well its 1am and iv just discovered my engine has a rear blowin coolent seal took the manifolds off and turned the engine by hand bunch of coolent came out the exhaust dohhh.. lol and i wondered why my plugs always got fouled though it smelt like gas but i must of been wrong.

so now ill pull it see if its rebuildable and go from there.fingers crossed .. what kinda porting do holley carbs like? i guess if my 6mm carbon seals are damaged ill have to change my rotating Assembly? ill definly change the front plate from a late 80's rx7 so i can have electric dizzy

will a 80's rear plate bolt to the rx2 tranny?

thanks
kiwi

 

sweet ride!!!!....

 

thanks mate..
can anyone answer my q's

 

damn thats dirty


engine out yay..


my method of choiced for tear down lol


i think this is a oil galley every o ring looked like that.


heres how i dont get mixed up.. since theres 6 side seals per side lol

 

both rotor housings are perfect like this.


the only one seal with damage to the leading edge who thinks i can still use it?


layout lots of crap to clean


front rotor apex seals


rear rotor apex


just breifly looking at everything i have a rebuildable motor need to figure out what im gonna do. still need to spec everything. could i update the irons and use the dual dizzy rotaring asembly etc? need to check if the tranny will bolt up .anyway its 3am im off to bed lol

 

good score! housings look good. can you replace the front cover and run a single electronic dizzy ?

 

All the best. Looks like a fun project.

 

so under further inspection the irons have deep pitting from the coolent leak thats a bummer..
so now ill sell the housings rotors shaft etc to fund a 13b or finish my repu.

 

its time to buy some degreaser (409 or similar) to clean the engine bay, then paint.

 

sorry wacky cars getting parkerd at my mums and getting tarped up..
i will pick my repu up and finish the small things like the brakes,clutch hydrulics,order some mufflers and have the driveshaft made when thats done and my daily driver ill start tearing into the body on the rx2 and start learning panel beating lol

im deciding on a s5t2 engine with n/a rotors for the rx2 maybe use the efi setup with a standalone

or am i going off the oldschool track and need a beating

 

you havent finished the REPU? if thats the case, its a good idea to set the duece aside and finish it.

 

Can we can get away with using the GSL swap to replace the drums to disk? Im not sure i just wanted to make sure before i went out and started buying stuff for my duce...

 

over the next year i should be bringing this jem back to life.
here's the donor my sad fb..

so i have been told i need rx2 oil pan,oil pick up and to mod the shifter tail housing
and the front cross member and it should slide right in..

anything i have missed let me know
and a moment of silence for my for fb :c(
thanks..

 

4 speed transmission from an SA is a smarter choice. It will bolt right in and put the shifter in the right spot.

 

just drill a few bolt holes at front and rear of rx7 oil pan, flip it around, use FC oil pick up tube (double check this as i havent worl on a RX2 in years)

 

i believe i already have a rx2 pan just cant find the oil pick up for it.

thanks for the idea tho.

 

Nice to see this back from the dead! Real shame about that FB.

 

Yeah use your twin dizzy pan and pick up. The Rx2 pick up has a nice big strainer(compared to later) its kinked and long to go to back of motor/pan. I'd try my hardest to find it as you'll see a little clearance valley in the pan where the pick up snakes between the engine and pan. Trying to fab one will be a pita that you can avoid. Lmk if you have any more Q's as I've used this set up twice with success.

 

Is this a rx2 pan?






Which one looks like the rx2 front engine mount bar



Could not find my oil pick up ..gutted.

 

Sorry for the bad news but that pan is different to both O.G Rx2 pans I've used. It should have 1 shallow valley pressed just where the flat rolls down to the sump and that gives clearance for the pick up to come across and drop down into the sump.

Ps The Rx2 twin dizzy front engine mount is the solid one on the far left!

 

For a pic of the correct pan do a google image search and type in this: pineapple racing oil pan evolution. You'll see the pans from top to bottom lined up. The top one is an Rx2 pan and its labelled as a 12A DINOSAUR, Older RX-3, RX-2, etc. You'll notice the little valley for the pick up in the pic. As for the correct oil pick up, I found what you need on Rxforyour7.com in the Rx3/808 parts section for $55 but if you go to the misc engine parts page they have a milk crate full of pick-ups and I see two twin dizzy Rx2 ones in that pile! Maybe you can score one of the sweaty ones cheaper? they are easy to i.d due to the massive strainer and the goose neck tubing. Sorry for not posting links but I'm not the most computer savvy.

 

There is a twin dizzy oil pan on ebay for $75....

 

I have the oil pan and pick up if you need it.took it off a 72 twin dizzy motor.im willing to trade for parts if interested

 

Surem that's not the right pan, maybe Rx3?

Blwfly,
Get turbodave to send you some pics of his pan and pick up and forward them to me and I'll verify that they're what you need. He's a solid bloke I've dealt with him before!

 

I still vividly remember my first ride in an RX2. A friend's dad brought it home. I had never heard of a Mazda before. I remember all the back firing it did. What a cool car. Glad to see you keeping it alive.