redzed8

Yes it was a ball ache and to be fair its something i never want todo again, lost some skin on my fingers but i soldiered on haha .

Very fiddly job just glad its over with.

Hot Idle seemed much better now too which is good as it was fluctuating before.

Shes slowely getting there.

Also my feed downpipe came yesterday . Cant wait to fit this, i will have to plumb the boost controller back in but that shouldnt be too hard.

Thanks for looking

Just finished the rats nest and installed all new hose. Took ages as its very fiddly, broke a solenoid but lucky its at the front of the engine so i could put the manifold and everything back together still.

Heres all the old nasty hoses that came off the car, 4mm insted of 3.5 mm and also the silicone ones were so squidgy u could squeeze them together with min effort and the new hose u cant.

All the old rubber pipes were so brittle as soon as u touched them they litterally exploded. Snapped like as if they were plastic.

Heres a couple pics of the old hoses and a comparision to my new hose .

Hopefully its a job il never have todo again .

Will upload some pics when i fit the new solenoid but to be fair u cant see much as its all under the manifold .

Thanks for looking

Air pump deleted and idler pulley fitted also aircon pump is gone now too and the pipes, il remove the rest of the aircon when i fit the new rad and front mount.

The car does idle alot better from cold now but once warm it drops down a fair amount and sometimes does sound like its struggling to keep running.

When removing the airpump i noticed a small weep of coolant from a hose behind the thermostat housing so put a new clip on that .

 i snapped a nipple off a vaccume box so im waiting on a new one to come now too.

Also ordered 30ft of silicone vaccume hose so i can redo all the rats nest with new hoses. Tim did do this for me but the different colour hoses hurts me inside and i want the car looking good.

The engine bay is starting to look alot better and once i paint a few things and install a few new nuts and bolts it shouldnt look too bad .

On the look out for a few new parts which are:

99 spec y pipe

99 spec rear lights

Apexi hand controller

Aftermarket downpipe

Hopefully shouldnt be too hard to find.

Thanks for looking.

Idler pully new belts and air pump blanking plates came this morning :). Waitinf for it to warm up before i attempt to fit anything.

New koyo n flo rad , also got an idler pully on its way from dm motorsports so i can get rid of the airpump and a blanking kit, also going to get rid of the air con as its not currently working anyway so i have a new belt coming for that too.

Next update will be fitting all these parts and then its off to rotary motion on the 27th for more work to get it running perfect.

Noticed the clutch master cylinder was leaking inside the car and was dropping fluid all over the carpet.

So bought a new clutch master cylinder and changed it out today, took less then half hour including bleeding it so wasnt too bad. 

48 minutes ago, Rock_Steady said:

it is a shame that you'll get cracked vacuum pipes and shoddy electrics but, early 90s jap cars. My Pulsar is the same. brittle wiring and cracked rubber pipes. A nightmare.  

Your rite and to be fair its not a too expensive fix for this car , while my car was being looked at by tim the engine wiring loom including fitting was £300 and all the vaccume lines/ rats nest  checked and replaced hoses was less then 100.

Alot of the stuff i will attempt myself now if it needs work

I know what u mean redsky and to be fair i thought id never own an rx7 due to them going up in price but i got this one for such a bargain and im so happy with it at the moment

I must admit i got lucky with this one, 30k miles and no rust/rott at all and never been welded on.

I do love the shape and i must agree with you guys they dont look quite as old as they are.

Still cant get over the sound it makes .

I get quite a few smiles per gallon :).

Heres a pic before we set out on a little drive to cheddar. The rx7 looks so small compared to the skyline and 1series .

Last day of 350z ownership, thought id post a pic of them both together for the last day. Hopefully a skyline r32 will be replacing the 350z.

Next mods for the rx7 will be koyorad n flow radiator and maybe some wheels and paint.

Yeah to be fair i dont like the look of the rx8 and the performance figures are supposed to be a bit optimistic,

The rx7 is rapid and feels much faster then my 350z.

Not sure if thats because of the boost when it kicks in or what but they are two different animals :).

1 minute ago, redzed8 said:

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Id love a 3 or 4 rotor just a shame they cost so much for the engine then fitting and plumbing it in ect. 

It hurts my feelings thinking about the costs haha.

Redsky get and drive a rotary youl love it even with the 13b rew its still bad ass and sounds like nothing else on the roads.

This was a fixer upper and to be fair to get it on the road including buying it was less then 4k , 

Now ive spent a small amount more then that but its still alot less then id have paid for a good one with the same 30k miles on the clock.

There slowly creeping back up in price now .

But still lots of bargains to be had online :).

Thanks zeezeebaba , its taken  a while to get to this state but was well worth it :).

There such brilliant cars, the sound they make is like nothing else and pulls so well through the gears.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Glad ive finally got one and its up and running :).

Went for another drive today and it drives so much better.

Did cut out once though on idle in slow moving traffic.

Other then that it drives and handles well :).

Very please to say the least.

Got her back from rx motors now .

Apexi ecu fitted and had a few other things done too like fuel filter ect.

Just took it for a drive down to cheddar and the car performed so well and feels so quick .

Apexi ecu bought this morning and on its way to tim at rx motors.

Deposit taken.

Dropped off at rx motors for more work while im off on holiday.

Gave her a little wash and wax

Went up my buddys saturday to fit an engine and also fit a new shifter bottom bush as mine was missing.

My cousin made me up one out of brass at work for free which fit perfect, we also changed the oil in the shift tower as it was gross.

Gunna ring tim tomorrow about a few issues which i want sorting, the car is rapid but the turbos arnt boosting 100% perfect . So il have that sorted hopefully.

My 350z and rx7 fd 

Had a few offers for this but nothing good enough to make me part with it.

Good working car thats never let me down just needs a bit of tlc .