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Anyone else interested in one (or more) of these?

Adam

I'm hoping to make this again this year. I've seen the 787b a few times but never heard it running. It's either had a broken engine or no engine at all. Fingers crossed for this year.
Getting in touch with mazda is a great idea. I don't think you get a club stand sadly but you could all try and meet up before going in and try to all park up together at least

Adam

Yeh tell me about it. One step forward one step back.

Adam

Had a bad day with it today so the way things are going I'll be glad just to get to the strip 
Took it for a drive and I've got lots of vibration through the steering wheel which wasn't there last week. I'm thinking there's something wrong with the power steering pump and/pulley. Also the brakes feel spongy when I  initially press on them. Press again they firm up a bit. They'll need looking at. There's also a random knock coming from somewhere. Sounds like when you have flat tyre but they are fine. Finished I've cracked the near side skirt getting in to my driveway. So all in all feeling quite crappy about it today.
Did have some new sticky rear tyres delivered today tthough so that's one plus point
To answer your question properly though I'll be happy to get into the low 11s at first and build from there.

Adam

Thanks guys. It's been a long hard expensive couple of years getting to this point. My only really worry now is the fuel bills :p
I've found my old build thread so if you want to read a bit more about the earlier years have a look here http://mazdarotaryclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=59998.msg862714#msg862714

One bit of history I didn't say is that this is kind of a UK car. A local dealership to me imported a handful of cars brand new in 1999. I know of a few of them and all have only ever been driven on UK roads.

Adam

[May 2012]

I've not been on here much over the last couple of years for one reason or another so I thought by way of a small return I'd do a new project thread put together from my one on the other forum so you can see what's been going on. It's been a long 2 years of getting my car up to level I've wanted but it's almost there now and fingers crossed I'll be getting better times on the strip later on this year.
But for now let's go back to the start and play catch up

Ok, quick history...
I bought this car back in mid 2008. Being a 1999 rb and having loads of mods already it was a steal at the price advertised and so I snapped it up before any other rotorhead could get their mitts on it. It came with a street ported motor on standard twins and with a home made v-mount.



The exterior has hardly changed over the time I've had it, but the engine is a different story. How it started..



After a year or so the engine decided it had had enough, i think 15 runs up the strip in one day at rotorstock didnt help. Turns out it was badly ported and put together but with the help of Era's skills things were made a lot better again. Whilst out it seemed the perfect time to ditch the twins and lead the single life.



With a T04r, a new v-mount with all supporting mod and Era's new street ported motor this got the power figures up quite a lot.



With this set up in and running well it was off to the shows and have another go up the strip. To date my best time is a 12.6 @ 113mph.
Things were looking good and I was hoping to get better times up the strip with more experience. Sadly this has not been the case.

May 2012... This is when the new chapter kind of starts. My manifold had been leaking for a little while and turned out to be cracked. Off it came to be welded up but all was not good with the turbo. The center shaft had more movement in it than a 70s disco dance off and had scored the front housing. So , with the help of Andy (a.tapos), it was out with the old and in with the new...



With a bit of the bay chopped off to get it to fit this all looked good again and it was ready for Rotorstock.



August 2012... Now you can really see how the engine bay has changed so much. I drove it like this to the show and back but as it hadn't been mapped I took it easy and didn't boost it at all. It felt great and had no problems all day. 2 days later I thought I'd take it to work for the day. Started it up in the morning and straight away things sounded horrible. I got it over to Andy's garage again and he did a compression check. This show loss of compression on 1 side of 1 rotor... BUGGER!!!

Back to Era again I went and this time, with the hope of getting back on the strip one day, it was time to go big or go home... full bridge.

Side plates


Centre plate [SIZE="1"]Yes I realise I got the colouring the wrong way around on this one :o[/SIZE]


I was lucky enough to come into some money (don't ignore all those PPI claims adverts, they do work) and so was able to get the motor built up with top quality seals as well as get some more upgraded supporting parts for it and, as is always the case with me, get a load of it polished up too.
April 2014... Once Era had finished his magic and got it together again the car was trailer to Andy's garage where the 2 were rejoined again and in no time at all started up...





