My Bathurst Rx7

[parnell229]

I Went to the Dakota Drift & Drag event at smeatharpe which was great.

The weather held up but the car didnt lol, the car handled great and was alot of fun to use it properly.
I had a good amount of seat time untill the afternoon at which point the radiator decided to burst



also a little video


Ended up going home on the back of my mate Lee\'s truck

[parnell229]

I have now ordered a Driftworks SuperCool Aluminium Radiator to get the rex back on the road

I will hopefully get my works warehouse for a weekend to fit all the parts I have ready to be fitted lol

Aluminium Radiator with new silicone hoses
FMIC
Front coilovers
Air pump removal
DeCat pipe
Apexi Twin induction
Front c-west kit
99 spec front lights

will also be changing the front tyres at some point soon so im not running too much stretch for ground clearance

Looking forward to attend the next drfit day at smeatharpe in march!

[parnell229]

So i started stripping the car down in my work unit to get access to the radiator.





Had a few bits left over!



Old radiator damage


New radiator


So I have now swapped over the radiator & fitted my twin apexi air filter




I fitted my lights into the bumper ready to be fitted tomorrow


I still have this to fit but it seems dfficult as it involves alot of moving parts and cutting lol


But atleast it shall be back on the road this week without the intercooler tho

[parnell229]

So I was waiting on this being delivered to bypass the air seperation tank.


Engine bay as is...


So once that was on & the car was running on with the bumper!

Its bolted across the top and cable tied on the sides, so easy to remove anyway for fmic install.

After fitment of the bumper I went and on the way home the headlight covers decided to fly off lol (I was going quite fast)


After searching for replacements today they are actually quite hard to come by and have ended up ordering 2 carbon fibre covers.
Ideally I want to get a set of black ones but I will wait till a black rx7 is being broken or order them from japan!
Maybe just buy a carbon bonnet to match the covers lol

[gsb876]

very nice work

[wolfie1]

Looking good but you will really need to put the ducting back on for your standard intercooler until you get your front mount on