Front end on the mend...













Been out of town for a couple of days. . But got a bit of work done tonight. I'm having to dig through boxes of parts to find bits.. everything is there somewhere.

 

And bought a scatter shield. ..

 

Oh lord that thing is HOT! Man I love the look of clean race cars

 

Sway Bar(s) ...

 

More progress. .. front wheel on..

 

Both wheels on and back on the ground Woohoo! Some guard clearance issues to be sorted ... rear end going in tomorrow. . Engine in this weekend .. really stoked with the progress.

 

Cleaned up the diff and painted it tonight, went to put new inner and outer tie rods on but the thread sizes were smaller on the new ones.

Wil Sort that out tomorrow.

 

Few jobs sorted today... made up a thin wall sparkplug socket so that I could clean the plugs on my SA22 .. ran sweet after that.



5.1 lsd



Diff coming together



Making brackets up for the JFZ calipers

 

Coming together nicely!
Where did you get the secondary front sway bar?
My rx2 has dual sway bars similar to yours,on the ends it attaches to the stock sway bar just like yours but the center bolts up to my crossmember.
I always wondered who made those.

 

My wife just asked me why I keep turning my laptop sideways and upside down, LOL.

Looks awesome!!

 

Lol that's funny because I have to stand on my head to take some of the photos.

I will work on orientation. It is a Japanese car after all.

 

13B PP anyone?

 

Coming together nicely! sweet color.

 

Thanks!

 

Coming together nicely. Who built/prepped this block

 

Al Marsh in Christchurch NZ built it .. have a look at his Facebook page . .. New housings, Rx-8 stationary gears & rotors, all balanced. Competition spec oil pump, 51IDA, quarter master triple plate and green brothers baffle plate.

 

 

I have a question for you. i have a similar build here in california and i was wondering what size wheels you will run. are you going to modify the frame at the footwells so you can run larger wheels?

 

Hey Amemiya, im using 15x7 Performance Superlites. They clear the JFZ calipers (only just) and with castor blocks and the adjustable struts the only clearance issues are with the outer guards where it just touches the base of the guard. but need to check once everything is bolted back on and she's sitting in her normal loaded rode height. The castor blocks pull the struts forward a few degrees to add castor and aid the tyre / rear inner guard clearance.

The fix for guard clearance is cut or mod the guard lips or fit flares if that suits.

 

thanks,i have cut the fenders and out fender flares. the wheels hit the frame at the outside corner of the footwell when i fully turn the wheel. i think hammering it in a bit will give me the clearance i hope, otherwise cut and weld i guess.

 

this is where i am talking about. the first pic shows where the tire is rubbing, the second pic is from the inside, to the left of the clutch pedal. if that section gets knocked in the tire should have more clearance. do you know of anyone who has done this on their rx3?

 

I had similar issue. Clutch pedal arm hitting the wheel well/floor after i upgraded my RX-3s to GSLSE brake booster and FB brake/clutch pedal assembly, thus had to relocate the clutch master. A little massaging of both pedals took care of it. See attached.

 

Heres a pix of a s3 and orig rx-3 pedals.

 

Well for now I will run the 15x7 wheels with 205/50/15 tyres
Once the car gets a bit more developed then I will have to look at bigger wheels and the clearance then.

I have 15x8 performance challenger wheels as well and they might be an option but will definitely need flares with those.

 

Removed the gear box mounts today, usually a really shitty job, but because they had been moved before and remounted it was just a shitty job. Awkward to get around them as the car is on axle stands. But I've had worse jobs.



Then got the exhaust on (almost) will need some slight firewall mods (read as big hammer) but nearly there.



Radiator in without any issues.