here are some of the additional pics that i took today:





options sticker in the hatch area:

 

She looks CLEAN

 

Interesting. About as good as pistons get.

 

Lookin' really good! Now give that steering wheel a hair cut!

 

Beautiful car you have there. I think we all have secret loves (mine are Volvo 240's)

 

the steering wheel has a leather cover on it. i'm afraid to remove it because i might not like whats underneath...

just got a batch of parts in for the 944 today.. got some custom shifter bushings to press into my shift rod and got some carpet clips and door handle seals. hope to get some parts installed this weekend in between work. i got the carpet clips in but want to fit the shifter bushings in as well!

 

I should have you come over and restore my rx7 interior

 

if the steering wheel grip is worn, it can be re-wraped. pelicanparts.com sells the kit to do it, my dads 911 wheel is worn out so we will be doing it soon. i herd its a pain to do it but comes out well if you take your time!

 

i was looking at those kits. the wheel has a cover on it. a leather cover over the original leather wheel. the cover is really old..so the wheel may look beautiful underneath if the cover was out on when new to protect the wheel.. or the wheel looks like trash and the cover was put on to mask the worn look. if i take it off and it looks like trash i'm stuck, lol. i may buy another wheel, remove my leather cover and use which ever wheel is better.

 

ordered some new parts for the 944. pictured are the bushings for the shifter slop repair and new door handle seals. i also ordered new clips for the rear side carpet and installed those. i'll grab a pic today of those.

 

I just love the smell of new parts. It's those little things that make the restoration. Nice snag Dave!

 

i recently bought one too, same color, 86 with maroon interior, i plan to put a rotary in it. when it's done i'll post some pics up. love the styling.

 

the mirror glass on the passenger side mirror came loose.. i ended up removing it from the mirror housing, cleaning it and using a two part epoxy to reattach it.

mirror cleaned and ready to go (note the small amount of glue that was used from the factory on the upper and lower edge):



mirror housing sans glass:



all back together:

 

lmao! the mirror in my FC did the same thing, the mazda mirror is just painted glass, brake cleaner took it off.

 

you mean the blue tinting thats on the glass is just painted on??

 

You Sir have impeccable taste

 

thank you! i've had some ups and downs in non RX-7 ownership and this car has definatly served me well!

 

Interesting approach to Driving Miss Dizzy that they have there... straight link off the cam? Or is there a gear reduction involved?

 

yep! i tried to clean it with carb cleaner, it took the paint off, i repainted just that spot with black paint, and you can't tell.

i think the blue you see is the glass

 

funny thing is that there's no distributor..none.. the end of the camshaft protrudes through the valve cover assembly and attached to it is the rotor button. the cap then bolts to the valve cover assembly. the timing is essentially non adjustable and is adjusted by the DME (ecu). each cylinder is individually timed. its a strange setup really.

 

yeah the germans took an intermediate step between a normal distributor and a coil on plug/wasted spark/multi coil setup. my mercedes 190E was similar, the rotor just went on the cam.

one of the reasons, might be that the 60-1 wheel they use for crank position actually uses a lot of computing power, and in the 80's this was important. the FC uses sequential ignition/injection, but only has a 32-1 crank position sensor, until the Rx8.

is the 944 motronic? i have just learned since the swedish trip, that the motronic is bosch's first system that did ignition AND fuel. the prior LH system does fuel, and they had an add on box (EZ) to do spark.

 

not sure if its motronic. Porsche calls their injection/spark system ecu a DME..i'll get back to you on that

 

thought i'd share a few more pics of the 944 i took tonight.

got the fog lights working:





and got the under hood light working:

 

i'll be the first to say that my 944 is not the prettiest looking 944. but, i absolutely LOVE the car and i enjoy driving it more and more. the weather here in northern Ohio is turning cold quickly and i know my days of driving my 944 are somewhat limited. i thought, today, although gloomy and cold, would be a good day to go out and enjoy my car and take some fall pics. i put a few miles (no idea how many as my odometer does not work) on the car and really enjoyed the fruits of the labor that i put into the car.

speedo is a shade off...like 10mph off..ugh:

 

and then the rain came:





the only dash lights that come in when the ignition key is in the on position..ugh:



and back home put away safely in the garage:



i took a lot more and may post a couple in a little bit.