Motor- Street ported 13b Turbo motor with high compression N/A Rotors and S5 irons. E-85 Fuel
Mods- Vmount Intercooler, Jegs Dual Pass Radiator, Dual Oil Coolers, T4 35R Ebay Turbo, Neukin Exhaust Manifold, Straight Pipe exhaust, Microtech Lt8 Engine Management,
Chasis Mods- Cage, Welded Diff, Koni Yellow Springs and Struts, Front and rear Strut Tower brace, DTSS Eliminator, Neukin Custom Steering Angle Nuckles, Extended Ball Joints, Racing Seat with 4 Point Harness. Momo Drift Spec Steering Wheel 330MM, Custom HID headlight setup.
Tires- Front Tires Falken Azenis 235/35/17 Rear Fuzion Tires 245 45 17.
Below is the history of the vehicles in my drifting adventure!
Around march of 2010, I went looking for a 13B Turbo II engine. I wanted to learn more about the Wenkel rotary engine and decided to get one. I knew I wanted a Mazda Rx7, and would work on the motor until I got a chassis. Found one and a Turbo transmission.
Made a stand.
Saw this.
Took it appart.
Found rusty rotors.
Sand blasted it.
Picked up a 1987 Mazda Rx7 GXL Naturally Aspirated looked like this. This engine had bad coolant seals but still ran.
Has alot of rust, it needed new suspension.
Decided not to go "too" cheap, and went with K-Sport Kontrol Coilovers for my suspension.
Left front brake caliper was rust locked gripping my brake rotor. Found this out when I lifted the car and couldn't turn the wheel.
This is the naturally aspirated engine in the car now. I have done a good amount of work to this engine. My conclusions are what I had feared originally, it also needs to be rebuilt. Initial expectations of this engine were low because I was planning on swapping it out for the turbo motor. It still would have been nice to had this one working properly.
Car looks like this now.
Now winters here. I did some further investigation of what can be used in the rebuild. Turns out not only do I need a rear side iron I also need a new intermediate side iron. Throughout this winter I plan on getting all of the parts I need for rebuild. For the most part I have all the parts I need for a naturally aspirated to turbo swap.
My interests in getting a new chassis is growing. I will need a turbo Rx7 rear end to support more power, and the damage rust has left on this chassis has defiantly impacted my building abilities. The integrity of this chassis is my concern, and will probably be my downfall if not replaced for next season. With this said I am now looking for a new chassis and gathering money for the future plans of rebuild. All money that was spent on this chassis can be used on another, so no money was truly lost, and the learning experience from working on the naturally aspirated engine and chassis is priceless.
On February 18th we bought another Rx7. This Rx7 was a 1988 Turbo model, with many parts and a blown engine.
This car is in great shape, has a body kit, racing seat with harness, Microtech standalone engine management, v mount intercooler, dual oil coolers, strut braces, new fuel tank and much more. The engine has many extras as well such as, upgraded injectors, upgraded t4 turbo, 3inch exhaust, hks blow off valve, an external waste gate, and a gm coil conversion.
The car also has steering angle mods.
More pictures of the car.
The first plan with this car is to rebuild the engine, then get a roll cage.
The tear down begins.
Pulled the engine out.
Started taking it apart.
Detonation is not good.
The "theory" is to save the rotors, and replace the housings using the ones from the previous engine above.
