Im not really new just been out of the lupe for a bit. My dad passed awayin December, and I have been in the dumps ever since. My wife and friend's have been pulling me back into the car scene, more important the RX7/Rotary scene . You see my dad and me were a team we worked on Rotarys and RX7's for years, since i was 15 years old, Im 28 now so i've learned a gread deal. My dad has always been my father, my mentor and my best friend . I've owned about 6 RX7 FC's from NA's to turbo 2's from Mild to Wild. I bought a 93' FD in 06' and that was and is my Baby. I was working on it for so long with my dad, fixing all the screw up's from the last owner. We also have done alot of custom work to the car while maintaining its Sleeper Status....
::::::::::Exterior modifications:
Factory spoiler
Custom fog lights
HID's headlights
Hood pins
Cross drilled /Slotted brake rotors
Hawk break pads
Steel braided brake lines
JDM rear circle tail lights
::::::::::Interior modifications:
5 inch tach 10,000rpm max
Pioneer CD deck
Kicker 6x9inch speakers in rear deck
Kicker 6inch speakers in doors
B&M short throw shifter
Greddy EGT guage
Autometer triple guage pod for A-pillor
Volt meter, oil pressure, water temp, boost, fuel pressure
A few blue neons
Freshly painted door panels, sills and 2 tone rear spare compartments
Battery relocated to trunk with cusom bracket and tie down
Grant stearing wheel and adaptor
::::::::::Performance modifications to JDM R.E.W. block:
Single Greddy t-88 turbo with 34H trim
Greddy intake elbow with twin spare injecters
HKS black limited edition twin sequential blow off valve
Ported and polished intake upper and lower plenum
Custom turbo manifold
Custon 200 Amp polished altinator
Greddy Down pipe
Pipeing
Greddy waste gate
Greddy front mount 4 core intercooler
Greddy light weight aluminum pullys
Oil relocation kit
3MM apex seals
MSD Blaster 2 coil packs
Engine block off plates
Aeromotive A-1000 fuel pump with 100 Micron fuel filter
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
-10 steel braided oil lines
-10 fuel feed line to Custom -10 aluminum pipe tucked away in frame rail
-8 high flow primary and secondary fuel rails
Custom fuel tank with -10 fuel buns
:::::::::rivetrain
R1 transmission
Mazdaspeed/Exedy twin disk clutch
4.33 ring and pinion gears
R1 rear
R1 drive shaft
Reinforced PPF bar
:::::::::::Electronics Modifications
Microtech LTX12S computer
Apexi AVCR boost controler
::::::::::Suspension
5 way adjustable shocks
Eiboch springs
Custom rear strut bar
JDM spec front strut bar
My father and I had such big ideas and dreams for this car, ever since he passed away i haven't wanted to touch it. Now with help from my Wife, Daughter, Friends and the want to honor my Father and follow threw with our dreams for the car, im getting back into it. Like my wife told me "Your dad would be Pissed if he knew the car wasnt at the Track or at a Car Shows or even been sittin for this long". I now have my tranny out which turns out... I need a tranny, clutch disks, motor mounts and new reinforced ppf bar. I broke the last one in 9 Spots but a buddy tac welded it up with diamond plate but i just dont think it will hold up. Ok i dont wanna bore u guys with my life story anymore lol, i am looking forward to meeting cool people with awsome cars, makin friends, and learning anything i havent already.
Thank You,
Pat

 

I've seen a couple of other instances that mirror your own experience but in the Pontiac community. I can think of no higher honor than to finish what you and your Dad started. The "other instances" found those sons (sometimes they were brothers, in fact...) finishing the Pontiac GTO's that they had started as a team as tributes to their Dad. On the one hand, it will always be a tear jerker to look at the car because Dad will always pop in your head right at that instance, too, but it's better to think that he's proud of what you did as he watches you from above. I have a quote from an old book that I like to think about whenever this subject comes up.

" It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." "

- A Tale of Two Cities, C Dickens, 1859

My condolences on your loss but I thank you also for sharing this story and having the guts to finally shake off the depression phase and step back into the light of the world.

Best of luck on getting everything done the way it should be done.

Mario III

 

i appriciate you understanding and your condolances . it has been a rough time for me , but the love and support of family, friends and good people like you i will have strength to hold my head up high and continue on the path my father and i started

 

Hello.

Sorry to hear about your loss. I wish you all the best in your future projects.

 

thank you for your thought's and wish's. ive been in my garage all night working on my taillights , spoiler, center console , shifter for my fd . and i will post pictures soon

 

I am 27 and know that I would be crushed if I lost my dad. We have both worked on project cars as well, and I know that he would want me to finish a car we had been working on. Get it finished and know, in that first drive, he is smiling from heaven.