Fils pink to red ongoing restoration

[fil_auto]

Hi to all. :wave

Recently purchased the car below - 1995 RX7 Type R Bathurst Edition and have been researching / planning for some months now and believe she\'ll require the usual rebuild after ( what I believe and have been told ) is a water seal failure!! Seems to make sense after reading alot of posts on here with ref to the above mentioned problem - have spoken to Carl @ Hayward too and am hoping to get the car to him ASAP for checking / fixing.....
Trained it upto Shropshire last week and drove her back best part of 160 km\'s before she got seriously hot, the warning buzzer came on, she required lots of water and time to chill!!!??
Anyways, few piccies..... ttfn Phil :Thumbs-up:burnout

[sadgoth]

nice car! I love the Advan 3 spokes (a lot don\'t though!) Unusual spoiler, looks good!

Carl is a great guy, he\'ll sort you out!

Welcome to the fold bud!

[mpk490p]

Very nice, get Carl to put some extra holes in the engine while he is there:yes

nice to see another Rex down the road

Mark

[leon]

Looks great! A lot of nice parts on there thats either a Re-Am or the MS spoiler (I think!)  KS headlights for sure though :Giggle

Gotta agree about the advans some cars seem to pull them off well others dont, I think the rex is one of those than can

Your in good hands with Carl :yes

[grinder]

depending on the state of the water seals - check out the new product clive has to offer - could be worth a try

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44731

[D2BBA]

Looking good bud!

I spy an RE Amemiya front bumper, rear spolier and RE dolphin rear box.  Not sure on the make of sideskirts tho?

Enjoy!

Chris

[iaint]

Looks great (not keen on the nose but the rest is v.nice).  

Absolutely love the KS headlights!

[S3TH]

I like those wheels Welcome to the club!

[Rzla]

yup welcome
stick with the car because you will not find anything that gives u as much joy as a rex
and that includes all your jap cars

[Warthog]

Hello and Welcome....:Santa

[peterwolds]

welcome nice motor, bet you cant wait to get it sorted,carl has a good reputation.

[fil_auto]

Well guys, many thanks for the warm welcomes and of course advice..... :Thumbs-up

just following up really now, have filtered through the forum and found loads of info on coolant issues, overheating, water seal failure etc....

Interesting though, hadn\'t driven her for a good few days, checked coolant levels this morning and topped up accordingly, distilled water n coolant mixture.
Printed off details / instructions with ref to a flush and of course was very interested in the tell-tale water seal failure test I found on here, ie: start from cold, rad cap off and watch for loads of tiny bubbles......... was surprised / happy n excited to find they were not present!!!??? #;o)
Also, no hard / solid pipe issuies.....

However, upon a little drive to work - 17 miles / 30 odd mins, warmed her up as per and off I went watching, wiating with baited breath for the water temp to rise and the buzzer to kick off as she has!!! Nope, no worries there and not too hot when arriving at work...... although .....and more food for thought or needing to get it checked out ASAP really.... very little boost on 1st / 2nd turbo..... in the small amount of time I\'ve had / driven her, 1st turbo boosting to 0.4 and then 2nd to 0.8....... only managed a max of about 0.3 on both turbo\'s on the drive this morning?!!!!

The plot thickens..... :eek

ttfn Phil

[andysmee]

hi, and welcome to the club.
 
Nice to see you\'ve only got one shade of red!

[andysmee]

A little off-topic...but the RE-A spoiler you\'ve got is the one that I am interested in getting, but wherever I\'ve see it on a car it looks to be mounted a little too far back. Can you tell me if it would mount further forward, or is the wiper in the way or something.
 
The reason to ask you is that I have only ever seen it on three cars...in any pictures worldwide! Yours being number 3!

[fil_auto]

bear with me matey - I\'ll go an have a look n try n do a few piccies too! #;o)