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...so I'll be throwing up a few token-gesture photos over the course of the next day or two to give clues as to what a few local members & I will be picking up tomorrow & working on over the weekend! :D :sxoc:
Some of you know already as I've told you outright but don't spoil it for the rest! ;)
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=71308&stc=1&d=1296161932
Thats one freaky looking weekend...
But whatever you're into, I'm not one to judge :D
Hmmm what on earth are the biscuit for? :wack:
BreadBin
27-01-2011, 21:42
Hmmm what on earth are the biscuit for? :wack:
Bait :nod:
ToddS14A
27-01-2011, 21:42
Hmmm what on earth are the biscuit for? :wack:
soggy biscuit?
rear entry watersport?
:wack:
Mmmm what uses Alot of silicone hosing.he
On another note stop being tight and get some proper oil ;-)
/\ you beat me to it about the oil!!
Oh I got it...your after winning a weekend away with larry Murphy in the Wicklow mountains and I'm guessing he is bringing the shovel and gag.
The biscuits are for the mechanical slave monkeys jp will be using over the weekend.
Another photo clue please!
The biscuits are for the mechanical slave monkeys jp will be using over the weekend.
Sounds like slave labor to me alright
It's obviously an RX7. Nothing else on the planet could possibly use that much silicone tubing, not even a Supra.....
Edit - That expains the biscuits aswell. Everyone knows that the best way to seal up worn rotor tips is to use choc-chip cookies :rolleyes: .
Yeah you could be right Jp isnt man enough to handle pistons lol
S13 - slag spec for driving to death at mondello or similar?
boynexdoor
28-01-2011, 20:15
all the containers are empty and your off on a fuel syphoning weekend around the dark local carparks lol :D
oh and the biscuits are to shut the little yapping dogs up that grannys have left in their car while they go shopping :)
are you building a s13 speedboat and going fishing for micra's?
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=71333&stc=1&d=1296272363
Best of luck today........
CillianS14a
29-01-2011, 14:57
JP dont take up photography anytime soon:wack: Are those tail lights of a silver FD??
Engine is still in. Getting there tho. Photo library being taken.
does look like an fd rear alright!?
ffs, would you just say what your up to rather then all this guessing shite :p
ffs, would you just say what your up to rather then all this guessing shite :p
It's the larry Murphy survival weekend where only real men don't scream but everyone squeals like a pig lol
They are fitting an engine to a rx I can't see that oil lasting long tho or the engine that stuff is like water
Best of luck today........
Cheers dude! We had a little trouble picking it up but all went well in the end. :)
It's obviously an RX7. Nothing else on the planet could possibly use that much silicone tubing, not even a Supra.....
JP dont take up photography anytime soon:wack: Are those tail lights of a silver FD??
Ridiculously accurate guesses folks! :D More pics & progress to follow. :)
Good day all out.
Slow progress but doing it all right... Towing with the A-frame was really interesting. Those engine weigh nothing too.
Food was quality!
Cheers dude! We had a little trouble picking it up but all went well in the end. :)
You just needed a awesome tow mobile :P
Good work!
Well done all.
Now make with the pics......
i'm lost.what the hell happened?
With Petrol prices soaring, JP thought it'd be a good idea to buy a silly car.
With Petrol prices soaring, JP thought it'd be a good idea to buy a silly car.
JP made the best decision ever and bought an RX7, and has put a new engine in it.
its a nice looking car :)
Can't believe you bought an mx5
Joematose
31-01-2011, 10:59
JP !!
quit being :ghey: and put up some damn pics !!! :smash:
JP !!
quit being :ghey: and put up some damn pics !!! :smash:
If he doesn't I will!
He has till 13:30 today before I do it!
Cookie fueled dogging sessions?
Smoothound
31-01-2011, 12:14
Mmmm what uses Alot of silicone hosing.he
On another note stop being tight and get some proper oil ;-)
I'm guessing it's rebuild oil. Fill, run in, dump, repeat. Replace with good stuff.
If he doesn't I will!
He has till 13:30 today before I do it!
Ok pics please jp obviously doesn't care! Pics!
Ok pics please jp obviously doesn't care! Pics!
You heard the man:nod:, Matt :whip:
I'm not sure if many were taken during the morning/day/night/morning .... :wack:
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CillianS14a
31-01-2011, 14:12
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Why is Eoin practising his break dancing while ye are working on the car:wack:
JP's music was to bangin for him not to dance!
He hadn't even played scooter at that stage !
my god. a full engine swap in 1min 18. Thtas impressive :)
We were working to the beat of the music !
what engine conversion did ye do?
It wasn't a conversion, it was like for like 13b for 13b
ah right. so was like a nice shell dud engine and put in a nice working engine
Trial_S15
31-01-2011, 18:07
Great pics & vid Matthew :thumbs: my stick my head in the bay at 60 second intervals worked a treat :D
my god. a full engine swap in 1min 18. Thtas impressive :)
2 slabs of monster drink FTMFW :sxoc:
nice recaro kitchen roll colm lol
do you do a bit of boxing?just use it to let off a bit of steam?
With Petrol prices soaring, JP thought it'd be a good idea to buy a silly car.
Lol! :D Pretty-much sums it up really doesn't it?! :wack:
do you do a bit of boxing?just use it to let off a bit of steam?
There was plenty of that towards 5am on Sunday morning... :horse: ...got the engine in though so all the hard bits are done. :thumbs:
And now for those pics I promised: First-off, the bits...
Diff & gearbox oil:
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OEM fuel filter (black thing in the middle), 3 OEM oil filters (for future use), Magnacore Leads (just in case the ones that came with either engine weren't in good nick), 4x BUR9EQ spark plugs:
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An uber-magnetic sump-plug & a set of "The Black Hole" oil filter magnets for making sure any nasty metal filings stay well & truly out of the oil system. :thumbs:
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The oil filter magnets in operation
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You know the way they always say "never buy a car at night"? Well...
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...or an engine! :wack:
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On the way! (Non-blurry edition)
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Tucked in for the night
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Some well-deserved & tasty-as brownies from the Sandyford Friday Market!!!
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And it starts...
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Out with the fluids
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Ready to leave the engine-bay
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Not much of a gap, eh?!
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*Insert Engine Here*
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Brand new clutch wear-plate
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Brand new clutch pressure-plate - shame the flywheel was a little warped but the incoming one was spot-on ;)
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Outgoing engine:
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Hmmm, spot anything wrong here..?
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Two different types of inlet manifold..?
Outgoing:
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Incoming:
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the garage... Rats Nest Fun!!!
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Finished & reassembled:
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Ready to go in:
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How she was at 5am on Sunday morning when we decided to call it a very very long day!
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A massive thanks to the following peeps (in no particular order) who came down to help out: I really really appreciate everything you all put in from the time & effort to come down & turn a few spanners, to random advice, to guidance, cooking, picking things up at the last minute, and everything else that made the whole weekend happen! :sxoc:
Susan
Colm
Trial_S15
MatthewOBrn
FD3oin
Darren (Colm's mate)
Also an extra special thanks to Colm for letting us take over his garage (& living-room!) for a lot longer than I think any of us had expected! :wack: You're an absolute legend dude! :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy
Any time dude. It was a gas day and a half!
fair play to all involved, sounds like it was a fun weekend :D
so whats happenin to the mini?
Trial_S15
01-02-2011, 13:07
so whats happenin to the mini?
He's rebuilding the old 13b & fitting it to the mini :D & if he doesn't he is just :ghey:
RWD Rotary mini FTMFW :sxoc:
Edit:
Payback is a biatch :wack:
Joematose
01-02-2011, 17:50
Great work there lads :clap:
I always knew you were fond of a ****el JP :wack:
Best of luck with it :thumbs:
so whats happenin to the mini?
It spontaneously exploded when it found out it was gonna have to live up to the RX7. Feeling cheated by it's owner... We think it committed suicide!!!
Either way JP turned up in a clio and I didn't see the mini all weekend. :wack:
It spontaneously exploded
Really, again :eek:
That says alot for the clio to have lasted this long :nod:
Maybe he should stick with that :p
nice recaro kitchen roll colm lol
do you do a bit of boxing?just use it to let off a bit of steam?
lol its one specially designed for those brown trouser moments ;)
Just use the punch bag to vent some of the 180 ownership frustration, it gets lots of use.
A massive thanks to the following peeps (in no particular order) who came down to help out: I really really appreciate everything you all put in from the time & effort to come down & turn a few spanners, to random advice, to guidance, cooking, picking things up at the last minute, and everything else that made the whole weekend happen!
Susan
Colm
Trial_S15
MatthewOBrn
FD3oin
Colm's mate (Gav? )
Also an extra special thanks to Colm for letting us take over his garage (& living-room!) for a lot longer than I think any of us had expected! You're an absolute legend dude!
No worries dude :) it was funny watching you fall asleep while you were standing mid sentance by the end of the day. Pass on my thanks to Susan for all the grub.
