Mazda Montrose 13B Turbo bridge port

[Brett]

So, where to begin?  I brought the Montrose in November 2008 from a nice chap called Brian, it had been in his family since it was new.  Overall the car seemed to be in pretty good condition for a car built in 1979, but a closer inspection revealed some worrying rust.  Based on this I made an offer, left a deposit and a few days later I collected it.

It\'s a 1979 Montrose CPE, Pillarless coupe, with an automatic 2.0L MA engine and just 47k on the clock.




Over the next few months it was given a really good clean up and its first service since 1994!

Next on the list was a set of slot mags, which suited the Montrose down to the ground



During 2009 I attended a few shows with it: Brooklands, Jap Show and then finally Rotorstock.  To get her ready for RS an unsilenced side exit exhaust was fitted - it sounded like hell on earth, and was laying down some very consistent 19sec runs :Giggle

Jap show


Rotorstock 2009


Shortly after Rotorstock I was introduced to Jason from Super 7, and we had a little conversation about fitting a rotor into the Montrose.   Before long the tape measure was out, grins were happening and hands were shaken.  :Thumbs-up

We mothballed the Montrose and began the process of finding all the parts that would be needed.

This was in 2009, at the end of July 2012 we decided now was the time... we had 3 weeks until Rotorstock 9 and would need to pull out all of the stops to get the car built and MOT\'d before the 18th of August.

I\'ll let the pictures tell the next bit of the story























After this we got it back to the workshop and set about getting it ready for its MOT on friday the 17th August.  20mins before the MOT both the radiator and oil cooler decided to split!  Queue a frantic 90mins of activity stripping an FD and an FC that belonged to Jason and we had it at the MOT station.  We finally had it MOT\'d and taxed! :driving

Sadly i\'ve got no pictures from the friday night, suffice to say we worked until nearly 2am to get the car ready for Rotorstock, and inspite of a loose boost hose (my fault) and a case of overfueling we got her to the show.
It was a great drive, and a great day out

Yesterday I took a few pics of the Montrose as it is now:








And so there she is... the result of three weeks of the most intesive labour I have ever seen.  Jason, Dan and Shannon of Super 7 autos put in countless 16 hour days to get this done, our friend Darryl put in similar hours fabricating all the metal work and doing all the nessecary repairs, and my dad who at little notice was able to machine precision components for us and deliver them.  Every parts supplier I used was able to get the parts to me in short order when time was running out, so thanks to MazdaRotaryparts, Drift Works and Jetex.

It\'s been one hell of a few weeks, but it was such a buzz finally getting it ready.  I think Jasons face in the videos sums it all up

We built this not to be the fastest, not to be different, but to build something we could have a lot of fun with - and that goal has been achieved a thousand times over.  I feel like its as much the guys car now as it is mine

:3gears-rh

[TRIND-FD]

I kept looking at it Saturday. Thinking I like.

Didn\'t realise what was under the hood :Thumbsup!

[Brett]

I forgot to pass you back that gear knob!  I\'ll pu it in the post

It\'s a 13B-REW half bridge with a GT40-82 turbo

[TRIND-FD]

I forgot to pass you back that gear knob!  I\'ll pu it in the post

It\'s a 13B-REW half bridge with a GT40-82 turbo

Very nice .     Love a bit of retro power

[TiddlesRX7]

Yeah it was looking very good Brett. I actually did a double take when I first looked under the bonnet. The ultimate sleeper I think. Did you get the fuel leak fixed?

Ade

[Brett]

Turned out to be just an issue with the breather, the excessive heat was casuing it to vapourise and condense in the wheel well, :p

[Mir]

It\'s very nicely done mate. I appreciate the work done by Jason and his team. I can\'t wait to have a passenger ride in it

Mir

[Brett]

Thanks

The rest of the build pictures are here:
Flickr Set

[Brett]

Fixed Flickr - didn\'t realise some pics had been set to private still :Giggle

[TRIND-FD]

Forgot about gear nob. What one did you use ?

[Brett]

I used the stock FD one  (Think you can see it above?)

It was a bugger to drive without it! :Giggle

[TRIND-FD]

I used the stock FD one  (Think you can see it above?)

It was a bugger to drive without it! :Giggle

Bloody hurts lol,    I did try once without one :rollin

[TRIND-FD]

See it now,  must be blind.  Lol

[Brett]

I wonder how heat resistant it is? :Giggle  It\'s getting pretty hot round there on a long drive! :rollin

[m1tch]

You didn\'t follow my simple schematic that I posted when you first got the car:



Here is the issue I have noticed with it: