hey does anyone have any extra waterpumps layin around? i think its either a bad seal/bearing in the pump (hopefully) orrr a blown coolant seal (death) basically its blowing coolant out the overflow and not suckin it back in. the coolant doesnt smell like exhaust, and its not smokin. runs tip top except coolant overflowin like a ****. so far ive bypassed the heater core and new thermostat( Israeli junk)and new rad cap(mexican junk) i took it to a rad shop in zoo town last week and they said everything tests fine (16psi) ..thermostat opens. rad cap does its thing. now im just lost and broken.. any ideas?

 

Whats up guys. I just brought another FD to montana. I live on the opposite side of the state from most of you though it sounds like. Im right on the ND border in Glendive. I was surprised and happy to see that im not the only one around with a 7 though!! Figured id be the lone wolf up here. Anyway, bring me up to speed on if or what you all have planned for us rotary guys. I didnt feel the need to read 51 pages...

 

I think I have an extra water pump. Not sure though I will look. Welcome to the montana thread CrewDJ.

 

mine did that for while.. did you burp your system?

 

Actually... i think Glendive is only a couple hour drive. i might be wrong though. i have a friend that used to live there and he went up fairly often and i dont remember him complaining about the drive too often . where did you come here from? most of the 51 pages is just endless chat between us here in GF. but we plan thing occasionally. bbq drives (when we arent all engineless or broken hahha). from the looks on your mods to your fd though you should be runnin tip top. looks like simple and reliable +1 for you

 

yea i had to burp and refill every 80 or so miles when i was goin/comin back from zoo town. coolant light/buzzer would be quiet for about 45 mins or so on the highway. i burped so many times now i need a new bleeder plug cus the stock one is junk and cracked

 

Might be something to that.

 

Glendive is quite a little drive to Great Falls. Its 220 to billings from here and probably another that far from your end so id be lookin at between 5 and 6 hours i spose. I would sure consider makin a trip though for somethin fun over a weekend.

Luckily i havent had to do a thing to it so far. The people before me did what you see and it just so happened they did just exactly what i wanted! The gauges need a little changin, but as far as the new motor and exhaust i couldnt ask for any better

 

ya thats almost the exact same problem i had with mine for a while. i would check and see if your coolant sensor on the top of the radiator is working correctly. It turned out mine wasnt grounding correctly.

oh wow.. looks like i was WAY wrong. haha. well you have a good start on your fd for sure. and you should be making some really good power. im sure its a blast to drive. next car on the list for me is an fd. ive always wanted one. just a matter of time.

 

Well fellas you haven't heard from me in a while and I haven't posted here in a while either, but somehow I still get at least 2 PM's a day about turbo swapping scenarios and questions about this and that so I've been indeed active, just without rotary engine troubles.

So, I got a job at kalispell regional hospital so I'm back in the kalispell scene, however unfortunately the whole sports-car group of guys has gone way down or maybe its just not that time of season i don't know. It seemed 4 years ago there were 2 rx7 owners in the area my self included and within the next year we could fill up a small parking lot with 7's. Hopefully its still the case. I however just bought another RX7 to replace the one I sold to pay off a few things. Still have the 1st gen and the 10th AE of course

This RX is an 88' TII that is far from stock under the hood. It used to run 12 second quarters with slips to prove it and my friend bought it from the previous owner with the 12 second engine in it and another built engine that was going to go in it. That project went south over the winter and I offered my friend money the other day and he gave me a title. He put the other engine in it which is a full bridgeport rew engine with 3mm apex seals, all the usual upgraded bits and pieces in it and he tells me the PO installed a rx8 E-shaft in it as well. The engine has maybe 5K miles on it and great compression and has only seen 8psi. However he stopped running the engine because for some reason it began to smoke more than usual, we're guessing the PO re-used the oil control rings instead of buying new. Engine still starts but does smoke and will need to be cracked open again unless I find something stupid like a bad oil seal in the turbo. But the other engine is still on a crate and could also be put back in, but this engine does have more potential. Surrounding the engine is 3rd gen intakes, S4 electronics plugged into a good old Rtek 2.1 setup which I have come to love, turbo is made by knightsports in japan, stage 3 mazdaspeed clutch (yes mazdaspeed, 3 puck triangle ceramic springless clutch pack) and its bolted to a light weight flywheel, typical front mount intercooler but I'm thinking of doing a v mount, MSD ignition on the leading and trailing coils, and then a real Apexi full exhaust (I don't think they've made this system in years). The interior is rather stock as well as the entire car. But for the price and what it all has got in it, I couldn't resist. It won't ever be a daily driver but more like a once every couple weeks in the summer and maybe a couple times a month the rest of the year, car.

So thats my latest, the other 2 7's get started every week and not much else, especially the 10th AE. Are we going to start planning a drive or meet this year yet guys?

Oh, I also have a spare water pump and housing for NA and turbo S4 and 5. And about 3 complete engines and 2 engine's worth of parts. Got any requests?

 

Whooot! Graduated. Qualified in SMAW and FCAW in unlimited thickness, all position, stringers and weave beads. Headed back to work.

Whats everyone up to this weekend? Lets get something going?

 

so when you getin a tig. make sweet custom bits for scrambles?

 

I am not sure I am very poor and I need to pay off dept from school and get caught up on my bills.

 

well i might have a job now, so i wanna get more money flowin your way soon. maybe that will help.

 

Sounds good I will start saving too.

Where you guys at? Kyle, Jewkyle, Sean, Matt. Newguys that I don't know your names? Lets get together and do something lame this weekend?

 

weekends dont work for me, probly wont for a while. i have tues wed an thurs off everyweek. and tomorrow im takin my car to shelby.

 

i am stuck in neihart with no car.. sucks cus all i can do is look at posts and parts ill prolly need but dont purchase any cus my car isnt here to test to actually see whats wrong before i buy them.. bleh

 

the next time any of you guys do a group trip to missoula hit me up! would like to meet some more of the montana rx7 group :salute:

 

im lookin at possibly movin to missoula at the end of the month. not sure yet tho

 

Well Taco got taken out by a 71 Chevy yesterday on the way home from work. Some 68 year old Drunk leaving the Lido. So gonna be out of a Vehicle for a few weeks. Hoooray! Also short note: I don't like flatbeds. HAHA

Jewkyle has time during the week how bout Kyle, Sean, Matt? Lets get something going.

 

do it! haha missoula needs more rotory toys here!!!! :p

 

does anyone wanna buy or need a very nice stage 1 exedy clutch and pressure plate? i have it in the RCC classifieds but its not gettin alot of hits. its an na clutch. im askin 150. its already broken in. its got about 1500 miles on it.

 

ill trade ya for a centerforce stage one thats also been "broken in"

 

i have no use for the clutch. thats why im selling

 

Kyle...thanks again for all the help last night bro.

We got some GREAT logs that second run up by UPS, very linear data so up to 6 psi should be fine tuned after I do some correcting.

I ended up falling asleep with the laptop on my chest in bed last night and when the electric fan kicked on it scared to holy hell out of me and I about launched the POS off the bed........................maybe that fall would have fixed that mystery ignition data change problem lol