That was Darren that poped over for a while, hes been back over again tonight giving me a hand finishing it off. Hes a member on here, just doesnt post very often
so whats happenin to the mini?
It's running very well at the moment thanking you! :thumbs:
Great work there lads :clap:
I always knew you were fond of a ****el JP :wack:
Best of luck with it :thumbs:
Cheers buddy! And yes I am, it should be some fun & sound awesome when she's done! :D
He's rebuilding the old 13b & fitting it to the mini :D & if he doesn't he is just :ghey:
RWD Rotary mini FTMFW :sxoc:
Actually the spare 13B's being donated to a good cause... and not mine either so :p! :D
Speaking of Minis, when are you buying that spare JCW supercharger off me for your next project-car by the way Colin....? :p
Really, again :eek:
:p Screw you hippie & the horse you rode in on! :horse:
No worries dude :) it was funny watching you fall asleep while you were standing mid sentance by the end of the day. Pass on my thanks to Susan for all the grub.
That was Darren that poped over for a while, hes been back over again tonight giving me a hand finishing it off. Hes a member on here, just doesnt post very often
Lol! Yeah, faded faster than Joematose after 3 drinks as soon as we were in the warmth of a house again! :o I'll pass that on now buddy & extend my thanks to Darren too will you please? :)
Trial_S15
02-02-2011, 13:20
Speaking of Minis, when are you buying that spare JCW supercharger off me for your next project-car by the way Colin....? :p
:Plug: :facepalm:
My plan may need to be forgotten / cancelled for the time being :( I'm seriously itching to get back in an S-body and I may have the means to be back in one sooner if I settle for a DET ;)
Oh & no problem on the helping out BTW, anytime, & you can thank Susan from me as well - that Lasagne was GORGEOUS :notworthy
Sweet! You can help us put Eoins back in when he finally gets it rebuilt so, we havent a clue now since it came out so long ago
As long as the poxy rats nest is already done...
As long as the poxy rats nest is already done...
He got some HKS box thing that replaces it all :clap:
Where are the pics JP?
I demand PICS!!!
Fairplay lads, what plans have you for it JP.
Yea JP where are the pics??? Oh and if your on MSN soon give me a shout we have some ideas totalk about :) Looks like my new project will be starting very soon :) Hope the car goes well for you dude :wave:
I think he's ignoring us :P
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Maybe not.
He's probably too busy enjoying his first wa*kel to notice us !
I think he's ignoring us :P
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Maybe not.
How very observant of you..! ;) No, I haven't been ignoring ye, just had a pretty heavy week - that aside here're the pics you demand & an update to go with them from last weekend! :D
Thanks to Colm's fantastic generosity of time, blood, sweat, & cursing (the punchbag got a workout since the previous weekend, I could tell!) the rest of the reassembly was done by the time myself & Eoin arrived down last Saturday to turn her over & change some fluids. Thanks a million Colm!! :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy
So we turned it over a few times & it did the usual of smouldering some smoke off the exhaust etc as she heated up; turned it off, checked fluids, restarted - repeated 2 or 3 times then eventually I moved her outside so she wasn't killing us with exhaust fumes inside the garage! :wack:
Onto some of the more daily concerns that needed to be addressed before she could see the road, for example the wipers:
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A significant improvement (some of the blades were about to come apart & start scratching the windscreen I noticed) so now at least with the heavens about to open up that evening I'd be able to see when heading home. :thumbs:
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Next was the gearbox & diff oil... So, gearbox oil out...
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Looks like it was WELL-overdue a change:
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...and then came the issue of refilling the gearbox with oil seeing as there was no spout-like or pump-like devices to put it into the side of the box... So Eoin suggested it was probably like an SR box in that you just whip out the shifter & in it goes:
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Making sure not to drench the interior in oil that smells like cat-wee (although to be fair this stuff wasn't as bad as the Silkolene I used in the 200)
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And the end-result (as my hands were too busy/filthy to hold the camera) was this:
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So no, you CAN'T fill the FD gearbox up with oil from the top through the shifter! :p Eventually Eoin came up with the far more sensible idea of just filling the gearbox back up though the side but with a funnel+hose system from the top of the car - random 2L Fanta bottles FTW!!!
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Now seeing as I'm fond of braking, we decided to completely replace the brake fluid in the car as it looked like it'd been there the life of the car:
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And in with some proper stuff! :thumbs: (Being careful not to spill any over the paintwork etc) :ken:
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And finally some copper-grease on the hub-section of the wheels we felt was needed as we needed a large mallet to get them off - felt like they'd been welded in-place!
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So after a half-hour's sitting warming up, the idle smoothed out: initially it was missing every-so-often so I was wondering what was up with that but it seemed to smooth out after about 10mins of just running. To give some background info, the engine'd been sitting up for the bones of 18 months in a garage & condensation as well as goodness-knows what else might've been causing it but the missing's gone since & it's running smoothly now so happy-days! :D
I took it for a wee drive up & down the driveway then to make sure the fluids are all circulating & nothing's overheating, the fans had been coming on/off as they should, the standard guages were all working properly & giving good readings so I was happy-out there too as allegedly the sensors tend to be damaged/broken in a lot of cars..? Anyway, all's good with mine! :thumbs:
So here are some photos of the completed car as she stood before we headed out on her first proper test-run:
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All the necessary/spare fluids in the back for the trip home. ;)
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And here is where she'll be spending a lot of her life so I'm told! :wack:
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I nearly died when I saw the meter wasn't stopping... :eek:
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And the final bill...
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The most expensive tank of fuel I've ever paid-for! :wack: Let's hope it lasts a while..! :smash:
The drive home was smoooooooth & uneventful - I decided it'd be prudent to take it nice & handy going home & not put the car & engine under too much pressure seeing as neither had done much mileage in a while; all's going well so-far & the battery (despite being dead since November pretty-much is holding a charge nicely. :thumbs:
There's a good few niggly things left to do but I'll stick up a list later.
:notworthy looking good dude. Some nice work going on and fair play to all that where involved.
always wanted one there a beautiful looking car. hope all goes well with it dude and hopefully get to see it at one of the meets soon. :thumbs:
I hope you've your car taxed this month so..! ;)
I hope you've your car taxed this month so..! ;)
hahaha ye got it last week so all is sort of good lol. oh ye get them rpf1's on there will ye. :D
Very nice dude. Looks like a sweet car. Looks like you and Colm did a realy good job :notworthy
Trial_S15
12-02-2011, 10:43
Great to hear that she's on the road :thumbs:
hahaha ye got it last week so all is sort of good lol. oh ye get them rpf1's on there will ye. :D
x2 :whip:
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I do believe I know this place! You where in town!? Should have called!
Well ware and keep her between the ditches!
That was taken around 3am dude.
Oh yeah, forgot to add in this one last random photo of the mileage I picked her up on: an easy one to remember for calculating service intervals. :thumbs:
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hahaha ye got it last week so all is sort of good lol. oh ye get them rpf1's on there will ye. :D
Good stuff dude! :thumbs: As for the Enkei's, they won't be going on: I like the nice compliant ride she has on the 16s & I'd need coilovers to have it sit properly on 18s.
Very nice dude. Looks like a sweet car. Looks like you and Colm did a realy good job :notworthy
...and the rest of the crew (;)) with a special mention for Eoin who picked me up & drove me down a second weekend running to finish her off! :notworthy It was a case of "ahh it'll be done by dinnertime & I'll drive her home after we pick up a bite to eat" which turned into a "Feck me it's 2am!! :eek: Let's get the heck out of Colm's shed & go home before we fall asleep at the wheel on the drive home!" :smash:
She's running well at the moment, not chancing driving her in any way hard for the moment until she's got a PFC in her - I've been told those old ECUs don't have a great facility for knock retardation & I don't fancy tempting fate. ;)
Soooooo, onto the fun list of niggles to sort in a most-likely-to-complete order:
- Investigate possibility of Jap radio being converted to receive Irish radio stations
- Complete RF111 "Change of Particulars" form, get it stamped & signed
- Bring RF111 & "off-the-road tax form" & possibly Logbook to Tax Office & get her taxed etc.
- Buy another 5L bottle of coolant
- Flush coolant system & refill
- Change diff oil
- Change fuel filter (these are a PITA to get to in an FD, positioned directly above the diff! Seriously, WTF were Mazda thinking??! :annoyed:)
- Correct steering-wheel position (it's off-centre due to removal of steering knuckle)
- Remove irritatingly dark rear window tint
- Procure a PFC (It's only for making sure the car runs ok on Irish fuel... :rolleyes:)
- Install & map PFC
- Fix rear window seal
- Get the whole car valeted top to bottom
- Errrmm, dip for oil & refuel regularly?? :wack:
Looking good dude:thumbs:
I now how a nice collection of 3 fd`s and an RX2:D
Wow, nice work! Fair play to all! :)
Wow, nice work! Fair play to all! :)
Im jelous, lovely car JP :thumbs:
Bump the fuel filter up the list, you dont want it going bang like mine very nearly did. :)
a special mention for Eoin
Yay I'm special :wack:
:thumbs:
Yay I'm special :wack:
:thumbs:
Yes you are:thumbs:
- Investigate possibility of Jap radio being converted to receive Irish radio stations
- Complete RF111 "Change of Particulars" form, get it stamped & signed
- Bring RF111 & "off-the-road tax form" & possibly Logbook to Tax Office & get her taxed etc.
