either way it ain't working and I can't get at it and its at the shop now

 

who's the kid driving around in the maroon turbo gen 2? saw him on hull st today...was picture perfect...rx8 to the left and him to the right.

 

Kid whose name I forgot had it who worked at CAP. He just sold it to someone else.

I was going to get the car originally but really just didnt need another project. Its a pretty nice car with an ok respray.

 

yeah, wasn't anything special...was just wondering who it was ;p

 

Well the starter is fine, somehow the engine lost compression which never happend before.
So my mechanic squirted some oil in the the sparkplug holes closed it back up and it started.
Next time I try that first.

 

Hi folks,

Just wanted to take a minute and introduce myself. I live in Richmond and picked up a VR 93 touring a few months back. I am just starting to tweak on the car. I plan to keep it pretty mild as I have a dedicated track car. I am an avid track nut (addict) and Honda Challenge competitor. Just wanted to stop and say hello to everyone. Let me know if y'all want to grab a beer and BS sometime.
FYI- I have already "found" Fritz up in Charlottesville - hell, I already bought a parts car from the guy! It recently died a grizzly sawzall-related death.

Hello to everyone. Say Hi sometime!

 

Hello and Welcome.

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I feel so bad, I've spent more time working (and money) on my Civic in the past two weeks than the RX. But alas, the 7 is getting some goodies soon.
Can anyone say: Peanut Butter - Megasquirt Time! Go..go peanunt. Go..go meqasquirt. Go..go $200 standalone EFI. Oh how I heart thee.

I'm going to stop rambling now.

pic of the night.

 

Those are the seats I want... except in black

 

wish I had a garage instead of a gravel n' dirt driveway

are those Corbeau's Forza II seats? (I had one of thosee in the Ghia)
how much $$ ?

 

http://www.msprotege.com/members/brianmcd/VIR/

Last weekend was teh funz.

~brian

 

Yea, those are Forza's. I saw them on eBay a few weeks ago and the guy was located here in town. I won them at $232. He included 94+ Integra rails which I modified to fit my 3G Civic.

I originally got them just because they were such a great deal and he was local, so no shipping. I didn't want the red in my black on black RX-7. The red seats in the red car though looked pretty good and the rails were easily modded. Ideally, black would have been the best but ya know.....

 

I was surprised how easy it was to get the rails mounted in the Ghia I just had to drill one hole, it lined up with every thing nicely

Looks like most of my ordered suspension parts won't get here till the end of April, so I'll be running stock on street tires at the ACCAutocross next weekend, I may even goto the NASA event at Cloverleaf the following weekend

 

just wanted to let you local guys in on this 89 vert for sale

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT


Thanks

 

screw this rx7 im tirted of getting **** im selling it as a parts car for 700 or 800$ obo if any one is intrested its a 86 gxl most of the parts are in good condition if you want to take a look at it drop me a line and we can set somthing up

 

Alright, I'm back into the forum, now that I have a computer and I'm not working a gagillion hours a week.

Project GTU status: I'm keeping the '87 rex so I can use that engine just to get things going so I'll have a car for at least half the season. I found a used weber 6 port carb setup in the classified section (fuel pump, psi gauge, regulator and everything) for $600.

I'm hoping that temperature controls will still work without the main ECU. All I need is defrost and heat. Joe, you still on here?!?! Any info?

I also ordered the carbon fiber stereo surround and a CF ignition panel (ignition switch, starter button, and two accessories) to mount to it. Sweet!

I'll have some pictures soon.

 

Well my Corksport front and rear strut braces arrived today.
If anyone (Zach) has any good tips/methods for putting them in properly I'd love to hear it. Either here or at the ACCAutocross Sunday.
The Tokico Illuminas arrived today, but they're not going in till the Racing Beat suspension package arrives.

 

Crashed 3rd gen on 1800 Block of Grace st.

 

[QUOTE=Zach McAfee]
I'm hoping that temperature controls will still work without the main ECU. All I need is defrost and heat. QUOTE]

Yes, it will work fine. Those functions are driven by the CPU.

 

anyone have their car at mitchum's? I dropped mine off there last night. Gotta figure out why it won't stay started, check the turbos, and probably replace em.

 

Hey Dave, you have to take a holesaw to the speaker towers to install the rear brace. It's tricky but you'll get it in there.

 

I don't currently have a hole saw but I know where to get one, I do have a disc grinder that cuts through metal like butter.
My other thought was just to remove the speaker towers and build an easily removed speaker box.
So I just unbolt the schock tower tops, put the braces on, and rebolt?

 

Its a little tricky but the holes have to be big enough for you to slide the bar all the way into one tower, then squeeze it into the second tower, center it up, and line up the braces. I can't really explain it well, but don't worry, you'll figure it out.

If you don't have a hole saw, you could make a rough cut to the sheetmetal on the inside, and use some snips or something to make the carpet look clean. The bigger the sheetmetal hole, the easier it is to install!

Removing the speaker towers is another story...you don't wanna get into that.

 

Nib,
I got a sawzall you can borrow if you'd like.
-Jayson

 

I need to pull the carpet back and see what I'm dealing with. I can cut a nice straight line (or curved, the old Ghia's fenders for example were cut) with disc grinder. I just need to get the flammable out of the way. I am really tempted just to take the towers off, I assume they are tack wellded on.
I'll be at ACCAX sunday with speakers removed you can splain more then (I need visual aids)

 

me again i have finally got a engine for my 7 now the fun things begin i still need to find somewhere where i can take the old one out and put the other things like ps alternator water-pump and so on and so forth so if any of you guys can help me out i can really use the help here