Project 1976 Cosmo #2 (I can't help myself)

rx7 vinnie · 09-29-2014, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by almoststockfc

Do it!

What he said......

djmtsu · 10-28-2014, 11:03 AM

So, here is what is going on with the Cosmos.

The White car is going to get the engine and trans from the Silver car.

The Silver car is getting an S4 engine, retaining the FI, with hopefully an SA/FB trans (for easier mounting).

My FC is being unceremoniously being evicted from its hiding place at the beginning of the year, so I'm pulling the drivetrain, and parting it out, or selling the shell. I am keeping the wheels on it though, since they are GSL-SE pattern, and I am switching to GSL-SE spindles/rear end on the Silver car.

***TitaniumTT*** · 10-28-2014, 04:46 PM

kewl kewl..... other one NEEDS MOAR POWA! I know a guy up north that can help with that

Also, I have the trans that you desire should you need 1

djmtsu · 10-28-2014, 05:05 PM

Thanks Bri. Charles has some kicking around. A stock S4 NA engine, fuel injected will work well in the silver car. And this one needs the 13B 4 port with the carb. As it should be.

Now I'm just hoping that time, and funds hold up. I'd like to have both there, but that might not be possible. If I bring one, it'll be this one.

***TitaniumTT*** · 10-28-2014, 05:08 PM

Cheers man!

S4 n/a power it does not equal..... needs large turbo.... like suck small farm animals in big.

djmtsu · 10-28-2014, 05:18 PM

Maybe down the road. I'd love to do the 13B-RE with a single turbo, or BNR twins. But that is some serious $$$.

I'm still in recovery mode from being unemployed for so long. Makes me gun shy buying parts!!

***TitaniumTT*** · 10-28-2014, 05:33 PM

I hear ya man, believe me, I understand....

Cosmo with a cosmo, imagine that

djmtsu · 02-14-2015, 11:13 AM

Well, there seems to be an issue. I still haven't received the title from the auction company I bought it from. And, due to the 11 digit VIN, it is proving difficult to get anywhere on a title search.

If I don't have the title by the end of the month, this one is (unfortunately) going to be stripped down to the shell, and used for parts for the other car. I really don't want to do that, but I might have to. If would like to still keep it, and put parts from the silver car back on it to keep it a complete 'parts car', but that requires a place to store it.

Grrrrrrr

djmtsu · 01-05-2016, 04:00 PM

Santa was good to me.

Got the title and car registered!! Woo hoo!! (they got tags for it too, but not Antique Tags, so that will change)

Now I can actually do something with this car, and not just cut it up or part it out!!!

FC Zach · 01-05-2016, 11:57 PM

Great news!

***TitaniumTT*** · 01-06-2016, 09:33 AM

Appendages would be lost if that was cut up or parted out. Just saying

djmtsu · 01-06-2016, 10:43 AM

Luckily, it wasn't too hard to get a title transferred from a dead guy. Morbid. But since the middle man was being a fucking slack ass, we had to improvise.

djmtsu · 09-26-2016, 05:16 PM

Update. Car was running using a borrowed engine, but it a bad coolant seal. We also discovered the MC was leaking into the booster.

I have procured an SA booster and MC. Will swap at least the MC for now, and clean out the booster.

Also, the engine from the Silver Cosmo (brand spanking new rebuild), along with the 5spd trans is going into this Cosmo. Then I can drive it more and shake things down, and work on some cosmetics before DGRR 2017.

FC Zach · 09-26-2016, 10:53 PM

Sweet man!

djmtsu · 10-03-2016, 08:47 AM

Took apart the 12A that was in this Cosmo when I bought it. As stated before, this car was a 13B 5speed, that was converted to a 12A and automatic sometime in the past. Well, take a look at these pics. And remember when I bought it, the car had not been on the road for at least 2 years, and the engine bay was partially assembled.

Everything came apart easy as hell. No broken anything, and no stucks seals!