- Buy another 5L bottle of coolant
- Flush coolant system & refill
- Change diff oil
- Change fuel filter (these are a PITA to get to in an FD, positioned directly above the diff! Seriously, WTF were Mazda thinking??! :annoyed:)
- Correct steering-wheel position (it's off-centre due to removal of steering knuckle)
- Remove irritatingly dark rear window tint
- Procure a PFC (It's only for making sure the car runs ok on Irish fuel... :rolleyes:)
- Install & map PFC
- Fix rear window seal
- Get the whole car valeted top to bottom
- Errrmm, dip for oil & refuel regularly?? :wack:
- GIVE ROCHEY A LOAN OF IT
Fixed that for you chief :wave::wave::wave:
- Investigate possibility of Jap radio being converted to receive Irish radio stations
:
All you need to get is a Band expander. Cheap enough aswell:nod:
like this one. http://cgi.ebay.ie/Universal-FM-Band-Expander-12MHz-Aerial-Adaptor-/270643353591?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Terminals_C abling_ET&hash=item3f0399d7f7
RayTsang
15-02-2011, 22:47
needs some wheels :)
All you need to get is a Band expander. Cheap enough aswell:nod:
like this one. http://cgi.ebay.ie/Universal-FM-Band-Expander-12MHz-Aerial-Adaptor-/270643353591?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Terminals_C abling_ET&hash=item3f0399d7f7
Get an irish radio!!! other wise your frequencies will be all funny....
needs some wheels :)
needs lowering :p
gofaster_s13
16-02-2011, 10:06
Seen this last night, clean car, could do with lowering, more noise(exhaust), v-mount, big single and bridge porting :D
Trial_S15
16-02-2011, 13:57
I've a Sony MEX-1GP head unit at home that you could have? It has audio input port (iPod etc), inbuilt amp & 1GB flashdrive built into it but it's a U.S. model so only reads odd frequencies (98.1, 98.3, 98.5 etc) and no band expander can be got for it :wack:
Oh &
Good stuff dude! :thumbs: As for the Enkei's, they won't be going on: I like the nice compliant ride she has on the 16s & I'd need coilovers to have it sit properly on 18s.
:ghey: you have a daily for when you want a "compliant ride" :ken: Man up and throw them on :whip:
gofaster_s13
16-02-2011, 14:21
I can get the radio band expanders here for €35, they'll tune in the irish stations but your radio screen display wont display the correct frequency ie today fm which is 100.9 here will disolay on the radio as 82.3 or something similar.
good work jp, cant wait to see her. What plans ya got for her????????
RayTsang
16-02-2011, 17:38
Knowing JP he would want a cassette tape player.
Looking good dude:thumbs:
I now how a nice collection of 3 fd`s and an RX2:D
Now if you'd said RX3 I'd be horribly HORRIBLY envious but the RX2s are also a lovely car! Any pics?? What's the 3rd FD about by the way?
Im jelous, lovely car JP :thumbs:
Bump the fuel filter up the list, you dont want it going bang like mine very nearly did. :)
Cheers James! :) The fuel filter's getting changed on Sunday before it gets mapped. :thumbs:
needs some wheels :)
Errr, OEM FTW..?? :o
Get an irish radio!!! other wise your frequencies will be all funny...
Meh, don't mind as it's not exactly going to be a daily - as soon as I'm arsed cracking out my old MD collection sure that'll probably be the music sorted for a long time! :D
needs lowering :p
Your face needs lowering! :p
Seen this last night, clean car, could do with lowering, more noise(exhaust), v-mount, big single and bridge porting :D
If I was going to that extent I'd do it properly & get it peri-ported! :p Awwww yeaaahhhh.... *Brap brap brap brap brap BRRAAAAAAAAAAAAPPP* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8JvfJFBcLw) :smitten:
:ghey: you have a daily for when you want a "compliant ride" :ken: Man up and throw them on :whip:
Actually, the Rex is more comfy on the road than the Mini!! :wack: The Rex has got 225/50/16s VS the Mini's 215/35/18s! :smash:
I can get the radio band expanders here for €35, they'll tune in the irish stations but your radio screen display wont display the correct frequency ie today fm which is 100.9 here will disolay on the radio as 82.3 or something similar.
Cheers Dave, getting sorted with one for €10/12 or so which I'll hopefully be fitting on Sunday too. :)
Updated list:
- Complete RF111 "Change of Particulars" form, get it stamped & signed - DONE!
- Break out my MD collection - Friday probably
- Procure a PFC - Getting sorted Saturday
- Figure out where the pesky water leak is - Getting sorted Sunday
- Solve intermittent high-idle issue (I have a feeling it's connected to the water leak)
- Change diff oil - Getting sorted Sunday
- Change fuel filter - Getting sorted Sunday
- Install & map PFC - Getting sorted Sunday
- Remove irritatingly dark rear window tint - Getting sorted Sunday
- Install Band Expander to receive Irish radio stations - Getting sorted Sunday
- Buy another 5L bottle of coolant
- Flush coolant system & refill
- Correct steering-wheel position (it's off-centre due to removal of steering knuckle)
- Fix rear window seal
- Bring RF111 & "off-the-road tax form" & possibly Logbook to Tax Office & get her taxed etc. - Awaiting pesky logbook... :whip:
- Get the whole car valeted top to bottom
- Convincingly Photoshop a picture of my reg-plate onto a pic of a written-off silver FD & show it to Rochey saying "I walked away without a scratch thankfully!" :wack:
gofaster_s13
17-02-2011, 08:53
Cheers Dave, getting sorted with one for €10/12 or so which I'll hopefully be fitting on Sunday too. :)
No bother, make sure its a good one, some of the cheaper ones cause a whine that increases in pitch as engine revs rise:down:
So last Sunday was spent doing a few small bits to the Rex to tick a few things that need doing off the list - first was install a band expander in the radio; it's a simple wee device that goes between the ariel lead going into the radio & the radio itself:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/BandExpander02Medium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/BandExpander03Medium.jpg
I love the Mazda radio loom: it even has an english translation of what each lead is as well as spare sockets for extra bits to be added just like this. :thumbs:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/BandExpander04Medium.jpg
Next was changing the diff oil finally as we didn't have time or tools to do it the last day; out comes the top sump plug to pour the new fluid in (not much point in opening the bottom one to discover the top one won't open to fill it back up! :wack:)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Diffoilchange01Medium.jpg
Dropping the oil...
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Diffoilchange02Medium.jpg
OEM magnetic diff sump plug:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Diffoilchange04Medium.jpg
It was more like a very small amount of metal 'paste' than filings that were stuck to it after 80,000 Km so I figure that can only be a good indication of use/wear. :)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Diffoilchange05Medium.jpg
The diff oil 'insertion' tool! :D
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Diffoilchange08Medium.jpg
Done & dusted.
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Diffoilchange09Medium.jpg
I also needed to get the coolant system pressure-tested as the water's been slowly leaking somewhere but I wasn't able to find it because it was such a small amount. :annoyed:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Fillerneck01Medium.jpg
So I noticed that there was a little too much residue being left on the filler neck (I couldn't be that clumsy..! :smash:) soooo...
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Fillerneck02Medium.jpg
One wee test later...
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Fillerneckleak01Medium.jpg
Result:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Fillerneckleak02Medium.jpg
Old filler cap with the rubber looking old & inflexible VS new cap:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Topcap02Medium.jpg
Pressure-testing the system:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PressuretestMedium.jpg
2 ever-so-tiny leaks:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Leak1Medium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Leak2Medium.jpg
After the system wasn't able to hold 1.3bar of pressure for more than a short while & weren't able to find any more leaks an idea occurred to Stiv, so he left the filler-neck cap off & started the car. Under normal circumstances the coolant will just sit there vibrating away until the heat causes it to expand and overflow; unfortunately this happened instead after a few seconds:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Fillerneck03Medium.jpg
:( Bubbles appeared in the coolant so I can only draw the conclusion that the water seals are beginning to fail (equivalent of a head-gasket) so that's an engine-out & separation task to look forward to. I could just use Novastop or some funky copper-fibreglass solution to see if the leak will seal itself but I'm not sure I want to chance it in-case it doesn't fix it & bungs up something else or just causes hassle when the inevitable separation of the engine happens. :smash: It might last for a while but if I'm engaging in any spirited driving at all then I need to have confidence that the engine's going to hold up to it - a Radweld-style fix won't really cut the mustard. :no:
So lastly I decided to remove the rear window tint as I like to be able to see out through the back window at night & this was obstructing to the point of annoyance:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Tintoff01Medium.jpg
It actually came off pretty easily without leaving masses of glue stuck to the window as expected; I just took it slowly but surely & tried not to rip it as it was coming off & took the whole job-lot off in one piece:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Tintoff02Medium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Tintoff03Medium.jpg
So for now I'm going to have a look at a few parts that I can order before having the engine rebuilt; a soft-seal kit is the necessary one for now & I'll see if anything else is needed once the engine's apart. Side seals & apex seals (equivalent of piston rings) are a maybe in my head at the moment as a future-proofing measure.
fair play to you jp doing all this work yourself,are you going to have at doing the rebuild aswell.why not use the old block and rebuild that?
