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Jred's first Rx-7 build
Hey, so I managed to grab my dream car back in November 11/2016. I picked it up for a very tempting price. I had just finished parting out my turbo civic so it was perfect timing to bring home an FD. The car was perfectly running, had a minor vac leak within the rats nest, so boost would bleed off sometimes. Car was relatively stock, complete greddy exhaust, arc intake box, ohlins suspension, feed intercooler pipes, bolt in roll cage, knights sports tuned ecu with adjustable boost controller inside car, turbo timer, few other little things... but you get the point.
My end goal for this car is 500rwhp [in the years to come] & to go time attack plus the very occasional street driving. here are some photos of my baby! https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...d1c0a0abda.jpg The day I picked her up https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...fd3f019a51.jpg continued https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...98ddb16a9b.jpg continued... https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...5f5fff7ee9.jpg needed to get gas to get home... of course ! https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...d6c315257a.jpg Second day, my motorcycle and car together.<br/> https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...f07555d511.jpg Third day... she's finally home. Took a few shots before she went inside! https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...3e30f7fef8.jpg finally indoors, where she belongs. <br/>R.I.P to my other bike. Parted it out. |
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Time to get this thing cleaned up! https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...d0571e0afa.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...5c4c2372d0.jpg turbos off https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...3fa0ea10a1.jpg decently clean in there! https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...a0f709d762.jpg bye felicia! https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...ad51cd2491.jpg greddy downpipe [ for sale ] https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...6c38844148.jpg dirty sock quality lol https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...0472c92825.jpg what a mess, dutty girl https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...1f7fb53227.jpg getting somewhere now... https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...73a968b0f2.jpg |
Next, I took out the engine harness, power steering and a/c compressor. The other side was begging for some love.
Having some wiring background.. i decided to tackle the harness and convert it to a single turbo one [ wasted my time as i am buying a stand alone now] https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...3b4e202619.jpg Ordered up some new parts! https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...5ffc17887a.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...7d0c4c167d.jpg how far i got with the harness before going the standalone route. Rad https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...b39f42a9f2.jpg intercooler https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...c327e5d9ed.jpg some block off plates https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...ef2374922d.jpg oil feed https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...1b31a4f915.jpg new oem mazda key to replace the crappy spare it came with https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...8ab57f3ab0.jpg Exhaust flange to build my manifold https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...5d0e02321.jpeg Greddy Type S coils https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...26d2867beb.jpg Rotary works elbow [ NEVER AGAIN] you'll see why |
i ended up getting a few things powder coated... i also slacked on taking pictures as i went through the next stuff fairly quick. [ mounting the intercooler/ rad]
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...cda2e183ce.jpg making my jig for turbo manifold https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...4e178c6279.jpg Time to bang this out! https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...523101451b.jpg 3.5 hrs later... finally all tacked up. this was my very first manifold I put together. Going to be my first time tig welding [only really tacked prior to this] https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...4f48fba942.jpg tested for steering shaft clearance! phew! https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...da3e7ce448.jpg wastegate placement all done... test fit time again https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...7db9fd77a8.jpg just a front end shot.. sigh https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...bc78b19a26.jpg few more things came back from powder coating :) https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...97d6d9335e.jpg back to the manifold... got it all welded up to the where the wastegate flanges will be as im waiting for the gates to come in with the flanges. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...4a5c79472b.jpg manifold is all done and ready to rock.. but first.. ceramic coating time! ;) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...9d5f61e3f7.jpg All done and ready to be bolted to the car for good! |
Nice work, she's coming along nicely. What turbo are you going with? I think I saw a "wanted ad" you have, good call getting rid of those headlights.
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Originally Posted by HalifaxFD
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Nice work, she's coming along nicely. What turbo are you going with? I think I saw a "wanted ad" you have, good call getting rid of those headlights.
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Nice project, lots of people will buy those fenders from you if they're in good condition. JDM sir markers, donchaknow.
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Originally Posted by Narfle
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Nice project, lots of people will buy those fenders from you if they're in good condition. JDM sir markers, donchaknow.
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are you building a cartmillVMIC?
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Nice work....
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Originally Posted by nigel20b
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Nice work....
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Fitting up my intercooler and rad https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...03c8b3a5cc.jpg lool, my mount to let it stay still https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...39692ce9ee.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...01cdf96c51.jpg put my powder coated goods on just to see... https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...c18397b91e.jpg rotary works elbow was hitting my hood and didnt allow me to use my R1 strut bar.... must fix!!! https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...076975b704.jpg what i ended up with https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...a9746703b2.jpg another shot https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...fa5b4aa31d.jpg another one... https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...a2ada26ed7.jpg it fits =D |
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took my manifold off just for some more pictures.. and to stare at it ofc. Feel great to look at it knowing i made it from scratch! https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...c723625a3.jpeg Throwback to when I drove it for the first time home. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...0ae644e777.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...a5b00d531b.jpg Finally pulled her out the garage after 4 months ... https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...f40b3b57f6.jpg |
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