That sucks, so sorry man.

 

Thanks, thanks. Yes, that's the plan to fix it. Do you have a poc for the front end ? thanks again

 

Back from the body shop

 

Looks great!

 

Thanks

 

A blast from the past

 

Those wheels never get out of sync!

 

Hey y’all, my name is Jacob I own a 1985 Mazda Rx7 GS with a streetported 12A I met some of y’all back in July at the Bridgemoto’s 7s day event. I found y’all’s thread old guys with 12As club. Just wanted to stop by and say hello thank you for letting me drive up the mountain with y’all got to see my first ever first Gen rx7s in person other than my own.




But here are some pictures that I found of us from that event.

 

I own the red Rx7 closest to the photo

 

Nice car Jacob! Where in North GA are you? I'm in Dawsonville/Jasper, shout if you ever need any help or parts

If you haven't already, check out DGRR coming up in April, it's a hoot, at least 100 rotaries will be brapping around Bryson City NC https://dealsgaprotaryrally.com/

 

More like 200 Brett! Good times for sure.

 

Thanks Brett I’m located in lumpkin/dawson as well and yes I just registered my car for DGRR and it will be my first time up there. And I may hit you up with anything like parts or questions.

 

200??? Hell... I might pop up just for a day... IDK.

 

That RX986 will be the highlight this year

 

Awesome, you'll love it, it's rotary overload.

Always happy to help a fellow rotor head, don't hesitate to shout!

 

Maybe, I saw this guy by the screen name Rad Potential who is also building a wannabe FD. That thing is pretty sweet too.

 

Rad potential is a life saver for me he was one of the original guys that got me into rx7s/ rotary’s and almost half the reason why my car runs and how much I know about rotarys I hope to meet him at DGRR this year

 

meh, an old RX8 with FD stuff doesn't touch that thing

 

OK, I might need some of y’all’s help. My gas tank has been leaking ever since I bought the car and I’m trying to fix up on a bunch of small stuff before. DGRR so I fixed the main leak which was actually on the tank so I close everything up filled it up with water for every 10 minutes to check for any leaks and I found one on the very bottom right of my fuel level sensor it was coming from underneath where the gasket was so I carefully took off all of the screws luckily mine were all in great condition and pulled the sensor up and I’m guessing its just the rubber gasket that has dry rotted now my only thing is can I get this gasket at a auto parts store or do I have to make my own? I don’t know if this gasket is a universal thing I can buy or is it vehicle specific because the sensor




level does work on my car

 

Atkins has it https://www.atkinsrotary.com/81-85-R...1-60-962A.html $8.00.

 

i would just get some gasket material and make one.

 

• I ended up making my own gasket. It worked no more leaks, so I sanded and grind it down the tank painted over and put some rust prevention on it and it’s back in the car doing great.

 

But one thing I would like to know is what alternator police set up. Do y’all use on your first gens i’m still running the stock OEM single sleeve alternator pulley and my belt has broke three times in the past two months months. Most recent time was yesterday. I was driving down in Atlanta with the car and the belt snapped and I was stranded on the side of the highway. They built that had snapped was only a month old. Anytime going like 80 it’s spinning so fast it snaps the belts so I was wondering can I run a dual belt set up or even a serpentine belt set up my car is only street ported I know it’ll take away. Some of my power adding more dragged to the engine, but I’d rather have that than these belt snap I have some photos of y’all‘s engine bases back at our seven day when I saw y’all‘s cars for the first time





See what I mean I need to upgrade the problem

This is what my setup looks like right now with the single belt

 

You can use just about any duel pulley you want on there. There was a time I was running a duel pulley from a Dodge 318 on my RX7.


Careful putting torque on that belt. Too tight of a belt will wear out your front main bearing in the front stationary gear.

 

The SA below is getting restored by Rad Potential and will be at DGRR this year.






We also have a FB that has a 12a that we are planning to bring.