I purchased this 93 Rx7 Touring auto in November, 2011 after my Rx8 was totalled. This has always been a dream car of mine and now I finally get the chance to build one. The car has 177k on the chassis and the seal were blown. The owner gave me an engine with intact seals out of a manual car since he knew I was going to convert it to manual.

I immediately took the engine to Brad owner of Rotary Inspired Performance in Moore, OK. Where the rebuild and transmission swap will be done. Since then I have removed everything from the engine bay to prepare for a color change. Here are some pics of my progress so far.


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They only bad spot on the car

 

 

I'm hoping to have the subframe and bracketry back from powdercoating tomorrow to start reassembly on the car. Then it will be taken to R.I.P for her heart transplant. When I get her back she will be driveable finally. After I purchase my front bumper and front fenders, I will paint the rest of the car.

Thanks for looking

 

Cool blue brake booster ha. Keep us updated as you progress.

 

Here is a pic of the stuff that I picked up from powdercoating today. The picture looks more blue, but they are actually purple. Was hoping to pick up the replated bolts to start putting her back together but they won't be ready until Tuesday. I did get the steering rack regreased, boots replaced and new tie-rod ends installed today.

 

Nice, I'm looking forward to some more progress.

 

Looks Great, Is the paint color the mazda celestial blue ? I painted the bay on my mx3 that color.

 

Looking good, cant wait to see the end result.

 

The paint color is jetstream blue metallic from the zr1 corvette. She was reassembled and deliver to Brad yesterday. I will post some pics and some build specs when I get home.

 

Here are a few more pics from the reassembly. For some reason the bracketry looks the same color in the pictures as the bay. They are actually a purplish blue color.

 

Here is a small list of things that will be done by Brad @ RIP

rebuild with large street port
Goopy seals
Jet coated downpipe
Custom midpipe and exhaust
RIP custom intake for twins
Custom FMIC and piping
Greddy elbow and pulleys
Koyo rad
Manual tranny conversion
Exedy Lightweight flywheel
Spec Stage 3 clutch
PowerFC
Profec BII Boost controller
Battery relocated to drivers side bin

Exterior:

Shine replica Feed type II nose
Shine replica Feed front fenders
Black Enkei RPF1 18x9.5 +35 front & 19x10.5 +38 rear
Nitto 555 255/35 F & 275/35 R

Due to funds the exterior mods may have to be delayed. I am hoping to have the body completed by June 6th for the local IFO show.

 

I haven't posted any new info in quite awhile. Here are a few pics of the porting and the engine reassembly. The next pics should be of the engine in the car. I should be picking the car up next sat. for break in.

 

The motor is now in the car and te finishing touches are being finished for me to pick up the car on Sunday and take it straight to IFO. We shall see what they say about the engine bay. More pics to come!!!!

 

Didn't make it to IFO in Noble obviously. We had a couple of snaggs. I have since picked the car for break in and it is back at R.I.P getting tuned. Here are a few pics of some of the engine and car. She won't go in for final painting until December. Going to work on getting the interior tip top until then. Hope you guys enjoy the pics.

 

 

Here are a couple of shots of the car assembled

 

And a couple of the wheels that will go her next wed. They are Manaray Sport EVOR's 18*9.5 rear and 18*8.5 front.

Front


Rear

 

wow I see you put a lot of work and time into this project. but congrats for getting it done.
quick question, are you planing to change the color of the car or just the rims?
and were the rotors still useable or did you have to replace them?

 

I going to change the color of the car as well. It will be jetstream blue metallic from the 2008 Zr1 corvette but not until December. I reused the rotors. They were still in good shape.

 

Well it looks like I'm going single, during tuning the twins gave out, so I decided to go ahead and go to single. I'll be very limited as I'm still running the oem fuel system except for the fuel pump.

 

No sure how that color will look on the car, but to each their own. I look forward to seeing the pictures of the completed build.

Best,
-Lane

 

very nice!!!!

 

Thanks guys. Was hoping to have her back this next week, but we shall see.