Disciplined Tuning 1981 Mazda RX-7 Widebody Turbo
02-15-13, 11:27 PM
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Disciplined Tuning 1981 Mazda RX-7 Widebody Turbo
Ok guys, I've been holding out on you, sorry, lol. I've had this car for a couple of years now. I picked her up as a non-runner. She came with the widebody & a sigma turbo setup with a Weber 48 IDA. I'll provide more info & updates later, as I'm in somewhat of a rush. I didn't want to start a build thread until I got her going again, but what the hell, hopefully it all comes together, lol.
How I picked her up...
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How I picked her up...
If you want to see more, please check out my shop Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/DisciplinedTuning
Please like our page
Otherwise you can wait for my updates, lol.
02-16-13, 11:18 AM
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Ok, time for some more info
Taking her home
Can't seem to find pics of my original setup :S, I'll have to search for them. Anyway, I had gotten a new 48 IDA, swapped the guts from the original boost prepped one and had mine running. Changed a whole bunch of stuff, got her running pretty good, never got near the full potential though because the turbo was shot. The gas was just flying through the car, lol, so I figured hey, why not big turbo & EFI? :P. So I picked up a setup off of a boosted 13B to get started. Anyway, more on that later, I'll start as early as I have pics for.
Had a couple of leaks, so I figured I would get those out of the way since I had completely gutted the interior due to a HORRID smell, apparently emanating from a dead mouse that had lived in my car, lol, found the skull and everything, swear I took pics...but can't find
. Anyway, I threw away most of the interior since it was just gross, just kept the dash & door panels really. Anyway, sunroof repair:
Trunk Lip Repair
Chunk of trunk seal lip missing, no wonder I had a swimming pool in the back
New metal in, trunk seal lip fixed
Picked up a pair of Sparco Torino's from a Miata & made my own adapter plates to use with the stock rails
Closer pic of the seats
Went & got my tires installed & found some tires a tad wider than my 295s...and suddenly my 50 tirewall didn't seem so bad, lol.
P.S. The wing is not present because on the trip home it flew off the car! Because it was only held on by a couple of self tappers!!
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...71022645_n.jpg
[img]At home with our CL-S 6-speed swapped 3.2TL[/img]
Taking her home
Can't seem to find pics of my original setup :S, I'll have to search for them. Anyway, I had gotten a new 48 IDA, swapped the guts from the original boost prepped one and had mine running. Changed a whole bunch of stuff, got her running pretty good, never got near the full potential though because the turbo was shot. The gas was just flying through the car, lol, so I figured hey, why not big turbo & EFI? :P. So I picked up a setup off of a boosted 13B to get started. Anyway, more on that later, I'll start as early as I have pics for.
Had a couple of leaks, so I figured I would get those out of the way since I had completely gutted the interior due to a HORRID smell, apparently emanating from a dead mouse that had lived in my car, lol, found the skull and everything, swear I took pics...but can't find
. Anyway, I threw away most of the interior since it was just gross, just kept the dash & door panels really. Anyway, sunroof repair: Trunk Lip Repair
Chunk of trunk seal lip missing, no wonder I had a swimming pool in the back
New metal in, trunk seal lip fixed
Picked up a pair of Sparco Torino's from a Miata & made my own adapter plates to use with the stock rails
Closer pic of the seats
Went & got my tires installed & found some tires a tad wider than my 295s...and suddenly my 50 tirewall didn't seem so bad, lol.
P.S. The wing is not present because on the trip home it flew off the car! Because it was only held on by a couple of self tappers!!
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...71022645_n.jpg
[img]At home with our CL-S 6-speed swapped 3.2TL[/img]
02-16-13, 11:19 AM
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Night shot
Way too high...don't worry, I already have the fix for that in my possession :P. Coilovers from an SCCA race car, will be installed once I have her up & running again.
I just like this day time pic...with our AIR ATTACK civic in the background! lol.
Side angle. The height isn't the worst...just too high for me, lol.
NEW TURBO! MUHAHAHHAHA!
12a --> TII Manifold adapter
Removed Rad since it was no good & got a new huge one. OEM oil cooler was leaking, so I installed a Mishimoto cooler.
Interior gutteration
FINALLY IN THE SHOP! Re-wrapping & cleaning up the harness. Not deleting anything quite yet, until I have her running.
