Team Chihuahua RB25 RX7

[LarZ]

Loving this, keep us updated

[CRT]

I'm loving this build.

[Kruizer]

Loving this, keep us updated

Cheers fella...

I'm loving this build.

Thanks mate...

Well I haven't posted an updated on the RX7 in quiet a while so I thought it best to check in 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.

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

[joe-swift]

You dont do things by half do you lol. Super cool work going on there, fair play Brendan

[Kruizer]

You dont do things by half do you lol. Super cool work going on there, fair play Brendan

Cheers dude, should be good crack once its done...

Bit of an update :


Nice and snug against the bulkhead :


Turbo manifold has to be modified as the turbo sits too high :


But she looks at home in the new white bay, mock up rockers on to keep the white ones clean for now...


Intake plenum had to be chopped and modified as it pointed into the back of the headlight, adapter is being made up now for the throttle body as we'll be keeping all the piping 3"...


Top mounts for the rad and intercooler are made, next up the bottom, hence the wood


More next week

[Billy_P]

Looks well in the bay.. The turbo looks massive!!
Unreal project!!

[Simon]

ill just leave this here

[Kruizer]

Looks well in the bay.. The turbo looks massive!!
Unreal project!!

Cheers fella, ya its pretty big, may have a swell in the bonnet soon enough

ill just leave this here

Oh I saw it, not sure on the front though :

[Kruizer]

So John dropped the bonnet and cut it so it would close, first run looked like this :


So that wasn't going to work, the only way around it was to chop the exhaust manifold in multiple places and basically make it work better, John did an awesome job cause I still wanted a bit of turbo to say hello So this is where we are at, I was going to build a hump into the bonnet but I may just polish the housing and tidy up the cut line, getting excited now to see her done

[derek89]

looks savage dude..keep it up