New Year, Same Great Event, 20 days left!!!!! what's on your todo list?
 

Lets here it! What are you you finishing up/bringing new this year? I'll start off with like 1/4 of my list
1) Repair/Repaint front bumper, hood, both doors, rear bumper :scratch:
2) Finish up the traction control
3) New Gaskets for the Fuel Cell
4) BellyPan
5) 6-spd!

1) Finish the damn DGRR XI registration pages...
2) Get my bridge port in the car

finish prep work on the car and paint it then put it back together.

change oil, check air in tires,roll fenders and maybe retune the power FC its been 3 or 4 yrs.

1) Buy another RX-7
2) ???
3) Profit!

1. Resolve to quit making such horrible decisions on New Years Eve.
2. Fix my fuel tank
3. Put in black manual seat belts
4. Track down and fix the drivetrain vibration
5. Fix my power steering
6. Fix my cigarette lighter (probably just unplugged or something)
7. Hook up my overhead lights
8. Bodywork/paint (probably won't happen)

-Retune
-Replace Fuel Line and Adapter for FP Gauge
-New Tires, 275 Rear, 235 Front
-Annual Service, Diff, Tranny, Oil etc...

1. Put the ported motor into the RX7
2. rebuild the 5speed tranny

1. Remove stock perch on replacement front struts and weld on new perches. Swap coil over collars/springs/dampers/camber plates over to new struts.
2. Install new front brake rotors and wheel bearings.
3. Install MSD 6A and 2 Jacobs coils.
4. Mount wheels and tires
5. Alignment
6. Tune the carb/set timing. Hopefully some dyno time before DGRR, but probably not.
7. Install louvers on hood and repaint.
8. Reinstall 3-point strut brace.
9. A good engine bay degreasing and interior cleaning.

1. Put motor back together & put it back in car.
2. Swap diff with a lsd diff.
3. Swap auto seat belts with manual belts.
4. Repair & paint hood vent.
5. Replace tires with better tires.
6. Aaand maybe something else.

I had no power from mine a couple years ago and it was the socket itself. I had power to it and everything. Just a thought. Before that I never knew it could go bad haha.


1. possibly paint engine bay (but probably not)
2. possibly install ducting for the VMIC
3. hopefully new coil setup and reinstall cruise control
4. possibly construct custom gauge pod setup/change gauges
5. get the front fenders modified to match the rear fenders
6. ss braided lines and reroute for water injection
7. possibly move battery again this time to storage bin behind passenger seat
8. help roommates get their FDs running/finished so they can go too

I just finished a bunch of projects so I want to drive it again and I don't want to take any chances on it not being ready by April. I haven't been to DGRR since '06 and I'm dying to go again.

To much stuff

1. Order and install coilover set up
2. Order and install wheels and fender flares
3. Replace fuel filter
4. Double check all new and old parts

Hopefully I will have it all done way before the gap hopefully be the keyword

1. 13B-REW swap into my FB! (Yes Holly, HollyII will be reborn!)
2. Back to original body panels, getting rid of that ugly ass bumper!
3. PAINT!
4. ALL mandatory maintenance (Fluids, BRAKES! and Tires, ect.)

It works eventually if I mess with whatever I plug in enough. Not sure what all is up with that but I'll test it out. :dunno:

Im bringing my FD this year instead of the Rx2, I need to get it tuned and might have some new wheels by then too.

It's almost like it just has corrosion in there or something.

9. I also forgot I want to get some strut bar spacers made so I can get rid of the washers.

Been there, good luck.

I had the same problem on mine while on the epic road adventure. It wasn't un-plugged, it was just plain worn out. Sucked, on day 2 I was in the parking lot of a wal-mart tearing the dash apart so I could wire in a external plug to charge my phone. I guess I should mount and more permanently wire that thing, zip tie mounting isn't really my thing :rofl:

That'd be bitching. But you should be able to make that yourself no? Plate of AL, a sharpie, jigsaw, drill and a file and maybe an hr of time?

Looks like I am going to have a TTT like madman build for DGRR this year.

Picking up something rather old school this weekend......

I think I remember you telling me about that. Don't knock the zip ties just yet, let it grow on you. LOL


I could make it and I like making my own stuff, but I don't have a jigsaw and the LIM spacers came out looking so good from the waterjet that I wanted to hump them. I'm not sure how much it would cost but I figure once they are made I could offer them to the forum too since I'm sure I'm not the only one needing them, and people could pick what thickness they want. And if I made the spacers they would look like crap, I'm kinda trying to get away from that these days.

Please elaborate, please let it be of the rotary variety, or maybe an old Datsun at least.

Did someone say Cosmo?

