New Car Day (Rotary Content)

[Customisbetter]

Howdy guys. I haven't been around much but I thought I'd share my new project. Its an 88 RX-7 Convertible. Pretty rare especially around these parts. I'm gonna restore her back to full health and do a couple small mods.

Interior is going to be changed to tan leather.
Rebuild the power top in Black cloth
Ported intake and an Eaton Supercharger.

That should liven it up a bit and make for a fun little cruiser.
Enjoy the pics!

 

[mr_rainmaker]

love those rx-7`s I had a 1st gen,wish I still had it.

 

[Shashing]

Nice car. You should check out a guy called mx3sleeper on youtube, he's making a series right now on rebuilding and porting a rotary engine from about the same year rx7 as yours. His is a twin turbo he built though, it's the fastest one of it's kind in north america at a 10 or 11 second quarter mile.

 

[Customisbetter]

^Dude that was super helpful! Thanks!

 

[BucketheadRules]

I know it's your car and all, but I personally wouldn't bother with putting a Pontiac engine in that (unless I misread and you're just putting in the supercharger?). It'll just make it heavier and worse on fuel, surely? I know rotary engines get comparatively bad fuel economy, but it'd probably still be better than a big 3.8 engine. I'm sure that the stock engine has the potential to be way quicker than a 3.8 as well.

IIRC, despite the large capacity of the engine, those Pontiac engines come with a pretty low power output... European cars could squeeze well over 350 horsepower from a 3.8, even in a stock road car. Those big American engines would probably be closer to 200-250 hp, am I right? I know that's not a small figure in the grand scheme of things, but considering the size of the engine it's seriously underpowered. You can squeeze a lot more out of an RX-7 engine.

I'd stick with the rotary and upgrade it until it absolutely flies.

 

[Customisbetter]

^Just sticking the Eaton supercharger on the 13b. No 3800 for me

 

[pink freud]

You going to tidy up the rat nest?

 

[Customisbetter]

^YEah. There is a lot of crap in the engine bay thats going. WEird intake system, Air pump etc.

 

[BucketheadRules]

^Just sticking the Eaton supercharger on the 13b. No 3800 for me

Ah, fair enough!

What's the power output like now, and what would that blower bring it up to?

 

[Customisbetter]

Right now its 148 hp. Porting and exhaust might take it to 175. BLower might get to 215 ish.

 

[BucketheadRules]

Right now its 148 hp. Porting and exhaust might take it to 175. BLower might get to 215 ish.

Nice one!

 

[Furtive Glance]

Saw rotary. Thought RX-7. Opened thread. Sated

 

[VBCheeseGrater]

AWESOME!!! i had an RX8 for awhile - so fun to drive those free reving rotaries - matter of fact you pretty much have to rev the hell out of them to really get moving. Nice score man

 

[avenger]

I bite my lip hard at the 3800 hate going on in here.

Cool project though!

 

[espman]

AWESOME!!! i had an RX8 for awhile - so fun to drive those free reving rotaries - matter of fact you pretty much have to rev the hell out of them to really get moving. Nice score man

That's probably my favorite thing about the RX8's, rev to 9 grand, then consider shifting.......Maybe.......

 

[Chiba666]

Almst bought an RX8, Type R civic won out in the end though.

Have fun with the 7 though

 

[Customisbetter]

So this project is going slower than expected but its definitely moving! I got hte engine rebuilt finally and painted. Just waiting for a free weekend to install it back in the car!

If you want more pics go here...

Ed's Barn Find! 88 Vert Rebuild - RX7Club.com

 

[MetalBuddah]

Very respectable car, man! Can't wait to see the final product. Have fun fixing her up

 

[flexkill]

Damn dude, you in deep there....haha...good luck bro.

 

[Konfyouzd]

Had me at rotary...

I want one of the 90s body style RX-7s pretty bad. That or an MR2. Not sure why I want the second one so badly, but I do.