My 38K mile 93 SSM build

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 05:26 PM

Ok guys and gals, a lot time planning for this day and it has finally come. I have owned the car for a bit over a year now. Bought it with 36K on it and well really have not driven it due to this work not being done.

My stock 93 SSM with 38k stock miles getting some work to make her last longer. Keep in mind I am not looking for HP but more dependable good power.

Once complete here is what will be done and staying Sequential. I will be trying to take pics of everything done and will be posting them.

So first to come....... my car in stock trim currently with:
SSR rims
Front cross drilled rotors
Petit AST - coming off going AST delete
New Poly motor mounts
Stainless Steel Brake lines
Eibach springs
99 Spec rear lamps
RB single tip cat back
Xcessive alum oil pan - Coming off going back to stock

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 05:35 PM

Whats to come:

AST removal
Alum Radiator
Turbos ported and worked to keep my sequential
rats nest to be thinned out
coils relocated
cerma coated UIM, LIM with block offs
wiring harness to be thinned out and cleaned up
some water ports to be tapped off instead of just blocking them
TB to be worked a little
Garfinkle Motor works torque brace
Garfinkle Motor works oil pan brace
SR Motor sports SMIC
Greddy piping and elbow
1300 cc injectors
Efini cross over pipe
greddy boost controller
Power FC with commander
Wide band
down pipe
mid pipe
Beck/Arnley clutch kit
ETC............

alot of cleaning and small work that will be posted

need RX7 · 11-23-2008, 05:37 PM

Dang, 38k miles? Very nice. I like what you've got planned too.

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 05:45 PM

ok here are some beginning pics:

Motor getting ready for removal.
Note the second pic on the driver side frame rail from where the battery sits.hard to get to area to keep clean. Well I will have to clean that up before the motor goes back in.

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 05:53 PM

pictures of motor out and the frame rails painted in a black bed liner coating to help with rust/scratches. There was a seem that I followed to keep it uniform on both sides.

Time to replace every water hose under the hood (those that I will be keeping) all gaskets, studs/nuts on turbos and some other small odds and ends. Ray at Mazda sent me a box of goodies for almost $700 needed to do this work.

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 06:04 PM

Here are some before pictures once the turbos were pulled off. See all the cracks and where the gasket sits. Now to basically gasket match the turbos and that will help with some cracks. The others will have to be welded.

Whizbang · 11-23-2008, 06:13 PM

great condition car!

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 06:39 PM

Turbo worked performed by Garfinkle Motor Works (Thanks David)

You can see the cracks have been welded, some grinding has been done, and see the black spots in the flat surfaces (low spots due to warping). Those will be resurfaced to get some/most of that taken out.

Here are those pics

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 06:58 PM

more on turbo work (Garfinkle Motor works)

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 07:08 PM

more pictures of turbo work done by Garfinkle Motor works

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 07:16 PM

pics

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 07:19 PM

My cheap Radiator that I had to modify the shroud to fit. Had to use bolts and nuts to mount it on the bottom and had to open up the holes on the shroud top sine it all was not lining up perfect.
Then I had to notch the shroud since the upper tube was at a different angle over the stock location (seen in the next group of pics).
If you buy one of these keep in mind that its not a direct drop in nor does it have a drain or a line for the AST.

If I would had known about this up front I would have spent more for the right one.
But again $150 for this was not too bad even with the mods I had to do.

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 07:35 PM

more radiator pics.

Had to remove the name on it

fire85gslse · 11-23-2008, 07:45 PM

Here is my motor sitting there now with the turbos back on.

Chadwick · 11-23-2008, 09:15 PM

See you decided to pull the motor. Makes the work you are doing a lot easier. David is the turbo porting master. Work looks great.

Dan

11-23-2008, 05:35 PM	#2
fire85gslse RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Middle TN iTrader: (0) Posts: 1,029 Rep Power: 18	Whats to come: AST removal Alum Radiator Turbos ported and worked to keep my sequential rats nest to be thinned out coils relocated cerma coated UIM, LIM with block offs wiring harness to be thinned out and cleaned up some water ports to be tapped off instead of just blocking them TB to be worked a little Garfinkle Motor works torque brace Garfinkle Motor works oil pan brace SR Motor sports SMIC Greddy piping and elbow 1300 cc injectors Efini cross over pipe greddy boost controller Power FC with commander Wide band down pipe mid pipe Beck/Arnley clutch kit ETC............ alot of cleaning and small work that will be posted __________________ I own A few Rotaries and Yes, I have a rotary problem. (SELLING OFF All my parts) 79SA(Respeed Car),93 FD (tweakit) Last edited by fire85gslse; 11-23-2008 at 08:19 PM..

11-23-2008, 05:37 PM	#3
need RX7 Clean S4 Nutswinger Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, MI iTrader: (0) Posts: 485 Rep Power: 17	Dang, 38k miles? Very nice. I like what you've got planned too. __________________ -Ted -1986 Mazda RX7 Sport [DD/beater]: engine finally let go at 205k. parts car status. -1986 Mazda RX7 base [resto-mod project]: S5 n/a swap in progress.

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11-23-2008, 09:15 PM	#15
Chadwick Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Smyrna, TN, USA iTrader: (3) Posts: 239 Rep Power: 17	See you decided to pull the motor. Makes the work you are doing a lot easier. David is the turbo porting master. Work looks great. Dan __________________ 93 RX7 BB (Race Car) 93 RX7 SSM (Soon to be IBM and a daily driver) 05 Silverado Z71 08 Mini Cooper 80 LS RX7 (for sale)