Project \'rotarvette\'

[OLSKOOLROTAR]

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Wicked mate, chuffed for you, sounds great to boot :Thumbs-up

Jase

[yoeddynz]

thanks! taken it a few drives- oil cooler still leaks a little but who cares- gotta drive it!
Its very fun- a little high geared but maybe some smaller 13" slot mags....

going to move oil cooler down and use a series 4 one.
more pics and info when thats sorted.
alex

[yoeddynz]

Just finished big job today- after the first few drives(did about 35 miles in total) with leaky oil cooler and noisy water pump I\'ve chopped the middle of the front valance out and fit a later series 4 rx7 oil cooler(WITHOUT CRACKS). I\'ve moved it down so now it has loads of air flow and not passing hot air onto radiator. I fit a new water pump- managed to get a brand new one from local auto factor. It was moisy and loud clicking which had me worried! turns out i\'d forgoten to fit the 4 little bolts onto bottom pully! nuts - lucky.

I\'ve also today fitted another Gbox i got from another kiwi ritor bloke here. About lunchtime today I was fittinmg it with two scissor jacks to lift it and it all came crashing down- one jack slicing my forehead open. bugger.

Its all sorted and I drove it into Oxford city centre watching the gauges carefully. It runs loads cooler- I\'ve got to reset the electric fan cutin point.

So i\'m well happy now- although its still far too high geared!....maybe some 13" slot mags with 50 series tyres?

now gotta have a shower and get all the blood off my face!

photos soon...

alex

[dubber91]

youve bled over her now bro....its gotta work;)

[yoeddynz]

And she does indeed. Starts really easily and nicely- Thats a good sign isnt it?

Likes to drink but as I have only whacked it all together on the same old timing settings etc that the engine was at when I got it at I think maybe a tune?
alex

[MikeLMR]

likes to drink ... sounds like it\'s working just fine

[yoeddynz]

heres some photos of recent work...

first- what I chopped out of the valance to make way for the new oil cooler..



And heres the new cooler in place- a bit of a dark picture but anyway its got lots of space around it and room for air to flow out from behind. I\'ve mounted it on an angle so the air cant just shoot right through- it has to force its way through pulling heat out in the process (at least thats what MY brain thinks)



Heres the new water pump... hmmm



Next up- I had built a heat sheild outta stainless but didnt take any photos of it. Because its nice and shiney I thought i\'d take a photo while it was off during the g/box swap....



So the oil cooler and the box all work fine but with the standard 7 temp gauge I dont know what temp its running at. So I bought a new VDO gauge and sender. I also searched on Ebay and got a VDO voltmeter from a porsche for £4. I built a new box to house them out of ply.



Then I had the fuel gauge to sort out. I took the spare chevette one I had out of the other car and ripped out its guts. I found a spray can lid that was just the right size-52mm - and found another that fit inside it snuggly. I sat the guts inside the first lid attached to the other to space it out right. I then holesawed a cover out of the chevette instrument cover.



This I held in place with silicone. I wrapped the end of the lid around in insulation tape till it was a few mills thick and sliced it in half to make the rim.  



I now know that it sits nicely at 85 degrees and the fan kicks in at about 90.

And yesterday I took it for a nice long drive down the A34 to Eras ( ...for those who dont know him - \'old one\' is an old school rotary nutter having been racing RX\'s in South Africa a long time before emmigrating here)  
It ran there and back fine, past the \'Era test drive\' with flying colours
and apart from some wheel balance/alignment issue at around 60 I was very happy! Next weekend I\'m off to Bromly pagent of motoring.

And then Era took me out in his series one RX7 with a bridge ported motor and IDA webber- very very quick.....hmmmmmm...wheres a spare motor to take apart :wink:

[yoeddynz]

Obviously you\'ll all know Era but gotta put that bit in there for the all this info is also posted up on the chevette forum.

Yeah Mike- its drinking alright but down and back to Eras it did 25mpg+ at about 60-65 mph so not too bad at all!  Now means long trips are in order!

[20B_boy]

And yesterday I took it for a nice long drive down the A34 to Eras

Lol, didnt notice a guy in a blue FD pass you and then trying to look out the back window did you!! Saw the brown mobile and wondered if it was you :driving Looked sweet mate, great work!

[shaunwil]

Your coming to the retro rides event arn\'t you? Would love to see it in the flesh

Shaun

[yoeddynz]

yeah- FD with a wing? sitting behind a bmw? yeah- at the speed I was doing i had time to notice anything interesting!  every one seemed to be going faster than me!
Is yours 20b powered(in the name....) - hmmm- that would be fun....

I really want to go to retro show but have to go to friends leaving do with Hannah. bugger!

alex

[TwistedHumour]

Fantasic news and great work!  It\'s been a while since I\'ve checked the forum and had almost forgotten about this thread.

Your hard work really really shows  Good job mate!

[yoeddynz]

cheers mate,
gotta come over that way for some mtbing sometime soon!

[Brett]

Hows this coming along now? :wave

[yoeddynz]

Hi there- car is going really well! Had it on a dyno and its putting out 115 bhp whch is spot on for a series 2 12A.
Just bouan old honda SL125 so thats taking my time right now. Any one here going to retro rides show eh? I\'ll be there in the chevette!
alex