My 87 TII Build!

FC3SDrift · 04-04-2008, 06:43 PM

My RX-7 Build

I started with a 1987 RX-7 TurboII Chassis with original 140k kms on it, the body is solid, there’s no rust whatsoever on it, although it was pretty dirty under the hood, and the red hood ended up getting damaged so it has a black TII hood on it right now. Here are some pictures of the car when I first got it.

The Engine Bay

As you could see the engine bay was pretty Grimy when I got the car, everything was covered by a thick greasy sludge.
I’m not a big fan of the spray on engine bay cleaner….Dawn dish soap and time works a lot better in my opinion, and it’s not harmful to your paint and driveway.
It probably took a good 4-5 hours of scrubbing to get the engine bay to this point

After I finished the engine bay I switched out the headlight covers and the sunroof panel from my parts car because the ones on this car must have been switched before I bought it because they were pretty rough and the sunroof panel had the usual rust
That’s all I’ve done to the body so far…I just wanted to minimize any rusting during the winter time. because it’s going to be sitting in a driveway till spring

The Motor
After I finished off getting the chassis cleaned up I started prepping the engine for the swap. I got a killer deal on this engine it’s a JDM S5 13B-T built and tuned by Tom’s Racing in Japan. Total I paid $2600 for the engine, Trans and a bunch of goodies
What the engine came with:
JDM S5 13b-t
5-speed transmission
N374 tom’s racing ecu
Garrett a/r.60 with t70 wheel, hybrid turbo
2x 550cc injectors in dynamic chamber
Dual alternator belts
OS Giken Twin disc clutch and Lightweight flywheel
Old school greddy intercooler piping with greddy elbow
2x 550cc injectors in the IC piping
Greddy Big Type-R BOV
3” downpipe
Apexi Series 5 airfilter and AFM

04-04-2008, 06:43 PM	#1
FC3SDrift The Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	My 87 TII Build! My RX-7 Build I started with a 1987 RX-7 TurboII Chassis with original 140k kms on it, the body is solid, there’s no rust whatsoever on it, although it was pretty dirty under the hood, and the red hood ended up getting damaged so it has a black TII hood on it right now. Here are some pictures of the car when I first got it. The Engine Bay As you could see the engine bay was pretty Grimy when I got the car, everything was covered by a thick greasy sludge. I’m not a big fan of the spray on engine bay cleaner….Dawn dish soap and time works a lot better in my opinion, and it’s not harmful to your paint and driveway. It probably took a good 4-5 hours of scrubbing to get the engine bay to this point After I finished the engine bay I switched out the headlight covers and the sunroof panel from my parts car because the ones on this car must have been switched before I bought it because they were pretty rough and the sunroof panel had the usual rust That’s all I’ve done to the body so far…I just wanted to minimize any rusting during the winter time. because it’s going to be sitting in a driveway till spring The Motor After I finished off getting the chassis cleaned up I started prepping the engine for the swap. I got a killer deal on this engine it’s a JDM S5 13B-T built and tuned by Tom’s Racing in Japan. Total I paid $2600 for the engine, Trans and a bunch of goodies What the engine came with: JDM S5 13b-t 5-speed transmission N374 tom’s racing ecu Garrett a/r.60 with t70 wheel, hybrid turbo 2x 550cc injectors in dynamic chamber Dual alternator belts OS Giken Twin disc clutch and Lightweight flywheel Old school greddy intercooler piping with greddy elbow 2x 550cc injectors in the IC piping Greddy Big Type-R BOV 3” downpipe Apexi Series 5 airfilter and AFM