my 7 (work in progress)

[mooragerx7]

today my new battery anti freeze and fuel  pressure gauge arrived so with that i went out to the garage sorted the  last bit of the wiring checked my anti steal switch\'s got the mrs to  kick it in the guts and ....... just about catching and did almost fire  so almost but no cigar guess ill have to go out tomorrow and get some  fresh fuel for her tomorrow  
 
verdict 3 year old fuel = rx7 no go  
       

[mooragerx7]

Vids
 
as you can see makeshift throttle cable made from wire :oops:



things to sort
bleed clutch, brakes
sort temp gauge  
sort fuel gauge
throttle linkage
choke cable
tyres
omp blank leaking
tidy/remove engine wiring
MOT TAX
paint

[mooragerx7]

idle

[Steve-A]

Wooooo, such a good feeling when it fires up for the first time isn\'t it!

Have you had a timing light on her? Just the way she fires up kinda reminds me of how my 12a was starting when I had the timing a few degrees out. Looks like she\'s running fine, but might be worth a check to get the most out of it.

Also, I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed that front bumper. Have you any info on what it is or where I could get one?

[mooragerx7]

did have a timing light but there is no timing marks on the engine so didnt get to far

that front bumper is a kiwe kit that is all i know kant find any thing else about it or another one for that matter

[Steve-A]

There should be two small notches in the back edge of the front lower pulley. And theres a kinda pin siticking out of the front cover directly above the pulley. For stock timing you\'re looking to get the first (most clockwise) mark lined up with the pin at idle on the L1 spark plug. This is TDC.

Thats fair enough. If you have a change of heart and decide you don\'t like to look of it, you know who to talk to

[David Nock (RIP)]

She Runs! And Moves!.......Great feeling I\'ll bet Michael.

I do like that fly by wire.....Declaration:- \'Any mods from standard Mr Moorage?\'

\'Ahemm, well yes, just a few little ones, like I pull on a wire to make it move\'....:driving


Love it.   Dave

[CHC (RIP)]

Looking bluddy luvly Michael.
I suggest you put a patent on that \'linkage\' ASAP mate (hehehe) :rollin beats the foot pedal by miles

[mooragerx7]

cheers Steve ill have to look into that and see if i can find them if i do come to stage when i seel the kit you will be the first to know
 
Cliff would do but its a bit difficult to use throttle and steer and chage gear all at the same time using your hands although your hand does get a nice breeze on it :evillaugh

[CHC (RIP)]

Steering wheel paddle gear change coupled with perhaps a twist throttle control - there, simple.

[mooragerx7]

well mixed news in this post  
got my throttle linkage fitted everything phoned up a mate who said he  had a spear mot slot today to fit the old girl in for a mot and check  over if i dropped it down yesterday so yesterday i finished all the bits  i had to do brakes clutch wiring Finnish putting on the kit changed the  wheels and tyres over  
 left home went and got some petrol then carried on my 10 mile journey  happy running although a bit of a miss from 5000 onwards then after 5  miles poof and water everywhere so i stopped and pulled over to the side  of the road to find the over flow pipe steaming away and my journey  over with suspected water pump failure as half the rad was cold as with  the heater matrix and coil cooler  
so got her towed home and she is now back in the garage to let the trouble shooting Begin  
 
although the road test did though up a couple of things you have to  remove the front bumper to be towed breaks are awful have to sort out a  vacuum for them and the left rear break is seized on  
 
although with all thet it was good to driver her again so not all bad  

[mooragerx7]

im now the owner of a TAX\'d and MOT\'d rx7

also sorted the running issue too turned out that one of the coils was breaking down and not working as it should so replaced that then promply took it for its retest

after that broke the kit some more but good old cable ties to the rescue



now need to decide what im going to do with it either fix it or chop it down

this is the preposed cut down


any feed back welcome

[mooragerx7]

been buzy painting today




sorry for the crap phone pics i should have some better pics tomorrow when its all back together and yes the front bumpber is a different colour i ran out of the paint i had and had to borrow some from a mate

[12at]

Looks nice and clean - did you decide on the final colour??

[mooragerx7]

its really not very clean pictures hide loads of lies
tornado silver will be the colour but wont be happening for a while yet