MaliciousMD

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Title says it all. Been using RX7Club for many years to help friends, and for work from time to time. Had a clean unmolested 89 GXL a few years back that I bought with a seized motor (I believe it was rusted stuck from overheating and blowing a coolant seal). Found a healthy S5 N/A motor to put in it for dirt cheap, total investment of about $1,200 for a CA smog legal S5 coupe. It ran fantastic, passed CA smog with flying colors, miss it dearly. Heard recently that it is still running strong, and the owner is still showing it love.

A friend has had a 87 TII sitting in his back yard for at least 7 years. Motor that blew up in it was a JDM S5 TII. Many years of offers and asking (not just me, but other friends and random people), finally it's mine! Both he and I are happy it will soon be on the street again. Been a long time since we've ridden in it ya know!

BONUS LIST:
- Fresh S5 based hybrid turbo of unknown spec, must disassemble and inspect
- Rtek Chip (Unknown version, need to pull that ECU out)
- Original TII wheels and Panasport C8-16's
- SS Braided Brake Lines
- SS Braided Oil Cooler Lines
- Working Power Everything (when it last ran)
- Working Heater & A/C (when it last ran)
- Trans shifted smooth and no grinds (when it last ran)
- LSD seemed to work well (when it last ran)
- Glass Sunroof!!!!
- Untorn, Uncracked, Intact Interior/Windows/Mirrors
- No Huge Dents or Rust
- RB Exhaust & DP (Extra O2 bung already in.)
- Tokico or KYB non-adjustable shocks & Eibach Springs
- Energy Suspension Master Kit (Still New In Box)
- RB DTSS Eliminators
- Some chrome short shifter that came off a S5 TII front clip.
- Some Phenolic Intake Manifold Gaskets
- Spare parts out the wazoo (turbos, harnesses, rats nests, injectors, AFM's, TMIC's, intake manifolds, sunroof, door, cats, turbo diff/trans)
- Hatch struts that work!
- WINGLESS! my preference.
- Autometer Phantom Boost Gauge
- HKS Turbo Timer
- 3" Filter MAF Adapter

Sorry but the only crappy cell phone pic I took of the car while rummaging for parts. Body is clean other than a few small areas of wasted clear coat. Need to get it moved to the shop in a week or two.


Stripping stuff down and cleaning. It's a JDM S5 TII motor.


Intake manifolds wire brush cleaned and half assed mocked up with the unknown hybrid.


LIM after some wire brush cleaning, still horrible looking.


After some paint.


Hybrid of unknown origin. Need to disassemble it, feels like the wastegate isn't ported


More mock-up. Getting a head start on cutting vacuum lines and things needed. I cut up my nest to use only what I'm keeping (BAC, Thermowax, Turbo Oil Feed Hard Line, Fuel Hard Line & bracket over the engine).


Next to tackle is pulling the water pump and housing so I can get the front cover area all cleaned up/inspected. Also strip the TB down for cleaning/paint. Tomorrow I'll be magna-fluxing the exhaust housing on the stock turbo I'm going to run. Same goes for my exhaust manifold. Visually there are no cracks but a little mag powder couldn't hurt to check common crack areas. I'll be sending out my S4 TII low impedance injectors to RC Engineering tomorrow for the works. Exedy OEM replacement clutch on order, flywheel to be removed and surfaced soon. Missing 2 oil pan bolts for some reason so I need to pull that for a clean and re-seal. Have an Innovate MTX-D Oil Temp/Pressure gauge on the way to be put in for the first fire up as well.

Things being tossed in boxes and moved to multiple houses freaked me out at first. Yet after sitting down and sorting through boxes and bags of all kinds of random stuff, I seem to be finding all of the proper hardware needed. Everything fits up quite nicely which was a concern as the UIM and turbo/manifold was pulled off many years ago. Engine makes a nice healthy woosh when we turn it over real quick. It's been lubed and turned over as it's sat over the years.

Really just looking to get this mostly unmolested car back on the road. If it can be stock, I will probably leave it that way. If it can be improved and look stock or hides easily, I'll probably do that. Been there and done that with a stripped down raced out street car, not anymore. Let alone beat one up that is still so complete. FC will go the way of the S13 pretty soon if everyone continues to rape them. Current goal is 1-2 months for it to be running and drive-able as a mostly stock powered TII. Looking forward to that first fire up in 7 years!

If you read this far thanks for being patient. This forum has been a great help to me and a number of friends over the years. I can honestly say I've read so much tech on here, I didn't register to ask any questions as this point, I just figured it was time I start contributing what little I can....