Start up and brappage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aTA3fh-eGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbqKxNYj6lE&feature=youtu.be

So there we are, up to present day (July 2014). That was quick and painless (for you!). Car is back home and I've slowly made a start in doing the 800 running in miles before its mapping time... About 20 so far :p
If you're interested in reading everything in more detail then here'smy other thread I started a long time back. Happy reading.
There's plenty more I've got to do so I'll try to be betterer at updating things as and when they happen.

Home sweet home




July 2014

Not a lot to say today really other than I took the car out for a nice little drive and it feels great. Now I know just having a drive shouldn't really be an update but seeing as it been so long since I've been able to drive it when I like its still a novelty for me. The sound of it is amazing and it gets looks (good and not so much ha ha) where ever I go.
I was in an fd's natural habitat, a petrol station, filling up when a guy on a nice Harley bike pulled in making a 'bit' of noise and parked up right behind me. In fact he was that close that when I came out from paying he was already filling up the bike off the same pump I'd just used. Anyway I thought to myself "so you think yours is loud do you?". Started mine up... brap brap brap... and he looked in the passenger window and gave me a thumbs up. Made me

I suppose I do have a small update.. New bigger battery now fitted into the boot...



New cat mascot as well. Approx 150 miles done... 650 to go. Getting there.

August 2014

At last... All my intercooler hoses are one colour once again



Ill get around to doing the rad hoses another time

September 2014
Sometimes it's the little changes that make the big differences.

Spot the differences ha ha
Then...


And now...



No more blue hoses Not much I know but it makes me happyier

November 2014
Not much to report lately but I did have a day on the car today which felt good.
I've done a deal to swap my tein super street coilovers with the HKS drag ones Liam is selling off his car. I already had the rears off the car and running standard shocks there but the front were still on.
I'd never messed around removing them before so I got some advice from some rotorheads about how easy it was to get them off. Undo this and undo that and they should just fall out was the sort of replies I had. Well I undid this and that and nothing happened. Even with me standing on the discs the suspension didn't seem to drop at all. So I manned up and undone more bits and low and behold... They kinda just fell out. I did have one small problem along the way where one of the top nuts on the shock rounded off. Luckily Andy came to my rescue again and lent me some special sockets, which with the help of an extension bar, finally got it off.

So out there all are. Still in good condition I think but then the car has been off the road half the time I've had it and they were more or less new when I got it.


The second thing I did today is kind of a step backwards to eventually go forwards. I need some money for when I finally get to mapping time so with a heavy heart I've decided to sell on my knight sports lights
Removing lights is a bit of a pain on my car now (not that I do it every week mind) as the intercooler is in the way of some of the bolts. So that has to come out. But to remove that you have to undo the top rad hose as that in the way of the intercooler mounts. Real ball ache. But I plodded on and to be honest got the job done a lot quicker than I expected.
These will be going, along with my old turbo, to young Keith. Enjoy them muchly


I love days like this (apart from when you think things aren't going to work out) where you can just potter along and get bits sorted.


Standard lights to go back in soon. Then do some more miles before mapping time.

Jan 2015
Small update today.

Swapped my Tein coilovers for Hks drag ones



I've also got the standard lights back on with concept 7 covers. These need to be painted black to match the rest and, good news, they all work no pics of those, we all no what lights look like. Next jobs are to finish polishing my coolant filler neck, tidy up the front fuse box and put the intercooler back in.

Feb 2015
Well that brings us right up to date now. The car is all back together and running again. Still a few small bits that need sorting out. These include fitting the rear drag shocks, mazdaspeed PPF, and new rear tyres. I've bought a 4" exhaust which I've got to pick up from the midlands and get fitted up. It's then just a matter of another 400 running in miles and some race plugs and it's mapping time. Can't wait.
Thanks for reading and Ill try to keep this one up dated now I've started it

Adam

Happened a while back but one less now.
http://mazdarotaryclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=82176.msg881390#msg881390

Adam

 I've been asked by an old friend of ours to put is up on here as he's unable to. I hope that's ok. He's just trying to give a guy some business and it's nothing to do with himself other than promoting it of course. You'll see what I mean.

