my 84 gsl-se aka slow and ugly betty
 

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Ever Since I was a little boy I was atracted to mechanical engineering and finding out how stuff work, on my teenage years fast cars and steet racing where my dreams but I couldn't afford a bus ride on my own. on my 17th birthday I bought my self a radio control nitro car not knowing how addictive , fun , competitive and expensive it was going be so with time I decided that I wanted to get in to a car project so i started educating my self in rotary engines. At first I wanted a second gen rx7 it was affordable and good looking and over all it had an rotary as a power plant wile a few of my old timers friends bought sa/fb and fd wile I was undesided on getting a rx7 in general till I found a steal on a 84 gsl-se that was for sale in PA for 1000 usd I hated the looks but eventually I felt I love with it. I ran the car for a year till I decided that it was time to work on it , so this winter I'll be working on project slow and ugly betty to make it a fast and sexy betty

This was the advertising video that the previous owner posted on craiglist of betty ugly


RX7 GSLSE ROTOR:

Engine was removed, taken apart and washed

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Lining up for porting, planing on Goin bridge port

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Porting almost done

Time for the tranny
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Now you can eat from it

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Bridge port almost done yust need final touch up for them to match


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And polish for smooth transitions

moving fast on this build! how did u get the tranny so clean?

3 hrs of brushing with parts cleaner fluid to take all the gunk out then i sent it to a friend of mine that has a machine shop he diped it in a catalist and there u go

I wire brush and use parts cleaner fluid non stop for 3 hrs the o sent it to a machine shop of one my friends to be diped on a catalist then i gave it some heat resistant paint

Today i was thinking of removing the mess of unecessary wires, mounts and build up of gunk from the engine bay while i wait for parts to arrive from atkins rotary and rotary shack



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I know taking advantage of some free time from work so i have to move fast wile i cant also is starting to get really cold

Ahhh, it was dipped. Makes sense. Yeah, I did the same during the holiday break and got as much done as possible. Am back to "normal" pace now which is quite slow. Good luck with the build.

I wasnt able to do much yesterday because it got to cold and today when i woked up this is what i encounter



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Yea it sux man i been trying to do as much as posible before my deadline, i need to have it running way before april. while i am at work i try to do the little things and the stuff that i wont leave half way and on day off i wake up early and take advantage of the day light so far i have done well but for today the weather got me in the couch thinking on what to do

This weeken i took advantage of a miracle had good weather and got to mask and paint the irons and housin

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They looking brand new and good to go

What did you end up doing with the wires?

Havent been able to do much i went back to work and got injured so i had to take a few days off to recover also the weather hasen been on my side

Interior looks really clean, awesome find! Looking forward to hearing the bridgeport! Brap!