pulled the intake off my FB, to replace coolant seals and port match and smooth out the manifold

 

Flushed radiator, addressed my overheating problem. Stupid original thermostat.

replaced thermostat and gasket.
wiped down all the gunk in the interior.
Car sat for 6 months prior to me purchasing :]

 

I have a couple original thermostats around here if you need one Matt. BTW when are we dissassembling your block. I'm dying to take pics of that one!

 

haha i just got done with registration today. Bill of sale says $1200 and the lady puts it in the computer and the computer goes "error". It didnt like how much i paid for a 1986 GXL with 130k on it. lol

She had to look up the fair value price and it was between $4500 ~ $6000 for it lol but she gave me a brake and settled for 13 even. :]


As for the thermo, i solved it. now it doesnt go above a quarter. tho i still need to address my alternator issue and why my logicon wont switch to feet or defrost windshield :/

 

hopefully we'll crack this motor soon. As much as i want to TRY to put a 7mgte motor in, I want to do either a high compression NA or a turbo 2 swap.

Wanna do some brainstorming on the high comp na this saturday when you do your teardown?

 

finnally got arround to port matching the intake for my FB, then I got board of trying to polish it up so I just painted it with high temp blue header paint. should match the carb hat nice. wanted to put it back together but, had other **** to do.

 

Im very close to yanking out the motor in mine, most of the harness is off

 

I yanked Chris' engine out of mine today for winter storage.

Right now I have to make a decision about the next engine that goes in it. I can do a 12A or change some fuel lines around to convert over to EFI.

Colten, are you close to getting another 12A for your car?

 

Nope not close at all

 

killed all the sound deadening in the trunk and now i'm going back for Rd.1 under the seats. it's amazing how much that stuff weighs when you actually put it in a paper bag. it's only like 3 or 4 lbs worth right now but i didn't think it'd be even close to that for just the trunk area. oh well, back to it.

 

Cranked it up and drove it sideways to the nearest gas station to pick up some black and milds.

 

+1

 

Let me know when you're ready to go ahead and I'll see if I can fit you in.

 

Received '99 spec bumper kit, front lip and round tails lights from RX7.com.

 

banjo bolt showed up, put it on, and finally drove my s4 again. the tranny i got from jallenator feels really good, and the agx's i put on are amazing compared to my blown out stock setup.

 

So what did you find out was holding you up?

 

lets see got the motor pulled out of my grey 86 and bolted into the red 87 t2, gonna hook everything up tommarow!

 

Re-ordered my clutch master, slave, release bearing, and dist cap. Next check will get me Stainless clutch line, oil and filter, water pump, pump housing gasket, lower shift boot, castle nuts for steering assembly. Then its just a matter of putting everything back together.

 

Finished repairing my center console plastic, just have to re-paint it now.
found the missing wire for my power antenna - just have to find it behind the stereo to hook it up! watched it suck itself back down after i turned the car on, was pleased.

tomorrow after I install a starter in my 98 lumina, I'm going to fix the antenna 100%, and pull interior pieces and hopefully finish painting everything. it's about 60% black now. rest is red / brown. red carpetting with black plastics look nice.

 

last week i got the 87 t2 running again! drove it home.

today fix a few tiny issues, reinstall a couple small interior peices i found while car was down over the last yr, then change this cheap subwoofer from the crappy portee box to a non ported, should make it sound at least semi decent now.... then i need to either add coolent or fix the low coolent sensor, i thin it may be coroded and goe soff randomly

 

lemme know when your in town and ill come help

 

Well I got a line on a Mariah hatch. Only $500. Waiting to hear back on it. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Full body kit arrived, (Thanks GAWENDUS13). Too much to do and no time to do anything.

 

Will do. I'm not sure when I'll be back in town but I'll let you know. I get paid this week so I'll be making my final orders soon. She'll be back on the road soon and I cant wait. I'm having some serious withdrawals from not being able to work on my car up here. lol.

 

started pulling my motor/trans, fuckkkkkkkk it's cold in the garage.

 

Well since the T2 is being a conceded bitch, I'm putting my FB back togeher, just been awhile since its been started, I've got some MMO sitting in it now and batterry charging, unfortunately couldn't find the keys, luckaly RX-7's are one of the easyest cars to steel. so gonna be running it with a screwdriver for now.

Gonna tear into the T2 asap, just got a FMIC, need a new turbo, I've got a aftermarket manifold and DP, just need a t3 or t4 turbo some oil lines, and a waistgate. then modify the fmic. I may just sell this stuff for another stock turbo though. just to get it back on the road. I have enough spare parts to probably put a working turbo toghether. I've got a new compressior housing and turbine wheel, if the wheel and hot side are good I've got a good cartrage also. Well I have 5 days a week where I don't have much to do just wish I had a garage so I could avoid the rain. I'm soaked.

Tearing down the rear end and replaceing bushings, and diff and subframe mounts, also got some dtss eleminators to go in. gonna add thicker clutches. build thread coming soon.

Also swapping my LIM since mine has a stripped bolt and some other issues. I have most of the parts I need. just nothing to boost it yet.