Good luck with the build Gringo, I am looking forward to seeing the finished product!

 

I can't wait for the next installment! Keep the project moving...don't give up.

Regards,
crispy

 

That pic with your big *** in the seat is awesome

That marks shop?

 

Actually that is the shop of the guy who sold me my first RX7 like 6yrs ago. I pretty much get free reign on about anything in his shop: Lifts, tools, etc. It is about 2 blocks from Mark's place.

 

Nice I am about to do the same. I am looking for a low milage oem white model FD so I can do the same. Swap all my goodies to it and turn my MB back to stock and sell it.

Dude even with no seat your head still comes close to the roof!! Its not like the vert you came to cousins that one time lol.

 

Engine pull before I leave for Xmas until next Monday. Nothing special...just basic progress.

 

you pulled the tranny with it? What goodies are you putting in that? spend spend spend!!!

 

Parts starting to show up from my Pre-Christmas ordering spree. Suspension components from Improved Racing along with some of their swag.

 

^^ i got thos tie and trailing rods, very nice quality.. wish i got mine in black.. i got them before the black ones were made.

 

More parts arrived...and I also decided to buy a new motor as well today!

Parts:
- Drainplug Magnets FD Magentic Oil Pan Plug
- IRP Motor Mounts
- Defined Auto Vmount

 

So...after a cold *** week here in Florida where no one I know did any work (It was in the 20s-30s which is cold as ***** for us) new parts came in and the weather was back in the high 60's/low 70's...perfect for work!

First...some new parts that came in! Steel, driver side motor mount arm courtesy of Japan2LA. Next, Atomic Rex Pillow Ball Bushings + Powerflex Bushings!

 

As noted, today 1-7-12 some work was managed on the car. The small stuff first: ABS removal, continued stripping of interior (rear bin removal), discovery of where the accident caused some rubbing through of my wiring harness (but no breaks) and removal of the ground from my charging harness just because I was bored and it is unneeded due to battery relocation.

 

With the weather being acceptable, my buddy Jimmy saved me a ton of $$$ by cutting out the damaged area and replacing it with a section from my donor car. Cost? $100 + lunch at Sonny's! Hooray! As far as I can tell, everything is within 1/16" of an inch and quite possibly a tighter tolerance than that!

First...the cutting!

 

And now onto some welding!

 

Nice work Mr. Grande Hopefully our pain will be your gain. Might I suggest while you have the innards all pulled apart you shoot the car with some Quiet Coat (http://www.quietrock.com/soundproof-...quietcoat.html)? Your ears will thank you for it.

And I also concur with your philosophy on people versus actions. I can count on two fingers the number of people I passionately dislike and neither of the two are on this forum. As you, I have been known, particularly recently, to strongly disagree with an action but I don't confuse that with the individual.

Now make us proud and get that puppy back on the road!

 

+1 on quiet coating while your car is in bare bones. If you don't do it know, it'll be that much harder to do it later.

And after driving David's 3 rotor and seeing how quiet a 3 rotor can be...its golden! If you're gonna release the purse strings...dump it all out lol

 

Eddie - Stop trolling my wallet. Go talk to Mark about one...he actually has the engine already.

 

That turned out great, when will you be doing a fitment test?
Also what is going to happen to the donor car?

 

Making great progress. Nice deal on the replacement.

 

I'll cut any part off the donor car that anyone can use. The new engine should be here this week and things should start going back together...except the the suspension which is coming apart for bushings!

 

No way buddy....you gotta learn like the rest of us that you have to "pay to play". Financial Disaster=FD lol

 

Started to tear down the block. Lots of oil from the turbos, crispy wiring harness, pulled injectors to send for cleaning etc. Nothing special, just a few pics.

One of the coil wires was corroded and the corresponding coil was too...so I'm fairly certain that was not good for the car.

 

yuuuum

 

Id buy new coil pack and wires. Go ahead and get injectors cleaned and ported...or go bigger on primary and secondary for the new single turbo.

 

I had the same problem with the corrosion in the coil pack. I used some electric parts cleaner and a brush to scrape it out. It worked great. I also replaced my wires. Depending on mileage you may just want to clean it good.




John