Unvieling: 12a-BP Widebody
10-12-06, 11:44 PM
#101
Originally Posted by trochoid
If I had farmed out all of the work, the cost would be 25k on the low side for a decent shop. As it sits, I have over 6k on parts and am looking at another 3k in parts for the TII install, as usuall, no outside labor costs.
10-13-06, 10:00 PM
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Thanks, there is a great deal of satisfaction doing it with one's own hands, even moreso when it's successful and admired. The looks and thumbs up I get driving it around is a great ego boost. Should be even more fun after the TII swap.
10-14-06, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by trochoid
Thanks, there is a great deal of satisfaction doing it with one's own hands, even moreso when it's successful and admired. The looks and thumbs up I get driving it around is a great ego boost. Should be even more fun after the TII swap.
10-31-06, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by trochoid
If I had farmed out all of the work, the cost would be 25k on the low side for a decent shop. As it sits, I have over 6k on parts and am looking at another 3k in parts for the TII install, as usuall, no outside labor costs.
01-10-07, 02:46 PM
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Wow, thats a hell of alot of work into such a little car ahha,
gotta give credit where credits due, for shore.
but as for looks, i think its wayyyyy overated, a little tooo much for my likings,
but thats just my opinion, dont mean sh*t
unreal job tho man.
gotta give credit where credits due, for shore.
but as for looks, i think its wayyyyy overated, a little tooo much for my likings,
but thats just my opinion, dont mean sh*t
unreal job tho man.
04-23-07, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by luiml73
You, Max and Dan are catching up fast!! I wonder who's going to be the first to get some vids on the street?
-Rich
04-23-07, 07:43 PM
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Heres a link with more about my car. I should really update the thread with more pictures.
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/parts-really-coming-together-widebody-project-update-575526/
I still haven't mounted the rear tires because i'm getting a 8.8" setup out back, then figuring out what i'm going to do for rear brakes. Then taking custom measurements to get the rear rims to fit the best they can.
I should also mention that Luiml parted out his car
the only good thing that came out of that is I got alot of his parts for my car. But its truely a shame, his car really inspired me with my build.
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/parts-really-coming-together-widebody-project-update-575526/
I still haven't mounted the rear tires because i'm getting a 8.8" setup out back, then figuring out what i'm going to do for rear brakes. Then taking custom measurements to get the rear rims to fit the best they can.
I should also mention that Luiml parted out his car
the only good thing that came out of that is I got alot of his parts for my car. But its truely a shame, his car really inspired me with my build.
05-12-07, 10:54 PM
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I love it.
I remember when those widebody kits came out. I had a 260z in highschool, and half my time in class was spent drooling over the Bob Sharp Z catalog, wishing I could afford to rebody my sad looking Z.
One weekend riding in a friend's Roadrunner we saw an RX-7 with a real similar look to yours, only it was blue with gold mesh wheels. It was loud, low and mean looking. I pointed it out, and my friend tried to get up next to it to see if he would race. We finally got next to him, and both slowed to about 10 mph. My friend had the near stock 383 (headers, rejet for the avs, electronic ign, open element air cleaner) in his RR at the time, but we figured it could handle this car. We were wrong. Both cars spun, the RR jumped maybe a car length after 2nd gear, then the 7 reeled us in and passed us, putting maybe half a car on us by the end.
We pulled along side, I congratulated him, asked what engine he had. When he told me "70 cubic inches", I was pretty impressed. My buddy didn't believe him, figured he had to have nitrous/turbo/nuclear gerbils.
This was 1986, that '68 RR ran high 13's with that 383 on street tires. I guess from that point on I had respect for rotaries, but lack of knowledge of them and peer pressure of all my mopar buddies kept me from trying one.
I remember when those widebody kits came out. I had a 260z in highschool, and half my time in class was spent drooling over the Bob Sharp Z catalog, wishing I could afford to rebody my sad looking Z.
One weekend riding in a friend's Roadrunner we saw an RX-7 with a real similar look to yours, only it was blue with gold mesh wheels. It was loud, low and mean looking. I pointed it out, and my friend tried to get up next to it to see if he would race. We finally got next to him, and both slowed to about 10 mph. My friend had the near stock 383 (headers, rejet for the avs, electronic ign, open element air cleaner) in his RR at the time, but we figured it could handle this car. We were wrong. Both cars spun, the RR jumped maybe a car length after 2nd gear, then the 7 reeled us in and passed us, putting maybe half a car on us by the end.
We pulled along side, I congratulated him, asked what engine he had. When he told me "70 cubic inches", I was pretty impressed. My buddy didn't believe him, figured he had to have nitrous/turbo/nuclear gerbils.
This was 1986, that '68 RR ran high 13's with that 383 on street tires. I guess from that point on I had respect for rotaries, but lack of knowledge of them and peer pressure of all my mopar buddies kept me from trying one.
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