Matt's RX7 #NeverGiveUp

MattScott · December 30, 2020, 07:17:41 PM

So I've owned my Seven for quite a few years and taken a few photos of how things have progressed - often backwards ! - but after nearly 10 years I thought it was about time to post a few pics/comments of my rotary journey. Like all "projectz", she's far from finished

but I've stuck by her and this is our journey.......

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 07:23:13 PM

So I found a "bargin" on eBay having sold my scooby and looking for something new. First impressions were that she needed a bit of a tidy up but she wasn't dropping oil or water

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 07:39:23 PM

Engine had been rebuilt by a known company in south of England and money changed hands. A week later she was mine and we drove from Surrey to Kent.
It was a fun drive but when I parked up she decided to wet herself!

At this point I should add a mental note to myself .....next time ask for a compression check!

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 07:46:02 PM

One house move later and a period of being sat in my garage, I decided it was time to start small

The target was to sort out the hill-billy intake which looked like a combination of a drain pipes and a couple if K+N copies (must remember to put these on eBay

).

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 07:52:48 PM

At this point I should point out that my old scooby was always a bit of a compromise being my daily. Seven was to be different

. I would look to use genuine parts only ..... but who can resist an eBay bargin?!?
So I managed to bag myself a HKS intake, order replacement foams and pick up an early SQV BOV to match.

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 08:03:51 PM

Now the plan was to then get a few "bits and bobs" sorted......you know a few meters added to keep an eye on things, MOT, a service......and.......address the wetting herself habit".......what could possibly go wrong!!

So Seven was loaded up and sent off to Orpington for a little fettling......and she even made the pages of Banzai!

Now this is a good point to call out my friends and long term support - LC Rotary and ThePerformanceShopLtd(TPS)! Without the encouragement of Lewis, Reece, Josh and Kim this build thread would have stopped here....

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Jamie R · December 30, 2020, 08:40:03 PM

So are YOU the guy who went to beaulieu a couple of years back

I'm trying to find who owned the white fd that was in front of my old Subaru Legacy

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 09:21:39 PM

Quote from: Jamie R on December 30, 2020, 08:40:03 PM
So are YOU the guy who went to beaulieu a couple of years back I'm trying to find who owned the white fd that was in front of my old Subaru Legacy

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Nope wasn't me although I was planning on going but never quite got organised enough !

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 09:28:43 PM

So one compression test later and the news wasn't quite as good as I had hoped!! Apex seals had let go on the rear rotor so what started as a few "bits and bobs" escalated into an engine out and full rebuild.......

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 09:30:05 PM

Even my "genuine" HKS bov failed.....

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MattScott · December 30, 2020, 09:42:19 PM

So plans were discussed, specifications agreed and a large street port was the result - after all it would have been rude not too given the engine was coming apart anyway

Karim at Powergains did the porting work while Lewis and Josh bolted things back together using Goopy seals for safety

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clive · December 31, 2020, 09:16:41 AM

Thread was a good read, sadly with the bad stuff we hear of far too many times but came out good in the end

.

Putting asside the greif involved, real plus side is that unlike many cars FD price's have risen dramaticaly during your ownership.

MattScott · December 31, 2020, 09:35:11 AM

Quote from: clive on December 31, 2020, 09:16:41 AM
Thread was a good read, sadly with the bad stuff we hear of far too many times but came out good in the end .

Putting asside the greif involved, real plus side is that unlike many cars FD price's have risen dramaticaly during your ownership.

Hi Clive. Yep was all a little disappointing in the beginning but I've ended up in a far better place. She still suffers from a few common 7 gremlins

(she's an oldie afterall) but I've no plans on throwing in the towel any time soon ...... Just hoping to get out in her a.little more in 2021

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MattScott · December 31, 2020, 09:47:01 AM

So then it was a case of new clutch, new radiator and FMIC to help deal with the heat issuez

plus an Apexi ECU to replace the stock item. Ok so there was a little more involved

but things were going back in rather than out (well the air pump and air con never saw the light of day again

).

The ECU is the Pro version so has a primative launch control

..... trouble is i have no speed signal to test it but acted as a handy rev limiter during the run in period,

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MattScott · December 31, 2020, 09:51:44 AM

After a clean, polish and quick interior shot of my newly installed meters, it was time to bring her home again and get some miles on the engine ...... only it was December so was not gonna be quick given the weather, road salt and the fact she's an import!

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