Project Junkyard Turbo 'Vert continues to move along at a snails pace... mainly becuase I got held up on the dyno till 7 or so tonight, and I'm still trying to get some shit welded up for a different and believe it or not more time sensitive project.

So.... with 58 days left... here's what we've got accomplished.... NOT MUCH!

The car did get a bath and get moved inside... as you requested DJ, here are some pics of the beaut inside.

I was going to compound the car down to get a really good idea of the body work that needs to be done, but there are more pressing matters at hand than spending a few hours with a buffing wheel.

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The interior is in great shape :rofl:

For some reason, I can't remember why, I pulled the steering whell off the car. We have a fork truck here that we use to tow cars around with... well, Kyle was running at a high rate of speed and I was steering.... and then the steering wheel was in my lap while I was aimed at a moving fan dropping a car off :smilielol5: Almost added a few more things to the todo list for this project.

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But the body is in really good condition. Only a few spots of rust and overall a good solid car. She should roll nicely when all is done.

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And of course the Atihun hood that I picked up about 2 yrs ago. As odd as it is, I will have 3 RX7's, 2 FC's and 1 FD, all with the same basic aftermkt hood. The one on the coupe that I built from a stock AL hood. This Atihun hood... and a few months ago, maybe a yr, who knows, I picked up a carbon Fibre Mazdaseed hood for the FD. Basically the Atihun guys took the vent from the FD MazdaSpeed hood and molded it onto an FC hood. Then used that as a plug to build this hood. It's by far my favorite aftermkt hood.... second to the one I built of course :rofl:

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Regardless, there is some body work in this cars future before DGRR.... so if anyone wants to help, we'll be spraypainting at the lodge on Friday night, hoping it dries before Sat morning :lol:

So I planned to have the engine built over the weekend, a few problems came up with that... my girlfriend was in town and believe it or not, I would've rather spent the better part of sunday and Monday with her than here at the shop. There was also some time lost in sourcing new rotors, figuring out what to do with bearings, etc etc. Came into work on Sunday ready to rock and roll clearancing the rotors and it all went to hell. I had literally 125 side seals to choose from and I had to dig into the stash I had bought for my car for 2 of them :banghead: Oh well, not like I need them anytime soon and I always order 14 so I can screw 2 of them up and not worry.

Regardless, that took a lot of time up on Sunday and a few people dropped by the shop which ate up more time and we all know how that goes. I did manage to get the rotors all set and clearanced though. They are ready to rock and roll. The other thing that screwed me, I actually came into work on Monday to build the engine, but when I opened my MazdaComp box and started sorting things out, I quickly found that they didn't send the inner coolant seals in the same box. They arrived on Monday after I had already left for PA... so they are sitting in CT right now. Our engine builder used the last set maybe 2 days prior. Oh well. It's not like there isn't a bunch of other shit that needs to get done :rofl:

Here you can see the organization, the old rotors on the left, look at the left most rotor... yeah, someone reused that. It's mate isn't much better. I would've thrown both those out. So, if anyone wants some S4 TII rotors, $50 each. Came out of an engine that did >400wheel supposedly.

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On the right you can see the rotors that I plan on using. I was kinda stuck here since I'm pretty deadset on using the stock flywheel. So my only choice was S4 n/a rotors. Actually not a bad choice at all given what the car will be used for. So yeah, here's to at least 3 hi-comp turbo motors I'll be tuning in 1 year, 2 of which I'm building myself.... kewl.

I have started working on the mani's, stripping them down and welding shit shut, welding shit on, and things of that nature. Plan now is get as much of the mani's prepped as possible in the next two days. I'm leaving right from work on Friday to go back to CT via NY to spend a night with my girl, pick up my seals over the weekend, Do some work on the never ending landi project, and a little fab on my car, then leave CT Monday morning for work on Monday. Build the engine Monday night pretty much complete, save probably the UIM and the TB.

Then pull the left fender and the dash, get the engine in and start on the wiring. The wiring willl definately take some time. I have to go back to CT on 3/4, but I have that Monday off.... there will be a lot of wiring done that day.... hopefully.

I'd like to get the engine in the car with 1/2 of the W2A intercooler done, the bottom half. So we can close the hood and see what kind of clearance I have to work the top. Should be really interesting..... anywho... as usual I'm like 5 steps ahead of myself.

the junkyard you shop at has better crapola than any I go to.

ps... I'll call on my way home tomorrow

:rofl: yeah, this was someones pride and joy for many years.... garage kept until the day I got :(

Kewl... I'll keep my ears open for ya. If I miss it, I'll call ya back asap

My Haltech would have prevented that...


:rofl:

If by not allowing the car to make enough power to get to that speed.... then yes, it would've :rofl: ;)

By missed shift I mean was sitting @ 8k in 5th, went for 6th, missed and hit fourth. Not like I aimed for 6th, stayed in neutral, dropped clutch and hammereed gas.... oh no... this was way stupider

Haltechs have a setting that ensures I don't miss shifts. It was first on the e6k. :suspect:

I want the candy canes

you need some black interior sir haha

missing shifts rather the motor go instead of the clutch.

i also like your organization and layout of your rotors, i've built a couple motors but i've never seen candy canes go in there must be a turbo thing:rofl:

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So this is my chariot for DGRR :driving:

We want to see some of the holy wiring going on with that '85 in the background ;)


On a lighter note, I broke an oil control ring today... wasn't paying attention and snapped it.. just sharing in the setbacks :)

Yeah.... it's called not being able to accelerate hard enough to get enough adrenaline pumping ooorrrr being able to make enough power to get into 5th or 4th gear down the front straight....

:smilelol5:

Yes.... yes I do.... not sure what I'm going to do about it all... I MAY get a replacement carpet for like $300.... I dunno... we'll see if it cleans up any better than what it is.

I'd rather none :smilielol5:

It's a super secret turbo sealant secret :suspect:

Yup yup.... We'll have it done. We're trying to get the Vielside behind it down there, and the FB behind that will be done... hopefully the owner brings that instead of his FD... or the 8 he's trying to sell :suspect:

I'm AAAAALLLLLMMMMMOOOOOSSSSSTTTTT done with the engine harness.... when it's done, I'll get a few pics up... and of course I'll be documenting the wiring of the 'vert.


huh? How do you do that?

I playing with an o-ring in the tray and set it into the rotor without the spring under it... not assembling just seeing how well it fit. If you've never put the tray in with no spring underneath, its a PITA to get it back out.. had it 70% lifted out and it just snapped...

Ouch... that sucks.... I've had issues getting corner seals out without springs under them.. I just gave up... I always put a spring under it whenever I clearance rotors now.