After the system wasn't able to hold 1.3bar of pressure for more than a short while & weren't able to find any more leaks an idea occurred to Stiv, so he left the filler-neck cap off & started the car. Under normal circumstances the coolant will just sit there vibrating away until the heat causes it to expand and overflow; unfortunately this happened instead after a few seconds:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Fillerneck03Medium.jpg
:( Bubbles appeared in the coolant so I can only draw the conclusion that the water seals are beginning to fail (equivalent of a head-gasket) so that's an engine-out & separation task to look forward to. I could just use Novastop or some funky copper-fibreglass solution to see if the leak will seal itself but I'm not sure I want to chance it in-case it doesn't fix it & bungs up something else or just causes hassle when the inevitable separation of the engine happens. :smash: It might last for a while but if I'm engaging in any spirited driving at all then I need to have confidence that the engine's going to hold up to it - a Radweld-style fix won't really cut the mustard. :no:
Exactly the same symptoms as Eoins and it was indeed the water seals, hence the engine is on it's way to the UK now for porting :clap:
fair play to you jp doing all this work yourself,are you going to have at doing the rebuild aswell.why not use the old block and rebuild that?
Old block's front rotor was dead so I'm waiting to hear back from FD3oin as to how fecked the rotor & housing were. :) Won't be rebuilding it myself as I don't have the time, tools, space or shed for it sadly. :(
Exactly the same symptoms as Eoins and it was indeed the water seals, hence the engine is on it's way to the UK now for porting :clap:
I've just been given a good tip by a knowledgable rotary chap to try something before I "write it off" as being the water seals; will let you know how I get on. :thumbs:
And it's about bloody time there was some movement on that thing, haven't seen that car in years!! :whip: In fact a meet in the Midway in 2008/9 was the last time from what I remember..?
Irishpaddy
28-02-2011, 22:56
good to see that diff getting some oil:wack:
good to see that diff getting some oil:wack:
You have no idea how many times I've heard that in the last week... :rolleyes:
Trial_S15
04-03-2011, 13:11
You have PM, Payback is fun :sxoc:
Looking forward to seeing this JP. Maye we can do a 280bhp Jap meet ;)
Lookin good JP, Cans wait to see this in person, might be over soon to pic up one of my cars if not buy another one over there :)
Ahhh, here we go again:wack:
Good luck and keep it stock!
goo lol. that looks ew....
so do i get a shpin in it when its fixed? X3
Col200sx
07-03-2011, 11:19
Good to see the build weekend(s) went well JP :)
Pity about your current issues though :(
Looking forward to seeing it when she's running 100% :nod:
Looking forward to seeing this JP. Maye we can do a 280bhp Jap meet ;)
Sounds like a plan Batman! :thumbs: ...but wait, you don't have any Jap cars left??
Lookin good JP, Cans wait to see this in person, might be over soon to pic up one of my cars if not buy another one over there :)
Nicely done! :D Gimme the heads-up when you are. :nod:
Ahhh, here we go again:wack:
Good luck and keep it stock!
Lol! Ahh c'mon, have a little faith! :wack: I'll certainly try to keep it stock. :)
goo lol. that looks ew....
so do i get a shpin in it when its fixed? X3
Absolutely! ;) You heading to the April meet in Athlone?
Good to see the build weekend(s) went well JP :)
Pity about your current issues though :(
Looking forward to seeing it when she's running 100% :nod:
Thanks Col! :) I'll pop into you when I'm over Wesht again & you can bring it for a drive & feel the rotary smooooooothness. :thumbs:
Oh, & can anyone say 1.3L tax FTMFW??? :D:D:D
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/CheapTaxFTW.jpg
Damn you rotary tax!! lol
Cheers Aj
I as thinking about the tax cost's for RX7's & RX8's the otherday. Are they all down as 1.3 :confused:
I as thinking about the tax cost's for RX7's & RX8's the otherday. Are they all down as 1.3 :confused:
Taxed as 1.9 or 2.0 afaik :(
I as thinking about the tax cost's for RX7's & RX8's the otherday. Are they all down as 1.3 :confused:
97% are down as 1744cc tax but when imported some came in as 1.3 & some 2.6 (wierdly) depending on how they were registered abroad & whether they were "recognised" as the (654cc x 2) 1308cc engines that they are or some wierd calculation of "power-based piston equivalent" (as happens with insurance companies) or else as a multiple of half a rotation of the crank-shaft (or "e-shaft" as they're known in rotaries). Quite frankly though I don't have a notion where they got the number 1744 from, as even if you do 1.5 x 1308cc (which would be a loose equivalent of what you'd have to do to measure a piston engine's displacement equivalent, it's still 1962cc?? :confused:
It's been a while since I've updated this but I've been so busy of late I've not had a chance to do much with it until now. This coming week it'll be getting the bodywork seen-to and hopefully getting the last of the engine issues ironed out too. :)
Some good news: I was at a trackday recently & arranged to meet a sound chap I know who has had an RX7 for a good few years now, rebuilt the engine himself & knows a good bit more than I do so asked him to have a wee look at it & to dispell or confirm my suspicions about the water seals. It turns out that what we believed to be the water seals going can't be the water seals for a few reasons, mainly due to the lack of...
- Coolant/sweet smell from the exhaust
- The coolant only drops down a certain amount then stops
- The fact that I found out that there are high-pressure water pipes going to the turbos that are making a hissing noise when the car's red-hot! :D Also at this point we spotted a tiny bit of steam coming from that section of the engine so it was easy to track the source of the leak down. :thumbs:
The bubbling that we saw coming up through the neck can be explained by the location of where the hissing noise/leak is in relation to the neck - should've just done the champagne-test while I was in Stiv's the last-time & I wouldn't known this beforehand instead of wasting time pricing up a rebuild! :smash: So I need to take out a few bits & pieces from the engine-bay, measure up the offending pipes/clips & order/replace them, then pressure-test the system for any remaining leaks.
More good news: On the trackday after getting her good'n'warm for a few laps, then coming in, letting it cool, then repeating, we discovered at the end of the day just before we left that the idle was mysteriously sitting all the way back down at ~700rpm idling fine & has been ever since! :D So it just goes to show you, every car needs a good driving every-so-often to keep it honest! :D
A little annoying news: I felt sometimes when on the road that the RX7 was pulling like I believed it should, and this was confirmed on-track when trying to get the most out of the acceleration - it just didn't seem to be pulling like it should. So the prime suspects are:
1) Blocked cat
2) Boost leak
I've recently got a replacement cat that I can use to test out whether the cat has collapsed in on itself & is causing a blockage preventing the car from boosting properly. I've also been lent a mechanical boost guage which I'll be fitting onto a spare boost nipple on the inlet manifold & taking the car for a drive to see how the boost is working. Hopefully between those two tests I'll be able to narrow down whether it's a restriction or a leak.
I've deciding to stick to the OEM ECU for a while after new info I've gathered that they aren't as pants as some folks seem to make out. I'll see what happens down the line management-wise if it can be justified but for now the OEM ECU's doing the job just fine. :) I've also spoken to a chap that ran an FD for over 4 years with all the basic Stage 1 mods (filters, decatted, etc) & never had to change from the OEM ECU so that's a little reassuring. :thumbs:
Updated list:
- Complete RF111 "Change of Particulars" form, get it stamped & signed - DONE!
- Break out my MD collection - DONE
- Procure a PFC - DONE
- Figure out where the pesky water leak is - FOUND
- Solve intermittent high-idle issue DONE
- Change diff oil - DONE
- Install & map PFC - 1/2 DONE but removed in favour of OEM ECU until further notice
- Remove irritatingly dark rear window tint - DONE
- Install Band Expander to receive Irish radio stations - DONE
- Buy another 5L bottle of coolant - DONE
- Bring RF111 & "off-the-road tax form" & possibly Logbook to Tax Office & get her taxed etc. - DONE
- Fix boosting issue
- Change those gashu-looking reg-plates! :smash:
- Flush coolant system & refill - Awaiting coolant leak(s) to all be sealed first
- Correct steering-wheel position (it's off-centre due to removal of steering knuckle)
- Fix rear window seal
- Change fuel filter
- Get the whole car valeted top to bottom
Excellent news on the water leak JP, so glad to hear it is something simple.
