designed and started milling my side marker cover plates.. may even try to backlight them eventually

 

that color...beautiful!

 

badges on.. we tried to paint the engraving etc.. maybe eventually I will have them powder coated and retry but 2 attempts were unsuccessful.. oh well also installed the door cards I purchased over a yr ago and hadnt unboxed.. glad they are decent shape..

 

Pack up a flat rate box of smaller parts you want powder coated and I'll do them for free. Stuff like brackets, those side markers, small parts on the engine. etc.

Just pay return shipping. I've done this for members before.

 

wow sweet.. I will do that sometime then.. pm your address sometime

 

Oh yeah, KC is awesome at this! He made me the same offer for my rats nest and some other bits that I sent him and they came back looking FANTASTIC! Such an awesome thing to do for a fellow rotor head.

 

finally got to put her outside in the sun...

 

That last shot is the best! I love that your kids helped you with this.

 

 

 

and motor went boom....

 

Oh no, what happened?

 

Not confirmed but oretty sure it sucked air under boost or attemtping to log up to 5K with 7 pounds..

fuel gauge was way off.. new sender which is frustrating..

so tank mods and some changes will happen to fuel system

 

 

well I ran my motor down to Kevin Baltz this weekend.. what a drive.. 13.5hrs each way...

I left at 1230 friday lunch, got down there at 230am saturday, grabbed a room and slept 6 hrs, woke up showered got dressed and went to meet Kevin.. spent an hr or so hanging out discussing the engine build and other things... then got to ride in his repu.. F%^$^%g beast... then he led me out to the highway and showed the rx7 off a little... then I left towards home, stoppd for a 25min nap, then met a buddy in Kansas City for some dinner which tool 1.5hrs, then back on the road.. stopped at 3am and took a 25min nap then when the alarm went off I reset it again.. haha I was beat.. 2hrs left till home so I finished it up and got home around 5am.. slept till midday.. what a weekend.. pretty excited for my engine to be built and what it will be like..



Repu
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small update.. I dont post in here much..

motor popped, so I had Kevin Baltz rebuild it with his magic.. currently on break in tune and will soon add meth/water injection setup once 1000miles are on..

made my deadline to have it on the road for a local car show...

now is back on the lift to keep doing the little things I want to improve it more...



at the car show with my 14yr old daughter who has been in the shop with me almost all the build..




Decided to wrap the DP and exh mani... it helps.. grabbed it after about 4mins of idling and was able to hold onto it...




the other 3 of my kids... who says you cant fit people in these cars.. haha

 

sorry to hear about the setback, but glad to hear you got it back together now. Kevinbtz has earned my respect over the years. huge fan of his, so you probably did yourself a good service.

family times ... real nice.

 

Kevin has been phenomenal... in advice and help

 

gotten out to some other car shows and finally got to one with 3 other guys who have finally gotten cars running at the same time haha

next up is building an 8.8 rear end

 

Car is looking great as always! Was fun to get out with everyone for sure. I should get out and start the car tonight if I get some free time, hasn't been started since that event. I also got SolidWorks on my desktop and laptop this weekend, so I can start taking measurements of the RE-Speed big brake kit that I'd like to start remaking eventually. We gotta get some collaborative projects going

 

now I may have a clutch issue and a trans issue... hoping to have a little more nice weather before the real cold/snow hits... then I can test that theory out... kind of a flashback to when I got the car and tested out the 2nd gear issue and blew the trans... may have to try the same thing again in my driveway haha

 

" before the real cold/snow hits... "

Didn't you guys get like 4 feet already?! :P

 

thank God no... hahaha

though I prefer snow and cold over dead brown and cold

and I am from the Tropics of Queensland Australia so it all sucks hahaha

 

little fun before winter storage

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9scP3ZhXakYuRaRH7

 

been lazy so havent really touched the car since storing it for winter..

waiting on the new Treadstone intercooler to come in (been 2 months or more so far...)

Been tinkering off and on with my 8.8 build... started to 2nd guess a couple of things so Ive paused and will figure those out to continue...