Thinking about doing "rats nest" removal project anyone in the area want to help. I think I have everything I need to do this already, just not that confident that I wont jack up my baby. It would be on a 88 NA I am still thinking about turbocharging it down the road too. thanks

 

I could help, I have an 88 NA also. GTU here. I had to do mine twice, the rat didn't get the hint the first time.

Original rat's nest removal:


Round 2 the next day:


It was pretty easy for me, I just put on some gloves, simply pulled out the nest, and sprayed the engine with hose. Spay it good to clean all the little rat poops off the intake. Have not had any issues. Even after all rats nest removals, I still pass smog.

 

Also if anyone needs a garage you may be able to use mine.

 

LOL Yeah I thought about going for the v8 but then its not a 7.

 

Completely missed the joke. I thought it was honestly funny....... but that's cool.

Since we want to be silly:

Darn it. At my last drift event I put Rx7 as the model.... I hope they don't get mad.

Do you know what kinda car this is so I can fill it in correct next time? Ford probe? MR2?



Anyways, this is a good diagram / guide to remove the rats nest.

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/double-rats-nest-removal-twin-scroll-addition-913213/

 

(opps, that was for turbo.)

This is a great walk through with pictures. <3 rotary resurrection!

http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/2n...s_removal.html

 

Oh snap MR2 owner here (represent). I was thinking of putting a hamster wheel in the frunk because the engine is in the correct spot to begin with. Props to you though for going to the dark side and doing a engine swap....Love the birds nest.

 

Tweak your snarky posts always make me laugh lol.
Btw one of your mirrors are black if you havent notcied :P

 

Yeah, my car is an NA, and I had two faded redish turbo mirrors, but one night driving to WSU in the rain, a group of deer decided one of them was theirs. Somehow I dodged the first deer but went into a violent counter clockwise spin (I blame not having got rid of DTSS yet ) and somehow tapped a second deer's neck with the left side of the car while still spinning counter clockwise. I went back and got it and it had deer hair all over it. I was a wreck to say the least. Bambi seemed stunned but fine, and ran off.

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whoa v8 in a rx7. Hell ya.
I bet that was alot of fab work.
How long did that take you?

 

not really much too it. theres alot of kits to put v8's in sevens. lame.

 

Bah, I only posted it because of the rats nest joke, and rats nest removal is what rotary people do, I removed all the rats nests from all my previous rotary engine, and now I don't have a rotary and I still had to do two rats nest removals. lol I didn't want this to turn into a v8 thread.

But, it took me 4 weekends working alone to get it up and going for autoX. Research it, it's stupid easy and affordable if you have the time and space.

I have not seen a rotary powered 7 at a track for about a year now. All the FCs and FDs I see moving on their own power at the tracks are all piston. Wish some of the rotards around here would step up and come to the track.