13B CAS
Way too high...don't worry, I already have the fix for that in my possession :P. Coilovers from an SCCA race car, will be installed once I have her up & running again.
I just like this day time pic...with our AIR ATTACK civic in the background! lol.
Side angle. The height isn't the worst...just too high for me, lol.
NEW TURBO! MUHAHAHHAHA!
12a --> TII Manifold adapter
Removed Rad since it was no good & got a new huge one. OEM oil cooler was leaking, so I installed a Mishimoto cooler.
Interior gutteration
FINALLY IN THE SHOP! Re-wrapping & cleaning up the harness. Not deleting anything quite yet, until I have her running.
13B CAS
02-16-13, 11:21 AM
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Air filter relocation kit? lol
MegaSquirt harness run & ready to go...just need some sensors.
Original Intercooler, now have a nice GReddy one to go in :P. This one will be going in the custom turbo setup on our H22 powered odyssey.
Aaand last pic for now...quick mock-up. Turbo mounted & manifolds. LIM has since been trashed since it was welded wrong, but the injectors would have been way too close to the turbo anyway. I'm now welding bungs into the primaries on the UIM.
MegaSquirt harness run & ready to go...just need some sensors.
Original Intercooler, now have a nice GReddy one to go in :P. This one will be going in the custom turbo setup on our H22 powered odyssey.
Aaand last pic for now...quick mock-up. Turbo mounted & manifolds. LIM has since been trashed since it was welded wrong, but the injectors would have been way too close to the turbo anyway. I'm now welding bungs into the primaries on the UIM.
02-16-13, 11:50 AM
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IMSA/Mariah GTU I figure. Same thing, lol. Not really familiar with Black Dragon stuff. And thanks . I actually just pulled the wing back off for repositioning & I'll be moulding it into the hatch.
. I actually just pulled the wing back off for repositioning & I'll be moulding it into the hatch.
02-18-13, 12:28 AM
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MegaSquirt harness wrapped
Hoovercraft styles
Cleaning & Paint Stripping my Compomotives...trying to sell
Cleaned up
295's out back, 225s up front. Really upset I went with the 225s, would do 255, 265 or even 275 if I was planning on keeping them.
New gaskets...hopefully will get put to use soon
Making a 1.5" aluminum spacer because the turbo is touching the manifold. Spacer may get shaved down if it's too much.
Hoovercraft styles
Cleaning & Paint Stripping my Compomotives...trying to sell
Cleaned up
295's out back, 225s up front. Really upset I went with the 225s, would do 255, 265 or even 275 if I was planning on keeping them.
New gaskets...hopefully will get put to use soon
Making a 1.5" aluminum spacer because the turbo is touching the manifold. Spacer may get shaved down if it's too much.
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06-29-13, 06:18 PM
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Finally got some time with the car again. Sorry for the dirty engine bay, just trying to get everything working, then once she runs, I'll be ripping out the motor to change the input shaft bearing and to clean up & paint the engine bay. So here I have mounted up my rad & oil cooler. Next comes the intercooler
06-30-13, 04:36 AM
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Thanks FrankenMazda. I've been following your thread too, your work is spectacular.
Forgot to mention a beautiful thing that happened. I had given my s5 TII injectors to our fuel sponsor for our race car a few months ago and they were misplaced. S5o I am being "re-imbursed" with a set of BRAND NEW ID850's!!!!
Forgot to mention a beautiful thing that happened. I had given my s5 TII injectors to our fuel sponsor for our race car a few months ago and they were misplaced. S5o I am being "re-imbursed" with a set of BRAND NEW ID850's!!!!
10-05-13, 01:13 AM
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Some body work...
Shaving down the rear wheel well lip to accommodate the 295s better
Chopping out some rust from the edge of the rocker.
Making sure all of the rust is gone.
Never attempted inner door patching before, so it seemed to be the perfect opportunity.
Shaving down the rear wheel well lip to accommodate the 295s better
Chopping out some rust from the edge of the rocker.
Making sure all of the rust is gone.
Never attempted inner door patching before, so it seemed to be the perfect opportunity
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05-02-14, 10:10 PM
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Mini update, but a cool one...for me at least, lol. I finally made some time to TIG some injector bungs on to my 13Bt UIM primaries. 
Also, started prepping my wing for repair and moulding. Wish me luck! More updates soon hopefully!
Also, started prepping my wing for repair and moulding. Wish me luck! More updates soon hopefully!
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