:)

Disclaimer- Of the RX-5 variety, not the 110s :(

Maybe when I get my 19" WIDE rims and keep my 255 tires I'll start rocking the zipties :rofl:

:rofl: It's amazing what a file and some time will do to clean things up. Although, if you have access to a waterjet guy local, that's tits. *sigh* Todd is so far away, and I should probably get hopin' on those parts for the rear speed sensors.

WIN! I hope to see that @ DGRR, even if it's on a trailer ;)

Blew my engine 1/3/2011. I'll still be there just don't know what I'm going to do engine wise yet.

0. Reserve a hotel room. The cabin we wanted isnt NVNC's any longer. :confused:
1. Replace 4 of the tires on the Dually
2. replace front wheelbearings on Dually

3. Change rear on race car to 444.
4. Repair rust spot near decklid on race car.
5. sand/prime/repaint race car.

6. clean up and box up old school exotic 13B based race engine

7. touch up scratch on wife's RX8

Not too bad a list.

I guess I need to basically start from the ground up. Make a car that hasn't been on the road since 2002 road worthy.

So with the Cosmo-
-check condition of engine (replace/rebuild as necessary)
-swap FB front spindles/struts
-swap FB brake master cylinder/booster
-rear wheel adapters
-wheels(??)
-RE-Speed TII front brake conversion
-reassemble interior
-finish body work/paint
-stereo install

Damn, I better get to work.

:rofl: So it looks we have a sucessor to the RedBull consumption King :smilielol5:

If everything goes well, I'll be unveiling a new look of my FD at DGRR7 (I'm going to call it that as its not 7th year running!).

new paint and bodyworks, new wheels and a few exterior cosmetic fun stuff for the Rx-3...hopefully

if i can get the FC up and running in a manner that i feel comfortable taking it to Deal's Gap, then i'd be mighty satisfied. i won't say anything above and beyond that simply because that would be unrealistic of me. between the weather and funds, it's an uphill battle just getting it mobile as it is.

Alright, here goes my list for the Rx-4:
-GSL-SE rear axle, front suspension, and brake swap
-paint and polish my old school Riken meshies, mount some new rubber on them
-weber is already sent out to be rebuilt along with new taller velocity stacks and mesh air cleaners
-clean up the engine bay
-fix a few electrical gremlins....
-rethink the ignition system
-install some sort of electric or belt driven vacuum booster

I think that's it............

Powder coat some parts from my engine bay
Prep. paint and and put on my front bumper
Install new fog lights
Put in carbon fiber interior pieces
That's all for now I think....

You don't need new fog lights with the Mazdaspeed bumper, just the relocation kit. Mazda, or several places online sell it.

Just an FYI...

I'll weigh in:

Change out chattery clutch (if I can be not lazy)
Correct sloppy shifter
Add TII front lip
Add radio
Clean up a little wiring

Got a few new ones as of this weekend...

10. rebuild engine
11. paint engine bay
12. replace BRAND NEW oil cooler that got ripped off while trying to pull start
13. figure out why power steering is seeping

Damn Eric, What did you do now?

I got HID fog lights for christmas though.

Well it was on the dyno about to get tuned...LOL.

Put down 400whp (actually I think it was 394 to be exact but they told me 400) at 21psi and 4500RPMs lol. That whp is uncorrected, so true high altitude hp to the wheels, 27% power loss up here so real numbers closer to sea level would be closer to 470 I think. This was on a Dyno Dynamics as well, which I'm told read lower than some others, but I never know who to believe on this haha.

We hadn't even started tuning yet, and they forgot to turn off the boost controller for the first couple runs and let the WG spring take care of that. Only got two pulls and those numbers were from the second pull. When it was winding down the car died and never would start again. With the spark plugs out you can hear one face on each rotor isn't as strong as the others, so we're thinking side seals, either bad springs or they're melted LOL.

This weekend bent me over hard. I hemorraged money...between paying for the dyno and renting the trailer to tow my car home from north of Denver to C Springs, AND the damaged oil cooler from trying to pull start it. All for a non-running car. Pisses me off every time I think about it.

Ouch, sorry to hear it man.... that blows. What Apex Seals were you using? What where the AFR's? EGT's? Timing?

You could have just used the stock fog lights and used an HID kit. All you have to do is reach into the housing, squeeze the reflector, and pull it out. Then HID bulbs go right back in!!

Yes it does blow, and it did lol. I've been using Atkins seals, I got their whole rebuild kit back in 08. They told me the AFRs were in the 10s, but didn't say anything about EGTs and I'm not sure on timing either. EGTs were usually in the 14s on the highway, not quite open throttle but I don't think they were much higher than that.

10's are too rich IMO especially depending on the porting. I'd be curious to revisit your timing map and see where you were at for timing.

As for the Atkins seals... A good friend of mine refers to them as "fuses." Meaning that they usually let go before most of the other co's and when they do, they generally don't tear up the engine on their way out. I'd be curious as to what you find when you pull the thing apart. post pics, lots of them