Rotary Car Club - Project: "Last RX-7" by Herblenny

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Originally Posted by Herblenny (Post 176362)

Scavenge pump is at MPFab and we are currently deciding on where to place it.

And that extra little something special that we talked about? What are his thoughts on that?

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Originally Posted by Herblenny (Post 176362)

Definitely! You know you are always welcome!!

Thanks Phil, I appreciate it, hopefully I'll be able to take you up on it next yr!

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 176396)

And that extra little something special that we talked about? What are his thoughts on that?

I think on the same line as us.

Update!

December 26th, 2011 - After a full day at work, I decided to take the dash apart and get it ready to get it recovered by my interior guy tomorrow..

Here are some pics of the stripped dash..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...y/DSC_2782.jpg

re-enforcement bar and wires..

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...y/DSC_2783.jpg

I'm also re doing the center tunnel and door panels.. Should take about a month..

I'd love to have seen those. I didn't know Citroen made any rotary cars either. I like those single post steering wheels, but I wonder how stable they are haha.

That is amazing. You learn something new everyday!

Man Phil, i wish i could have gotten off to go with you...........lucky S.O.B lol.

Hey Phil, you know I have actually driven a RO80 :) back in 1993.

They have the characteristic PP idle, the coolest thing though is how it "bucks" in gear at light load and the no clutch system on changing gear, you just put your hand on the knob (BDC style) and it "responds" lol (disengages the clutch) and lets you change gear.

The bloke who had it was one of my customers in my engineering job and he was a scientist who bought it from new and even had spare motors for it, I got to see the internals and the PP intakes were tiny tiny lol.

Interesting piece of history :)

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Originally Posted by RICE RACING (Post 177114)

...and the no clutch system on changing gear, you just put your hand on the knob (BDC style) and it "responds" lol (disengages the clutch) and lets you change gear.

Now THAT is cool! Not the BDC part LOL, but how to shift without a clutch.

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Originally Posted by 20b 3rd gen (Post 177079)

Man Phil, i wish i could have gotten off to go with you...........lucky S.O.B lol.

LOL! I hear ya John :) But it was a very hectic day!!

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Originally Posted by RICE RACING (Post 177114)

I actually took a video of this running.. I'll see if I can upload it somewhere..

January 4th, 2012 - Happy New Year!!!
Well, not much have been done to the car as I was busy at work... Also, I'm about to trade this shell for an R1 shell without the sunroof. Hoping to do that this weekend.
Anyhow, the little time I had, I stripped out the dash and refinished the rusty metal dash frame.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...DashFrame1.jpg

I sanded it down to bare metal, treated with rust inhibitor, and primed it.

I then sprayed with gloss black then quick shot of gunmetal and clear the whole thing.. Shouldn't rust again :)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...DashFrame2.jpg

I'm heading to my fabricator's shop (www.MPFab.com) to pull the engine out and get it ready for this weekend's shell swap.

It's in the details! Nicely done Phil

Trading for a non-sunroof car? I drove 800 miles and towed for 800 miles specifically for a sunroof car!

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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT (Post 177513)

It's in the details! Nicely done Phil

Trading for a non-sunroof car? I drove 800 miles and towed for 800 miles specifically for a sunroof car!

I didn't want all three cars to have sunroofs :) Also the car that I'm getting, I know personally from my earlier years. Bit of history in it and I think that makes it even more the reason for me to get it.

That's Beautiful Phil! :lurk5:

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Originally Posted by Herblenny (Post 177639)

Also the car that I'm getting, I know personally from my earlier years. Bit of history in it and I think that makes it even more the reason for me to get it.

I see... I understand

Clutch.. LOVE IT... I love my Exedy twin... wouldn't trade it for anything

Nice man, makes me wish I could fabricate.