1989 RX7 FC\'d...again!

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 10:24:46 AM

Right then, just been out and snapped some piccies for you before i start looking at it properly... (although i did get the radio working)

Need to look at the oil pressure gauge as it wasn\'t moving on the way back yesterday but its got plenty of oil in....

Piictures!

And here it is...standard mx5 shot in background looking all jealous

The first damaged wing..

And the other wing

Close up of the wing

Original speakers in door cards (and boot)

Found a haynes manual!

Boot opens

Headlights pop up

The big exhaust

And it comes with a tip/bung to try and make it a bit quieter...i think ill leave it off for now

Now from the initial walk around the car from doing these pictures...the paint work is pretty bad, lots and lots of scratches, the dented wing and the rust... haven\'t looked underneath yet..

Also found out that the rear spoiler is broke

its snapped on one of the middle mounts and i think a screw on the right has snapped... how do you get to the bolts for it? and shall i repair it or take it off?

Skifledanabit · September 21, 2011, 10:35:35 AM

Almost had a heart attack, looked a lot like my old one lol

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 10:37:21 AM

I also have a spare drivers seat and two spare wings that came with... and whilst the wings are better than whats on now...they\'ve been repaired previously

I\'m going to be sticking a sale thread up soon as ive got lowered suspension, door cards,switches,headlights and gear sticks all building up (and anything else ive got laying around) now in a very very early days thing with this car...if i ended up down the breaking route, would there be much people would want?

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 10:38:05 AM

Quote from: Skifledanabit;789680Almost had a heart attack, looked a lot like my old one lol

Hopefully its in better condition

TiddlesRX7 · September 21, 2011, 11:07:56 AM

Quote from: Skifledanabit;789680Almost had a heart attack, looked a lot like my old one lol

That was my first thought too till I read your post.

Ade

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 01:46:41 PM

Well came to run it and whilst it starts fine it doesn\'t seem to do its warm up right...maybe, it revs to about 1.5k and then drops to about 500 and then stutters and dies

but if you hold the throttle to about 1k then it stays fine so I\'m assuming the idle is just set low at the moment?

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 02:47:17 PM

well it looks like its kinda running the same as the other day which means its driveable... had another quick inspection round the car and giving a quick glance at the connections, finding more rust on the chassis underneath and the noticed the exhaust pipework... its had a single exit custom exhaust up to the precats....now the entire piping looks massive, atleast 4" (same size as the tip anyway) and the cat (or decat not sure yet) doesnt look like its got the piping for the secondaries...

Now do you reckon having this big piping attaching onto the standard header is going to be a reason as to why its not running right?

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 02:55:26 PM

Also as the car doesnt seem like it as an accelerated warm up, where should i be looking to see if its been removed or if theres a problem?

B.Martin · September 21, 2011, 05:35:17 PM

That\'s a good thing!

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 06:18:05 PM

whiich part? the warm up system? or the massive exhaust :p

B.Martin · September 21, 2011, 06:34:16 PM

Both, the warm up system is wank and I\'m told \'loud pipes save lives\' :Giggle

Kamatari · September 21, 2011, 08:46:57 PM

True :p so do you reckon it wouldn\'t be the massive pipes as to why its running off lol

B.Martin · September 21, 2011, 09:11:04 PM

Shouldn\'t make any difference I don\'t think mate, as i say check the usual problems first then if that doesn\'t cure it you can start worrying about other things. So plugs, leads, change oil, filter, fuel filter, stick some redex through it, do a coolant flush, may as well change airfilter (or clean it if it\'s k&n) could even clean all the intake pipe out bet it\'s full of crap. Start running it on 97-99 fuel and then post results as the other lad has same problems on the other thread

Kamatari · September 22, 2011, 11:23:06 AM

Well then I\'ve done the next journey down to visit my other rex in this car and I\'ve done about 90miles on a quarter tank although its mainly all been motorways

Upon getting here I\'ve set the tps again but that wasn\'t a problem... Having a look under the car and I\'m noticing more and more bad areas

and I also notice the cat (or decat pipe) has a tube sticking out the side... So I check the other side and the pipe for the secondaries has been cable tied out the way :doh: so someone has put the cat on the wrong way! The only thing is the pipes won\'t go together as they are missing a bend like the original... Any ideas?

B.Martin · September 22, 2011, 02:07:43 PM

Can get a decat off ebay for cheap i think, infact one guy had a while FC exhaust going pretty cheap the other day i forget who it was. I\'m sure i saw a full system on ebay - Â£100

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-RX-7-RX7-FC3S-1986-1991-Turbo-4-Inch-Exhaust-/160632454477?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item256670bd4d