FC RX-7 Restore/Build

[Fatti03MSP]

Got me a wankel, so now i have 2 money pits. Man a GF would really hurt now haha.

But i just sealed the deal on this pretty lil jem this morning.

Total cost to me $0
Traded my Rims and drag radials

1986 FC RX-7 NA - 66k - 5speed

Also has rear seats and from what i hear are rare

The car is bone stock too

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1097.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1098.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1099.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1100.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1101.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1102.jpg

Plans:
Flat White Paint job and body work
Suspension
Exhaust
Intake

Future Plans:
Boost or LS1 - more leaning towards boost
Coilovers
Non-Ricey Boday kit

and whatever else you can do lol, i have ALOT to learn.

[ca18detgabby]

wow so it hasnt been raped yet.....

[Navy_Mech2]

Rear seats are rare as ****...great find! Mint and unmolested too! I smell a 20B swap!

[Fatti03MSP]

wow so it hasnt been raped yet.....

not yet lol, give me some time though haha

Rear seats are rare as ****...great find! Mint and unmolested too! I smell a 20B swap!

ya thats what i have been hearing, its a 1986 RX-7 2+2

but ya i have pondering the idea of a 20B but those motors are not cheap and i need to do alot of research.

but boost will come.

First im going to be doing alot of body work to it and getting it ready for paint.

Flat white or Flat Black im leaning more towards flat white but i heard its a ***** to do.

[Navy_Mech2]

I had a friend with a '90 S13 that he rattle canned flat white and it came out really nice...and yea 20Bs are pretty expensive lol i would just go with a 13B but hey its your car...enjoy!

[ca18detgabby]

i have a s13, but im not ghetto enough to have a spray can paint job..
But then again the paint wouldnt be the main focus of the car, its on the inside what counts...

[RhoadBlock]

Rattle cannage caaannn come out pretty sweet sometimes. It's just hard as hell to make it actually look good. My vote is to definitely go flat white tho, for your color. As far as performance goes, you've got plenty of options with that car. Great catch my friend. Why do deals like that never come my way???

[whowa004]

sick man, im so jealous, flat black is my choice but w/e floats your boat

[Navy_Mech2]

prep work pays huge dividends when it comes to painting...regardless of whether or not its flat or gloss or rattle can. dont cut corners there.

[Fatti03MSP]

im going to wet sand the whole car before we paint it, my buddies dad has done alot of bodywork and has a paint booth that he is building now. So ill have alot of help.

But omar im def. going to go with flat black rims with the flat white paint.

[Navy_Mech2]

You should swap in the '90 tailights...with the 3 circles...

[laracroft]

Veryyyy nice find!!!!!

[ca18detgabby]

The fd tails?

[Navy_Mech2]

na in '90 they were still the rectangular shape but the 2 brake lights and signal light were in the shape of circles...like the FD, but the housing isnt the same shape.http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/attachments/exterior-and-body/126411d1196990897-rx7-fc-taillights-for-sales-dsc02649-wince-.jpg

[ca18detgabby]

awww i didnt know what 90's you were talking about... FC or FD.. Now i got it

[Fatti03MSP]

ya i was going to look into that cause those ones do look alot better.

how much do they go for normally?

[Navy_Mech2]

I dont know for sure...but i wanna say they're pretty rare and kinda hard to find.

[Broken]

you have no idea how many people would go apepoop for that interior.

Very nice find sir.

[Fatti03MSP]

lol ya the interior was a big decision maker.

well got the car to my place, fires right up with starting fluid. Just having a ***** of time with the dam screws to get to the fuel pump and i ran out of sunlight. So hopefully tom. ill be able to get it.

But for today i got the title and change some fuses.

a fat kid in a small place haha.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1110.jpg

dam screws suck
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1117.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1111.jpg

on this pic there is a faint green circle, what is this block off plate for? also to the right of that a lil there are two green connectors that have nothing connected.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1114l.jpg

[Fatti03MSP]

finished up the fuel pump she fired right up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC9BJPWlYN8

[Navy_Mech2]

Bout time to break out the scotch brite and bust some rust eh? lol

[Fatti03MSP]

ya lol, i have been reading up some good stuff to help remove and prevent rust.

Got sent to NY for 2 weeks for work so i hit a pretty big wall on this lol.

Should have it road legal soon.

[Fatti03MSP]

got the car shipped to FL finally and its running but overheating.

The plan is going to be a NA build. Bridge port the motor and some bolt ons

but i did find me a new chassis for my motor.

Base S4 chassis to S5 TII chassis.

6 puck cluthc
Tien springs
KYB struts
Walboro 255lph fuel pump

Those are the aftermarket parts on the car

plus all the TII stuff, so this is a BIG upgrade from my base S4 chassis

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1294.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Fatti03MSP/RX7/IMG_1290.jpg