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So after a while without a RX7 i have decided to build another one .
This time with no time pressure and with the Lessons Learned from my last build
I bought this 1994 which was pretty butchered and had a Cosmo motor in it as a non Runner
The state i bought it in The state i bought it in
Planned Build Specs
Drive Train :
13B-REW Bridgeport
ID1000 primary injectors
ID2000 secondary injectors
AEM Smart coils
Rx8 Drive by wire Throttle body and Pedal
Nicon Rotary RX8 to 13B-REW throttle adapter
Link G4 Fury ECU
K-Sport 356 mm Brakes with 8 Pot calipers in front
Dual intank Fuel Tank pupms 340l per /hour with a dedicated line for each rail
Feed intank fuel collector
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
Garret GT40 Turbo
Dual Fuel system with Flex Fuel Sensor
Engine Bay respray in black
Exteriour:
Removal of the current Body Kit
Series 8 Front bumper
Series 8 rear wing (still need to organize )
Current Carbon fibre bonnet stays
OEM Popup lights
Original Ganador mirrors
Repaint in Chaste white
Interiour
Stock seats
redo dash in Alcantara
Get a OEM Steering wheel and recover it
Knightsports 300 Km/H Speedo
Removed the old Engine and Test fitted the fresh rebuild 13B-REW
The engine bay paint was a letdown , so we decided to strip it again to get it painted Cosmo Engine Removed New Bridgeport Engine Test fitted Removed Everything again to prep the engine bay for paint
I like your to do list. It looks promising, expensive and long journey. My to do list was similar to urs when I bought my FD stock. After 6 years of sending my FD to different shop , I’m almost on the finish line.
How long u think it will take you to finish your project?
I like your to do list. It looks promising, expensive and long journey. My to do list was similar to urs when I bought my FD stock. After 6 years of sending my FD to different shop , I’m almost on the finish line.
How long u think it will take you to finish your project?
Good luck with ur build
Plan is to get her back to the Workshop on Monday once the engine bay is painted .
Fabrication work for all the things like fuel hardlines from the rear, dual intank pumps , accelerator pedal adapter ., intercooler , ducting , Harness wiring ) is hopefully gonna take only about a month or so .
So hope i can fire her up by end September . Then run her in for two weeks and tune .
Mid October i want her to be complete in terms of Engine run in and Tuning . After that i tackle the exteriour and horrible interiour ( cracked dashboard ) , cheap steering wheel and cheap seats thats currently in .
Still need to find a oem 99 Spec lip and a OEM 99 spec spoiler as well as OEM pop ups .
So i guess completely finished arround December ( thats a very optimistic timing )
No unfortunately i don't as i am a single dad of 3 , so time is a huge issue for me . A good friend of mine does all the paint work for me and helps me out a lot . All the mechanical and Fabrication work is done by the same mechanic that built the 6 rotor M6 here in South Africa
Realy cool, man. I want to see how that throttle response is. I haven't seen one or maybe I haven't look into it.
Yeah I am also really curious about the feel and response . Mainly wanted to do it to Programm a traction control . Still need to get frequency dividers to use the 4 ABS sensors as wheel speed sensors . So I can just close the throttle in case of excessive wheel spin (switchable via button so I can turn it on and off ) and maybe throttle blip
