I finally get to go through the entire build. I'll do it in stages (1 post about the BEFORE, one about the after and so forth)
Backstory: I've owned an S4 GXL, S5 GTU and an S5TII up to this point in the story.
I hate street drifters/racers because I lost my TII avoiding one of them on the local backroads.
Asshole didn't even stop. So I had a dead car and no shell.
My friend had a shell with a dead motor. I had just spent $4600 for a turn-key Mazda reman (another regret, it's one of those "if I knew then what I know now" type of deals) since the jerk sold it to me with blown seals. This is why I tell everyone buying a car to
WALK AWAY IF THEY ARRIVE At A TEST DRIVE AND THE CAR IS WARMED UP. Ask for the car to be cold (at least 3 or 4 hours). I'm partially to blame for not knowing a damn thing, ignorance isn't bliss and you shouldn't trust anyone.
So, on with the build:
I bought it in 2003 and I'm still working on it.
I wouldn't tell anyone I got a great deal but it was the best I could do at the time. I owed him 300 bux and he asked for 700 more for the car. I needed it so I bought it. It had potential in my eyes. Lightest model, turbo motor.
TO BE CONTINUED...
GTUs~GTUsT~TOYS~FG DASH~RX7CLUB Info~WTB/FS
We removed the motor at his house but I wish I had kept the motor to practice on, or to have as a drop-in replacement (200K miles is quite a lot of miels). I just had no room at the time.
We had some garage problems (a long story) and rushed it. Finished the thing in one week, which isn't bad for my first ever real work on a car.
I liked the FSM and how simple it was to do the work. I have a lot of regrets but circumstances just weren't favorable. I have very little pics of this (another regret of mine) but here is the best I can do:
I installed EVERYTHING from the TII over to the GTUs. Sold the GTUs rear end, bought tools, read the FSM MANY TIMES and it still wouldn't turn over. The garage issue I mentioned earlier finally blew up and I towed the car to my parent's house. I went over the FSM for another week trying to figure out why the car won't turn on. My dad walked out and walked over to the car and asked: "what plugs in there?" and points at a harness with nothing attached to it. I look through the FSM and say: "Main relay."
I missed the main relay. I run to my friend's house and rummage through his parts and find a main relay and it turned on.
I have a video somewhere of it running off the DP.
So, now I needed a hood. Junpower from the RX7club stepped up and let me BORROW his hood and I rocked it for a good two years. BTW, those of you who recognize the following pics.
I drove this car for a few years. Stock turbo, 3" exhaust (went through a few), suspension mods, intake, boost controller. The best DD I've ever had! My now wife wanted an FC also and she got her GTUs. That car's thread will come soon.
