Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 27 Guardian Angel
My Guardian Angel was watching over me today !!!!!!!!!!!! Day 27 Lets start with the very very very bad and then end with the good. While I was installing the belts I wanted to…
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Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 26 Fuel Spacers
Day 26 Maannn. So all in all, I was just really missing the primary fuel rail spacer, still good thing it was missing because it prompted me to do some further investigation. I looked…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 25.5 Rail Thoughts
soo…uhhhhh While looking for my fuel fittings online I noticed that there is a plastic fuel spacer under the primary fuel rail. Now I know why there was some resistance. I did not have…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 25 Paint A Pulley
Day 25 The little rust on the old pulleys were bugging me so I painted the AC Pulley, Main Pulley and the Tensioner Pulley with Rustolium sating black. I’m letting it dry over night…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 24 Pumps and Hoses
Day 24 Installed the front water pump assembly, AC and PS pumps. New thermostat with gasket, made sure the relief pin is on top. Installed the new turbo coolant hoses. I tried to use…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 23 Turbo Side
Day 23 To re-cap – I am so glad that I put a heli-coil for the 8×1.25 mm because anything bigger would affect the gasket clearance in between the low and upper turbo manifold…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 22 More Sparkle
After I painted the LIM and the other pieces I noticed they were darker with more glitter. I thought I could deal with it but after working all night on the job all I…
Hot Rod or Custom Car? 5 Major Differences
Iron Trap Garage, confronts the big question, “Whats the difference?” Matt gives us a rundown of the biggest 5 differences between a hot rod and a custom car. From stance to trim to body…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 21 More Glitter
Day 21 I painted the other pieces today, they are a tiny bit darker because I put a thinker layer of glitter. At this point I am not going to re-paint the other pieces…
Rotary Extreme RX7 Build Day 20 Tap Mistakes
Day 20 OK, so what I did not say about the whole turbo manifold broken bolt recovery … was… at the very end after I took the pictures I was greedy and wanted to…