Taran

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After 12 years without one and some leisure looking around, I found the 83 on eBayMotors. 12A, 75.6K original miles. Fairly cherry interior though some vinyl cracks in the usual places. Dash is amazingly intact.

Planning to keep, maintain as a daily driver until death pries the steering wheel from my hands. Took it for a cruise today and had some Harleys revving for me to rev, but since they were behind me and I don't know if flames will shoot out (unusual with a stock engine, but still) I simply gave them a tip of the hat and a 2nd gear squeal with the SB shift to the left. ;-)

(1) Has the standard oil leak, may fix if I get really bored (https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-arch...ak-fix-864358/ ). It's not leaking much, keeping an eye on it.

(2) Waiting on the relays so I can lower amperage across the window switches. Then I can clean the corrosion and maybe recoat them. This varies from stock, of course, but if you're gonna fix it... fix it so you don't have to fix it for a while.

(3) OMP is working fine, but going with a slight premix as well as some MMO to keep everything nice, happy and clean.

(4) Previous owner began a air ram system, I'll finish it.

(5) Mild rust here and there. Gotta find the matching Mazda white before I dive in.

(6) Original wheels, some corrosion. When it cools down here in Wisconsin I may try the oven cleaner trick. For now, maybe some elbow grease if I get bored.

(7) Looks like I need a new temperature sender unit. Didn't do the resistor check, but based on the amount of gunk on it and the fact that the car did sit for 5 years prior to the 2nd owner rebuilding it... possible. Also possible that wire broke somewhere. Keeping it cool and on short runs for now, measuring radiator temp with a thermometer here and there until I get it fixed. ;-)

Some pics in my Flickr stream: (Warning, I like using HDR to pull out detail on the colors)

Car
83 RX7 GSL (Downtown Beloit) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Engine
12A Engine HDRs (SB, 1983 RX7 GSL) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
12A Engine HDRs (SB, 1983 RX7 GSL) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

And, if you're really bored, this is half the solution for the front license plate requirement - the full one is already in place, the rubber shown there to keep vibration against the bumper down should I *accidentally* go over the speed limit.

Temp Final: Mounting a Front Plate on a FB 1st Gen RX7 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Leftover from that project may have given me an air ram to focus those 3 tubes sucking to the carb:

Mounting a Front Plate on a FB 1st Gen RX7 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Happy to be without pistons again.

There. I'm all introduced. Unless you wanted to know that I'm a social media consultant, web developer (Drupal/Wordpress) and writer (even published). Always looking for gigs.

Questions? Ask. Comments? Make 'em.

Taran

Power window relays are here, temp sender unit on order from RockAuto.

I'll just talk to myself in this thread. Do it in the car all the time.