Hey everyone. I want to share with you guys my current RX7 build from day 1.

Enjoy!

Purchased off an old friend for roughly $600. It was his first car and wanted to hold on to it but after parking it for 7 years, he finally decided to let her go to a good home.









New home for a little while





Starting to take things apart.









Junk Yard donor car for some exterior parts. I wanted to do an SA bumper conversion.

 

I purchased an authentic Kamei front air dam...



...as well as an authentic Mariah Motorsports wing.



The next step was to strip the interior in preparation for paint.





I continued to gather parts prior to sending her off to the body shop.







Off to the body shop!



Body work begins:

 

And finally, some color! I went with Rallye Red.

 

The interior was painted in the same color but I went with a textured paint similar to Rhino Liner.




And finally, the finished product:

 

And then the Mariah Wing was bolted up.











Off to her new temporary home.





She'll stay here until I can continue the project.





By far, my favorite detail is the fender-mounted Talbot mirrors. I wanted something subtle and I think it's a great look for the car.




More to come soon!

 

That looks great. I really like the mirrors, and wow you can paint. Red with a black interior is nice.

 

I take absolutely no credit for the paint job, a great shop in San Diego did the work for me.

Thanks!

 

You might want to host your images on a site other than photobucket. We can't see them unless you pay the ransom.

 

Damn, I didn't realize Photobucket had changed since the last time I used it.

I'll fix it, thanks for the heads up!

 

Images fixed.

 

body looks great. what's the plan for the drivetrain?

 

came out nice

 

that's my car , almost. Mine is all oem minus a few space wasting things. Only thing I don't like about my car is the a/c cannot keep up with the sun beating down on all that rear hatch back glass.

Should I spring for a new compressor?

 

Thanks guys.

My plan for the drivetrain is to swap in a low-compression 13b with a single turbo. My power goals aren't ridiculous, I'd like to be somewhere in the 350-400 whp with somewhere around 15 lbs of boost.

I've been reading a lot of good reviews about rotaryengine.com. Does anyone have first-hand experience with them?

 

The project continues!

I finally moved the car over to my house so I can work on it more frequently:







First up are T3 Coilovers. I went with Swift springs with 275lbs up front and 150lbs in the rear.






I also picked up the top mounts from T3 to go with the coilovers.



New tie rod ends



I also swapped over to a full GSL-SE suspension. Up front are brand new rotors/hubs, bearings, pads, and stainless steel lines.

 

Under the hood, I have a new Koyorad radiator, Racingbeat hoses, new brake/clutch master cylinders, and a few odd and ends from Atkins Rotary.










Out back, I took out the old gas tank because it was in rough shape and installed an ATL fuel cell. It fit like a glove.

 

The car is looking great and you are doing some very tasteful mods to the car! Well done sir!

 

Thank you very much!

 

Got a few more updates:

The fuel cell is all plumbed and functioning perfectly well. I'll need to add some grommets or sleeves to protect the lines from chaffing.

I also installed new rear struts for the lift gate. I had to get creative with how to mount one of the struts haha.

Next up was the GSL-SE rear end. It's been dressed up with new pads, rotors, and a T3 rear coilover kit.

Enjoy!

 

Had to make a little bit of room for the rear coilover to clear the factory exhaust heat shield but it looks good now:





And she's on the ground again!

 

that is pretty badass my friend

 

How do you like the T3 lower control arms, fitment wise? Ive had my eyes on them for a little bit.