Well, I never thought I would do it but after owning +30 Rotary powered rx7's I finally purchased a nearly complete fully track prepped LS1 FC... The car runs and drives very well and has more goodies than I can list but I will try and then ask some quesitons..

87 Turbo 2 in Artic Silver
NEW (not rebuilt) Gm Crate all aluminum LS1 (2 miles on the motor as of today)
NEW from the crate (not rebuilt) short gear ratio T56 Tremec Magnum 6 speed
Granny's Speed Shop LSX full install Kit including Radiator
MSD Atomic ECU, Tuner, Fuel rail, coils and Injector System
Holley Fuel Delivery/regulator
Summit 15 Gallon Fuel Cell
EBC Brake Pads and Rotors (slotted and dimpled)
Racing Beat swaybars, end links, bushings, toe eliminators
Stance 15 way Coilover system
Magnaflow Stainless Exhaust front to back
Hooker Cast Header manifolds
Trunnion Upgrade
Holley Alternator bracket
American Powertrain, Science Friction, Super Street, Stage 1, T-56 MAGNUM, Clutch kit
Magnum shifter, prepped with revolution receiver and stub
ISO-X Transmission Mount
Kirk Racing Full Cage (bolt in)
Procar Pro Sports 1790 Fixed Back Seats in Gray Velour on stock sliders
Wilwood Clutch Master
Optima Red top
TSW wheels with new Falken tires..

The car runs and drives, but needs some minor stuff to be where I need it to be. It was an unfinished build but came around at the right time for me... I was about to do an engine swap into my Miata when this thing reared its head.. The car has 88k on the chassis and is in good shape. The company that started the build was a little rough on the interior when they installed the cage and the transmission shifter.. but that is mainly cosmetic.

On my list to fix...

No guages at all, speedo, temp, tach all (except speedo) available via MSD handheld but I want guages.. Will probably need help with this..

Windshield has a good crack..

Fuel cell needs trim around opening (just raw cut now)

Padding the cage so I can drive it on the street

Major exterior clean, and interior decision making.. (not sure If I am going to keep it full interior or not..

Any tips, tricks or encouragement would be awesome..

 

Clean car man. Should be alot of fun esp after owning so many rotaries.

 

Thanks! Washed it up and put it to bed in the garage until saturday when I can really get to it..

 

You have gotten yourself a dream-maker! I'm fairly new to this stuff also, and got the little adopt brother to your car. I'm not pro (so please no bashing) but some downforce items may help & chassis stiffeners for sure. As for your interior- I would say keep if you plan on driving around town...it's a cheap & done sound deadener to exhaust drone in cab, which can drive ya nuts after a while. Good luck & have have some safe fun! Awesome Car

 

Looks like you have a good start there. I can see a few things you will need to tweak if you decide to make it a track car, but you have some great bones there.

You will want to box in the radiator for sure, and add an oil cooler setup for track use.

Gauges will be relatively easy, you can get a set of Marshall or Speedhut gauges in the factory cluster area, I just did that on my car. If the wiring is there you can use a factory gauge cluster, and put in an Integra speedometer and everything will function and look stock.

There are a few great FC track car builds over on norotors. Check it out over there it will fill in a lot of the blanks.

Is that the FC that they did the LS1 engine swap on the show Horsepower TV?

Here is my rough gauge setup mocked up in the dash

 

Wow! Nice Dash setup! I plan to box in the radiator for better flow and will take a look at an oil cooler setup. Thanks for the tips!

 

I saw you posted over on norotors too! Let me know if you have any questions.

 

@LargeOrangeFont I was thinking the same think about Horsepower TV. Pretty sweet though, glad to see this car is now on 7club

 

Is this the car from horsepower tv? The car and parts seem similar!

 

 

LS RX-7 | HorsePower | PowerBlockTV.com - Video

 

Looking forward to seeing how this one comes along.

 

Got a little bit of work done this weekend. Talked to the local SCCA officer and determined that I will be in XP next season with this car.
The carpet was beyond saving so I decided to remove it so I did that Saturday, installed a dipstick and then the hood wouldn't clear so I had to carefully bend it down slightly

Installed the air filter, and began fabricating the shroud for the radiator to rad support.

Started working on the seat mounts as they were only bolted on one side and in order to simplify things I have decided to just redrill holes in the floor and add support plates.

I also installed the willwood clutch master cyl only to have to pull it back out because the actuating rod was too long and I have to cut it to make this work..

Feels good working on an rx again it's been over a year...