RioX7 in The Unknown Legend's 87 Sport RX7 Build

[RioX7]

^^^Its like a movie title.^^^

I Figured I would start a build thread since I am currently in a rebuild state. This will also be my first post on Rotary Car Club. YAY!! So to start I originally picked up this RX7 about 4 years or so ago. I got it for 200 bucks with a blown engine, some missing interior parts and amazingly no rust for sitting for as long as it did which was awesome expecially since I live in Montana with the snow and cold. This wasnt my first RX7 it is my third, had a 87GXL and a 86 Sport that was rolled that i got with the GXL for parts mainly the engine.

But anyways the current Sport got the engine and the other 2 cars got parted. The car got interior parts replaced along with power window and power window swap. I was happy with the car it was coming along nicely then the need for more power was wanted..

I ended up finding a turbo parts car locally which turned my rx7 count up to 4 and swapping all the drive train in. The turbo chassis wasnt worth saving it was all rusted out came from michigan or somewhere like that. That car got gutted and crushed...Car ran super strong after the conversion and started upgrading from there. And as being the daily I had to drive all the time which eventually lead to the death of the first engine. Sourced another engine within a few months, It was a S5 streetport with 3 mill seals. So started a break in and strong engine after break in but had problems with oil low pressure like FC3Smurray did. So I changed regulators and front cover o rings, worked out good and ran it. But didnt fix it soon enough cause ended up spinnin a rear stat gear bearing... Which brings me up to current rebuild in a somewhat of a sum up of the cars life with me so far. Didnt want to get too into it. I will update more, get more into depth and get some pics of recent tear down and fixes.

[RioX7]

^^^Its like a movie title.^^^

I Figured I would start a build thread since I am currently in a rebuild state. This will also be my first post on Rotary Car Club. YAY!! So to start I originally picked up this RX7 about 4 years or so ago. I got it for 200 bucks with a blown engine, some missing interior parts and amazingly no rust for sitting for as long as it did which was awesome expecially since I live in Montana with the snow and cold. This wasnt my first RX7 it is my third, had a 87GXL and a 86 Sport that was rolled that i got with the GXL for parts mainly the engine.

But anyways the current Sport got the engine and the other 2 cars got parted. The car got interior parts replaced along with power window and power window swap. I was happy with the car it was coming along nicely then the need for more power was wanted..

I ended up finding a turbo parts car locally which turned my rx7 count up to 4 and swapping all the drive train in. The turbo chassis wasnt worth saving it was all rusted out came from michigan or somewhere like that. That car got gutted and crushed...Car ran super strong after the conversion and started upgrading from there. And as being the daily I had to drive all the time which eventually lead to the death of the first engine. Sourced another engine within a few months, It was a S5 streetport with 3 mill seals. So started a break in and strong engine after break in but had problems with oil low pressure like FC3Smurray did. So I changed regulators and front cover o rings, worked out good and ran it. But didnt fix it soon enough cause ended up spinnin a rear stat gear bearing... Which brings me up to current rebuild in a somewhat of a sum up of the cars life with me so far. Didnt want to get too into it. I will update more, get more into depth and get some pics of recent tear down and fixes.