Day 23 To re-cap – I am so glad that I put a heli-coil for the 8×1.25 mm because anything bigger would affect the gasket clearance in between the low and upper turbo manifold and the bolt hole clearance on the upper turbo manifold. You can see what I meanContinue Reading
Day 15 so – in my quest to be BOUSOZOKU Im going to paint all the aluminum parts with a glitter look. VHT cast aluminum, coated with glitter then sealed with VHT gloss coat – I heated the face of the test piece with a 900F heat gun and itContinue Reading
Day 13 – Greeaaattt Succeessssss !!!!!! So I read the Eagle One mag and wheel cleaner cleans aluminum well. I was praying that it would work and it did, so well that it also took the green coating off of the parts on the Throttle body assembly. I also gotContinue Reading
quick visual I had the AB-Flug GTM body kit on my rx7 back in 2000, I went to sevenstock 4 with it. (I think the rims were Volk GTN’s) I have 3 pics showing what the spoiler looks like in different angles. I will use the AB-Flug GT7 widebody kitContinue Reading
Day 12 – a complete disaster !!!! I found the green paint for my engine, cleaned up turbo exhaust shields. I made a mix of some cleaners and it turned the aluminum black Luckily I have a power washer and I was able to get most of it off, butContinue Reading
Day 9 I got my engine from Jamie – aka Battlecat – he painted it green and black well…this whole time I was trying to figure out how I could tie it into my theme, i finally had a vision. I will paint the black parts orange. Paying respect toContinue Reading
I ordered some used parts, I was lucky to get them. When they arrived – A steal on pricing turned into it was worth what I paid for. Still I saved a ton. HKS Twin Power – harness cover burned, cut it open and wires were fine inside. Maybe anContinue Reading
Research Day lots of research on the to do list 12v from battery to coil with relay – https://www.rx7club.com/…/coil-igniter-rewire-question…/ and https://www.rx7club.com/…/how-fds-ignition-system…/ (use relay diagram in fuel pump re-wire) solenoid upgrade – https://www.rx7club.com/…/custom-solenoid-rack-project…/ (try to find parts to replicate) solenoid rewire – https://www.rx7club.com/…/simplified-rats-nest-layout…/ (keep upgraded solenoids in stock location ifContinue Reading
Day 4 Took the uim, turbo, accessories, rats nest, alternator and starter harness and engine harness off the motor its ready to go to Mo at Palm Tree Rotary for parts. All parts on carts.Continue Reading
Day 3 I got the engine out and onto a dual furniture dolly set-up. Turn out its not easy to support the engine without it tipping over, hitting turbo stuff or the sneaky oil pan sensor. So I got one big furniture dolly and then flipped and smaller one upsideContinue Reading