hi all name is Richard originally from Puerto Rico.
I currently own two 1985 GSL-SE RX-7s .

1st one is bone stock engine wise,
mods:
removed airpump.
RB header
2'' exhaust with straight through muffler
pro-form 3000 cfm electric fan
front Ground control coilover kit
Rear Re-speed coilover kit
15x8 xxr 501's all the way around

this is when i picked her up August of 2010


building the coilvers



and this is her now



2nd is a GSL-SE thati bought from my friend and have to go and pick it up. the bad? it doesn't run. Plans are to put back the missing parts, restore the interior, build some coilovers for her and put some 15x8 black xxr 501s. kinda make her look like the blue one.

 

3rd. is a 1985 GSL-SE brown with a BP carbed 12A, don't ask me why it has a 12A cause i am wondering the same but she sounds so sexy and I got a good deal on her.

got a good deal on her because she had some hot start problems
this is when i went to pick her up


so the mod list for this is:
ACT 6 puck unsprung clutch
RB header
RB intake mani
Holley 600
Holley FPR
Holley blue Fuel pump
MSD blaster ss coils
Bridge ported
2 1/2" exhaust with straight through muffler

This is when i built a plate for the msd coil packs



and today i decided to pull the engine out and open it up to inspect the internals, so far i am not that happy with the things that i am finding out. some gettho rigs and supposedly the motor was built around 300 miles ago by a very reputable individual.
here are a couple of pics of what i did today

took her to my friends place to have him look at her, he told me that main bearings might be bad or housings might be damaged because it is not starting when hot.


this is my friend's house, he works with rotaries a lot.


then took her to the shop where i work part time and started disassembling.



she was out in 30 minutes.


first thing i found wrong, the rear housing was leaking coolant bad where it connects with the intake, whoever built the motor instead of putting a 20mm freeze plug on the hole, put a **** ton of RTV to seal it and obviously it did not work that well.





then when taking the front bolt out the crush washer was all jammed up in there. is so stuck in there that it won't come out, tomorrow i will work on that.



then when i move to the oil pan section i noticed some unusual bolts/screws (home depot metal screws holding the pan to the front cover area, i don't know if this is acceptable in the rotary world where that guy builds engines but i would not do this with any of my piston engine builds.

 

he front woodruff key had a little dent that didn't let the dist gear come off, after some playing around with it, it came out, also the rear flywheel nut had some deep dents as if some one didn't have the right 54mm socket and they might have used a screwdriver and a hammer instead. the clutch was also being held by different types of bolts.

i was pretty disappointed and a little mad so i called a day and went home.

this is how i left her today




still waiting till tomorrow to open the engine up and if anything i have 1 extra 12a engine in my garage and 2 13Bs so i might build a 12A out of 2 or just throw a 13B, then i want to put some weld racing wheels on it and have some fun at the track.

 

nice projects bro !!!!!

 

^^ thanks brother, estos carros me encantan.

 

asi mismo soy yo tengo 2 SA y 2 FB y estoy arreglando los 4 . tuve q dejar 2 en FL en storage cuando hice PCS de alla.

 

^ afuego, brother, en FL es que esta la gente que sabe, aqui en NC hay uno nada mas que yo se que brega bien con ellos.

 

Lost some pics on the last post so here theyre again


then took her to the shop where i work part time and started disassembling.




she was out in 30 minutes.


first thing i found wrong, the rear housing was leaking coolant bad where it connects with the intake, whoever built the motor instead of putting a 20mm freeze plug on the hole, put a **** ton of RTV to seal it and obviously it did not work that well.





then when taking the front bolt out the crush washer was all jammed up in there. is so stuck in there that it won't come out, tomorrow i will work on that.



then when i move to the oil pan section i noticed some unusual bolts/screws (home depot metal screws holding the pan to the front cover area, i don't know if this is acceptable in the rotary world where that guy builds engines but i would not do this with any of my piston engine builds.

 

kept taking stuff apart and kept getting frustrated at how some people build things...

flywheel nut, looks like they torqued her with a chissel, no biggie i have a new rotating assembly, the only thing that i am using from this motor is the iron plates.


this is the pilot bearing, or at least it was


this is how it looked when i took it all out.



this is me with my friend, he wanted to do the disassembling, never dealt with a rotary and he is falling in love with them!



did i mention that we had to use a puller to get the flywheel out? the deadblow method will not work.



all out
housings had a little damage, maybe a resurface from goopy might repair it, ( i have 2 good housings for it.)
the rotors looked like they had some previous damage and they still rebuilt the engine like that.



this is one of the rotors bearings, they both looked the same and the bearing "nipple" or seat was not in the right rotor groove.



and the main bearings looked ugly



and started getting the housings ready for assembly, had to clean the coolant whole to seal it with a 20mm freeze plug


and cleaned the new rotors going in.

 

rebuilt the brown one here are some pics:









video of her after work,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRZUV...&feature=g-upl

 

today after trouble shooting my sputtering issue in the silver , i found out that the fuel filter was clogged, so i replaced the fuel filter and added some sea foam and success, i was able to drive it around, so i put it in the garage, replaced the suspension, wheels, took all the interior out, shampooed the rug and seats, cleaned everything, took my windows out to adjust the wheather striping, while out i decided to tint them, also found a front grill for this one since it was missing.
here are some pics , enjoy:















i am tired as hell , i am going to bed!

 

very bad *** bro! I had similar hot start issues with my old 12a when I tore apart the block my side seals were toast. Good Luck with your build!!!

 

thanks brother, I am in love with these little cars, i leave in august overseas but when i get back, the silver one is going down to FL to get some love from kilo racing and gato performance.

 

washed the silver and blue today. i fisnished putting all the small stuff in the silver one

 

can you take a pic of the engine bay from up top? that is how i kinda wanna make mine look like.