Yup yup. Climbs into the 11s up top. I'm running a 3" RB exhaust with a midpipe. I do run a shorty K&N air filter. Haven't tried it without, yet. Currently have a Greddy style front mount. I really think that it's just the stock ports choking out the engine. After I pull the engine for porting, I'll start running AI as well.

 

Oh ****, I didn't realize stock ports... Good numbers... Might be able to get a bit more with AI.. Or rather, I know it will by cooling your intake charge

 

How about some pics? Facebook link? Looks like you're in the NW too

Only engine pic I seen on ur profile was shot of your wideband connector

 

I'll take some pics, and upload them to my profile. I'm stationed over on Fort Lewis/JBLM.

 

Put the temperature gun to use (in part to see if I should freak over the temp sensor.) Read 165 both to and from work.

 

Why do you say stock ports are holding you back? Enzo racing ran their stock port block at 501 hp on race gas on the mazed out gt35r. You can get a little more out of the gt35r by some pre turbo injection also.
Then they upgraded to a gt42 or something close to enormous and made 680hp on stock ports.
Dont waste your time with the ports. just get a turbo that will work best for your situation. That 35r has more in it.

 

I'm going to do a wright up in the mazdarepu.com forum, when i do this I'll let you know when its done, time sucks so it might take awhile.

 

Sounds like preogress though.
If you need a hand let me know Alan

 

Still waiting for the guy in Texas to get back to me about my motor. I sent him money 2 weeks ago and he sent it to his buddy to put in a crate. He hasn't given me an update on that but has been in contact w me a bit. Just getting real impatient w it all.

 

Used it to jump the acura. Also, fixed the driver's side door.

 

Installed catback! Now i need to find a test pipe to replace my cat, because my car is old enough to be exempt from emissions. Any recommendations for a test pipe?

 

plugging along on 83 gsl, sorted through parts & fitted front sheetmetal its starting to look like somthing

 

well finally sorted the used pineapple 13b i purchased and installed in the car till my other engine is built. now idling good oil leak fixed. still have a slight stummble going into transition but WAY mo better than it has been. now to install the innovate wideband to do the final killer tune.

 

A couple days late, but: I towed an 85 GS home from Washougal to Everett in all that crazy rain. I had it on a tow bar so I avoided the freeway, took 8 hours. I kind of shat myself when my GPS routed me east on US12 toward Yakima but that ended up being a handy route around Tacoma through Eatonville.

The body on this car is the best of any (of the two other) RX7s I've had. No dings in the body around the hatch, and the paint is pretty good. Faded on two replaceable panels, but I think I can minimize the faded paint with some work. Plus it has Enkei-like (or maybe they're real Enkeis I don't know I haven't looked real close) gold weave style wheels that look like a dealer option with Mazda center caps.

I have a lot of work ahead of me; it needs a drive train from the engine to the hubs (the GS rear is shot but good enough to tow home on) and an exhaust. I am going to detail the engine bay this week once the weather breaks a bit.

 

i have a header and a transmission for you if interested.
Joe sent you a pm

 

You were stuck in that too? I'm almost in awe I didn't hydro-lock the acura coming back. Dumb honda kids living in Washington and not believing in bypass valves.

(Ironically, it came in the mail today. Time to saw that pretty little one piece intake.)

 

Pretty sure you need to suck down a buttload of water (not just rain-saturated air) to hydrolock. It probably got all the carbon out of the engine though

But yeah, the truck's windshield wipers couldn't keep up with the rain through Tacoma and Olympia, even at a 45mph pace.

 

I suffocated the bugger at least a half a dozen times trying to get through the pass, pissed off every other car on the road, and killed the ignition and clutch-coasted through more standing water than I care to remember. Tailpipe looked like I was driving an old steam locomotive. Would have stopped, wanted to stop, but there's really nowhere TO stop.

I didn't freak until the CEL came on. Then my brain went all the way from AFM to head gasket to cat and back in the other direction.

 

What I did to my RX7 today was reflect on my ownership & how everyday since May I have worked towards trying to fix my car up so I could enjoy it this summer. Summer is over and I did not realize my goal, again.
Owning an RX7 I feel like I'm alone on a island, not a nice tropical island like Guam or Hawaii where you can relax & enjoy it. I'm talking Iceland in the dead *** of winter and some polarbear just walked off with your boots, gloves and lady friend. I lie to myself and say that one day all the hard work and effort will show up with a nice car that will take me point A then to B while having fun doing it. How many forum posts does it take to have a driveable RX7? Apparently more then 2,500 or whatever I have accumulated asking for advice how I can fix it myself in the past ten years. Based on average life expectancy, I have exhausted 33% of my time here on earth and have spent my entire adult life trying to maintain a working condition RX7. Normal people don't pull the engine in their car 6 times. The world is a big place with lots of people to meet and places to see & I still don't have a RX7 that will help me experience it. I have put off buying a daily driver car for many years now because I fear that by driving another car I will lose interest of my love for RX7s. I fear the FB I imagine in my head each time I'm wrenching and close my eyes out of frustration will never become. I cannot sell my RX7 for fear I will have wasted all the energy I (and others) have rammed into this car, like a primitive species I keep moving forward not knowing what else to do. I'm very grateful of the very nice people on here in the NW I have met through this car. I probably owe an entire keg worth of beers to you guys for all the work and help you gave me. You never asked for anything in return for your time, everyone helped out love for these cars. That is powerful. In my mind my FB is like a dream wife to me, except I'm stuck in the friend zone and she looks scary without makeup in the morning. Not sure how to end this, thanks for listening and I will keep trying for next summer

 

Couple days late and x-post from build thread:



It's got scratches and rock dings, but it'll shine up nice.

 

spent a few hours scraping industrial enamel off of mine. should be down to the factory paint in another month or so.

 

Don't be sad, nothappyjack. Phone a friend. Let's go grab some beer and lament our special needs children.

 

Rofl

 

Love it!!!

 

I feel ya man.
Ive spent 20k on my fd in the last 5 years of owning it. Then there is all the other money I have spent on rotary stuff over the years like motors and motors and more motors and parts lol. I have made good money on them also so it all balances out for me. **** just in the last 10 months I have spent almost 10k on just purchasing two motors.
I love them way too much to just let them go. I have managed to find a way to make it work for our family and life. I buy parts and sell them and make money or work on peoples projects reason why I started Rotary Automotive.
Its a passion for all of us.
For me I enjoy talking to all the different people around the world enjoying the same passion.
I like your project.