my 10th Anniversary project (not 56K friendly)
08-19-08, 01:48 PM
#31
oh, ok cool! the TII runs great. needs a turbo something fierce. boost gauge does not work(powers up but does not move under boost), needs a driver's side a-pillar plastic, door panels(holes from cheapo speakers), and an antenna. other than that, i just did brakes all around, with new calipers and pads up front, and i rebuilt the rear calipers and installed new pads. driveshaft you sold me works great. i'm pleased with the car.
08-19-08, 02:03 PM
#32
oh, ok cool! the TII runs great. needs a turbo something fierce. boost gauge does not work(powers up but does not move under boost), needs a driver's side a-pillar plastic, door panels(holes from cheapo speakers), and an antenna. other than that, i just did brakes all around, with new calipers and pads up front, and i rebuilt the rear calipers and installed new pads. driveshaft you sold me works great. i'm pleased with the car.
Great job bringing it back though. 
12-26-08, 05:11 PM
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Pistons are gay
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Good to see someone took on the project to restore a 10th ae to original form. 
Any pics of the new like looking underbody? I might be doing this within the next couple months. What did you use? I'm thinking rock guard.
Any pics of the new like looking underbody? I might be doing this within the next couple months. What did you use? I'm thinking rock guard.
12-26-08, 09:43 PM
#37
thank you guys for the continued compliments. it really means a lot to me. i put a lot of hard work and time and money into the car. no pics of the underbody yet. the car is garaged for the winter. i took the underbody down to bare metal in any spot that was rusted. fixed any holes and if there was just pitting, i coated it with a rust preventative treatment, and hit the area with zinc rich primer and then 3M green can undercoating. here is an example of the undercoating's texture as used on another RX-7 restoration of mine (thread to the restoration is here: https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-general-discussion-207/my-85-s-restoration-pics-751475/)
03-21-09, 01:01 PM
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as the weather warms up here, i plan on taking the car out of storage and putting some miles on it. i'll post some more recent pic sof it then. i'm hoping for good weather next weekend so that i can take the car out and enjoy it.
06-23-09, 01:27 PM
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finally back in an RX-7!!
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excellent work! I'd love to get AE rims for my vert - but I think I would have to do at the very least a TII swap first so it would be "worthy" ;-) Keep us posted and keep posting pics!
07-23-09, 02:41 PM
#45
some people were asking to see more pics of the car so i took a few pics. unfortunatly the car is confined to the garage and due to the rain we're having today, i won't pull the car out of the garage so no good exterior pics unfortunatly. i'm just picky and don't drive the 10AE in the rain. at any rate, here are a few pics. dont't mind the dirty interior. apparently i didnt vacuum the interior before i put the car away last november:
09-07-09, 04:37 PM
#50
well, i replaced quite a few nasty looking bolts in the engine bay with nice oem cadmium plated bolts i had laying around. i also installed the lower battery box (i don't have a lid), the battery hold down, and tossed in the oem floor mats. next, i want to replace the exhaust system with an oe unit. its just rotten..