Passenger ride please when you have fixed your boost issue :D
Change fuel filter:smash:
No problem James! ;) And yeah, Fuel Filter's just a PITA to change due to its location above the diff on the FD so whenever I'm swapping the cat out I'll probably have a go at that too. :nod:
Trial_S15
24-04-2011, 20:12
Great news on the water leak JP :thumbs: I never told you about the valet / detail I got done on the X-T; you have PM....
chrisdsx
27-04-2011, 11:23
sorry dude i didnt pick up dude i was running up some mountain in wicklow lol :)
S'cool Chris, ended up getting other things done that day anyway. :)
I decided to give it to a fresh pair of eyes to look over & fix the water leak etc in as time is pretty scarce for me right now.
It turns out there were one or two pieces of vacuum hoses that were kinked (apart from the one I knew about near the throttlebody) so they've been sorted & hopefully that'll sort out my boosting issue too with no need for replacing the cat (which I had ready anyway). :thumbs: Also they're looking to see if the cat heat sensor's just disconnected or what the scene is as the heat light has been on permanently since I've owned the car. The offending hoses & clips are being replaced & I'll eventually get around to regassing the aircon - Davekeogh was nice enough to send me a link for aircon regas canisters that are on sale at the moment from a local parts store (See here (http://www.micksgarage.ie/proddetails.aspx?pid=886111&pk=535AA&utm_source=MicksGarage+Product+Specials&utm_campaign=7725f4ba48-Beat_The_heat_Ireland_20_04_2011)); nice one Dave! :notworthy
Has anyone ever regassed a system before? Anything to look out for before I splash out on the can?
Well a few things happened since the last update: the Cat heat light problem is now sorted & the offending leaky hoses & clips were replaced but the boosting issue for the 2nd turbo's still there. :( Another day's work I suppose...
On the plus-side overall though my 7 now looks fantastic!! :D She got treated to an inside & out valet from "Green-Blood" on Octane, he did a fantastic job on my Mini so based on that I was more-than-happy to give my 7 to him as well for it's inaugural going-over: I'd not once cleaned the 7 since I bought it as I knew there was major work to be done first so finally it's getting the TLC it deseves! :thumbs: For those of you that never saw it in the flesh before or haven't got the idea from the photos so-far, the car was an oily, grimy, dirty grey-ish silver colour so here are some photos of what the car looked like before the bodywork was set upon (apologies for the bad lighting - he was working on it over 2 days into the evening):
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/VentDirtyMedium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/WheelDirty01Medium.jpg
That same wheel a while later...
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/WheelClean01Medium.jpg
...which incidently are all in minty-mint condition it seems! :eek: Let's hope I can keep them that way. :)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/CleanLHSMedium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/CleanRearMedium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Roof01Medium.jpg
Getting artsy:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/SunsetShotMedium.jpg
A couple of days later when it rained, I took a pic of the bonnet to see how the wax was holding out - beading nicely! :cool:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/BeadingLarge.jpg
And finally, in between those days here she is in the sunshine - absolutely gleaming!! :smitten:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/GleamingMedium.jpg
And the inside, later that day:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/C%20and%20C%20Rotary%20Meet%2001%20May%2011/MyVeryShinyFD05.jpg
It's such a different car now, the colour is a fantastically bright silver colour, I hadn't a notion that's what the true colour was & I'm so impressed by its smooth sweeping lines all over again! :smitten:
Next I need to get the wingmirrors sprayed & I'm going to price-up redoing the front & rear bumpers to see if it's worthwhile having it absolutely perfect. And on the mechanical front I need to investigate the 2nd turbo's boosting issue in more depth.
So I'm keeping it standard right.....? And to that effect I bought some replacement parts that I need to have refurbished first:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/4BoxesArrive.jpg
One of my all-time favourite wheels mated to one of my all-time favourite cars - how could I resist?? :smitten:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/StaggeredAdvanSA3R17sCustom.jpg
Please please please look at Ganador mirros for it. They look so so so yummy. Get the wheels sorted, lower it nicely and done. Perfect.
I have spoken, so it must be true.
Please please please look at Ganador mirros for it. They look so so so yummy. Get the wheels sorted, lower it nicely and done. Perfect.
I have spoken, so it must be true.
No, yes & no respectively - doesn't need :ghey: mirrors or lowering as it just about clears speed-bumps at the standard ride height on 16s! :wack:
More pics etc to come later of my latest purchases...
such a beaufitul car! take good care of it :)
THose wheels will look very nice indeed!
So a few mishaps of late which is hampering efforts to maintain it to a reliable standard...
1) I thought I'd scored a bargain getting a set of the later model all-metal turbo instake Y-pipes & crossover pipe from ebay for €35 delivered - win, right?
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AluHard-Pipes.jpg
Unfortunately as anyone who knows FDs will spot, when I went to fit them I suddenly realised they weren't the Y-pipe & crossover pipe sections but the same as the ones already in the engine-bay that go from the turbos up to the Y-pipe section & crossover pipe! :annoyed: :facepalm:
2) The airbox has a break on it as seen here:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/GluedAirbox-ReplaceMedium.jpg
It should have a pipe protruding from there where one of the recirc valves or airpump hoses attaches to & was glued back together by the previous owner(s) a couple of times by the looks of it. :smash: I'm looking to get it plastic-welded or else see if someone in the RX7 community has an OEM airbox kicking around taking up space that's intact - I've had a few offers but they've all had the edges broken that seal the top-to-bottom of the box (that the filter goes in between).
3) It developed a cold-start flooding issue about a month ago that I've since had to ask the services of Chrisdsx & Matthew to help me get it moving again (towing me along the road until it deflooded itself) Thanks a million lads! :notworthy A boost leak is suspected...
So again with Chris's help I went about taking the intake side of the engine-bay apart which is when I discovered the above 2 issues & as well as that the hoses that go to the recircs etc have turned from rubber to a hard plastic nearly & the spring-clips seem to lost their elasticity/strength & aren't slealing the hoses around the flanges on the recircs etc. This might also be why my 2nd turbo hasn't been boosting properly... :rolleyes: So I've got a few replacement hoses and clips etc from Wozza (thanks again dude! :notworthy) which I'll try with them & see what happens; failing that though I'll just buy new hoses & clamps to make sure there're no boost leaks of any description hassling me anymore. :horse:
One little thing I did buy a few weeks ago as a precautionary/impulse purchase is an all-metal OEM replacement for the stock SMIC - made by ARC! :D
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/ARCSMIC.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/ARCSMIC02Medium.jpg
I haven't decided whether I'll fit it yet or not, the plastic end-tanks of the OEM SMIC aren't the best I hear so call this a ready replacement should they give me trouble when the car's back to boosting on both twins properly. :thumbs:
It's hard to think it's been 6 months that I've owned the car but I had to renew the tax for another 6 months again this month so hopefully I'll get to drive & enjoy it a little more once these wee intake-related issues are sorted.
No Hands
07-08-2011, 16:15
This turned out to be really nice, RX + Advan's = win!
Clean my car for me too. :troll:
Clean my car for me too. :troll:
Eh?? I think you'll need to speak to my detailer dude - it certainly wasn't me that made it look that awesome! :cool:
How did I miss this?!?!?! :eek:
Grand work my man!
