Here's my RX7 I finally picked up after a few months of waiting for a fairly standard. Bear with me as this will be a bit of a brain dump!

The RX7 has been my dream car for a long time, so this is my ultimate purchase. I've kept talking myself in and out of an FD or a 911 for a while but it always came back round to the FD as the dream. I'm looking to slowly build the car up to a really nice spec and condition.

Here's the car as it looked when I picked it up (Pics stolen from the ad):



Ignore the intake, this is back to a stock unit now.

Decoding the VIN gives the following details:

• Built 08/1994
• Brilliant black
• '95 R2 Bathurst (1 of 300, looks like the decal got removed at some point though)
• No lip or spoiler (special to this edition)
• Manual with cloth seats (Maybe carbon as standard or these were added later, not sure...)
• Rear bins (Fairly rare?)
• No rear wiper
• Dual oil coolers
• 16" wheels
• smaller brakes of the two types

What I know about the cars history so far (pieced together from folder of receipts and an old ebay ad i found):

• Steve Rivett rebuild in 2011 including:
  • Street port
  • Wastegate ported
  • Upgraded engine mount set (Presume the DM-motorsport kit)
  • Sump brace kit (Presume the DM-motorsport kit)
• Momo steering wheel + gear **** (To be swapped out very shortly, probably go for nardi deepcorn)
• The car had a fuel leak and subsequent fire at some point, there's a receipt for having the engine wiring loom replaced, OMP pipework replaced and new hoses all round (inc rats nest + 1 solenoid)
• New radiator (not had a look if oem or ali)
• Aledged compression of 8.1bar cold, 7.9 bar hot (no proof, but it starts nicely hot or cold)
• Pre-import (I assume) the car also had a modified (stock) ecu fitted, it's a REDOM ecu flashed my RE-amemiya, there's not a huge amount of information online and they aren't upgradeable, so I will be swapping to something more accessible.
• Unknown exhaust

That's about it for history, I want to use this build thread as a bit of chronicle of the car. I'm going to try and document everything I do and hopefully contribute a few guides to the forum as I go along.

Issues to investigate:

• "Gravel" type sound for a second or two after starting the engine
• Juddering/bucking when crawling / low RPM
• Temporarily fitted an ebay special boost gauge, definitely not getting the 10-8-10 pattern need to investigate what was done when the rats nest was replaced.

Next jobs / to do list:

• Swap out MOMO wheel and **** for something a bit more subtle
• Rip out JDM stereo and fit something a bit more modern
• Service: Oil change + filter, coolant flush, Fuel filter (+relocation), belts
• AST replacement / Delete
• Fit decent boost gauge in centre vent
• Fix A/C
• Decide between Adaptronic modular or Haltech elite 2000 + PNP harness
• Fix broken exterior door handle (Aluminium replacement)

Future Plans:

• Single turbo (or maybe push the limits of the twins)
• V-mount + Battery relocation
• 99 spec or LED rear lights
• 99 spec front end
• Wheels
• Fix/replace a lot of trim to try and get to an OEM+ type look
• Suspension refresh

 

Thanks for starting a build thread here. I think someone stole your stolen pictures...

 

Sorry, hopefully it works this time!