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Old 01-09-2010, 08:49 PM   #1
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I'll enter my 86 base project car:

I've always wanted a rust-free FC to slowly build into something awesome over time. This is the starting point . I've also always been fond of no-sunroof cars, which was another selling point for this car. The car came from TX, me and my dad drove down there and towed it back, which took about 3 days. We had to tell U-Haul we were towing a 1965 VW Beetle to get them to let us rent a dolly

Here's how it looked right when we got it home. 82,xxx miles, blown n/a motor.


Interior is pretty dern clean (or was, at least. Now it has tools and stuff lying around everywhere.):



Here's the engine and trans coming out. It was effed; ruined rear rotor and housing due to apex seal failure and it was severely overheated, so pretty much everything is junk.



After that, I decided to pull the entire front suspension and subframe, to have the subframe powdercoated and replace all the suspension bushings. Haven't gotten around to it (yet) .



Here's where it sits now (front suspension is on basically 'finger-tight' to allow rolling around):



For now, my current goal is to get it 5-lugged, and get a running engine in it. I'm currently shooting to get an S5 n/a motor in it, with electrically controlled aux ports and VDI. I hope to have that stuff done by summer, maybe.

Ultimately, I want to do a ton of stuff to it, over a long period of time (I plan on having it as long as possible. Ideally forever, but when's the last time that worked out for anyone ).
Future plans include:
-TII swap
-BNR stage 2 or 3
-RTek 2.1

Then
-standalone
-big turbo (likely GT35R, or whatever it's equivalent is that far in the future)
-possibly half-bridge 13Bt with even bigger turbo

Later
-REW swap, possibly with functioning twins

As far as exterior goes, I'd really like to do subtle 30mm widebody all around with Shine Auto ventless front fenders, and their matching rear overfenders. Compliment that with some nice Work or Volk wheels or something. None of that stretch tire hellaflush shit either. Just enough to bring the edge of the rim out the the fender lip without jutting out with retarded camber. Then a re-spray in the stock color. And, yes, the S4 bumpers and black trim are here to stay .

who knows.
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Old 01-10-2010, 12:38 AM   #2
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Mazda RX-7 Turbo II

Bought car as a replacement of my S5 vert, which gave me heaps of trouble.

148,000 miles, rebuilt engine at some point (had great compression when bought, current compression unknown, )

Right now I'm replacing the clutch, swapping out the turbo for an S5 unit, and cleaning the fuel tank in preparation to drop a walbro 255lph fuel pump in it.

I will have some current pics of the car tomorrow in the daylight. Being that it's winter, and it's cold as balls, the work is moving pretty slowly, but I should have it done in a few weeks.
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