to it?
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Old 03-16-07, 10:24 PM
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No, you don't have to take it out, though iy helps... I took mine out because I'm replacing it with an efini steering wheel.
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ok I was half-asleep when I responded...

You do not need to take out steering wheel to do Brake Booster, it's just 4 bolts and the 1 cotter pin. If you are a big guy I would recommend taking the seat out. I did with seat and steering wheel out and it's still tight.

Thanks for all the encouraging words guys, much appreciated!
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Here's a pic of the motor back in the car and the new wheels on (with new painted calipers) NO MORE YELLOW!
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a few more pics.... Finished the Front Control arms, replaced boots on uppers. Beadblasting the Calipers etc.
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=225668
Is it just beadblasted? or what have you done to get it so clean!
This looks VERY nice, i love nice enginebays.
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some parts were beadblasted, brackets, bolts, H20 pump housing etc. Some were cleared, some were painted. I think I have it all covered in this thread tho. The pulleys were Greddy air pump removal pulleys and the main and PS are UO racing pulleys. They didn't match, so I beadblasted them, used an aluminum flake enamel and then a transparent 'annodized' paint to sorta candy them... also did to ast.
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damn! my phone takes pretty good pics!
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nice nice keep them coming
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