Engine, tranny, turbo installed and exhaust started
 

It was a productive day. Got the engine and tranny in. Put the turbo on and started the down pipe. Everything was pretty painless except for that damn tranny. Also test fitted the fiero fan.

More pictures and some details please .

Rebuilt street ported 12a with 14000 mile
HKS manifold, wastegate
Garrett TO4E
3 inch Stainless mandrel bend exhaust
2.5 inch intercooler piping
48 IDA downdraft carb
actual coilovers on the frond and Respeed adjustable coils on the back
16x6 16x7 rota wheels in gunmetal gray
interior stripped of the tar sound deadening material
No A/C
Electric heater
TRUST FMIC
FMOC
OS giken twin plate clutch
Mazda racing aluminum oil pan
MSD 6A
3 MSD coils for direct fire
Fiero electric fan
Roll bar
mazda speed or respeed strut bar havnt decided yet
respeed rack and pinion steering
Recaro seats
nardi steering wheel
crank up windows
fiberglass louvered hood

im sure there is more

anything specific you want pictures of?

i'm putting my request in for the exhaust system whenever you get around to it. also are you planning to utilize any coatings?

i dont have the full exhaust done yet I have the muffler over the axle and the 45 degree mandrel of teh turbo still have to connect the two but Ill give you pics of what I have so far.. btw the rear axle no longer looks like that. I removed the rust and painted it and new brake lines.

havnt given any thought to getting anything coated

todays progress, my intake manifold came in from Japan!!! so i got to install the intake carb and hat. couldnt help it I had to get an idea of what the intercooler piping would look like so I got started on that. also made one oil cooler line

a few shots of the engine before it went in.

Did a little more work this morning. Intercooler piping pretty much all mocked up. Need to change the angle of the BOV's there going to hit the strut bar at that angle.

question: why did your intake manifold come from Japan? i ask simply because i'm trying to source one for myself (13B though). thanks.

you do quite impressive work.

I really like the short runner ida manifold. They don't sell them in the states. Hell they don't even make them anymore. I have a friend in Japan that will bid on yahoo auctions for me.

Are you looking for a 4 or 6 port ida manifold? I have a 4 port.

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I really like what your doing! If I had the cash I would boost my 12A..Not picking nor will I say I'm a expert at what I'm going to ask..It looks like you are pretty skilled with the welder wouldnt it make sense to change you FMIC end tanks so you have much shorter pipes?

Thanks,

I spent alot of time researching for my set up looking at alot of intercoolers with it just on one side. Problem with them was that the inlet/outlets were far apart. with this intercooler both the inlet/outlet are close together and have a lower profile for the pipes. There isnt alot of space on the radiator bracket to cut out two pipes that are far apart.
I'm not trying to do that much work. :)

good Lord you do awesome work. i'm really liking the way this thing is coming together. did you teach yourself how to weld or is that something related to your profession?
i didn't realize there was a tall and short. i guess i'm just used to seeing the tall ones, which i guess i'd prefer. i'm going to need a 4-port, 2 actually (old school 13B and 13B-T bolt patterns) when the time comes.

i was just curious because i check Ebay and Craigslist every so often for them and NEVER find one... anywhere. only place i've seen them new is Mazdatrix and true to form, since i kept waiting (until it was more convenient) the price went up about $70. :(

lookin good Sean! nice carb hat :) that thing is blingin

Thanks for the comments. I have been teaching myself to weld. Figured it would be cheaper than finding someone else to weld it all together



Thanks Robert, for the comment and the deal on the carb hat!!!!! I have to agree this one is looking alot sexier than my last build.

Few pics of what I have gotten done. But actual work has been taking alot of my time this week.

I started on building the exhaust, but I only had the turbo losely attached for mocking up everything else. I had to tighten it up and instead of doing it twice I figured I should finish the oil return and the braided lines. Then I could just tighten it up and consider that part of the build finished.

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What have you done for the carb and how much boost do you plan to run on it?

I actually have the 13BT IDA manifold and top hat which I acquired years ago while doing an ITB setup and have been thinking about throwing some 48IDAs on it and dropping the setup into a first gen with a stock turbo but I'm still a bit unclear on webers since my carb experience is limited.

Carb hat, polyurethane float, mill out one of the walls inside the carb for more fuel capacity. 300 or better needle valve, new gaskets and drill in three spots for fuel flow and drivability.
I ran 8lbs normal, 10lbs racing on my last setup and plan the same for
This one.

Where did you get the floats?

Nice build BTW :) 8lbs is the most I think I'd run with my setup.... still thinking about doing it...

I think Rotaryshack has them available if not Austrailian ebay has them..

Got ya - thanks...

Got some work done last night. Exhaust is almost complete, 4 more welds and add hangers.

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the exhaust looks great. how many pre mufflers are you running? it looks like there might be two in the picks.

easiest to answer with more pictures :)

I got the muffler and pre muffler from Parts Off in japan for 8000 yen. about 100.00 It's a Tanabe Hyper Medalion exhaust system for a Nissan Cedric. The Japanese stainless was 3" inside diameter and the stateside stainless mandrel bends are 3" outside diameter. So a chop saw and a tig welder its now for a 1st gen 12at RX7.

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exhaust came out great!

thanks Robert

I have been waiting on parts for the engine bay so I started working on the interior. When I got this shell the interior tar sound deadening had been removed. The only things inside the car were the dash, center console and the steering wheel.

I started with the seats. I had to modify a bride FC seat rail to work under my recaro seats. Installed the rotaryshack short shifter and the Nardi steering wheel. the 4 point roll bar is a tight fit. test fitted the pioneer DVD headunit. Since there is no space left in the engine bay I moved the battery to behind the passenger seat. Need a few grommets to complete that project.


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love the work man good job

Updated. Wire harness tucked in the fender

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Thats pretty cool I have the same exact seats I bought off a old co worker for 20 bucks! Yours are in much better shape though..I still cant find what the came out of maybe a trans-am?