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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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building a weekend beater

So I've been a rotary guy for about 10 years now and being that I turned 24 today feb/15/11 I figured I'd get my self a birthday gift so I bought anrx7 convertible. Car was originally VIPERS


but, it didn't include the fenders hood, body kit, coilovers, rims or any of the interior, but the dash and steering wheel were still intact.

Since I have had a crap load of dd rx7s built for street racing touge action and parking lot battles, I have **** loads of spare parts, so I added T2 fenders a spare aluminum hood and a spare S5 bumper



So far I've been taking the ac stuff out and anything plastic our metal
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Please note that its also missing the manifold in the 2nd pic it also didn't come with the car but I sourced one out already
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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My plans for this car are to build a car I can have fun with, I'm not looking to become pro or anything like that I just want to get sideways and look good doing it
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 12:49 PM
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Swapped out the diff and axles for t2 diff and axles I had laying around
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 08:20 PM
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i hate convertables in general, but a caged out, dumped fc with ballin *** rims is a beautiful sight. car looks fun. good luck with your build man.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 11:14 PM
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Thanks truthfully I hated them too I've had about 7 coupes and plenty of chances to get nice verts for crazy cheap but never really cared for them I guess I just wanted something different
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:47 AM
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I found some ss brake lines I'll be installing soon also a mazda trix rear toe adjustment rod, I didn't even know I had these lol once I get some small issues taken care of I'm taking it down to adams just to get a feel for it in stock form
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 11:52 AM
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Wish I was in Cali sometimes.. Atleast we don't have emissions here in the mitten. Lol you can drive whatever the hell you want as long as it's insured.. Haha
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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nismo bill this doesn't need to be smogged its just a weekend track car
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:41 PM
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Since these didn't sell I'm going to use them on the vert
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Got rid of everything behind the dash and everything behind the bumper, trunk and around the engine that wasn't needed...
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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I got a chance to install the camber rod today here's a side by side for people that don't know what it replaces
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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since I don't have coilovers yet I set it to stock height



And here it is installed


Originally these were supposed to go in my old t2 before I was forced to part out

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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 04:54 PM
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im having a small issue with timing i guess since the block is an s4 and the CAS is s5 the markings dont quite line up maybe switchting the crak pullies to s5 pullies might do the trick???
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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just bumping up my build thread since I haven't done anything to the vert other than cut **** that isn't needed and removed the sound deadening, all my money has been going into my business and my corolla did this to the 86
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Sell Corolla for mad profits, and dump it all into the Vert.

Do work son.
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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if i hadnt already spent 4gs on the corolla i would consider selling it but for now its a fun daily driver
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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finally got my energy bushings after waiting 3 weeks for energy to send them



will be installing these this weekend

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