Originally Posted by JerryPerez
Hmm, I wonder if I can take a US model 929 and convert it to a wanna-be Cosmo.
There used to be a guy on this forum (or maybe it was nopistons.com) out of Canada that had converted a 929 of that body-style to a Series 5 13BT with a 5 speed and all. Pretty nice car but not sure what happened to it. |
Damn.... nice ride!
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Sweet car! Very sweet car!
My dad had a 1st gen 929 in that body style here and I have seen a Luce with that engine tranny combo in Japan when I lived there 10 years ago. Nice find with that one! |
Sweet car! Did that car ever come with a manual gearbox? I'm now 99.9% sure that my second hand 13bt motor came from one of those. Some of the parts on my motor just seem different from the rx7.
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Oh man that that thing is not only sick but it looks tight too. The rims look good on it and the car is lowered that coo right there
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I want an old skool 929 now so I can do a 13bt swap, except I would absolutely have to have a five speed. Man that would be one hell of a bad ass car.
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thanks guys (and girls incase there is any).
the build will take a couple of months as i dont want rego near xmas (around $800 to $1000 in australia - including personalised plates. i got IT-13-BT). and to the question by RotaryRevn they only ever came auto. i managed to score an ARC top mount intercooler. going to see if i can attach the original top intercooler guard (with the writing to still make it "look" original but will flow better. |
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another feature of the car
auto headlight system - sensor in the top of the dash in the demister vent - Attachment 719201 Attachment 719202 combination switch control for auto light feature Attachment 719203 Attachment 719204 |
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well i let this thread slip
update - well here is a few progress pics (engine and box is out now just dont have pics yet) e8 with patch loom and boost adjusting solenoid Attachment 719205 Attachment 719206 Attachment 719207 some of the troublesome rust Attachment 719208 Attachment 719209 Attachment 719210 Attachment 719211 https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ce/IMG_028.jpg Attachment 719212 Attachment 719213 Attachment 719214 |
also decided on doing the stage 4 rebuild of the turbo from BNR
didnt want the turbo to be sluggish with a back cut original rear wheel. stage for has t04 rear wheel with the original housing machined out to match it up..so should spool better Well engine finally pulled down Engine = fubar Basically the rotors and rotor housings are not worth using she has carbon biuld up and rust build up in both rotors so id say yes was buggered well before she stopped running. Note scoring at 12 o clock and 6 o clock on rotor housings. End plates yet to be measured to see if they pass. im not confident. Eccentric shaft is fine. https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/100_0955.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/100_0956.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/100_0957.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/100_0958.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/100_0959.jpg |
yep she is special guys..
no matter what i did it was a goner. rear plate warped and bearings and gears gone. all that is saveable is the oil pump sump and ecentric shaft and front cover. ah well. ive got a low km import series 4 13b rx7 bare block engine i got in the mid 90's sitting in the rx3. ripping it out tonight and it will be pulled down on the weekend. might be able to use it.. |
ok carpet is fubared
anyone know an aftermarket supplier for my model car?? |
okies. engine pulled from rx3 and pulled down.
its spot on. just some measurements to make sure everything is ok. but its lookin the goods. there is still machine marks in everything.. |
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Turbo is back.
Here are the pics of a stage 4 BNR turbo and bolts back into the factory manifold!! to4e front wheel to4 front and back plate t04 rear wheel in factory rear manifold 360 degree thrust race 35mm internal gate $925US Attachment 719215 Attachment 719216 Attachment 719217 Attachment 719218 https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...bo/IMG_657.jpg Attachment 719219 |
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just bought a B&M auto transmission cooler with thermo and trigger switch already installed.
oil temp is an important thing in auto boxes so this give the box a chance of regulating its own temps. which should help the box be more reliable. going to mount it in under the passenger side inner guard and cut a portion of the bottom of the plastic guard below that to aid air flow here it is Attachment 719221 |
interior is at the interior dude now getting done, should be finished soon.
should be finishing paying for my engine next week and have it back when stve has finshed her off.. there is a guy in the states thats getting custom nulerthane bushes for the rack and rear diff mounts that ill be getting soon as well as a coil over kit im also currently modeling the front hubs on autocad minus the disk and will get them made up so they can fit aftermarket disks.. apparently these will fit HB mazda as well. im going to be making a few sets to sell.. im starting to get a little excited about it all.. haha |
got a call from engine builder. it will be built on saturday the 6th of december and my presents is required or it dont get built!! yay
took me a while to pay it off since were on one wage now days.. interior is still being done atm currently modelling on Autocad a front hub for custom 2 peice disk assembly looking at getting my rims modded to 19" and going the Falken FK452 - http://www.falken.com.au/tyres/passenger-FK452.html 225/35 ZR 19 for the front 235/35 ZR 19 for the rear |
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the engine is built (dont have a pic of the finished product yet but steve (69r1 off ausrotary) did an awesome job!!
painted bits before build Attachment 719222 Guru coated Ecentric shaft before it went in Attachment 719223 Attachment 719224 |
thus concludes my up to speed update for you guys/gals!!
hope you enjoy |
im chasing these parts if anyone can help
demister vent H260 60780 17 carpet frt H293 68670 G14 carpet rear H293 68690 E14 dash top H260 60350 B17 heat sensor cat N337 18 760B might have a new dash soon but definetly chasing the rest.. plus auto headlight sensor in the drivers side vent (on drivers A pillar side) passenger demister vent thanks in advance |
pic request- i don't know if yours has it but i gotta see the rear fridge, haha
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I like how nice and clean the work is looking,i wish the us had car's like this one...Id also like to know were can i get a bag like the one you have????
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Originally Posted by Landon303
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pic request- i don't know if yours has it but i gotta see the rear fridge, haha
it was factory fitted for the 86 to 89 model (series 1). it was an optional extra for the 89 to 91 (series 2). unfortunatly mine doesnt have the fridge. a good mate of mine in sydney as well has the series 1 with the fridge. here are the pics and info on it - [quote name='Babalouie' date='Oct 6 2007, 12:17 AM' post='400831'] Some of you may have seen the drinks fridge that the Luce's got. Well, it's a combination of a fridge and air purifier. The purifier is basically the air intake for the fridge and it's this huge drawer that slides out of the fridge unit in the boot: Attachment 719225 The prob is, it's encrusted with 21ys of dirt (mind you it's JDM dirt yo) I then noticed that the drawer can be taken apart and the filter paper removed You can see that in comparison to some pockets of the filter which are clean, in general it's pretty dirty! Attachment 719226 Tried vacuuming it, but that didn't make any difference...so I went and bought a cabin pollen filter for an Audi A6, which was closest in dimensions Attachment 719227 A little work with some hi-density foam... Attachment 719228 Snap the drawer back together and voila! Attachment 719229 You can see here the fridge unit that takes up 1/3 of the boot Attachment 719230 Attachment 719231 Cool drinks are happy drinks! Attachment 719232 [/quote] |
Originally Posted by datsun1200
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I like how nice and clean the work is looking,i wish the us had car's like this one...Id also like to know were can i get a bag like the one you have????
yeh im a fussy bastard. if it aint done right im not happy.. bag?? you see the occasional Luce come up on yahoo auctions. but mazda only ever released around 500 of the rotary version HC just need to keep an eye out.. |
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