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Well played. I suppose I'm just miffed for I see no love for the Mazda RX7. You just haven't lived until and unless you've blown up a Wankel rotary motor.
I really like the first gen RX7. I've never owned one though I dream of one someday.
I really like the first gen RX7. I've never owned one though I dream of one someday.
Looked cool, but all those cars were rust buckets (240/280/early rx7) and the 12A motor I believe was carbd? I had an 86, was an awesome car. Really anemic, but 8k redline and it had straight pipes from the motor back. It was unbelievably loud. The 13b motors were pretty cool. They did have an odd fuel pump cut off that was push-off, pull-on, and located in the glove box that made for some interesting times.
Well played. I suppose I'm just miffed for I see no love for the Mazda RX7. You just haven't lived until and unless you've blown up a Wankel rotary motor.
If I recall there were only 3 moving parts in the rx.. I purposely tried to blow up my 260, but failed due to vapor lock.
Rotary was a great design, but not really practical. The 13b is like equivalent to a 1.3 liter or something and makes next to nothing in TQ and for being so small also gets terrible gas mileage like a v8, plus the quirks of adding oil, letting it idle, etc. I loved mine, but their def different. A three rotor NA would be really cool in a third gen, but those cars are now very expensive.
I see your car is equipped with air con... must be nice to be all fancy like that...
I bought the car to turn it into a street/track car but its too nice to chop up so one day I do plan on building a legit track only car. It has 215K miles on it and is bone stock except for a 9 lb fly wheel and SS lines (run hawk HPS+ at the track) and an oil pan baffle ,i re-did the suspension with poly bushings and new kyb AGX struts. it has fadded paint but its bone stock and runs awesome.
It can turn fast laptimes with hoosier R7 takeoffs but its been a daily as my civic needs a clutch and a valve adjustment and some other things
I really like the first gen RX7. I've never owned one though I dream of one someday.
They really gave those small and relatively inexpensive imports like the 240z+ a run for their money. Even the precusor to the RX7's with the rotary engine was cool in a world dominated by Honda Civics.
The RX7 though was like the poor man's Porsche 928, which of course was the poor man's Porsche!
Painted a hole plug from Lowes for wiper delete. Spent at least $60 on a replacement airbrush since my old one was missing parts and other supplies trying to save some coin compared to Bumperplugs.com The plug I used was not very large but fit well. The scuff marks from the OEM wiper bushing are still visible but not that bad. Should have just bought the pre-painted plug.
OMG Bernard!!!! This is what I call a real project!!!! Bravo for your audacity!!! I spend hours looking at projet like that on youtube ;-)
That looks like a fun involved project. There is something relaxing about working on the older mechanical rigs where lots money actually gets you big boxes of parts and big impact can be had in a weekend. With the current two turbo builds going on right now my 62 Rover is just hanging out in one piece until I can start stripping it down for a restoration. Too many wars on too many fronts at the moment to open another
Painted a hole plug from Lowes for wiper delete. Spent at least $60 on a replacement airbrush since my old one was missing parts and other supplies trying to save some coin compared to Bumperplugs.com The plug I used was not very large but fit well. The scuff marks from the OEM wiper bushing are still visible but not that bad. Should have just bought the pre-painted plug.
All of my projects are like this. I want to do it myself, wind up spending more, making a mess of the garage and swearing I won't do it again. Then repeat a few months later...
All of my projects are like this. I want to do it myself, wind up spending more, making a mess of the garage and swearing I won't do it again. Then repeat a few months later...
It is what it is. I had hoped to use my old Airbrush but something broke. I've had it for 30 years. I do all my own work if possible but painted has never been my strong suit. The shifter trim and the ashtray delete I painted came out pretty good though.
Painted a hole plug from Lowes for wiper delete. Spent at least $60 on a replacement airbrush since my old one was missing parts and other supplies trying to save some coin compared to Bumperplugs.com The plug I used was not very large but fit well. The scuff marks from the OEM wiper bushing are still visible but not that bad. Should have just bought the pre-painted plug.
Too bad we are not neighbors for I'd ask to borrow that paint gun! I have long had my tow hook receptacle with hook installed since I used to use it to affix my license plate holder which I no longer need to do.
So I went to "bumperplugs" to price out a painted replacement since I've bought many times there over the years, and and UN-painted one won't help much aesthetically. I can get an unpainted one for like 30 bucks. Eric at Bumperplugs wants $199.00 for a 92 U silver painted plug.
That's ridiculous and the kind of stuff that really gets my goat now that I am budget conscious. Tow hook stays installed. For now, anyway.
That looks like a fun involved project. There is something relaxing about working on the older mechanical rigs where lots money actually gets you big boxes of parts and big impact can be had in a weekend. With the current two turbo builds going on right now my 62 Rover is just hanging out in one piece until I can start stripping it down for a restoration. Too many wars on too many fronts at the moment to open another
LOVE the LR! I had a 69 Defender ( I think that's what they called it then ) and loved it and at anything under 65 mph! the short one but with the same blue/white fascia. Those things restored now are bringing huge $$! Don't even want to think about what the new ones sell for!
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