So..... Long story short... I bought an rx7 vintage red 82k miles. I thought nothing had been touched except for a few hoses and intercooler elbows well.... I started opening up some space to get my turbos rebuild and WHAT!*&^%#&^*() NO AIR PUMP!)(*&^#$&*(@ Also... I believe I am missing actuators and so on. I want someone else to shine in and tell me what is it I am missing. I am a big believer that the Mazda Engineers are above most of us and they put stuff in the car for a purpose... besides bying the air pump what else should i get to get this think running back to stock...


Alex

 

You are in Florida...you don't need the airpump or any of that emissions crap. Be thankful it is gone! =)

 

Ok. Picture 2, yes those are the mounting locations for an air pump. Picture 3, looks like dirt to me. Below it looks kinda oily though @.@. Picture 4, that, fine sir, is Mazda engineering. It is an empty hose. Yes, it connects to nothing. There is a soft clamp that you wrap around it to keep it from getting eaten by your drive belts.

Matt

 

Anyways so is it okay for that tubing to be blocked off... what about the actuators arent they powered by the air pump...

 

A Factory Service Manual would work wonders here...

 

Completely block the air pump and all it's associated crap out of your head. It's all garbage and unneeded. Even some purists have a hard time putting that crap back onto a car if it needs to be replaced or added back after it had previously been removed.

Hopefully see you/your FD around Melbourne.