Cheers Si! ;) Getting a smoke-test done through the intake system to find any/all leaks & fix the cold-start problem next week; also getting my airbox plastic-welded so that's one less thing to leak. :thumbs: I'll also finally get a proper champagne/sniffer-test done on it to conclude whether or not the water seals are gone or not! :wack:
Once I know where all the leaks are I can order up new hoses/clamps/gaskets as necessary & finally have her running reliably! :D
hahahahahahaha is that pic of the car been dirty a piss take??two days driving to work and my car is dirtier than that
:p Not that kind of engrained dirt dude - the whole car was a whole different colour (bright silver rather than the oily grey I bought it!) by the time I got it back from the detailer. :cool:
I've an update on this & more pics to come soon. :thumbs:
The second turbo not kicking in properly is now narrowed down to either a solenoid, a rats-nest-related vacuum pipe that's somehow come loose, or a dodgy actuator; thankfully one of the lads on IROC has a diagnostics reader that can read the old-skool pre-ODBII cars like my 95 FD! :thumbs:
The port is a mad-looking one compared to what I'm used-to & there are ways of having the ECU flash you the error code by connecting certain pins together with some wire but I want to do it properly & also see what the ECU's picking up as the car's starting etc if that's possible:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/DiagnosticsPlug2Large.jpg
A while ago I finally got around to taking the airbox out, fixing it & replacing some of the dodgy broken/brittle 16-year-old plastic vacuum/intake pipes with some Samco units that were uber-generously donated by Wozza from IROC! :notworthy
It seems the heat in the engine-bay really does like to destroy the OEM plastic pipes as this is what I discovered when I removed one:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/HoseBreak102Medium.jpg
It can get kinda tight in the engine-bay trying to remove different sections of the piping, this is the part that goes from the Y-pipe (connecting the boost-side of the turbos) to the crossover pipe (crosses the engine & heads to the intercooler) & the easiest way I found of getting at the jubilee clips that hold the hose onto the metal Y-pipe:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Removemiddlehoseclamps01Medium.jpg
You can just about see where the socket end is on the lower of the two jubilee clips:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Removemiddlehoseclamps02Medium.jpg
And the contents of the glued hose that was stuck to the airbox:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/NozzleBreak01Medium.jpg
An SXOC local was kind enough to volunteer to fix the airbox for me. :notworthy He didn't get a chance to use the plastic-welder so instead used some very very strong plastic glue:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AirboxRepair104Medium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AirboxRepair103Medium.jpg
He chopped up some part from an old BMW to make a new pipe from the airbox that the hose could fit over, hence at this angle you can see the pipe is reinforced with metal:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AirboxRepair102Medium.jpg
However the glue didn't exactly hold as soon as I (gently - no really..!) slipped the hose over it... :(
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AirboxRepair1FailMedium.jpg
So he took it back & plastic-welded a new bit of pipe onto it to-be-sure to-be-sure, added some fibreglass to smooth it off & painted it black so it looked as close to OEM as possible. :) Only issue was that when I went to fit it I discovered he'd used a new pipe & sadly it was too small so back to the drawing-board of looking for a replacement airbox. :(
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AirboxRepair201Medium.jpg
Thanks for your effort anyway dude - you know who you are! :thumbs: :sxoc: I eventually secured a used upper-half airbox from Chief Wiggum on the IROC as he was upgrading to twin filters. :notworthy
Once I'd fitted the new airbox, it (wierdly enough) fired straight up with no hint of cold-start flooding! :confused: I guess that leaking pipe must've been the issue after-all so that was one less thing to worry about - WIN! :D
Finally I could get it down to my local mechanic's who has a boost-leak finding smoke-machine: everyone working on turbo'd cars should have one of these - they're the job! :cool:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/BoostLeakSmokeTesterMedium.jpg
I had no leaks apart from a hose clamp needing tightening on the low-pressure side of the front turbo - great for reassurance & that helped narrow down the second-turbo non-boostage issue somewhat but wished it had been that simple in a way..! :rolleyes:
While I was there I asked him to throw a Champagne Tester/Sniffer Tester on the coolant system to see if there really was any carbon monoxide (exhaust gas) leaking into the coolant to confirm once-and-for-all were the water seals gone - this was the result:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/ChampagneSnifferTestMedium.jpg
:( So yeah, that's supposed to stay a purply-blue colour if there're no leaks which means, definitively, the water seals are going & need replacing for reliable future running. :cry: Now some people will buy the water seal kit for ~£200, whip out the engine, replace them & reassemble the engine... but usually the "while it's out" happens and all the apex seals, side seals, etc etc all get replaced & that's closer to £1k for the whole kit from Mazda. I'm kind of gutted cause I've spent a good bit of time & money on getting all the niggly annoying maintenance bits sorted with it to ensure reliability & now this is just making it all seem for nought. :(
So as of now I've got a few options to consider:
1) Flog as-is for a loss probably & just be done with it; sell the accumulated fun parts too.
2) Find a replacement engine that's already been rebuilt for reasonable money (anyone know of any of these going in the UK or Ireland?? :Plug:)
3) Remove the engine & send it off to be rebuilt somewhere (cheaper than Option 4)
4) Send the whole car off & have someone remove the engine, rebuild/refurb/refit it & finally get to enjoy the car!! (Most expensive option)
5) Buy the parts & rebuild it myself (not really an option as I don't have the tools, time or space to do it for the foreseeable future)
To out it into perspective, I bought it at 86068KM; my enjoyment of it to-date after 8-ish months has it now standing at this:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Mileageat18-09-11Custom.jpg
Trial_S15
20-09-2011, 13:51
Gutted for you JP :( I'll have an empty garage pretty soon so you can store it in mine free of charge if you chose the take it apart & send it off option...
I won't be in a position to fill it with an S-body for a while so somebody else might as well make use of it!
Edit; it is in Meath though so about 1hr 15mins away from you :o
Christmas
20-09-2011, 13:59
Check out fduk and see if there are any engines for sale there. Or maybe speak to Hayward rotary or someone similar as they sometimes have engines for sale at a reasonable price - 1500 or so :)
Gutted for you JP :( I'll have an empty garage pretty soon so you can store it in mine free of charge if you chose the take it apart & send it off option...
I won't be in a position to fill it with an S-body for a while so somebody else might as well make use of it!
Edit; it is in Meath though so about 1hr 15mins away from you :o
Uber-thanks for the offer buddy! :notworthy I'll keep you updated, thanks a mil! :thumbs:
Check out fduk and see if there are any engines for sale there. Or maybe speak to Hayward rotary or someone similar as they sometimes have engines for sale at a reasonable price - 1500 or so :)
I may ask so - thanks fella; I've been keeping an eye out on FDUK every so often alright but nothing solid has come up to-date (or at least the owners haven't replied to my emails?! :confused:) but I'll keep looking sure. :)
Trial_S15
21-09-2011, 13:00
Uber-thanks for the offer buddy! :notworthy I'll keep you updated, thanks a mil! :thumbs:
Anytime, it will be completely empty though (no tools jacks etc) but it's there if you need it.. I'll PM you a link to it so you've an idea where it is :thumbs:
MagicMat
21-09-2011, 13:09
I haven't seen what it is yet, but im goinb by title and first post. an Rx7 .. or Rex ? ;)
Christmas
21-09-2011, 15:04
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72734
Check this :)
Anytime, it will be completely empty though (no tools jacks etc) but it's there if you need it.. I'll PM you a link to it so you've an idea where it is :thumbs:
Thats all I'd need anyway dude - you have return PM. :thumbs:
I haven't seen what it is yet, but im goinb by title and first post. an Rx7 .. or Rex ? ;)
Lol! Yes, established a looooong time ago before the title was changed. ;) Have a wee look here: http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showpost.php?p=5672456&postcount=42
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72734
Check this :)
Yeah I'd spotted that but the things that bother me are:
Fresh rebuild from Reworx, has only covered a few hundred run in miles, no paperwork of rebuild, compression test can be arranged.
...and...
OMP removed
...as I'm trying to keep mine stock & have no idea what kind of mix etc he was running whilst breaking it in - last thing I want to do is fork out on another engine that going to poo itself in a relatively short space of time. :smash:
Thanks a mil for the suggestion though & if you happen across any others please do let me know! :notworthy
Christmas
21-09-2011, 22:04
Yeah I did spot that but figured that rx motors would have some kind of record of it! Yeah ill keep an eye out for a decent standard one for you :)
You sir are a gent! :notworthy
Been looking around for the last few days, making phone calls etc but no joy so-far... I wonder if I can get a group-buy going on rebuild kits on one of the rotary forums??! :wack:
Christmas
25-10-2011, 18:16
hows the engine search going, ive seen a couple of ported blocks floating around but no standard ones :(
Found an engine ready to be built to spec by one of the most reputable porting/engine-builders in the UK! :thumbs: Just got a text back from the chap right now actually who's selling it, will post up more details when I've him rang & it confirmed. :)
Oh, & I've discovered how to start a 13B when the water-seals are going so that it doesn't flood from cold-start! :wack: You turn the key & it usually catches, tries to rev & just straightaway dies; the way around this is to keep the starter on for another 1-2 seconds after the engine catches in the first-place, it'll try to die but keeps going & then fires up no bother. :thumbs: This engine's going to get me from A to B until I get my new one whether it wants to or not! :D :horse:
To be fair it still runs grand, it just has a little difficulty starting from time-to-time when stone-cold. It's not even very consistant in it's temperamental state either: sometimes it just fires up without a bother on it!! :wack: Gotta love dying rotary engines! :smitten: :D
Christmas
31-10-2011, 11:53
Good news then! :)
Update???
New engine arrived and in yet?
Good news then! :)
Yup! Great news! :D
Update???
New engine arrived and in yet?
Lol! Chillax wilya! I've only paid the man on Friday just gone & the engine build is being started by Era De Klerk (Oldones Rotary (http://www.oldones.co.uk/)) this week I believe so it'll be around Christmas (all going to plan) when it's all done & dusted. :) Now I just need to find a PowerFC for a 91-95 FD3S to make the most of it apparently...*
*awaits the "I told you so"s... :p
*awaits the "I told you so"s... :p
LOL. That just made my day. So rare i make a good call these days.
You know technically if you buy a famspeed turbo set and injectors also its still standard. :troll:
:p Yeah but those turbos cost a solitary fortune (circa €2k delivered IIRC) & I'd need a Famspeed intercooler/rad V-mount setup to take advantage of them & the Famspeed downpipe & ECU and and and.... :horse:
PowerFC bought... :o Although I got it very cheap as it's a potentially dodgy one (bought it in that knowledge - started & ran the last car it was in but has an intermittent misfire after a rebuild) so I'm getting it tested out first for defects & going from there. :nod: I suspect it's mapping-related as opposed to something dodgy with the ECU but we'll know soon enough. :thumbs:
RayTsang
12-11-2011, 20:46
Here we go again... sure you might aswell throw in an extra rotor or two while the engine get rebuilt... LOL!!!