10-28-2014, 11:03 AM	#32
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	So, here is what is going on with the Cosmos. The White car is going to get the engine and trans from the Silver car. The Silver car is getting an S4 engine, retaining the FI, with hopefully an SA/FB trans (for easier mounting). My FC is being unceremoniously being evicted from its hiding place at the beginning of the year, so I'm pulling the drivetrain, and parting it out, or selling the shell. I am keeping the wheels on it though, since they are GSL-SE pattern, and I am switching to GSL-SE spindles/rear end on the Silver car. __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

10-28-2014, 04:46 PM	#33
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son iTrader: (4) Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	kewl kewl..... other one NEEDS MOAR POWA! I know a guy up north that can help with that Also, I have the trans that you desire should you need 1 __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

10-28-2014, 05:05 PM	#34
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Thanks Bri. Charles has some kicking around. A stock S4 NA engine, fuel injected will work well in the silver car. And this one needs the 13B 4 port with the carb. As it should be. Now I'm just hoping that time, and funds hold up. I'd like to have both there, but that might not be possible. If I bring one, it'll be this one. __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

10-28-2014, 05:08 PM	#35
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son iTrader: (4) Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	Cheers man! S4 n/a power it does not equal..... needs large turbo.... like suck small farm animals in big. __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

10-28-2014, 05:18 PM	#36
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Maybe down the road. I'd love to do the 13B-RE with a single turbo, or BNR twins. But that is some serious $$$. I'm still in recovery mode from being unemployed for so long. Makes me gun shy buying parts!! __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

10-28-2014, 05:33 PM	#37
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son iTrader: (4) Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	I hear ya man, believe me, I understand.... Cosmo with a cosmo, imagine that __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

02-14-2015, 11:13 AM	#38
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Well, there seems to be an issue. I still haven't received the title from the auction company I bought it from. And, due to the 11 digit VIN, it is proving difficult to get anywhere on a title search. If I don't have the title by the end of the month, this one is (unfortunately) going to be stripped down to the shell, and used for parts for the other car. I really don't want to do that, but I might have to. If would like to still keep it, and put parts from the silver car back on it to keep it a complete 'parts car', but that requires a place to store it. Grrrrrrr __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

01-05-2016, 04:00 PM	#39
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Santa was good to me. Got the title and car registered!! Woo hoo!! (they got tags for it too, but not Antique Tags, so that will change) Now I can actually do something with this car, and not just cut it up or part it out!!! __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

01-05-2016, 11:57 PM	#40
FC Zach RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eagleville, TN iTrader: (2) Posts: 2,267 Rep Power: 19	Great news! __________________ 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 1992 Celica Turbo AllTrac 1987 RX7 Sport 1979 Yamaha G1, KM24 powered 1975 Dolmar KMS4

01-06-2016, 09:33 AM	#41
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son iTrader: (4) Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	Appendages would be lost if that was cut up or parted out. Just saying __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

01-06-2016, 10:43 AM	#42
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Luckily, it wasn't too hard to get a title transferred from a dead guy. Morbid. But since the middle man was being a fucking slack ass, we had to improvise. __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

09-26-2016, 05:16 PM	#43
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Update. Car was running using a borrowed engine, but it a bad coolant seal. We also discovered the MC was leaking into the booster. I have procured an SA booster and MC. Will swap at least the MC for now, and clean out the booster. Also, the engine from the Silver Cosmo (brand spanking new rebuild), along with the 5spd trans is going into this Cosmo. Then I can drive it more and shake things down, and work on some cosmetics before DGRR 2017. __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

09-26-2016, 10:53 PM	#44
FC Zach RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eagleville, TN iTrader: (2) Posts: 2,267 Rep Power: 19	Sweet man! __________________ 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 1992 Celica Turbo AllTrac 1987 RX7 Sport 1979 Yamaha G1, KM24 powered 1975 Dolmar KMS4

10-03-2016, 08:47 AM	#45
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 21	Took apart the 12A that was in this Cosmo when I bought it. As stated before, this car was a 13B 5speed, that was converted to a 12A and automatic sometime in the past. Well, take a look at these pics. And remember when I bought it, the car had not been on the road for at least 2 years, and the engine bay was partially assembled. Everything came apart easy as hell. No broken anything, and no stucks seals! __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Last edited by djmtsu; 10-03-2016 at 08:50 AM..