Cheers fella...
Thanks mate...
Well I haven't posted an updated on the RX7 in quiet a while so I thought it best to check inRealistically it has been issue after issue with the build but these are the joys of going custom. As you all know the bearings were in sh*t so the freshly built engine had to be rebuilt. As the piping wouldn't allow the bonnet to close I went for the GTR style intake plenum which has brought along its on problems as it faces the throttle body directly into the back of the light motor but there is a fix being worked.
What took a while to figure out was the placement of the engine and we learned that the RB25 sump just wouldn't cut it regardless of how it could be modified so Brendan S. sourced an RB30 sump however it was too deep and would hit the road so that had to be modified also, arrrgggghhhh....
So yesterday the engine bay got a fresh lick of paint and now it should be going back together, its been a long journey but getting all the mechanical side of things sorted first was key and we're on the home stretch. All this would not have been possible without the aid of Gripfab so massive shout out to John, Brendan and Bryan, cheers lads for converting not only the RX7 but the RX8 and sure we've a KP61 to go at yet![]()
More updates to follow over the next week or two. Tis good to be on the way back with this one, it will be the weekend bus after all
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Realistically it has been issue after issue with the build but these are the joys of going custom. As you all know the bearings were in sh*t so the freshly built engine had to be rebuilt. As the piping wouldn't allow the bonnet to close I went for the GTR style intake plenum which has brought along its on problems as it faces the throttle body directly into the back of the light motor but there is a fix being worked.

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