I know where there are a pair of complete Mazda Cosmos (Triple-rotor) for sale...! :wack:
Well done on the project mate. I actually feel sick :( you and Si have just fed the fire inside me that demands I need an RX-7 before I have to buy family cars and petrol is £3.00 a litre LOL
He he he! :D Well once you've driven a Rex, even a stock Rex, you understand why it makes sense. ;)
Just tried to fire it up this evening after leaving it sit for 3-4 weeks, battery was fine but I think more coolant must have seeped in as it was having none of it! Looks like another tow-start. :(
On a positive note though it looks like I've a provisional weekend booked for when it'll be heading across the seas to the UK - Saturday 3rd of December. :) From there it'll be out of my hands until it's had the engine built, swapped, mapped & 100% sorted ready to rock that it'll be making its way home a more economical & FAR more reliable car! :cool: :thumbs:
Trial_S15
22-11-2011, 19:05
http://www.dtdirl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91448 :nod:
Looks nice alright but I'll stick with the standard body-styling thanks: I've enough of that to get back in pristine order without adding extra panel-beating work to the bill! :smash:
Trial_S15
24-11-2011, 13:32
:ghey:
The journey so-far...
With the help of Jam00 on Wednesday, we towed the Rex out of the lockup as it wouldn't start again (water seals are well & truly dying). Its taking a lot longer than it used to to start up again so after taking it out for a deflooding run & filling it up to the brim with Maxol's finest E5, we left it sit in the hope that it would start on Saturday morning when I was due to catch the ferry to Holyhead & drive down to the engine builder's.
Fast-forward to this morning.......
Matthew decided at the last minute to join me for the trip & so we started off at 6am this morning to go pick up the Rex. It tried to start, it really did... but failed! :wack: :facepalm: :smash: But since we're so rehearsed in tow-starting it took about 8mins between it failing & it running! :D So at 6:33am, we're both on the road to the ferry-port & it's running smoothly when it's not stopped at the lights & idling high still - as much of a win as one can ask for really! :thumbs:
We decided it'd be prudent then to leave the car idling while waiting in the Ferry Port & warn the guys on-board that it occasionally has "issues starting"..! :wack: They put us right up against the door & said they'd push us off if it didn't - not sure that'll work if it decides to pull a strop but I'm sure they'll have something on-hand to tow us out of the gangway if all else fails..! :D
We're now on-board the ferry & it's pulling away from the dock - bring on Holyhead & a quick visit to Clai Cerrig Towers! :sxoc:
Update?? :D:D................ :whip:
Update?? :D:D
Yessir! :D
So when the ferry arrived in Holyhead the thought struck us again: would it actually start when we went down to turn the key, which, to our absolute surpise, it did without a bother on it! :eek: We genuinely couldn't believe the ease with which it started & there was us ready with the windows open to ask the car-section crew to kindly tow us off the ferry! :D
Then we headed off to Clai Cerrig's place where the Rex started idling at 2200rpm & then dropping down & misfiring a bit so we decided to leave it parked in the driveway - this was in the hope that it wouldn't die in the mean-time while we stopped in for a chinwag & some lunch thanks to the Clai's ever-awesome hospitality! :notworthy We figured it would be best to leave it running in case it we'd have to tow-start it again & that's assuming it would run again even, that's how much confidence I had in it. This is a picture of it chilling out in the driveway right as Clai's massive dog bounds towards me: :D
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/StopatClaiCerrigTowersMedium.jpg
So with myself & Matthew hitting the road a little after 1pm, we came out to the Rex sitting there idling away very smoothly at 700rpm..?? :confused: Typical: rotaries like to fix themselves it seems after a while of just being left to their own devices..! :facepalm: :horse: Anyway we set off in the direction of the A55 & across to the M1, then straight down to the M25 & off toward's Ninja's place where we'd be staying for the evening. On the way we stopped into a petrol station & filled the tank up to the neck with 97RON Super Unleaded - I'm loathed to look at my debit card statement to see how much this figure in GBP translates to in Euro...
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/FullTankofBP97SULMedium.jpg
At this stage we'd done nearly 500kms on one tank of Maxol's finest E5 with still a fair bit left - we estimated that at motorway speeds it would have taken us to 550kms before needing fuel. This pic is of us clearing the driveway of Ninja's drag-car (bottom left corner) to give my car a space to park while the engine finishes being assembled by Mr Era De Klerk. :thumbs:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/AtNinjas01Medium.jpg
Once we'd arrived & grabbed a quick take-away, we all headed off to the Surrey Christmas Party Afters to surprise a few unsuspecting locals to which we were welcomed with open arms (literally)!! :sxoc: Copious amounts of cocktails, B52 shots & some dance-floor action later we headed back to Ninja's. Next thing I remember was heading to bed after having the "wise 3am idea" of letting some Berocca dissolve on my tongue & then drinking water! :wack::wack:
The next day after dropping Matthew off to the train station Ninja & I headed to Era's place for me to meet him finally & check out how the plates were looking. These are the end plates & centre plate where the ports are getting port-matched to the manifolds:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Plates01Medium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Plates02Medium.jpg
An 'outside-the-block view' of a ported plate on the left, & the plate as it was originally cast in the factory on the right:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PortedVSNon-Ported02Medium.jpg
Inside surface:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Ported02Medium.jpg
Looking through the port of the standard plate:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Non-Ported01Medium.jpg
And now the port-matched plate:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Ported04Medium.jpg
The centre-plate with OEM casting:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Non-Ported03Medium.jpg
After a good long chat with Era, Ninja very kindly dropped me off to Gatwick Airport where I caught the plane home a very happy camper with how great a weekend it was! :D I can't wait for the next day I'm able to throw up a few more pics of the latest update - I'm getting really really excited about this now & can't wait to see how it'll feel & drive when it's all ready!! :D:D:D
Oh, & just before I started this update, I got a quick email from Ninja (two days after it was last started):
"Just for a giggle I thought I would see if the fd would start this evening, it fired straight up!"
:facepalm: Bloody typical!! :wack: Ha ha ha!
davekeogh
09-12-2011, 22:00
So when are you going crazy with the FD? What's next big honking turbo?
Irishpaddy
11-12-2011, 12:07
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/223115_10150330561456383_734751382_9553022_8256484 _n.jpg
apparently on the florr in the wheel chair guys place..
Yeah he won't sell it though - it's been asked of him. :thumbs:
And Dave I won't be going crazy with this FD, just returning it to what it should be. ;)
I won't be going crazy with this FD, just returning it to what it should be. ;)
Are you trying to convince yourself or the rest of us with this lie :wack: :D :horse:
chrisdsx
13-12-2011, 15:52
Originally Posted by JP
I won't be going crazy with this FD, just returning it to what it should be.
famous last words lol
Originally Posted by JP
I won't be going crazy with this FD, just returning it to what it should be.
famous last words lol
As its in Europe it should have more boost as the 280 rule never applied here. :wack:
I chose my words very carefully.... :D
are we there yet?
Any update?
Awaiting confirmation of the engine's completion - I'll post back as soon as I've an update or pics. :thumbs:
No engine-related update yet but I've renewed the tax for the year on the Rex - even with the tax hikes this year you still have to love the small-displacement nature of rotary engines! :D
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Taxtil2013.jpg
No engine-related update yet but I've renewed the tax for the year on the Rex - even with the tax hikes this year you still have to love the small-displacement nature of rotary engines! :D
So half the country is declaring cars of the road to dodge tax and you legitimatly have a car off the road and dont :smash:
So half the country is declaring cars of the road to dodge tax and you legitimatly have a car off the road and dont :smash:Not just off the road. Off the road in a different country!
Just thinking to myself how is that taxed on a 1308cc?? Don't they usually multiply that by 1.5? And why are some RX8's being taxed as 2616cc?
steff777
29-01-2012, 19:58
When I had my fd my tax was classed as a 1.3 but my mates was classed as a 2.6, and it was down to how it was imported or summat? Uk rx7's will always be classed as a 2.6 as will rx8's do to the government not excepting that they are 1.3's!..........I miss my Rex,best engine on the planet! (when there working! Lol)would love to fit a rotary in my sx!
Just thinking to myself how is that taxed on a 1308cc?? Don't they usually multiply that by 1.5? And why are some RX8's being taxed as 2616cc?
It's swept capacity is 2x654cc so it is in fact a 1.3 litre. They are normally taxed as 1744cc here, there's a lot of different ways of equating them to a piston engine due to the different way they work hence the varying sizes quoted all over. Not sure which one is correct, a regular 4 stroke engine only makes power on every second downstroke where a ****el is firing 3 times for every full rotation of the rotor although they are geared down to the shaft not sure what that ratio is though.
