my 93 fd

[Macer]

Looking good - keep up the good work :Thumbs-up

[Cliveyy]

Keep up the good work man, getting through all the hard times will be worth it when you get it going again:driving

[berniec]

holy update batman

right so then was out for a few hours working away and the end result is.......



started today with a check of the rotors to see if all the seals we installed were still correct.



next up was a quick rinse of the main engine parts to get any last bit of dust or dirt that may have gotten on since our last day.



next was to sort out a few of the seals.


after that we started on the engine assembly

front plate



rotor, rotor housing and front plate all together.



next up was to install the eccentric shaft.



next we put in the intermediate housing.


2nd rotor housing



2nd rotor installed


rear housing installed



all bolted up and torqued to mazda spec. we checked if the rotors moved freely and they did. then we checked the horizontal movement of the shaft to see how much play was there and everything was within tolerances.

last thing we did was install the oil pump assembly, oil pressure reg, oil pick up. would have had the sump on too but ran out of sealant.



all in all a very good day. it only took 12 months to get here

[gandyRX]

Comming along nicely mate, keep at it deffinatly going to be worth the wait

[matt_rex]

may i ask where u got your battery box from? i have the same one but my mate wants to get one too

[berniec]

i got a kit from rhdjapan as i had some credits left and with the good conversion rates a few years back it worked out very cheap.

unfortunately the conversion rates are gone and i think they dont do credits anymore.

[berniec]

bit of a delay in posting this here but better late than never.
just under 2 weeks ago this happened.



ITS ALIVE

well fiachra really did do alot of work over the last week or so and got the engine in, running and all setup. he installed the 2 stroke injection system and started fitting the water injection. he also adjusted the diffuser so it sits properly now and not just by cable ties for test fitting.

heres a vid of the idle.


heres a video of a bit of reving. the sound is a bit :censored::censored::censored::censored: in both vids, it really dosent sound as rough irl as it does in the vids. i think i may have stood too close for the mic.


pics of the water injection as it stands atm.




next is a pic of the 2 stroke resevoir all nice and shiney


a few pics of the car






finally the engine bay



shortly after this i got the car back on the road and then today i did this.

got some g3 compound paste and went at the paint  (by hand )

before





after (lights a little flattering but it will give you the idea)







i did clean the paste off from between the roof and boot lid after i saw it in this pic.
car still needs a respray but its looking soooooooo much better.

wheels need a good clean and polish so may do that over the next few days.

i also sorted out some help for the car to get into the drive.



works like a charm.

[StreetracerHCI]

great car mate.. I want it too your intercooler kit of Rx7Store how do you think? which temperatures detect in Air Intake on Power FC?
tell me in terms of the open road or in city traffic please

[berniec]

holy crap ive let this slide lol.

right since my last post ive done the periodic oil and filter change.

ive raised the coilovers to get the car through the nct (irish mot).

i tied back the wheel arch liners which were rubbing on the tyre on full lock.

i temporarily put in the exhaust bung for the nct.

tidied up some wires for the water injection in prep for the test.

so i put the car through the nct and it failed on the headlight allignment which i was kinda expecting as i only did it on my drive against the wall.

while i was waiting for the nct retest i got the headlights adjusted properly but the ast sprung a leak. i think the first tester leant on the bracket holding the ast and bent it slightly towards the pulley and it rubbed. it was only a very small hole but was leaking none the less. i got some metal epoxy and filled the hole and its been a few weeks now with no leaks or problems so sorted atm until i learn to weld and ill sort it properly then. im hoping to learn basic welding over the winter.

so the car went in for the retest and passed so im now fully legally allowed to be on the road lol.

since its passed i took off the exhaust bung as it made the car too quite for me.

since then there wasnt too much as work done as weather has been crap and ive had very little time and money.

however this weekend i got some work done.

ive been meaning to try fix the fubbered tacho on my car. basically the problem is the needle would bounce all over the place and sometimes stay at 0 or random figures. had the needle sitting at 9k rpm at one stage with the ignition off and key out.

so first thing first was to take out the instrument cluster which was easier than i expected.

after it was out i removed the tacho and disassembled it so all i was left with was a circuit board with the electric motor on it.

i resoldered the joints on the circuit board and put everything back together. sorted working as good as new now so well chuffed with that cheap and easy fix.

on the test drive however i never put the steering cowl back properly and broke the switch for the horn and indicator turn off thingy doh

so i got my old :censored::censored::censored::censored:ed switch column thingy out of the shed and disassembled it and disassembled the broken one on my car and made one good one out of two bad ones. very quick and easy fix and now alls well.

also yesterday myself and fiachra moved around the ast and 2 stroke reservoir to make some room and avoid the ast hitting a pulley again. a little fiddling around and thinking later and we got some space and a stronger bracket so alls good there too.

we also took readings off the water injection control unit and fiachra will be sending them off to the manufacturer to see if its a problem with our wiring or their unit that is causing the system not to work correctly. no harm atm as the car isnt ready for mapping so wont need the water injection.


if i have time during the week i may try and reinstall the hid\'s even though i have a wiring loom from a different kit so might need to adjust a few things to get it to work properly.