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Mitchocalypse · 03-10-2015, 03:29 AM

I've been a ghost in the RX-7 community as of lately. With life progressing as it inevitably does, starting to want different things and this car is making things tougher than they need to be.

I'll be done my degree in 2 months and the job hunt is going pretty shitty because of the oil price. However I'm still trying to be optimistic about that.. I'm doing everything I can to get my resume seen, whether i'm working in the engineering department or as an operator for the first bit I'd be more than happy. However either path leads to me not having much room for this car.

A) living downtown in the city, i put it in storage and probably never touch it
B) living in a small oilfield town where I would have to find somewhere else to store it and again probably never touch it.

If I could go back I probably wouldn't have gone so balls deep with this but it's too late now. I was just in the garage the other day mirin' it and it sure is purdy. Anyways looking at my options..

I) Sell it all as one. Take a huge loss.
II) Part it out. Take a long time, still never get anywhere close to my initial investment back
III) Finish it.

Option III is kind of funny because the last little while i've just been thinking how much more work is required to get things to where I want them. It's running now and thats great but it's so far from done still. It still feels overwhelming, but yesterday I took a second to write down everything I wanted done, about how long it would take to do, the parts I will need, and an approximate (high end - since it always ends up being in the upper echelon anyways) cost for each item.

That actually got me pretty excited because it is so do-able. It's always so much easier to focus on one task at a time than to look at the whole big picture.

Heres the list. For all the fab stuff i'm lucky enough to have a friend who bought a new tig welder for his shop and is definitely capable of doing that work for a couple steaks.

Repair W/M Tank
Secure Brake Prop. Valve
Replace Wheel Stud
Secure Battery
Replace Windshield
Add fuel pump
Fix Oil leak
Check Oil return
Polish Turbo & Catch Can
Make Intercooler hot-side Piping
Re-route + wrap WG Dump pipes
Fuel Pump Wiring
Fix exhaust leaks
Boost Controller Wiring
99 Spec Steering Wheel (Protégé)
Cut Main Pulley
Catch Can bracket
Re-drill FPR bracket
Repair, finish, and secure vac lines
Turbo Blanket
Heat Sheild Turbo Water Lines
Get Fuel Gauge Working
Install W/M kit
Build Intake
Re-install trunk stuff
Paint + Install Sideskirts (Perm)
Install Skid plates
Install engine torque damper
Gold foil wrap intake + hot side IC
Roll rear fenders + spacer, spacer on front
Tune
New Wiring Harness (Rywire)**

One of the fuel fittings (presumably) on the w/m tank sprung a leak so it won't hold pressure and it leaks fuel into the tank so I'll have a rad shop take care of that. The wheel stud is stripped from me being an idiot. Everything else is pretty self explanatory.

The asterix next to the rywire harness is cause the shop I'll probably have tune the car can work with anything but is a licensed Microtech dealer so they tune a lot of those. When you buy the ecu it also comes with a harness and they tune it and touch up the tune as often as you want for free as long as you own the car. So i'd have to decide if i want to stick with the link and get the rywire or sell that off and just have them completely redo the ecu and harness with the microtech.

Some good news is that for the w/m install, the pressure switch and boost air supply for the nozzle are 1/8" npt so I can screw them right into the vacuum manifold i already have installed seen in this older pic (rad hose has since been re-routed) on the far left.

Heres a pic of my friends battery install. I would try to get him to pretty much copy exactly that for me. I would have a little homemade fuse/relay box beside it though for the boost controller, fuel pumps and water injection 12v power source.

My trunk wont look near as clean cause I have all my fuel fitting sticking out but its something to look at.

Obviously not everything is crucial to get it running right but this should be everything I need to get the car to where i wanted it to be when I started this project. I might have to source some rear bins and trunk parts since I know i sold some stuff, not sure what though.

I figure it will end up costing me in the vicinity of 4000 dollars to get all this done and hopefully I land a job and get this thing finished up. It really will be a show worthy car when its all done. Heck it already turns heads at meets!

Here's to the final stretch!

