my first build!!
 

well i have had the car for almost 2 months now...ive only driven twice up an down my street. on the day i was going to have it registered it started smoking heavily,so i went online to see what i could gt as a response.
blown coolant seals. so i went with it knowing the engine had to be torn down.
not knowing anything about rotary engines i panicked and tried to get some one to help me through it,so my savior toby aka novice rotary tech
aided my call.
he arrived to asses the damage and confirmed the coolant seals.
so from tear down to back up ill post.
the car at day 1
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary002.jpg

2 weeks after
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary014.jpg

engine tear down
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary009.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary007.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary009.jpg

discovery of wroughted coolant seals that lead to seal failure.never let your car sit too long with water in it, previous owner also ran nitrous threw it
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary013.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary008.jpg
new housing and other new parts
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary015.jpg

cleaned the engine bay with toothbrush....seriously
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...rebuild007.jpg
rotor sitting in new housing thanks ernst (rx7world)
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary016.jpg

engine reassembled with toby's god like rebuild technique!!
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...rebuild009.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...rebuild008.jpg

installed air separator tank from gp sports.
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...rebuild011.jpg

had to make new omp lines from small engine fuel line.
also had to modify adapter to fit apexi air filter.
had to make plug wires, accel 8.5 spiral wires
now im waiting for the remainder of my parts to get here.
himni racing solid urethane engine mounts
rt racing silicone rad hoses
koyo rad
need the injector grommets?!?!?
stainless clutch line

cool, good luck with putting it all together, you know its an RX-7 when you have spent more time fixing it than driving it haha

your car looks just like tobys too

toby and i were thinkin about having a mini meet upon engine install

look's good man.. GL with the project..

chris

AHH! An orb! Your garage is haunted. :rofl:

engine is back in and fired up:001_005:

Really? You got it started? I want details. Call me.

its done! yay....rotary meets here i come!!

how does she run? did you find a plug for that coolant sensor hole?

For some reason I believe he has a TII center iron.

Look at the pictures with the center iron in them.
In the 1st post, look at the last picture, there is a hole right under an next to the oil filler neck hole toward the front of the engine. Isn't that where the knock sensor goes on a turbo motor?

Just wondering if the ports in the center iron of turbos are different than the center iron ports in n/a's.?
Are they smaller?
I should know this by now.:banghead:

where did the engine come from??

figured it was time for an update
new wheels,hood,thanks jamin. i still owe you.and custom front lip
tII calipers waiting to be put on.
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary021.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/p...erotary019.jpg

also forgot Savannah side spat things

looks nice!

added to the list, bride seat,old school aerospeed coilovers...still need turbo hood scoop

What Bride seat did you get? How much?

its a ergo 1 i got for free for swapping a rb26 motor into a rhd silvia

oh and i converted a nother piston guy to the dark side, he just bought a 87 tII

and now im getting boosted for FREEEEE:driving:

whaa?

yes,im turboing my n/a 5 psi, i know its not much and i dont want much. just enough to not look slower than a honda

ROFL!!!!! that's great... to hell with the honda's! and then tell them how 5 pound's just beat them..all that matter's is that you're happy and lovin the car

well said chris...well said