Xander_42 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Alright, here is my new RX-7. I just got it back on the road. It used to belong to a friend of mine. But he wrecked it and was going to scrap it, but I convinced him to sell it to me. So I stripped off the damage, found new parts, welded the new rocker and, put it back together, and now I'm dailying it so I can get the 510 back into storage until I have the money, time, and means to treat it right. So far, I'm super impressed with this car (except the mileage). I'm a little lacking on pictures because most of the pictures taken during the rebuild were on my friends camera. I will add these when I get them. Here's some pics my friend took when he first got new wheels: Here's a couple from today: Alright, took some more pics today: You can see my custom orange ARB in this oic, good 'ol Chevy orange on a stock part. Alright. Engine Pics, she's bone stock right now except having the AC removed: The only mod I've done so far, an FC fuse box, to get rid of the damn fusible links: Interior, clean and complete, just need to figure out how to make the 81 door work with the 85 door card (I'm probably gonna throw a chunk of bagging film down and secure it with chromate tape under the door card., that looks quite similar to what they did in Hiroshima): Next to the 510: It's reflection in the 510 (clearly showcasing the orange peel that we got on the last layer of clearcoat, which sucks because the first two were glassy smooth): Also, here's a CAD model I'm slowly working on of the car. Ideally I'll be able to design some cool new stuff for the car, but it will probably never get that detailed. We'll see. Also, for the record, that air dam was something I modeled in approximately 10 seconds. 1 Quote Link to comment
Xander_42 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Reserved for rebuild pics. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Sweet!! I love the FB RX7. Awaiting more pics... Quote Link to comment
sinner720st Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 that car looks great with the konig's... i think it needs to be a lot moar lower though Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Very nice man and clean :) Those Handle GREAT !!! ! I had a Red 81 ,,, can't believe the higher RPM's the more "silent" it was :lol: :cool: ,,, be good to that motor ! Quote Link to comment
Xander_42 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Sweet!! I love the FB RX7. Awaiting more pics... Moar oics on the way. that car looks great with the konig's... i think it needs to be a lot moar lower though I love the Konigs on it too. I know, it needs to be moar lowar! That's probably going to be the first area I attack after I get her straight and solid again. Very nice man and clean :) Those Handle GREAT !!! ! I had a Red 81 ,,, can't believe the higher RPM's the more "silent" it was :lol: :cool: ,,, be good to that motor ! I love the way it handles. They apparently have some issues with lowering and the geometry of the solid axle. Also the steering is even dodgier than that on my 510 (saying something), but good god, does it hold the road well. I took it down Chuckanut Drive today, the whole time, the car just wanted to go faster and faster, I had to fight the car to keep the speed down. I'm treating the motor right, always let it warm up for a little bit, and drive it easy until it's actually warm. It's got great oil in it, and a good filter. I totally forgot to mention in the first post, it's an 85 GSL-SE. She's got 150k on the clock, but she runs great, and feels super solid, except for the aforementioned sloppy steering. Quote Link to comment
Xander_42 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Also, I had been planning to stencil a made up hot rod shop logo on the door until I painted it for real, but one of my friends suggested doing a rising sun on the door and fender. How do those options sound to people? Also, I've been wanting to express my frustration with RX7club. It's a great site, and a great resource with really knowledgeable people. But the lack of oics drives me crazy, so: AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Why don't people post more pics in threads on RX7 club?!?!?! </rant> God I love Ratsun. Quote Link to comment
Xander_42 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Moved to first post. Quote Link to comment
Blitz Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 lol rx7club. since its a gsl-se it is efi or was it retro'd to carb? Also, I had customers come in with over 200k on the clock, the highest I've seen was a 1st gen, original owner with 280k!!! But it was a 71 so it had a 12A which you can't get parts for anymore. Quote Link to comment
Xander_42 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 lol rx7club. since its a gsl-se it is efi or was it retro'd to carb? Also, I had customers come in with over 200k on the clock, the highest I've seen was a 1st gen, original owner with 280k!!! But it was a 71 so it had a 12A which you can't get parts for anymore. Ooh, I need engine pics. Clearly. Will post those in a few minutes. It's still efi. I really like carbs, but I also really like fuel injection. Given that the 510 is carb'd this will probably stay efi and when I start making power, I'll prob go to a proper engine management system. Rotaries get a bad rep for being unreliable, but they can be reliable if you treat 'em right, now if you start throwing crazy boost at them, or knocking, shit brakes real quick, otherwise they're pretty fine. 280k on the clock! That's amazing! Quote Link to comment
greybeard Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nice. I like the first gen RX-7, I had an 85 with a Turbo2 swap. I still have some stuff laying around, PM if your interested. Quote Link to comment
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