So half the country is declaring cars of the road to dodge tax and you legitimatly have a car off the road and dont :smash:
Errrm... yes..? :wack:
Not just off the road. Off the road in a different country!
If you're gonna do it, do it right! :D
Just thinking to myself how is that taxed on a 1308cc?? Don't they usually multiply that by 1.5? And why are some RX8's being taxed as 2616cc?
I've never seen one taxed as a 2616? :confused: Insured yes, not taxed though.
would love to fit a rotary in my sx!
DOOOOO IIIIIIIITTTTT!!!! :D:D:D:D
Good work dude :)
It's in good hands with Era, he's at the top of his game :)
Good work dude :)
It's in good hands with Era, he's at the top of his game :)
I'd well-believe it too with the number of random recommendations I'd witnessed before buying the build that he was doing! :nod: And on that note, let's have a look at some pics he took for me of the the port-matching which is now complete!!! :D:D:D I genuinely forgot how many ports & how many aspects of each port there are to consider in a 13B-REW, hopefully these pictures will give you all an idea of what I mean...
End-plate #1
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/End-plate102.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/End-plate103.jpg
End-plate #2
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/End-plate202.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/End-plate204.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/End-plate205.jpg
Centre-plate Inlet Side
Before: (Note size, rough edges & inside wall surface)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plate01.jpg
After:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plate02.jpg
Centre-plate Left-hand side
Before:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plateL03.jpg
During:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plateL04.jpg
After:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plateL02.jpg
Centre-plate Right-hand side
Before:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plateR02.jpg
After:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plateR04.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Centre-plateR05.jpg
Housing #1 (the marks on the wall of the housing are just dirt/fluid in case anyone wonders)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Housing101.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Housing105.jpg
Housing #2
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Housing201.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Housing202.jpg
Inlet Manifold
Before:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/InletMani01.jpg
After:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/InletMani02.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/InletMani03.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/InletMani04.jpg
davekeogh
18-02-2012, 11:39
Lovely pics JP, but when are you gettinig your car back?!?!
how do you know what shape to port them to? do they do templates or something to trace around
There are various constraints limiting the size of the inlet ports on the plate faces and general rules of thumb about how the shape affects the running characteristics of the engine.
From what I can remember, you can't leave less than 12 or 13mm between the port and the water seal groove around the periphery, otherwise your side seal will fall straight through it. You can leave a 'bridge of material and then port further towards the seal, hence the name 'bridge port' but this causes the famously lumpy idle and 'brap brap' noise.
The straight top edge should remain straight and at the same angle, I think this is idle related.
There's loads more that I have forgotten, you can only go so far downwards too for some reason...
All the exhaust ports and other inlet profiles can basically just be widened as much as possible I think.
As of last Saturday the engine block has been finished!!! :D:D:D
Here are some pics of the preparation for assembly of the plates: (painting first)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PlatesPrepared01.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PlatesPrepared02.jpg
Primer:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PlatesFirstLayer01.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PlatesFirstLayer02.jpg
And painting of the plates:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PlatesPainted01.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/PlatesPainted02.jpg
And the short-block - assembled. :thumbs: Flywheel end:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EngineAssembly01.jpg
Intake/exhaust side:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EngineAssembly02.jpg
Pulley/pumps end:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EngineAssembly03.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EngineAssembly04.jpg
Spark-plug side:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EngineAssembly05.jpg
And finally... the engine-builder, Mr Era De Klerk, signs his name on each of the plates on every engine he builds - now that's REAL pride of workmanship! :eek: :notworthy
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EraSignature02.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EraSignature01.jpg
A bit of a progress update for ye! :)
This last month has seen the new engine assembled:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EnginegoinginMedium.jpg
Installed:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/EngineinMedium.jpg
And finally we managed to rule out using the PFC Pro I picked up for little money as despite Dave's best efforts to fix it the ECU just wouldn't run the car properly at all even with a fresh map on it. :( So, that's now an expensive paperweight that I'll have to look into getting sent back to Apexi in Japan for diagnosis & repair possibly. Has anyone done this themselves before? Any tips around this would be great! :)
In the mean-time, Ninja's been kind enough to lend me his (thanks dude! :notworthy) so that we can get the car rotoring at least! :thumbs:
So this weekend due to logistical issues of running the new engine in, I flew over to Gatwick & headed back to Ninja's (via Halfords for some 15W40 Mineral Oil) where we got straight into installing his PowerFC & getting it ready to road-map as we ran the new engine in. Ninja was able to put a few KMs up on it before I arrived & it's a good thing too because when you're trying to put mileage up on a car (at legal speeds) & vary the load the whole time it can take a while..! :wack:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Running-inTimeMedium.jpg
A glimpse of Ninja's gorgeous freshly-sprayed FD: :smitten:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/NinjaslovelybottomMedium.jpg
Not long after we started on the road we discovered that a solenoid that control's the transition to the 2nd turbo was only working intermittantly so that was a bit of an inconvenience when it came to mapping - not essential for running it though thankfully as the revs still climb regardless. We discovered that it seemed to be engine-bay temperature related so when we were out later on that night it didn't miss a beat thankfully! :)
At 9:30pm on the Saturday we decided it'd be a great idea to go visiting Mark & Dani out in Basildon (opposite side of London to where we were!) to rack up the mileage & also collect a few heavier/awkward bits & pieces (flyers, umbrellas & the like) for the Irish Reps/folks :sxoc: that I could bring back to Ireland when heading back on the boat in the FD in a few weeks time, so they both got to witness the state of Ninja & I in a seriously sleep-deprived & very giddy state! :wack::wack: :wave:
Sunday we got up & Ninja being the culinary genius that he is, whipped up a Breakfast of Kings that kept us going all day:
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/BreakfastofKings02Medium.jpg
Yes, those are freshly baked baguettes with mozzerella stuffed with rashers!! :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy
It was a really nice sunny morning, however those aren't the best circumstances when you're trying to look at a laptop screen so we employed some Ninja-style mapping techniques: 77384
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Road-mappingNinjaMedium.jpg
:wack:
Our loose target for the weekend was to rack up 500Miles or 805KMs to break it in - we ended the weekend with ~391Miles or 630KMs which we decided was enough as the engine performed particularly well & when the 2nd turbo's solenoid worked it pulled like a train! :D
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/630km-391milesMedium.jpg
Here's how we left her ready to rock for 2 weekends' time when I hope to head back & get the final mapping session done on a rolling-road & make sure everything's sorted for her trip back to the Emerald Isle. :)
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Readytomap02Medium.jpg
http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w349/jptramp/Rextoration%202011/Readytomap01Medium.jpg
In the mean-time she'll be getting a new set of 7 & 9 plugs, a working solenoid :smash:, a fresh batch of mineral oil & (if Ninja is feeling REEEEEALLLLYYY NICE!!! :D) the fuel filter changed! :notworthy
Was good to see you guys and good to see the car taking shape. BTW hows your present :D
chrisdsx
16-04-2012, 12:37
goou dude i tip my hat to ya :-D
Awesome work dude!
So sorry we couldn't sort something out dud e- you caught me on one of the busiest weekends of the year so far :( Glad the car's moving on at a pace though, it's a good feeling to getting rolling again!
Was good to see you guys and good to see the car taking shape. BTW hows your present :D
Likewise Mark! :thumbs: It's good last I checked, though I just copped I left it in Ninja's kitchen - let's hope it doesn't get eaten by his cats before I get back! :eek: :D
Awesome work dude!
So sorry we couldn't sort something out dud e- you caught me on one of the busiest weekends of the year so far :( Glad the car's moving on at a pace though, it's a good feeling to getting rolling again!
Thanks Si! :) No worries man, there were lots of people I tried to get around & see this weekend while running it in but didn't get to half of them due to traffic & things taking longer than expected. :smash: And yes, it is indeed a GREAT feeling!! :D That second turbo I'd never felt before in my FD so that alone was a new experience!! :D How's yours getting on? :)
Your pootaaahhtooo is indeed sitting in the kitchen? want me to stick it in the freezer for you :wack:
That weekend is a complete blur, just as well I got some of it on video :D will stick it on youtube or Facebook when I get a chance :D
Was awesome to see you as always dude :thumbs: I'm going to have a sensible Friday night next time and actually get some sleep :wack:
Tuuuurrrbo minty fresh :cool:
Lol! Nah, he/she/it might freeze! :wack:
Oh feck, do we really want to publish those??! :wack:
Likewise my good man! :D And yes, t'will be a good idea: I'll try to do likewise if I'm not heading over to you on the Friday night - I'll email you regarding that though & book my flights/boat this evening. :thumbs:
Ha ha ha! TuuuuUUUUuuurrrrbOOOOO! :D
Col200sx
17-04-2012, 10:53
Good to see a good update JP :)
Looks like Era did some top work on it :nod:
Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime :nod:
Looks awesome mate,
Glad to see it's all coming together :thumbs:
Real shame we didn't get time to catch up though, hopefully catch up with yo next time you're over ;)
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