03-10-2015, 03:29 AM	#98
Mitchocalypse Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 179 Rep Power: 14	I've been a ghost in the RX-7 community as of lately. With life progressing as it inevitably does, starting to want different things and this car is making things tougher than they need to be. I'll be done my degree in 2 months and the job hunt is going pretty shitty because of the oil price. However I'm still trying to be optimistic about that.. I'm doing everything I can to get my resume seen, whether i'm working in the engineering department or as an operator for the first bit I'd be more than happy. However either path leads to me not having much room for this car. A) living downtown in the city, i put it in storage and probably never touch it B) living in a small oilfield town where I would have to find somewhere else to store it and again probably never touch it. If I could go back I probably wouldn't have gone so balls deep with this but it's too late now. I was just in the garage the other day mirin' it and it sure is purdy. Anyways looking at my options.. I) Sell it all as one. Take a huge loss. II) Part it out. Take a long time, still never get anywhere close to my initial investment back III) Finish it. Option III is kind of funny because the last little while i've just been thinking how much more work is required to get things to where I want them. It's running now and thats great but it's so far from done still. It still feels overwhelming, but yesterday I took a second to write down everything I wanted done, about how long it would take to do, the parts I will need, and an approximate (high end - since it always ends up being in the upper echelon anyways) cost for each item. That actually got me pretty excited because it is so do-able. It's always so much easier to focus on one task at a time than to look at the whole big picture. Heres the list. For all the fab stuff i'm lucky enough to have a friend who bought a new tig welder for his shop and is definitely capable of doing that work for a couple steaks. Repair W/M Tank Secure Brake Prop. Valve Replace Wheel Stud Secure Battery Replace Windshield Add fuel pump Fix Oil leak Check Oil return Polish Turbo & Catch Can Make Intercooler hot-side Piping Re-route + wrap WG Dump pipes Fuel Pump Wiring Fix exhaust leaks Boost Controller Wiring 99 Spec Steering Wheel (Protégé) Cut Main Pulley Catch Can bracket Re-drill FPR bracket Repair, finish, and secure vac lines Turbo Blanket Heat Sheild Turbo Water Lines Get Fuel Gauge Working Install W/M kit Build Intake Re-install trunk stuff Paint + Install Sideskirts (Perm) Install Skid plates Install engine torque damper Gold foil wrap intake + hot side IC Roll rear fenders + spacer, spacer on front Tune New Wiring Harness (Rywire)** One of the fuel fittings (presumably) on the w/m tank sprung a leak so it won't hold pressure and it leaks fuel into the tank so I'll have a rad shop take care of that. The wheel stud is stripped from me being an idiot. Everything else is pretty self explanatory. The asterix next to the rywire harness is cause the shop I'll probably have tune the car can work with anything but is a licensed Microtech dealer so they tune a lot of those. When you buy the ecu it also comes with a harness and they tune it and touch up the tune as often as you want for free as long as you own the car. So i'd have to decide if i want to stick with the link and get the rywire or sell that off and just have them completely redo the ecu and harness with the microtech. Some good news is that for the w/m install, the pressure switch and boost air supply for the nozzle are 1/8" npt so I can screw them right into the vacuum manifold i already have installed seen in this older pic (rad hose has since been re-routed) on the far left. Heres a pic of my friends battery install. I would try to get him to pretty much copy exactly that for me. I would have a little homemade fuse/relay box beside it though for the boost controller, fuel pumps and water injection 12v power source. My trunk wont look near as clean cause I have all my fuel fitting sticking out but its something to look at. Obviously not everything is crucial to get it running right but this should be everything I need to get the car to where i wanted it to be when I started this project. I might have to source some rear bins and trunk parts since I know i sold some stuff, not sure what though. I figure it will end up costing me in the vicinity of 4000 dollars to get all this done and hopefully I land a job and get this thing finished up. It really will be a show worthy car when its all done. Heck it already turns heads at meets! Here's to the final stretch! __________________ Last edited by Mitchocalypse; 03-10-2015 at 03:33 AM.