So i bought an rx7 a few months ago and i figured il make a build thread so i can look back at it later

oh and just ignore grammatical errors pls

Lets start with the story about the car

So i was scrolling through Facebook one day and saw an ad for a "Mazda rx-7" witch i actually could afford and i was like yeah rx7s are cool so why not. I opened the ad and there was a well written ad which basically said Sadly i have to sell my car because i don't have a garage anymore, it had a red mirror, a loose headlight cover and a misfiring problem (he said it sounded like a boat).

i thought it sounded like a good deal so i sent him a message saying that i wanted to buy it and added a few questions about rust etc, since it was in Sweden and i live in Finland it wasn't just to go over and look at it so i had to commit.
about a week after the first message i went to Sweden with my dad and met up with the guy at a Volvo dealer, we followed his car and after 5-10 minutes of driving we pulled up to a hangar at a train station it was exactly like the Los Santos Customs under the bridge at the train tracks in GTA 5. We walked in to the hangar and there it was!


It was the most beautiful car i have ever seen, the guy selling it was a really nice guy so i didn't expect him to lie to me so i bought it, paid it in cash about 4000€ we shook hands and i owned an rx7. the day after i started trying to get it to run properly by deflooding and all that but i got no other result then huge flames.
i ordered a endoscope from ebay and went to work found out half an apex seal on the front rotor had broken off so i went to message the previous owner about it since he said it ran like it should when he put it in the garage, he still said it did and still was nice about it, it did seem like he didn't know a lot about about rotarys so i think it has been broken the whole time he has owned it and only gotten worse by time or something like that.



i still think i got a good deal a nice pretty much stock rust free fd for 4000€
Now im just saving money for a rebuild so this is probably going to be the slowest build ever.



it was imported from Japan to Sweden in 2010 and has pretty much been sitting since then.



Tires was marked 2010 and they are still like new, toyo r888 some really nice tires!


Okay so if anyone is reading this i have a few questions,
is this Japanese paper anything cool?
and i see no visual difference between the type r and the regular fd so how do you tell?

 

Today i started to tear down the engine



Im honestly so lost but its probably going to run again.. Mabye

Then the manual told me to remove the downpipe.



I was like nah and changed some bushings i had laying in the garage

 

Looks like you got a nice FD. Take your time with the rebuild and study the FSM. It also helps to take pics and document where things go incase your build takes awhile and you forget where things go. This site has a lot of useful information so if you have any questions use the search tool and if you can't find the answer then post the question.
Have Fun

 

i have tons of pictures and i want it running by summer 2017 so i have over a year to rebuild
oh and my dad being a mechanic will help A LOT

 

I was bored so i riced my brake calipers



doesn't look to bad, right?

 

Removed the exhaust today





Have to buy a new catback



Cat was also fucked..

 

Did some stuff today


Went to BadassRacing and borrowed an engine lift



Removed more stuff


Then it was time to start lifting, well i wanted to but the car didnt..
Didnt know that you had to remove the clutch slave cylinder so i had to bolt the transmition back on and remove the slave cylinder and pop the bearing thing


Then it finally wanted to cooperate






Well.. Someone tried doing burnouts..

 

Removed the flywheel and put the engine on a stand



Got exited and started to tear down the engine without taking pics

 

Turbos came off



No play at all



Spaghetti monster came off, why do you even need that much vacuum lines?





And here is where i leave it tonight! Couldnt get the eccentric chaft pulley bolt off.

 

Today i opened it up









Front rotor and housing have to be replaced, rear housing was like new

 

Dude congrats on the 7! 4k euros is a great price!

 

Thanks! Only bad thing about it is that its so expensive to fix

 

This awesome man! Motivates me to get another 7.

 

Go for it just make sure everything works as it should

 

Dont have money to buy parts for rebuild atm so decided to fix the broken odometer..


Found a guide on how to remove the dash and it didnt seem hard at all


Still following the guide no problem


Aaand i fucked up.. Broke the plastic shield thing which connects to the cluster pod.. They seem rare so ill just glue and paint it later. Or anyone selling?



Took it inside and started looking for broken capacitors


Didnt want to brake anything else so im just going to leave this to someone who knows what they are doing.

 

you can disassemble the speedo by removing the needle (use a small flat head screw driver to pop it up) and then by ungluing and twisting the black gauge face. Lift up the black face and unscrew the clear plastic front. The plastic front will come out by unscrewing it and you'll have full access to all the capacitors underneath.

I had to check my capacitors like this. Unfortunately half of pcb was burnt out and I had to replace the entire cluster.

 

Yeah ill find a way to **** that up trust me, ill just give it to someone who can test all the capacitors

 

Nice car. Love the RHD.

 

Thanks i feel like its not a real fd if its not RHD

 

I got a friend of mine to translate the coupn for you. Its says collect 6 and get a 3000Y book gift card.

 

Thanks! i thought it was something like "read manual before starting" that came around the keys from the dealership but its still cool

 

Me and my dad took a 2day roadtrip to pick up a new engine last weekend.
All seals are new, housings and rotors are like new and it has 3mm seals

Also decided to do something about the red mirror.




Turned out alot better than I expected



Now I have to order some seals and a clutch so I can start putting it back togheter.

 

Finished the rebuild 2018ish




Drove it for almost a full summer then i got crazy endplay and had to take it back to the guy who built the engine


got it running again for about a month or so then i lost clutch

let it sit for almost a full summer since i couldnt be bothered. Found out i had cracked the clutch fork so now i need to order one of those to run this summer

friend had a alu radiator sitting so i bought it

i had a little intercooler laying around so decided it could sit there. charge pipes powder coated

charge pipe

also bought a new gauge hood since i broke that
and thats pretty much where i am now