Mazda RX7 FD3S (Rex)

[RX7]

Great stuff.....another wankel lives.......
Be prepared for some more piss taking though chaps.....

Its deserved but its me it should be directed at

Dom started doing wheezing impressions most of the evening since that and we both couldn't help but chuckle.

Just didnt think as I had that masking tape on to protect the turbo and left it on whilst I was doing stuff in the engine bay then put the cone filter on to see what it looked like and never took it off.

Ah well you live and learn !!

[Stuart]

The tape!? bellend!!!!!!!!

Well done mate. Chuffed for you buddy, well done. Such a small oversight is nothing compared to all of your hard work and patience. Many people would have given up in your position and either sacked the project or paid a pro to sort it.

Fair play for seeing it through to the end

[RX7]

Slowly getting there, took it for a whizz round our road yesterday and after sorting the tyre pressures and the power steering fluid and the idle which is now running ok.

After finding the voltage from the alternator was running at 19v I swapped it out for a replacement one.

Big thanks to Gary as always for impact gunning the old pulley off and fitting the new one. Plus some kind words from Ben who popped by and helped give me more inspiration to get this project out from the confines of my garage and onto the road !!

Will fire it up tomorrow to make sure all is ok.
Hurrah project starting to live again !!

[Ben]

Dude, it's really come together, you'd done an awesome job (and considering what you've been through in recent months- a damn impressive job).

[RX7]

Well after the car developed a coolant hose problem and putting it off over xmas I finally did something about it. The coolant line that came with my turbo kit was a braided hose and a really really really really tight fit (it was really tight!) onto the engine block but the turbo connector end had failed. After cutting my hands and swearing lots and cutting my hands a bit more I decided the hose I bought (that was the same size as the one on there) wasn't going to work. A quick post on FDUK sorted me out and off to Pirtek to sort me out a nice 10mm silicon hose, this was a high temp / pressure hose (triple stitched also) which went on a treat. I forgot to take a pic though

Then tonight I set about fitting the Driftworks power steering cooler I bought last year. This wasn't too bad, hardest part was bending the clamps......dont point and laugh at my hammering it to bend action.....it has worked. Next year and in the next house I want a vice !
Decided to mount it behind the intercooler after finding it would block the vmount so should do the trick.
Pic...


Next steps are to remove a load of the old fuel that has been in the car since November and charge the battery and fire it up again. Then change the clocks (I said clocks!) for some I got from 'overnight parts from Japan' and fix the electric gauge flicking on and off (bad connection or earth somewhere).

Got an R33 Skyline pump to drop in at some point and get the car ready for mapping again. I am trying to arrange all this whilst organising a house move and planning a wedding and my fiancees 30th birthday plus another surprise I will reveal later (no not a baby !).

[Stuart]

Nice work Gareth I'm continually impressed with the way that you get stuck in with tasks bearing in mind that you're pretty much self taught and learning from forums, Youtube, cock-ups etc (I tried a similar learning curve and sacked it off years ago as you know). Glad you're still moving this forwards to, as I know you have so many things going on at the moment............I suppose the Rex presents both a welcome distraction and PITA too! Is your work open ended in terms of time scale or are you set on getting it ready by Easter for example?

[Ben]

R33 pump?, I've got a minty R32 pump sat here - are they useable by RX drivers?

[Gedge]

Well done mate. Myself and dom have set an arbitory date of the end of march to get our cars back on the road ans track days booked up. Be great if we had the 3 of us for a snett runout!!

[john B]

Well done mate. Myself and dom have set an arbitory date of the end of march to get our cars back on the road ans track days booked up. Be great if we had the 3 of us for a snett runout!!

Only 3 ? Charming I guess I don't count anymore then !

[Stuart]

Charming I guess I don't count anymore then !

Only because your's works