So then. I've been in contact with a most excellent dude and mainstay of the retro car scene in the south west of our septic isle. Besides driving one of the coolest vehicles in the land;



he also just happens to have made himself a laser in the shed. Yep, a laser. In the shed. The world needs eccentric geniuses like this! And one of the cool things you can do with a laser (apart from cutting the sliver lamé jumpsuit off of indescribably nubile space laydeees prior to letting them use you for their base otherworldly sexual appetites) is carve out really accurate designs into any number of materials. And what Bruce (for that is he) is using his laser to design is... keyrings. Yeah, the clue was in the title really. You'll have to come up with your own nubile space aliens


Anyway, by way of example, here's one he prepared earlier;



It's made using a quality, proper flat-ring insert and using locally-sourced ethically sound leather. Because he's literally a garage industry he has ultimate control over every aspect of the product, and because he's a top bloke that means every aspect is top-notch.



He can also take on commissions, a rotary club one if you'd like. Getting the idea? By way of illustration, here are some examples of the kind of variety that the run he produced for the SAAB owners club ended up with;




So, basically this thread is to whet appetites and see if there's enough interest to make it worth his while. And since we live in the eBay generation when people refuse to pay even close that what something's worth, I'm guessing you're all out there tugging beards (metaphorical beards will suffice) and archly muttering "well, it depends on the price. Innit". Well, amazing as it may sound, the price for one of these exclusive and top quality items is just £7.50

Yep,  £7.50!

Postage would be a further £1.50 for mainland UK, £3.50 for Europe and £4.50 Rest of the World


So for under a tenner, you could have a nearly one-off, exclusive, superb quality keyring holding your eezee-bend Mazda piece of crap key. And your faux-carbon Clifford fob, of course. These really are far and above any of the mass-produced sweatshop rubbish from the Pacific Rim, and you can rest assured that no pre-teens were chained to a desk for eighteen hours a day during the manufacture of these items!


That's for one of Bruce's own designs, and for a decent production run. If we want to commission him for one of our own designs (for example, the forum logo or a Mazda/RX-7 based design) then the price will rise slightly. Some example pricings he's given me are like this;

For a run of ten ~£8.00 per item
For a run of five ~£13.00 per
For a total one-off one of one design about £50!

These prices obviously reflect the time and aggravation in having to program appropriate Adobe files for the laser to follow as a cut path, and the diminishing return for his time in doing so. However, if we can come up with a suitably humongous order run of like 50 then the price may even come down.

Personally speaking I like this old-skool Mazda logo




But there's no reason the FD RX-7 one couldn't be used;



or the earlier FB style one...



Whatever you want. Provided we make it worth his while. Have a bit of fun. place a vote!

So, to sum up, all I'm asking in this thread is for people to give a firm commitment to purchasing one. If you want to get a design of our own done, then suggest one preferably with illustration. At the end we can get a consensus for the most popular one or ones to present to Bruce. But PLEASE don't waste our time with "Wo0t, amazing, I'd love one"-type replies if you have no intention of actually coming up with the money for one when it comes down to it. This thread isn't for loads of flannel about how lovely they look, we already know that! This is for people who actually want one and will honour that commitment when it comes down to handing over the moneys.

Cheers, much love and thanks for reading. Respond now...

So if you're interested then put your name down and we'll get a list together to pass on

Thanks for listening

Adam

Another one advising need to ensure. Cheapest quote by a very long way

Adam

Came across this sad sight on the way out last night. UK car which the guy had lost control off when pulling away from the lights and hit a wall.



He was fine but the car will be a right off, bent chassis. Chatted to him for a little bit. Not a member of any club but just liked the cars. This was his second UK one, the first he\'d also written off. He had no idea how rare they are. I suggested to him that he doesn\'t buy another one unless its an import :o
Sorry about the picture quality. The camera on my phone has never been the same since I recently had the screen replaced

Adam

Good to see things are on the up and going back together now.

Adam

Lovely work. You could eat your dinner of that engine, but then that would get it dirty :p

Adam

Had this a little while and was hoping to fit it to my car but it doesn\'t fit and to be honest would look at little odd seeing as my bay has been changed from standard so much.
It\'s in good condition, you\'ll just need a coule of bolts to fix it down.



£85 delivered

Adam

I think I\'ve got some from RS 2 somewhere. Will have to have a look through my hard drive and get back to you

Adam

Got to finish off a few bits (getting the hoses all one colour for starters) but it\'s all back together and running now.





Adam