My RX-2 project - progress, pictures, etc.

[oldone]

Long story. I am lucky enough to have a garage for the wifes car.(garage a. Full of conservatory) and a second workshop 6m sq at the back of the garden. (Garage b has no power yet ) the ectension lead to the B garage is plugged into A and i couldnt see a damn thing last night. Was off to do some sly work on the race car. Missus had to rescue me from trying to defy gravity.

****ing Muppet show LOLOLOLOL :rollin  :Giggle  :cool  :WaveBye

[Martiny]

Well, whad\'y\'know, I am back on this project! Have been fitting and refitting the engine, gearbox and prop shaft  so I can start making the engine mountings.

Here is my modification to make the gearlever housing sit in more or less the right place.

[Martiny]

and here, I ground down the clutch fork lever, then welded on some more meat to make it stronger. This is because it fouls the body, and I want to minimize the amount of cutting/denting in the body. I will still have to cut/dent the body though.

[Martiny]

This is just some parts being cleaned.......

[Martiny]

Anyone have a gear-lever to sell me please?

[mullins]

I\'ve got one, but i want £20 for it because it makes the rest of the gearbox much harder to sell without it.

[Martiny]

Ok, gear lever arrived.
Jimmys sent me a new clutch, a distributor, and the slave and master cylinders for the clutch.

Of course, I have rounded one of the bolts for the clutch, so i have to get a new one from Mazda, hopefully today !

The mountings are made and welded to the crossmember, the motor is in! Now I have to connect everything! Hopefully, this weekend I can start with the clutch, and then get the gearbox on, and then I can crank it and see what it sounds like. Probably do poor man\'s compression test too.

Then I have to figure out the wiring for the Dizzy.

Thats my weekend set, then !

[Ultraman_Cosmo]

nice one, look forward to the next installment. a big regret of mine is letting an rx2 go for scrap some years back it was to be a future restoration project until the local yobs started smashing it up. i then had an order slapped on it to be destroyed because it was a danger to children! probably the sames ****ers that smashed it up! i grabbed all i could from it before the scrap man arrived same thing happened with an rx3 too.

[RobbieRX-7]

I love these old skool restoration threads. A rare thing on here.Will look forward to the finished beauty

[Martiny]

its a LONG way from being beautiful!  I just want it running with Rotary power for now.

Aftermarket exhaust that I have from 1st Gen doesnt fit ! :-(   The header fouls the body, and it also looks like it will catch the steering box. Been contemplating this all weekend. Maybe I could modify it somehow. Am buying some 90 degree bent pieces to see if that will help me out, - maybe I could change the radius of the curve of the header pipes, and just maybe that will give me room at the steering box and arm, too.

[mpk490p]

i take it the lever fitted ok? sounds like you are having fun with those other parts

Mark

[Martiny]

Clutch on tonight, I hope , then gearbox in, then fit starter, then crank it !

( to hear it cranking will just be a little reward to myself for getting this far!)

THEN i will see if the lever fits !  Lol!
:-)

[Martiny]

No progress on the clutch, I am waiting for 1 little bolt from Mazda!

IGNITION working !!!! Yay!

Between the RX-2 diagram ( with an error in it) , and the RX-7 Haynes Manual, I managed to get the ignition working !!!!

[Martiny]

Been cracking on.

Connected the fuel pump but it failed soon... so there is a new one on the way.  

In spite of not having all the bolts for the clutch, I fitted the gearbox. On went the starter, then I connected up the wires. I turned the key, and....

nothing!  ?  So,  what I thought was a 15 min job (fitting the starter), turned into a good few hours ( isnt it always like that!), tracing wiring and what not.

So, eventually, I managed to get it to crank ! Sort of like a reward to myself for all the work I have put in recently. The pulses dont sound even, but I am going to connect everything and see if it starts.

Exhaust.
The 1st Gen RX-7 exhaust (that I have) doesnt fit. So I have started cutting it to get it to fit. There are many places it needs to bend ( I dont have the right tools for that), so I am cutting a slot, and then bending it there. Lots of welding coming up....

[Martiny]

Exhaust Header ( too big!) from Donor RX-7.