Anybody need a new daily?

Rotary Royalty: 1990 Mazda/Eunos Cosmo

 

Thanks for the link Tommy!

Did anybody know that the FC was the first car specifically designed to go skiing with the top down?

Yep, it's true:

Yahoo!

 

Ray, you and Cathy would look really good cruising in that Cosmo. And their only asking $25k. Or, you could buy 25 1st gens instead.

 

Or 35 first gens if you are thrifty.

 

I think there's a guy in Norcross who's looking to sell.

 

Where have I seen this car before?

1973 Mazda RX3 - Super Street Magazine

 

WTF?! That article says it's Phil's car.

 

He owned it before Marco.

 

I thought you old guys might get a kick out of my graduation cake...

 

Congratulations!

 

You're getting Old Brett. Graduation is the beginning of the end.

And who, may I ask, made the rotor cake? And what's that little rotor, your wedding ring?

 

Thanks Robert!

The wife made the rotor cake, Ray. I had to use my wedding ring for a comparison

 

Congratulations Brett!

 

Congrats Brett. BTW, what did you go to school for?

 

Thanks Tommy.

I majored in Finance, Billy. So basically I can use a calculator very well...

 

Cool deal.

 

Congratulations, Brett. Big week in your house. Graduated from college and put a 1st gen in the drive way. It doesn't get much better than that.

 

Congrats on the degree Brett, those things are nice to have.

See if you can get the missus to show up with the new FB at the January meeting. Be good to see her.

Here's a card from Mike the Elder.

Happy Christmas Dudes!

 

Thanks guys, I even got a job offer, 2014 should be a good year

I'd be one step closer to bringing the new FB to the January OGTA meet if I only had some parts... https://www.rx7club.com/se-sale-want.../#post11642504

 

Used shifter plates and boots are hard to find, one without broken pins are virtually nonexistent.

But here's a new one, if you want to shell out the cash:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mazda-RX-7-1981-1983-New-OEM-black-shifter-boot-FA01-64-350A-01-/190979455978?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ARX-7&hash=item2c77433bea

 

I washed a few cars this evening since the weather was decent. Then I played around with the FB and came to the conclusion that it isn't running lean. I pulled the plugs and they were a brown color, not much white at all. The leading ones looked slightly wet too. So that plus the fact that the car pulls harder than the FC has me convinced that it runs fine...

I ordered a few new leading FC plugs, they should be here tomorrow so I'll go ahead and hook up the direct fire ignition set up using a spare FC leading coil and use 2 FC leading plugs in the FB. I also bought a Moog idler arm and clutch slave cylinder for the FB. I think I might need someones help tightening the steering box up. Also, I'm probably going to need to replace both the brake and clutch master cylinders. And then there's the oil cooler leak, I guess it's a pain to find a good GSL-SE oil cooler.

I ordered a header too. I want to try and make my own inexpensive exhaust. My current plan is to put a muffler or 2 after the header, then use the stock muffler at the end of the exhaust. I still need to research some more, though. I want the additional power of adding a header but I don't want it to be loud. I must be getting old

Anywho, I got a decent picture I wanted to post up.

 

Brett, that SE looks nice and staight. It actually crossed my mind to make an offer on this car, but I just don't want to part with my dual webers and they need a 4 port intake. But, it looks like a really straight, clean car.

 

Thanks Mike. It is pretty clean. It needs a lot of little stuff though. Half of the interior screws are missing, I noticed today that the radiator is only half way bolted down... The rear storage bin frame needs to be removed and reinstalled correctly. Its missing random parts...

The wife and I took the FB out to Gainesville for dinner tonight, you know, to test out the 2nd gen direct fire ignition upgrade and what not. I hit a rock or something on our way home, and now I've got a little bit of a problem...

 

a BFH should fix that.

nice se. i wished i'd had the money for it when i saw his f/s ad.

 

BFH = "Big F------- Hammer"? I have a couple LE rims with the same problem.

Brett, you know that car used to have a mint red leather interior in it don't you? Crit took it out (I got the driver's seat) because he wanted it to be black.