A long time ago (10 years) in a country far far away (Japan), there was an RX7.
Then, I imported it, bought it to the UK, drove it a little bit, then spent an awfully long time dicking about with it, doing lots of slightly odd stuff, and taking photos of it, looking like I might have driven it. Which I didn't much.
Anyways, then slightly grown up life happened, family things happened, priorities changed, and it sat in a garage for a 3.5 years.
In the mean time, FDUK went all odd and Photobucket turned into a shitty ad fest, so I can't be arsed to trawl most of my old progress. Sorry. Might do some day.
Anyways, then a gap in my other half's company cars has forced (
) me to resurrect it for daily duties and transporting a 5 year old. Excellent.
So, basically, due to a combination of time, rats in the garage (what am I gonna do?), and selling the old IC, it looked a bit like this:
A bit of a downer when it used to look more like this
Time for recommissioning. Taking stuff apart revealed a bit of corrosion due to lack of use.
So this lot came off for a good clean and wash out
I'm not a big fan of shiny, so out came some VHT.
Much more better.
The old battery had unfortunately been left to go flat, so I had to stomach the cost of a new one.
Optima(s) approves.
So, Intercooler and turbo back in, new silicon, piped up.
A few things to do before I get it back on the road.
Now all done.
So I pulled both pump fuses, turned it over, built pressure, lovely.
Shoved them both back in, and it won't fire
Lift pump seems to be priming, but I don't think the high pressure one is.
That's where I am now, scratching my head a bit though tbh. However, a look at the fuse box may appear to have given a clue. So I'm off to check a few circuit diagrams, and then try and jog my memory about all the dickaboutery that I did with the wiring...
Then, I imported it, bought it to the UK, drove it a little bit, then spent an awfully long time dicking about with it, doing lots of slightly odd stuff, and taking photos of it, looking like I might have driven it. Which I didn't much.
Anyways, then slightly grown up life happened, family things happened, priorities changed, and it sat in a garage for a 3.5 years.
In the mean time, FDUK went all odd and Photobucket turned into a shitty ad fest, so I can't be arsed to trawl most of my old progress. Sorry. Might do some day.
Anyways, then a gap in my other half's company cars has forced (
) me to resurrect it for daily duties and transporting a 5 year old. Excellent. So, basically, due to a combination of time, rats in the garage (what am I gonna do?), and selling the old IC, it looked a bit like this:
A bit of a downer when it used to look more like this
Time for recommissioning. Taking stuff apart revealed a bit of corrosion due to lack of use.
So this lot came off for a good clean and wash out
I'm not a big fan of shiny, so out came some VHT.
Much more better.
The old battery had unfortunately been left to go flat, so I had to stomach the cost of a new one.
Optima(s) approves.
So, Intercooler and turbo back in, new silicon, piped up.
A few things to do before I get it back on the road.
Now all done.
So I pulled both pump fuses, turned it over, built pressure, lovely.
Shoved them both back in, and it won't fire
Lift pump seems to be priming, but I don't think the high pressure one is. That's where I am now, scratching my head a bit though tbh. However, a look at the fuse box may appear to have given a clue. So I'm off to check a few circuit diagrams, and then try and jog my memory about all the dickaboutery that I did with the wiring...
That combined with me rekindling my love for MTB and racing kind of meant the car took a back seat.
