I think they're teaching that in 3rd grade now.

 

2.3l engine????? That engine cost more than my whole car.

Yeah, I finished... then drove it to Saint Louis and back.






Man what a turnout!!! I can't seem to figure out my RX7. I have a new Master cylinder, slave cylinder, piolet bearing, clutch fork, pivot ball and about 5000 miles on the clutch.... But I can't seem to get the engine to disengage from the transmission.

 

James, check that pilot bearing again. Make sure its not been goobered when you last stabbed the transmission back in there. Its the only thing I can thing of that can keep the engine engaged to the transmission.

BTW, your ghia looks fantastic. Where in St. Louis? I'm from there.

 

Nice Ghia James, much prettier than that red one.

Hey Dudes, did you hear the News?

Donald Trump has Terminal Diarrhea of the Mouth.

 

Yeah, I replaced the piolet bearing last weekend.

I think I'm on to something.... Are there two different types of master cylinders for S3 RX7s? I am going to try a third different master cylinder here soon, but I noticed when ordering that there are two different Exedy part numbers.

Exedy part number 1 is : MC207
The MC207 doesn't have the little adaptor thing on the output side. That is what I have been using because that's what is listed for my car. It is listed for use in all 1984 & 1985 RX7s

Exedy part number 2 is : MC210
The MC210 has the little brass looking adaptor thing on the output. This looks like what I've always used on my car. But Exedy lists this part for use on RX7's made from 1984 through 1990??? FBs and FCs??? and such an odd stop in the middle of the FB run and in the middle of the FC run???


Oh well. I've beaten my head against the wall for long enough now on this issue. If the MC210 doesn't solve the issue. I am going to buy a new clutch and pp.


Oh, we just incidentally hit St. Louis. There was no plan; my wife and I just tossed the tent in the car and headed north and west. Then packed up and spent some time in the TN mountains.

 

Yeah, I finished... then drove it to Saint Louis and back.



Glad I asked! Sorry Fred.. uh er.. James! Your Ghia Done very tastefully. Great color choice and those wheels very unique.

 

Qingdao is fine. Other than Ray, I don't know anybody's name here. I just know black GSLSE guy (that's you). Or Silver SA with a painted on bra, etc.

Shoot most of the names in my phone are just cars.

Me: "hey 94 Jeep Cherokee its been a while"



Meanwhile my other VW (aka the performance Volkswagen PVW) pooped its engine out.

 

[QUOTE=Qingdao;12393508]Qingdao is fine. Other than Ray, I don't know anybody's name here. I just know black GSLSE guy (that's you). Or Silver SA with a painted on bra, etc.

”Award Winning” Black GSLSE guy!!

 

James, time for you to learn some names.

Silver SA with a painted on bra = Tim

Award Winning Black GSLSE guy = Paul

Baby blue FB = Mike

White SA = Robert

White-socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer = Tommy

Wankel Woman = Holly

PrePro = Brett

White FD = Jereme

Purple FB = Greg the Elder

Silver GS = Greg the Younger

Ghia Guy = you

Award winning LE = Ray

Raving Liberal = Ray

Raving Conservative = Paul

And when you get those down here's some more to work on:



Hey dudes, we got a touch of snow here in Rotary Land today. Any up your way?

 

WHAT?!?! All that work to boost a Nikki and I get Ghia Guy?!?


My wife is super jealous of your snow.

 

dang ray, y'all got more snow than we did.

 

This was the scene yesterday here in Gainesville

 

We saw some snow up here in Charlotte but nothing on the ground.

 

So there are 3 different types of clutch master cylinder's for S3 RX7s???

As by exedy's numbers there is a MC476, a MC210, and a MC207. I'm going to loose my mind on this car.

 

Clutch master should be the same for all FB's except maybe SE's.

Excedy MC207 should do the trick for an 84 GS:

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...192272&jsn=392

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...+cylinder,1996

 

One would think that. Thats the second master cylinder I tried. First one was a local brand that looked like the MC207. The one that came off my car has that little adaptor looking thing llike the MC210 and the MC476. The MC210 has a diagonal stud pattern (FC thing maybe??) I can tell you for 100% certainty that the MC210 will not fit a GSLSE from 85 or a GS from 84 or an S from 78.

 

Ray, Ray, Ray... its Tender Blue Metallic. The pinnacle of rotary engineering: Tender Blue Metallic 1985 RX-7

 

I hate to pop your Bubbles Mike, but the color actually is V3 Baby Blue Metallic.

The original Japanese name for the color is:

赤ん坊(akanbou; Baby)

空色(sora-iro; Blue)

金属の (kinzoku; Metallic).

But when the American Mazda dealers imported the '85 FB's they butchered the translation.

So a lot of Americans refer to the color, incorrectly, as Tender Blue Metallic.

 

I always knew there was something not quite right about that car.

 

Yeah, the weirdest thing about that car is it has 250,000 miles on the original engine.

And Mike put some duel Webers on it a couple years ago, then takes it to the track all the time.

How much suffering can an FB take?

 

You are right, He really treats it like crap, Have you seen those awful seats he stuffed into it? The ultimate humiliation for a car that deserve better, I say.

So when you translate "Baby Blue Metallic" to the proper Alabama lingo it becomes " Baby Sh-- Blue". And that will henceforth become my name for the color for Mike's car.


Much easier to remember than that sissy sounding "Tender Heart Blue" color!!

 

Hey, at least we're not talking about his girlfriends.

Now those seats, I think they're actually quite rare.

I think he got them out of an '85 Chrysler mini-van.

 

While much of the rest of the non rotary world just refers to it as... light blue

 

You all know you secretly want one of these. BTW, in AL if you duct tape a hood scoop or whale tail on one of these, they are considered a sports car.

 

Mike, ignore those guys, they are just jelly of the color of your car. I know how to fix up those chips on the front of it tho: