installed the flywheel and maybe going to tgake a stab at the inengine in a bit. ive never been that happy to see the ups guy hahah

 

still over heatin and bubblein .... mabey wrong o ring ... took lower intak back off , parts ordered .son of a #@!$!. 10mm

 

motr is in!!! wow ive never had a motor and tranny mate that easily. i swear it took longer to get the hoist set right than it did to drop tht thing in

 

All this to the FB: Ran seafoam through the engine and carb, replaced the fuel filter, cleaned the check valve on the fuel return line to the carb, took emery cloth to the wheels, cleaned the engine and the entire underside of the car, painted the skid plate, replaced the thermostat, and almost finished replacing the engine temperature sensor when it sheared off inside the housing. Will finish the rest tomorrow!

 

Built me a nifty 5th gear lockout device for the TII trans. Slowly getting closer.

 

Nice work Robert! Is that your personal ride? Or one your workin on?

 

Only SA's had those braces. No FB's unfortunately... I want to cut some out and weld them into my FB.

 

On THAT ride, a lockout is a good thing. LOL Hope your documenting that build Jesus. It would be great to see the start to finish product and all the mods.

 

Yes this is my personal car. I have been working on it all winter. Restored the interior. Built, modified and ported an NA motor for it until the TII motor is done. Working on brakes and suspention next. Its a fun one thats for sure.

 

It looks great! Nice work Robert!

 

Well I just installed my birthday present from the woman.. some S.T sway bars.. i love my girlfriend.

 

gonna go pick up my 3rd rx7 lol

 

attempted to finish puttin the motor together but realized that the ******* tweakers stole all my gaskets and some other parts :angry:

 

Opened up the throttle body a little bit. Made a significant differance in throttle response.
Also found a problem in some new housings on a motor I just rebuilt for a customer... The trailing spark plug hole on one of the BRAND NEW rotor housings is not tapped through all the way. The first plug I went to put in started to get tight, and I backed it out, and went again. After doing this twice I inspected the plug and noticed that the threads were being crushed. Son of a gun. Now I have to tap into a motor I just rebuilt and make sure EVERY precaution is taken to avoid getting ANY tap shavings in the motor.
Has anyone else had this problem, or have any advice for me when tapping it out?

 

Sorry to say Robert but the only way to tap that without risking shavings is to split the housings and tape the inner housing where you're tapping to keep shavings from dropping. If you're set on tapping it without splitting the housing, you may try using a fitting in the trailing hole and pump the cavity full of oil, the thicker the better, and pressurize it so that when you break through the shavings and etc. are pushed back out with the oil unfder light pressure. That's about the only suggestion I can thnk of that may work. Sorry.

 

Yup I agree with Ray. Open it up and do it right. Otherwise you will end up with a nice sharp ridge on the inside of the housing that will eventually eat and destroy your apex seals even if you get all the shavings out. If its just the read then clamp the front 3 housings together and just remove the rear 2 then reassemble. Or clamp the rear 3 and remove the front. This is just in case you want to save on coolant rings and cleanup. I have done this a few ti9mes to save me from headaches.

Just my 2€ cents. lol.

 

Gently drove my now-turbo FB for the first time today. Still a lot to do before I can test it out for real, though.

 

I got it taken care of. You can read the step by in my thread here..
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/new-rotor-housing-spark-plug-hole-not-tapped-through-all-way-897357/
Thanks guys.

 

Got pissed off at her... guess its her time of the month once more Stupid car

 

Torqued my seats in after wife shampoo'd and cleaned em :]

 

removed my upper and lower intake manifold to clean them and ordered some 1000cc injectors while i was at it.

 

I replaced the brake master cylinder.

The FC is drivable again!

-Derrick

 

not a DAMN thing........... but i did clean most of the throttle body yesterday

 

Tuned suspension for races. Checked fluids.... adjust fuel pressure.... blah blah blah.

 

I picked up my gasket set and seals. So next weekend its on like Donkey Kong!