These are really old pictures, my irons already had some kid of port done to them. Whether it was a street port or just some guy with a dremel i dont know anyone more knowledgable have an idea? I just went over them with a buffing wheel on dremel to smooth them out more.

 

Here are some pictures from pulling the tranny to fix the 5th/reverse syncro. This was before i had a garage i was using a storage unit as one haha!

The car was not high enough for the transmission to slide out so it sat there leaking chocolate syrup while i frantically tried to jack up the car more.



on the stand

 

here is the tool a friend had to make me to dis-assemble the transmission.


apparently mazda cannot order this, does not have it to let me borrow it. he had to cut a 36??mm socket in half and weld about a 12" pipe in the middle. he ended up ruining a $100 bandsaw blade trying to cut through the hardened socket... oops.

 

May or may not have posted this elsewere.... hyperite gauge mod i did a while ago.

 

Here is when i "ghetto fabbed" the larger IC into stock location with no ducting...

 

here is the new IC/rad v-mount setup, When i find more pics of mounts etc i will upload.

 

The steel pipes are supposed to be temporary i plan to use them for a pattern to create a mold to create carbon fiber pipes similar to these but without the seam.
http://www.vaglinks.com/Docs/Misc/CarbonFiberHowTo2.pdf
I know there is no need or real benefit to making the pipes carbon fiber i just want to try and make the engine bay look really nice and it is a personal preference.

Wire tuck.

 

put some semi-new leather i got from Reno_NVFD on my seats


Started casting metal as a hobby after seing Brian on VWVortex
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-casting-parts
this guy makes all his own parts. Even though he has a mill he uses only a router to show that the average joe can mill parts flat.

I made my furnace using a penzoil oil can and some fire bricks i found at my old duplex.


A hole is cut in the side for the tuyer which air blows through to heat the fire, this furnace uses charcoal.


I pour the molten aluminum into a muffin tin to make ingots to use later/give me practice melting aluminum before i cast real parts.


growing stash of Al ingots....


the first "thing" i cast


and finally a part that.. may need revising.. but will hopefully work on the rx7, an idler pulley bracket.


with a mockup pulley and belt

 

haha, well done on that idler arm Give it a nice polish and see how it turns out

 

soooooooooooo awesome! i was looking to make a furnace a while back they are supper cool but i no longer have room in the garage to store one! you need a parts tumbler next!

 

Thanks! Ive got a few hours till my next class.... Think ill see what it looks like after the wire wheel

 

Thanks bubbles. its really fun melting stuff down! next project is the door handle we talked about. working on a silicon mold of it now. is this the tupe of mold you made for your resin handles?

 

Nice to see your thread Matt, youve been working on it a long time. Hurry up so you can get your car on the road.

 

Thanks nick. Its hard to believe i made this thread 4 years ago! Have the UIM, coils, off trying to see where that fuel is leaking from them we can go for a driveM

 

Cast some block off plates yesturday, mold leaked and ACV blockoff plate did not fill properly (A pattern was too close to edge of flask but I ignoored it ).

 

Ive been working on making an idler pulley since the tweakit kit seems to be unavailable and had bearing failures.

heres 3d printed prototype.

 

So a coolant seal broke and now im rebuilding again.

 

ty for the move mods