also I’m not using any of this stock waterpump housing stuff so if you need it i could trade out or sell it for a deal just DM me. Alternator too.

i need also to find a good FD turbo manifold since Full-Race no longer produces them for 13b 😩

 

Scooped some Recaros and paid more than I’d like to admit but another huge item crossed off the list. They fit in my S550 better than the FD that’s for sure… LOL going to order seat mounts and see if I need to chop the PPF section of the trans tunnel out to get the driver side positioned where I’d need to be. If I go that route I’ll be selling my rare Mazdaspeed PPF that’s pretty sick to have if you own FD…. Hit me up if you’d want to pick it up.

 

Let this go… going to miss it. Focusing hard on the main cars and funding my business tho… California gained another RX7Factory built FD.

 

Went with Full Function Engineering for the fuel system on both my FC and FD. Getting closer to driving slowly but surely

 

starting on my 1st gen build. Car will be for sale after.
rear half cage. Full nice grey interior with crack free dash. Slick top. GSL-SE 13b with full drivetrain swap and aerospace billet drag brakes. Pictured above is the gslse swapped donor car.

message if you’re in the market - can spray it any color you like with a deposit to reserve. Can also color match the engine bay color of your choice

 

 

damn i remember getting tagged in that wack stance car all the time. so awful

 

so I see you have the later distributor-less version of the dry sump cover that doesn’t have the extension support out to the LH side.

I’ve been trying to figure out how that cover with an EWP setup would mount the alternator. Typically it would side mount on the LH side of the engine, bolted to the front iron at the rear and also to the front cover support extension from the distributor mount at the front.

Which the distributor-less cover doesn’t have the side alternator mounting structure at the front, only the mounting points on the front iron.

What’s your plan? 🤔
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so glad to be done with that. Every post got worse… the deadlifting the car on strategically placed jackstands was where I had to dig..

 

everyone has the same issue and it’s a non issue. It will seal fine. I’ve ran into similar issues before

I’m not concerned with any of that still in the parts purchasing phase before I can even consider mounting small accessories. The front iron is what everyone uses.

 

well when you get there and start trying to figure it out, then you’ll maybe understand why I asked.

because I haven’t seen a side mount bracket yet that was designed to be supported on the iron plate only.
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Full Function Engineering started producing Mazda Factory Race Dry Sump Trigger kits. Another amazing piece from them. My FD is using their full catalog of parts and I couldn’t be happier. The quality is amazing!!

another critical part knocked off the list for this build

 

nice, that will work out better than it being on the other side relative to making an alternator mount
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my guy is amazed at the idea of putting an alternator on an engine

 

if he had an electric power steering system like on an RX8, maybe not …

but with the sensor being to the back side of the trigger rather than straight out, it might not matter much

it’s a bit more tricky with the traditional straight out to the side position.



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Tossed the aero on for the last time to finish prepping and repairing all the damage. Damage from whoever had it when i sold it, and damage from the infamous nikko circuit hit. Sucks because it was mint when i sold it but the gel coat is starting to fail from being 23+ years old now. Will likely switch to production blister kit or normal fenders once this starts coming apart after a year or two.

id like to panel bond the rear overs but will be a pain to remove later.

i still need to order a clutch, the radiator/IC, and a turbo manifold, as well as intakes. Waiting for more data on the Turblown manifold but will likely run the elite setup.

picked up another 2 cars to set aside for the future. Wanted to find a hardtop roller FC and a slicktop RX8. Got pretty lucky since RX8’s are dirt cheap atm. Finally have 1 of every model like I’ve wanted for a while now. Not looking to add anything else now that I have a GSLSE and these distractions…Hopefully next post will be of the car caged with the tubs completed and in primer

 

Moved into a bigger shop awhile back. Back to aero prep and FD things finally




Also Finished up my GSLSE complete chassis swap/build. Tons of work. You know the deal.. Been fun cruising it but looking to sell it to move to the next project in line.




Tossed the lock kit on and put the car on the ground to move it. Thanks to old friends at Falken Tire for the assist! Excited to see what these RT660 feel like









Aero prep. Hand trimming all the excess junk from when BN had it molded to their demo car for a better panel bond seam



layered and extended the overs to the hatch jam prepping for panel bond. Have to prime/seal the wheel wells and rockers with the overs off, knock the mounting flanges back to metal and then install permanently since won’t be able to spray behind the skirts/rockers once installed.


focusing on taillight flanges tomorrow. Got both fender edges knocked out today. Quick work.



much better than whatever was going on before.




more to come.

#RX7Factory

 

It’ll be done some day. Just going to sit on my lift at home and look at it

 

If anyone has faded or damaged (cheap) tan or black interior panels I’m not going to end up caging it. Just want to throw interior back into it. Can be tan I’ll paint them. Don’t need door panels or dash just the rear quarter plastics, r1/r2/ base model headliner and front pillar trims and carpet

id like black bins but tan is fine also will paint too.. pref west coast so I can drive to pick up email me cause I never check here rx7factory at gmail