WJM Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Finally, I found the pics I took of it when i was in Atlanta. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Boy, that car sure does seem cobbled together! Lots of rusty stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Wow. Looks like they used the stock flywheel? More info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty2Austin Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 ahhhh mountain dew! the choice drink of mechanics! is that an adaptor block between the soob tranny? or is that not a soob trany? there is so much corrosion there, its hard to tell waht is what :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganM Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Dizamn that's one rusty engine bay:lol: Very unique however and looks like it runs. Is it FAST tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted November 24, 2004 Author Share Posted November 24, 2004 JWX....where are you....ppl need answers to Q's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 I've seen that car before, well pics anyway. I can't remember if they were posted here or I found them on the web. But anyway, I kept the link... http://cp_www.tripod.com/rotary/pg04.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 wow it used to be perty back in the day. What happened to it? Why is it sitting with no motion? Confuses me why its like this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timb Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 That's just tragic. how did it end up under a tree somewhere? and for how many years? Timb/skeeteriam- ausubaru/BYB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Someone needs to call JWX and tell him to put down the FSMs he just got and look at this posting on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted November 25, 2004 Author Share Posted November 25, 2004 Someone needs to call JWX and tell him to put down the FSMs he just got and look at this posting on the board. So thats what he's doing....oh wait, he's probably still out delivering pizza's in the 'rolla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syonyk Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Neat. Those are fun engines (my other car is a RX-7). I'm not sure I'd want one on an AWD vehicle that spent a lot of time crawling in the mud/snow. They really don't have much torque down low. Related, it snowed in Chicagoland today. Silly me, I made the run from Iowa to Missouri to Illinois (picking up my brother) in the RX-7, leaving the Subaru in Iowa. Should have taken that one... the '7 in the snow was *not* fun. -=Russ=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 This is what a nice one looks like, in a Maz..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWX Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 it is very cobbled together, and VERY rusty up there (not much rust on the rest of the car). the car was driven in the winter before it was parked (about 6-8 years ago) and then it sat till I bought it from the guy (which if you look for the thread that the guy made about selling it, it took 8 months after that, for me to purshiche the car). Not sure what flywheel the used, he just said a "custom flywheel and clutch" and I haven't taken it apart yet my main focus was just trying to get it running, it is an adapter to the stock RX tranny. corky, thoughts on the cooling setup? and I was indeed doing my job, was there from 12:30/1:00 today to about 12 tonight but not in the rolla from about 3 on, the CVs went out (I think, look for the thread in off topic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 corky, thoughts on the cooling setup? Yea, we talked about this before, but until I saw these picture, I couldn't really get an idea of what he had done. Boy, the is a tough one. I think he tried the best he could with what he had. When I did the V8 in the Corvair, we actually used two radiators, one on each side of the engine, they were small radiator from a VW I believe (it's been over 15 years since then, but the car is still running). I'm not sure if that setup would work here. The problem that I see is that even with the two fans, there is not enough air flow through the radiator. If somehow cold air could be forced to flow through the radiator, it might work in that location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted November 25, 2004 Author Share Posted November 25, 2004 When i looked at the rad, they looked like old 1950's radiators. OLD, rusty, and probably done for on the inside. I think one well built AL rad woudl do fine up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subawoohoo Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 thats one wiered looking MC, is there aluminum foil wrapped arround it?? and those wires, its looks like a uh...um... a wire manufacturing plant blew up in there. lol anyway, yea that corrosion sure looks nasty, id hate to work in that. Has that bad boy been overheated? id sure be worried about that. have you thought about just getting a new short block from a JY and started from scratch? or are you just planning on getting it running, or to where it should be runing, then yoink it out and rebuild it? anyway, its a great lookin project, now get it running already!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subawoohoo Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 I thought there was two radiators, all i see is one. anway, the one i do see looks pretty well past its prime. im betting one new good radiator would suffice. waht problems are you having with the cooling?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 just cut the core support apart and fit a raditator in there and then weld a cage around it but make sure you can acess the radiator without having to pull the motor.... sounds hard but it can be done easily with a cutting torch and a welder:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAWalker Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Sitting for 6-8 years in those conditions w/o a carb............at the very least the apex seals are toast. For air flow to the radiator in that position you could put an air intake in the front left corner of the hood or the left fender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 The corrosion on the exterior of the engine and in the bay is superficial. How many of us drive a perfectly running car with rust on it?! Or white funky aluminum engines?! I agree that an aluminum rad is all you need, with a good fan. I had an 80 RX7 with the same 13b rotary in it for a short time, and the rad in it is NOT huge. I wonder if there isn't another problem that caused it to run so hot. I had mine to swap the rotary into my Isuzu lowrider project, but because it sat for a few years, the apex seals were toast. The cost of a rebuild kit prompted me to back up, and regroup. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWX Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I've been thinking about getting a alum rad made up for it BTW I had another reply to this but I can't see it now :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbobdole Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Hey, I don't know much about RX-7 as I've only owned 2 of them, and never really did very much to them but........ Are you sure thats a 13B? It really looks like a early 12A out of the first gens.... One reason I say that is the oil cooler.... later cars had a filter mounted coolers, early cars had the type you have. I know for a fact that the 1980 Rx-7 did not have a 13B, but a 12A as one of the reasons that they are not allowed into spec 7 racing is because of rules concerning stock cats, and the 79 and 80's had thermal reactors. I had an 80 that wouldn't pass emissions, even had a little sticker under the hood that said it wouldn't pass beyond 3000 feet, but the E-guy was an rump roast. Anyhoo, why doesn't it run? Does it crank and crank, or is it like in the pics and need an intake of some kind? The reason I ask is cause theres some "tricks" to diag rotary cars. One thing EFI 13Bs would do is have leaky injectors. The fuel would load up in the engines and push the apex seals back, killing all compression. There were two soultions for EFI cars. On mine I rigged a switch that allowed me to kill the fuel pump, and thats how I shut the car off. No pressure, no leaky. Another way was to gain access into the intake manifold, put some light oil into it (MMO, atf) and let it sit for a bit... like 5 minutes. Then try to start it. That also worked on mine, and would at least get the car to start if it was lacking in compression. As far as cooling goes... why not just cut a big ol' hole in the hood and put on a scoop? One thing I noticed with my 2nd gen is that it ran REALLY REALLY hot. I mean the engines like a cracker jack box in size, and even the legendary taurus electric fan mod couldn't keep up with it when I got on it. ok, I'm done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 THere are no carbs on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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