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Its been awhile since I've made a thread on here. I gave away my last FB in 2016, but have convinced my friend Declan to ship me his FB from Washington so that I could finish the work on the car. A little history on the car, He bought this car in 2013 completely stock. I first met him in 2013 when I worked at Corksport in Vancouver, WA. He wanted someone who knew rotaries to help him learn more about the car. After a good year of being friends he ended up blowing a coolant seal while on the freeway at high speeds for a long period of time, our first rebuild started then. We just put a new oring kit in the engine and preformed a mild port on it at the time. He had put about 30k miles on the engine after that, he then bought a different daily driver and went away for collage. Now that his 7 has been sitting for 2+ years I figured I could give him a kick in the butt to get it going again. He bought a 48IDA and proper fuel system to go with the car but never got it running perfectly. I moved to Texas in 2017 and we pretty much stopped messing with the car at that point. Fast forward to early 2019, I convinced him to ship it down and we are game on.
The Plan:
Rebuild engine with all new seals, bearings, everything.
Pineapple Medium streetport
External oil feed mod for front bearing
FD Oil pressure regulator and front spring
Mazda MFR 3 window mains and OEM rotor bearings
Goopy 3mm apex seals
Weber 48 IDA with custom Airbox
Lightweight flywheel new clutch
Full custom stainless exhaust
Rear mount battery in storage bin
Convert to FMOC instead of the horrible beehive
Fresh repaint in Mazda Formula White
Epsilon 15x8 wheels freshly refinished.
probably some other fun goodies.
So far I've got the car here, pulled the engine, torn it down. I'm currently finished up the ports and cleaning of engine parts. I should be putting it back together in a week or two.
Last edited by highnitro12187; 08-15-19 at 05:59 PM.
Looks like a good base to start with! I love the Epsilon Southern Ways. I have Epsilon Center Locks on my car, always love seeing the old school wheels on a period-correct car.
Curious if you're going to be drilling into the front iron for the oil passage modification, eliminating the oil pump feeding out the front cover - thereby eliminating a few 90 degree bends in the oil feed passage. It will help improve the flow to the oil cooler, helping the flow throughout the system as well. You'll want an oil pedestal adapter from Pineapple for the front bearing modification, that's where I'd get one at least. I did a ton of research on the subject for a project in engineering school.
08-15-19, 01:59 PM
