So I've begun the process of making my rx7 road ready now. I figure what the hell why not make a running log of what I've done! So far I've put in 3 days of work and not a whole lot has gotten done thanks to working late and hardware stores closing at 8.
My plans are to get all the wheels re-polished/finished to make them like new and mount up the new meaty tires, fixing my front sway bar end link problem, and getting my full exhaust on the car.
Day 1:
Got the car into the garage today, its up on stands, as it will remain for a while as all the work is done and gotten all the wheels off of the car. Made a quick run to Ace to get some bolts for the exhaust as well. Air horns are also installed, which I am VERY much looking forward to, they are loud as hell.
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Rim Damage
Rim Damage Close Up
8" Lift Kit. JDM Tyte Yo!
Loud Shit
Day 2:
Started working with the exhaust today. Muffler is mostly on, but i found out that two very important brackets were welded to the old muffler, thanks to MIDAS, so I will have to custom make something in their place. Also I got the exhaust manifold bolted on and began to on getting the catalytic converters installed.
Day 3:
Ran into some more problems. The exhaust I have is off of an 81 rx7, mine being a 1984, and supposedly they should be a straight swap. However, the car it came off of had a manual gearbox, mine being an automatic, and thus, there is a bracket on the catalytic converters that will not clear my transmission making this exhaust not fit on the car. The back half, being the muffler and the intermediate pipe, are all bolted up and fit just fine, but the cats will not work so it's on to plan B. I will be having a custom cat-delete pipe made up to make this exhaust work, and making it so I can completely delete my emissions. Oh and shoot flames! The rims have not yet been touched but are due for sandblasting saving me at least 2 days of sanding.
Wait a minute, these should be lined up!
Now I know that rubber donut can't stretch THAT far
I swear these are supposed to link up together, maybe its a rotary thing that they don't!
The problem child that should not be on my exhaust
My plans are to get all the wheels re-polished/finished to make them like new and mount up the new meaty tires, fixing my front sway bar end link problem, and getting my full exhaust on the car.
Day 1:
Got the car into the garage today, its up on stands, as it will remain for a while as all the work is done and gotten all the wheels off of the car. Made a quick run to Ace to get some bolts for the exhaust as well. Air horns are also installed, which I am VERY much looking forward to, they are loud as hell.
Snapped End Link
Rim Damage
Rim Damage Close Up
8" Lift Kit. JDM Tyte Yo!
Loud Shit
Day 2:
Started working with the exhaust today. Muffler is mostly on, but i found out that two very important brackets were welded to the old muffler, thanks to MIDAS, so I will have to custom make something in their place. Also I got the exhaust manifold bolted on and began to on getting the catalytic converters installed.
Day 3:
Ran into some more problems. The exhaust I have is off of an 81 rx7, mine being a 1984, and supposedly they should be a straight swap. However, the car it came off of had a manual gearbox, mine being an automatic, and thus, there is a bracket on the catalytic converters that will not clear my transmission making this exhaust not fit on the car. The back half, being the muffler and the intermediate pipe, are all bolted up and fit just fine, but the cats will not work so it's on to plan B. I will be having a custom cat-delete pipe made up to make this exhaust work, and making it so I can completely delete my emissions. Oh and shoot flames! The rims have not yet been touched but are due for sandblasting saving me at least 2 days of sanding.
Wait a minute, these should be lined up!
Now I know that rubber donut can't stretch THAT far
I swear these are supposed to link up together, maybe its a rotary thing that they don't!
The problem child that should not be on my exhaust
