Thanks man. Hopefully when I get all my part in and installed it will look even better.

 

Definately an very clean bay

 

How much were the air vent if you don't mind me asking I got to replace mine too

 

I got the vents from Malloy Mazda (Ray). They were 26.10 each. Im sure u can also find some used...but its a pain in the butt.

@Nassin31spr....thanks man.

 

Finally...the one part I have been waiting for. The clutch line is in. Hopefully I should have the master, slave cylinder and clutch line in by tomorrow.



Ill probably throw in a few more misc. parts in on sat and detail the car.

 

I finally installed my master cylinder, slave cylinder and clutch line, Adjusted the pedal....and everything feels 10x better. So much easier to drive. Time to install more tomorrow.

 

Care to share where you bought your Goodridge clutch line from? Are your Master and Slave cylinder lines also stainless braided?

 

The SS clutch line is from Pettit Racing. The master and slave are all OEM from Ray at Malloy Mazda.

 

Just a few pics that a friend took for me.

 

Picked up the intercooler today. DNA Powder coating did an amazing job.







Cant wait to get it in the car.

 

Beautiful clean car!

 

Thanks man.

 

Install of the new pullies w/new belt, radiator w/new hoses, turbo coolant lines, and battery hold down begins. Sorry bout the blurry I-phone pics.

 

Install of the PR air pump eliminator pulleys w/new belt, CSF radiator w/new hoses, turbo coolant lines, and battery hold down all installed.

 

^^^Thanks I appreciate it. Cant wait to get it in. Still have to install a few more things and wait on a few more parts.

 

Things on order/needed:
- Aluminum AST or FC filler neck (Stock ones are know to fail)
- Driver/Passenger head light cover (only has one tab holding it on)
- Boost gauge w/holder
- Black coupler for intercooler
- Accessory idler pulley
- Efini y-pipe
- Intercooler piping for Greddy Elbow.
- OEM Fender Liners
- Possible Meth

 

Some pics from the "Rides and Tides" meet. Last time out for the 7 for a while.

 

So its been a while since I have done anything to the car....time for an update.

Yesterday (Sunday 28th), Dale (local rx-7 guru) and I started pulling the motor. Started at about 10am and finally got it out and took of most of the accessories about 1ish pm. We should have a list of stuff to get and the motor taken apart on Tuesday. Gonna be a busy week.





Dale the guru...lol




Motor finally out




"We got no motors Ted!!!"


My puzzle

 

Ok...so yesterday (07/30/2013) me and Dale tore the engine apart. Looks like I broke two Apex seals on the front rotor. Gauged up the front rotor housing and front rotor a bit....so Im on the look out for those parts now.








This is the culprit that was giving me issues...


Spicy Doritos....yum



Everything else is in really good condition (thank goodness). Should be giving all the parts a good clean on Saturday. Until then, I will be looking for the replacement parts.

 

Update....ALS seals ordered. Still looking for a new rotor housing and rotor.

 

This motor should turn out really sweet. It's also a good opportunity to get in there and clean and straighten up a lot of things to make the engine bay nicer.

We'll be cleaning parts Saturday, break out the Super Clean!

Dale

 

Thanks Dale....cant wait till its all together.

 

i'm glad I came across this. i found out exactly how brittle the vents become after so many years of use.

it feels great fixing a problem on a car that effects it's drivability so much doesn't it.



i just realized you guys were in Pensacola. I live in Biloxi, MS myself. i don't get down there much but, if you happen to come this way definitely shoot me a pm and i'll give you my number to hit me up. i'd like to meet more local rx7 owners, especially guys that do their own work.


just keep doing what you're doing. the car looks amazing and the work looks great as well.

 

For sure man....its always good to find and fix an issue with the car. Yeah there are quite a few of us in Pensacola. Dale is the local guru here helping me out with the car/motor build. It has been an awesome experience.


Update (8/3/13): Cleaned some more parts and even got some parts painted. Dale found a rotor housing....so now I just need to find a rotor. ALS seals already came in and Dale is putting together a list of seals, vacuum houses and other stuff we will be needing.

Before and after cleaning the rotors. We cleaned everything even more.


Engine Bay before pics.




Engine bay after pics.




Parts cleaned up.


Before Paint.


Prep for paint.


After paint...Gunmetal (paint still wet)


Dale the Guru working on my turbos...his car in the garage.


And last but not least my trophy...lol. Bad rotor housing and rotor.

 

looking good man top work