Seth's 94 SSM R2 "Resto-mod" Build Thread
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A bit sleep deprived with the baby, but slowly making progress. Engine is back together and ready to go back in. While I had the engine out, I replaced the a/c expansion valve and all the o-rings in the hardlines. Cleaning up the main electrical harness and the engine compartment in general.
If you look closely at the powerplant pic, yes that is a brand new transmission. Its a zero-mile Kouki transmission I had shipped over. One thing that was neat about the new transmission is that its almost 100% bolt-in ready. New throwout bearing, fork and splines greased up and full of gear oil. Even came with new shifter bushings.
If you look closely at the powerplant pic, yes that is a brand new transmission. Its a zero-mile Kouki transmission I had shipped over. One thing that was neat about the new transmission is that its almost 100% bolt-in ready. New throwout bearing, fork and splines greased up and full of gear oil. Even came with new shifter bushings.
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I bought the Four Seasons 39054 Expansion Valve. It has a similar superheat value as the rx7 MANA system and is physically identical. Goes right in. Once I get the system charged up and running, I'll post an update!
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I only wanted a new compressor, you can find rebuilt ones cheaper. Getting at the compressor is such a beast and recharging is expensive, Id rather do it once so opted to spend the money and get new. Unfortunately, theres no dryers left. I think its possible to retrofit a similar dryer and if it comes down to it...I'll have to do it. But for now, after i get the motor back in I'm going to bring the car to a specialist and have them hold it under vacuum for a long time to make sure all the moisture is pulled out and its leak free. Fingers crossed.
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I did, here is where I purchased mine: https://www.discountacparts.com/Mazd...~01478_NC.html
I only wanted a new compressor, you can find rebuilt ones cheaper. Getting at the compressor is such a beast and recharging is expensive, Id rather do it once so opted to spend the money and get new. Unfortunately, theres no dryers left. I think its possible to retrofit a similar dryer and if it comes down to it...I'll have to do it. But for now, after i get the motor back in I'm going to bring the car to a specialist and have them hold it under vacuum for a long time to make sure all the moisture is pulled out and its leak free. Fingers crossed.
I only wanted a new compressor, you can find rebuilt ones cheaper. Getting at the compressor is such a beast and recharging is expensive, Id rather do it once so opted to spend the money and get new. Unfortunately, theres no dryers left. I think its possible to retrofit a similar dryer and if it comes down to it...I'll have to do it. But for now, after i get the motor back in I'm going to bring the car to a specialist and have them hold it under vacuum for a long time to make sure all the moisture is pulled out and its leak free. Fingers crossed.
have you try hooking the line and see if it fits ?
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hey. Thanks for the link !! The side port where the low line gose seems a bit strange. Dose the white part come off and the line connect ? Im asking because on my r12 mana system theres no white part on mine. Just bare metal
have you try hooking the line and see if it fits ?
have you try hooking the line and see if it fits ?
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cymfc3s (01-17-18)
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The white piece is just the cap. The new compressors come filled with oil, so they are capped off for shipping. I left the caps on so it doesn't slosh and spill when I drop the motor in. I pulled the caps off and the port sizing is exactly the same as the old compressor I pulled off the car.
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Anyway, hope you find the source. Congrats on your new girl. Sure hope to see you again at a future SS event!! Jeff Hoskinson drove his CYM to the event again this year from Eugene, OR. I keep trying to get Chris (CARX7) to shoot out from Austin. Who knows, maybe one of these years.
I just hopped in here after seeing this thread show up on the home page. Seth, Congrats on the girl! That's great news. I feel a bit like Uncle Rico as much as I talk about the AZ days and all the driving to Cali. I still don't have a running Rx7, but at least one is actively getting a new motor finally. My modded daily Rs7 (Audi) was rear ended and totaled about 6 weeks ago and I'm just now getting a new one back on the road. College students texting and driving = no bueno.
Seth, I always did admire your attention to detail!!
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cymfc3s (01-19-18)
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I just hopped in here after seeing this thread show up on the home page. Seth, Congrats on the girl! That's great news. I feel a bit like Uncle Rico as much as I talk about the AZ days and all the driving to Cali. I still don't have a running Rx7, but at least one is actively getting a new motor finally. My modded daily Rs7 (Audi) was rear ended and totaled about 6 weeks ago and I'm just now getting a new one back on the road. College students texting and driving = no bueno.
Seth, I always did admire your attention to detail!!
Seth, I always did admire your attention to detail!!
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So Chris/Seth... just commit to attending SS in 2018. Chris, you can fly into either Phoenix and grab a jump seat in the caravan, or fly directly into Cali and we'll shuttle you from the hotel to the event and back. Seth, the drive from Half Moon Bay to SS & back would be probably similar distance-wise to what we're doing from Phoenix. This could work? Wadda ya say?? . At least think about it!
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Finally, an update. I managed to pick up that bad flu going around and then the baby got me sick a few times...been taking forever to get the car running. But, it runs. Amazingly, started right up, no fuss, no leaks, no issues. Been warming it up for the past few weeks, driving it around block a few times to get it broken in a bit and verify it runs and drives ok.
Last weekend after I'd warmed it up to temp, I gave it a quick compression check using my twistedrotors compression tester. Adjusted for RPM (250), got 120, 119, 116 on the rear and similar on the front. Pretty happy with the result and the consistency of the psi on each face. This was my first motor that I've built myself, soup-to-nuts, so I was happy I didn't **** it up
I still have to take it to the smog station and get the tested, so a few more weeks before its legal to drive again.
Last weekend after I'd warmed it up to temp, I gave it a quick compression check using my twistedrotors compression tester. Adjusted for RPM (250), got 120, 119, 116 on the rear and similar on the front. Pretty happy with the result and the consistency of the psi on each face. This was my first motor that I've built myself, soup-to-nuts, so I was happy I didn't **** it up
I still have to take it to the smog station and get the tested, so a few more weeks before its legal to drive again.
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kensin (03-05-18)
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Passed smog! Its been pissing raining here for the past few weeks, so I finally had a nice dry day to take her out and get it smogged. I was a bit worried because the test only station did not to put the car on the dynomometer and ran a traditional sniffer test at idle and 2500 rpm (no load). Didn't matter, passed easily.
Drove the car 30 miles in total, so much fun. Going from a high flow cat, racing beat muffler to a stock cat, stock muffler, de-clunking the rear suspension and new (quiet) transmission makes for a dream. Its so much fun to drive. I kept it well under 4k to break it in, but I can't be happier. Car runs and drives brilliantly. Looking forward to many sunny weekend drives.
Drove the car 30 miles in total, so much fun. Going from a high flow cat, racing beat muffler to a stock cat, stock muffler, de-clunking the rear suspension and new (quiet) transmission makes for a dream. Its so much fun to drive. I kept it well under 4k to break it in, but I can't be happier. Car runs and drives brilliantly. Looking forward to many sunny weekend drives.
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Yeah, aftermarket DP. You should not need a pre-cat to pass. If you can't pass the sniffer test without the pre-cat, then theres something a miss. Everything else stock/oem? Might be a bad/dying main cat. The tune and everything being in working order is huge. Fresh oil, new plugs, no vacuum leaks, ACV verified in working order, it should pass with only a main cat easily. A few years back when I was putting the car back together, I pinched one of the vacuum lines going to the ACV valve and I failed the test pretty badly. If I had thrown an extra cat in there and ran some alcohol, I probably could have got it to pass...but the underline problem was the ACV didn't have enough vacuum to open up all the way. Once I fixed that, boom, car passed no problem.
Happy to help, let me know!
Happy to help, let me know!