Project: "Last RX-7" by Herblenny

[20b 3rd gen]

Man Phil, i wish i could have gotten off to go with you...........lucky S.O.B lol.

[RICE RACING]

Hey Phil, you know I have actually driven a RO80 back in 1993.

They have the characteristic PP idle, the coolest thing though is how it "bucks" in gear at light load and the no clutch system on changing gear, you just put your hand on the knob (BDC style) and it "responds" lol (disengages the clutch) and lets you change gear.

The bloke who had it was one of my customers in my engineering job and he was a scientist who bought it from new and even had spare motors for it, I got to see the internals and the PP intakes were tiny tiny lol.

Interesting piece of history

[speedjunkie]

Originally Posted by RICE RACING

...and the no clutch system on changing gear, you just put your hand on the knob (BDC style) and it "responds" lol (disengages the clutch) and lets you change gear.

Now THAT is cool! Not the BDC part LOL, but how to shift without a clutch.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by 20b 3rd gen

Man Phil, i wish i could have gotten off to go with you...........lucky S.O.B lol.

LOL! I hear ya John But it was a very hectic day!!

Originally Posted by RICE RACING

Hey Phil, you know I have actually driven a RO80 back in 1993.

They have the characteristic PP idle, the coolest thing though is how it "bucks" in gear at light load and the no clutch system on changing gear, you just put your hand on the knob (BDC style) and it "responds" lol (disengages the clutch) and lets you change gear.

The bloke who had it was one of my customers in my engineering job and he was a scientist who bought it from new and even had spare motors for it, I got to see the internals and the PP intakes were tiny tiny lol.

Interesting piece of history

I actually took a video of this running.. I'll see if I can upload it somewhere..


January 4th, 2012 - Happy New Year!!!
Well, not much have been done to the car as I was busy at work... Also, I'm about to trade this shell for an R1 shell without the sunroof. Hoping to do that this weekend.
Anyhow, the little time I had, I stripped out the dash and refinished the rusty metal dash frame.



I sanded it down to bare metal, treated with rust inhibitor, and primed it.

I then sprayed with gloss black then quick shot of gunmetal and clear the whole thing.. Shouldn't rust again



I'm heading to my fabricator's shop (www.MPFab.com) to pull the engine out and get it ready for this weekend's shell swap.