My 6 year FC project

[WE3RX7]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

He was talkin smack to his wife and the last thing he remembered was "Talk S*it get hit" She prob told him its OK if you tell your buddies you fell down lol... I'll call you billy.

I couldnt hit her back... she's preggers, lol.



I got rocked at the terrain park snowboarding at snowshoe on saturday...

[vex]

Psh, wimp. You could have totally just walked that off.

Snow boarding, HAHAHA.


Crap back to compressible homework I go.

[WE3RX7]

When are you back in culpeper tyler? You should come by sometime...

I'm thinking about doing some kind of local mazda meet...

[WE3RX7]

Just a quick observation, but it looks like the rx8 fmoc will not work. The bungs are simply in the wrong place! The cost of making them work isnt worth it over buying different coolers...

[WE3RX7]

Wow - March 4th was my last update??? I really am a slacker.

I cut back on the amount of work I put into the project the last several months for sure, but no worries, this is the project that never ends

I spent a good portion of time working on my rx8 getting it ready for some events that ended up getting canceled due to lack of attendance I'm pretty bummed out by that one... it sucks seeing the motorsports in our area take a dive. I'll toss up some updates in my rx8 thread though highlighted that work... now onto the FC again.


I am still toying around with a few different parts of this project. Right now focusing on trying to get the interior squared away. I actually picked up another FC for parts in hopes that it'll finally put an end to my search for good interior parts. The rest of the FC will be parted out most likely to fund a new daily driver project (FB).

I will get some pics up shortly of some of the progress on this car. With the slowing race schedule this year, I should have more time to devote to the cars themselves! Things will move slow through the next few weeks as I'm on vacation and building a new nursery and deck/patio.. so with all good luck, I should still have the interior 75% there by August and the car to paint sometime shortly thereafter. We're expecting our baby girl in October so after that I will begin building the engine.

I completely blew away my original timeline for this year (dont I always??) but am still hopeful that DGRRXI will be possible for the FC.

Time will tell, lol.. pics to come...

[WE3RX7]

As mentioned, I did get another FC with the mindset of having a complete black interior to swap over to mine. I have searched high and low for a REALLY clean and COMPLETE black interior. Its a lot harder than some may think, so others looking to go this route, if you find a deal... TAKE IT!!!

I bought this '90 Coupe with the intent of swapping interior since the pics looked great and the price was right. Now that the car is in my possession, I'm a little weary. The interior is in great shape for 184K on the clock, but it is worthy of my project??? It has no cracks, tears, etc.. even the grills are in good shape (for now, we'll see if they'll survive the removal) BUT its a bit dry and has very minor MINOR blisters on the top of the hood. Still the best I've seen thus far and rumor has it there is a compound that can refresh it a good bit...

So, here is my issue. Do I swap this interior in, use it as is (minus the seats and carpet, those will be new) and then keep an eye out on better parts in the future? The interior is somewhat holding me up right now, so I need to move on it I guess. Then, I could part the rest of the car out, and scrap the body (or sell).

Or....

I could simply rebuild the NA engine for cheap, get a door and fender (already have a source for them), slap a DIY cheapo spray job on her and daily drive it for a while... commuting in the RX8 is brutal (105miles a day) and this would be a good beater and get better MPG... I just don't know. I really want an FB my buddy has instead since I'd like to have each generation...

Thoughts? We'll see how it plays out over the next few days. I plan to have a FS thread on the entire car, part out thread and a WTB thread on a used NA engine. Whichever happens first I guess is what I'll do.

Here are some pics.









Here's the damage, completely repairable though (replaceable):

[2gslse]

Hell Bill the car actually looks better than what I thought it would. I say cheap DD with forsale sign untill FB is roadworthy

[vex]

hmmm, I may take you up on the engine depending on the price...

[WE3RX7]

I did put a FS thread up on the "other" forum to sell the car as a whole... we'll see. I'm giving it two weeks. If somebody takes the car off my hands all together, great... if not, no sweat... I'll keep on truck'n.

[WE3RX7]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

Hell Bill the car actually looks better than what I thought it would. I say cheap DD with forsale sign untill FB is roadworthy

Only catch with that is where do I build the FB, lol. I suppose I do have an empty spot in the garage, but I like to keep one bay open for maintenance on the cars that actually run

Sell me your original 12A from the other car and I'll drop it in at your place and its all set

What do you want with a pidly 'ol 12A when you got that monster RE to drop in!!?

[2gslse]

I still don't know what I'll do with it. it will prob be the best thing to do with it otherwise it may become an industrial strength paperweight.

[WE3RX7]

See, now we're thinking, lol....

It doesn't really matter to me either way - I thought maybe you'd drop it in the Repu or something? If you do decide to sell it, I could use the original 12A as a core/rebuildable unit later.

We'll figure something out, no big deal...

[2gslse]

If I ever get to the REPU it will be a proper 13b in the hole it has been shamed once before in its life with a piston engine and then back to the rotary.

[WE3RX7]

Yet another non-entertaining update. My main project hasn't been touched in about two months now. Baby stuff took over and its been hectic ever since, in a good way. With about 65% of the home projects (building a nursery, fence, etc) I'm looking forward to more time with my main FC in the fall.

I've given it some thought and it looks like the body parts will go into the basement for the winter and I'll hold off on the bodywork until yet another year (spring '11).

My quest for the perfect interior has turned a full 180 back to my original plan of not installing interior at all. I like the "idea" of interior but the "function" loses me for a track car. All this car will have is the dash, seats, center console and custom door cards. The rest of the interior will be soaked up by a cage and fuel equipment, coolers, etc. IF I decide to do interior later down the road, I can add it in around the safety equipment, etc.


So... why do ask do I keep saying my "main FC"

Behold the new beater...

1987 Bone stock sport model. I put some vert wheels on it today with newer rubber and its all set. Plan is to just drive this until its dead with no real modifications. I want to park the RX8 for the winter and focus on my main FC, lol.

The nice touch here is that this car is also fairly straight w/ little rust so when I complete my main FC, SHOULD I put it in a wall or otherwise total it, I'll have a nice transferable path to this one.


And yes, I still have the 1990 coupe, please... somebody take it away, lol!!!

[vex]

I'll take the ENGINE.... and Maybe the Right tail light. But I'm poor and in college, and I still need to put my 7 into the shop to get some actual exhaust welded up.... speaking of which.... CRAPAPPAPPPPPP! I forgot to grab my exhaust ticket to pay it today.