The FD blew a coolant ring instead....so awesome rebuild here I come.

 

crack it open rebuild it and put 1k miles on it before tomorrow! GO

 

bring it down... lets do this right!!

 

It's possible to do 1000 miles in a day... just, grab a few energy drinks! You'll be FINE!

 

Lol was trying to be a bit funny Im sorry to hear about your Fd so close to some fun drifting day comming up I hope you fix it soon

 

That sucks. Good luck with the rebuild

 

Well I almost have the motor out...probably about 3/4 of the way there....dreading doing the tranny separation advice?

 

Iv never pulled an FD from its tranny but should be the same? pull all the bolts conntecting them and slide it out?

 

yeah I've just read it was a complete PITA on the FD...hopefully not as bad as doing my old evo or STi though,.....EEK

 

the FD isn't so bad, just use a big *** screw driver on the separation ring so the bearing pops out and then its about as easy as it comes. Sorry to hear about the engine and good luck.

 

tranny install and removal only takes 2 minutes outside of the car. Not shure on how much more work it is on a FD to unhook everything. but I pulled motor and tranny together with rear cross member on my FC only took 10 minutes more. but I was swapping trannys also.

 

well since you have the motor out you always have time to port it Wish you best of luck on everything

 

Plan right now is a pineapple racing rebuild with large street port, new rotor housings, switch to a RX7store gt35R turbo, battery and fuse box relocation, vehicle respray(not sure of what color yet) etc. The race season is going to be coming to a close by the time I finish so I am just doing everything now.

 

Awesome. I want an FD so bad. I guess you could call me an FD groupie lol.

 

What I have seen that works best is to turn the engine until you can see the pp bolts through the access panel and loosen all six. now remove all six... then remove the engine to bellhousing bolts and separate. pressure plate and clutch stay attached to the tranny and the engine goes free. Now with the engine out of the way you can deal with that snap ring. Too much fumbling around with it will damage the retainer ring. Good luck with your build.

 

HEY THAnks I didn't see that comment but thanks for the tip!