It Runs! Pics and Vids Of My Turbo-NA-Bridgeport Project
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Originally Posted by Terrh
Congrats aaron!
I was starting to wonder if you had success or not...
I wish I coulda made it by!
/my/ car is back up and running now, thanks to banks mazda in charing cross I have a new output shaft for my diff and a 1 year warranty!
I was starting to wonder if you had success or not...
I wish I coulda made it by!
/my/ car is back up and running now, thanks to banks mazda in charing cross I have a new output shaft for my diff and a 1 year warranty!
Originally Posted by Alak
Perhaps we can share some resources on the 'Good N/A' engine, since I already know what it is. Im considering the same setup in my future FC.
Originally Posted by vipernicus42
Congratulations Aaron, this has been a long time in the making!
Hopefully we'll finally get a chance to see it at Ottawa Meet 2k7
Hopefully we'll finally get a chance to see it at Ottawa Meet 2k7
If their Is one guy that deserves to be back on the road with their 7 - It's you Aaron! Three years Is a heck of a longtime (Incidently, my projected date as well 
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Good to see you back on the road.
). Good to see you back on the road.
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Update:
Today I pushed the car out of the garage to take a look at the fuel leak. I didn't want to run the car because it was leaking fuel and I didn't want the system pressurized. Once the car was in the air it looked like the problem was as I assumed, an NPT fitting that did not seal due to inadequate thread engagement. However as soon as I pressurized the system I found out that it was much worse.
The fittings didn't leak at all and the hoses were perfectly dry. However there was seepage at the Mallory filter where the two halves of the canister met. After wiping off the filter and repressurizing it was obvious that was the source of the leak. I pulled the filter apart and checked the big o-ring that seals it, covered it with Hylomar and then reinstalled the canister.
When I pressurized the system it leaked even more. Around the entire circumference of the filter canister fuel literally poured out of the seam.
At the moment I'm not sure what's the problem. Maybe the o-ring is bad, maybe the wrong o-ring is installed, maybe there is a machining error, etc. Who knows. However I am very frustrated at the whole thing because it means that I can't drive the car. I'm going to have to call Mallory and see about getting a replacement under warranty but even if they ship it immediately it still means the car will sit in the garage for another week. It's rapidly approaching October where snow can be expected later in the month. I'd be mighty pissed if I can't drive the car this year.
Overall I'm very unhappy with Mallory at this moment and I can't recommend that anyone else use their filter. Mine is probably just defective but then again none of my Aeromotive or Russel parts had problems. And the 160 Series Competition Filter was certainly NOT cheap.
My oil leak is likely the metering oil pump. Looks like there is a lot of oil leaking at the shaft but I will have to run the car more to find out which I can't do with a fuel leak...
Today I pushed the car out of the garage to take a look at the fuel leak. I didn't want to run the car because it was leaking fuel and I didn't want the system pressurized. Once the car was in the air it looked like the problem was as I assumed, an NPT fitting that did not seal due to inadequate thread engagement. However as soon as I pressurized the system I found out that it was much worse.
The fittings didn't leak at all and the hoses were perfectly dry. However there was seepage at the Mallory filter where the two halves of the canister met. After wiping off the filter and repressurizing it was obvious that was the source of the leak. I pulled the filter apart and checked the big o-ring that seals it, covered it with Hylomar and then reinstalled the canister.
When I pressurized the system it leaked even more. Around the entire circumference of the filter canister fuel literally poured out of the seam.
At the moment I'm not sure what's the problem. Maybe the o-ring is bad, maybe the wrong o-ring is installed, maybe there is a machining error, etc. Who knows. However I am very frustrated at the whole thing because it means that I can't drive the car. I'm going to have to call Mallory and see about getting a replacement under warranty but even if they ship it immediately it still means the car will sit in the garage for another week. It's rapidly approaching October where snow can be expected later in the month. I'd be mighty pissed if I can't drive the car this year.
Overall I'm very unhappy with Mallory at this moment and I can't recommend that anyone else use their filter. Mine is probably just defective but then again none of my Aeromotive or Russel parts had problems. And the 160 Series Competition Filter was certainly NOT cheap.
My oil leak is likely the metering oil pump. Looks like there is a lot of oil leaking at the shaft but I will have to run the car more to find out which I can't do with a fuel leak...
In all my time with RX-7's, I had 1 motor that didnt have a leak. Every motor I had leaked from somewhere. It was like a drip drip drip. Since I ran premix on most of my cars, I'd leak a litre like every 4 or 5 months out of the motor. Last motor was the OMP.
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