rx7 build

[DMclean]

Hey guys,
i'm new to stancenation and thought i would post the pics of my build.

here is what it started off as..
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_0554.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_0557.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_0560.jpg

picked up some coilover sleeves camber plates, steering wheel and new shocks.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_1671.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/35756_1273576413529_1653480100_6570.jpg

then new wheels..

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_1780.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_1779.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_1774.jpg

how it sits now.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/DSC05166copy.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/DSC05203copy.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/DSC05218copy.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/carfromafar.jpg

i've taken off the roof rack because it was killing my fuel milage

i'm planning on going lower this summer but some extensive welding and cutting is going to happen. i'll post more when i start

[young gunna]

nice rx7 bro, i love the slate gray on it! what kind of cutting and welding is going to happen?

[DMclean]

nice rx7 bro, i love the slate gray on it! what kind of cutting and welding is going to happen?

struts have to be shortened for short body dampers, frame notching possibly in the rear and i'm going to have to cut out my drive shaft tunnel and make it larger so my drive shaft doesn't rub and hit. possibly may have to make more room for the dif as well. i am planning on getting rid of my 15x8's and getting 15x9s

[young gunna]

nice rx7 bro, i love the slate gray on it! what kind of cutting and welding is going to happen?

struts have to be shortened for short body dampers, frame notching possibly in the rear and i'm going to have to cut out my drive shaft tunnel and make it larger so my drive shaft doesn't rub and hit. possibly may have to make more room for the dif as well. i am planning on getting rid of my 15x8's and getting 15x9s

sounds like some good shits coming up!

[Don Henley]

Damn this car is extremely clean.. Props

[S2tripleO]

Just beautiful. The car looks great as is, would be so awesome if you could find some sort of reproduction of the stock wheels but in agressive offsets. Being such a classic car, I think it needs some classic styled wheels.

Keep up the good work!

[driftsucky]

Looking good. Not feeling the roof rack, but overall, I like the car.

[leftlanemafia]

so bad ass bro. keep up the work. this was totally gonna be my next build. i have owned a few in my day i wanna slam the piss out of one and mad poke a stretch. looking good

[DMclean]

Just beautiful. The car looks great as is, would be so awesome if you could find some sort of reproduction of the stock wheels but in agressive offsets. Being such a classic car, I think it needs some classic styled wheels.

Keep up the good work!

Yeah i would love to get some old JDM wheels for it, like old equips, or ssr's.... however the bolt pattern is not a common one (4x110) so there is a very limited bunch of wheels that i am able to get. that is why i opted for the diamonds because i had them made for me and they are cheap. re drilling is always an option as well. but you got me thinking about machining off my rim lips off my original 13" wheels, keeping the center and seeing if someone like rotoform can make some lips that would make my wheel from a 13" to a 15". i'll have to look into it.

[chopshop]

dude that is one clean clasic you got there, keep us updated

[SubieStance]

This is O.G

[iLLest_Z]

car looks hot....and super clean..

[Angelo se3p]

sick!

[slotoyo]

Nice FB bro! just curious do these come with a 13b too?

and fitment is on point if/once you lower it just a tad more.

[DMclean]

Nice FB bro! just curious do these come with a 13b too?

and fitment is on point if/once you lower it just a tad more.

thanks, and yeah i plan to drop it some more. as for the motor this year of 7 had two options 12a or 13b. mine is the 12a which is carbed. but i love it. i'm trying to stay away from EFI for a long time.

[Angelo se3p]

you should build a na 12a!

[DMclean]

you should build a na 12a!

yeah i was thinking about picking up another 12a motor and porting it but i'm going to hold off for now.

[DMclean]

So i have been neglecting this forum for quite some time. i've done a bunch of work on the car and have a bunch more parts piled up to be added.

So just over the past year i decided that i should continue to go lower. I was at the very low limit of my stock strut tubes and illumina inserts. So i made my own new struts. bought some koni 8610 inserts which are larger diameter than the illuminas so i found some mk2 supra struts that fit the inserts and combined them

the supra struts

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_2040.jpg

koni vs illumina

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_2042.jpg

my respeeds sitting and waiting

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_2041.jpg

so i cut the supra tubes off, made a new bottom on the lathe, welded it on and turned it smooth for a press fit

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/DSC00006.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/DSC00007.jpg

then bored out the rx7 spindle bottoms to accept the new tubes
made some new spring/height adjuster purches and this is the end product.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/DSC00010.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/DSC00011.jpg

the height difference from old strut to new one

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/DSC00009.jpg

Now for how the car sits.. and it will roll a soda can down the road

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/IMG_2311.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/traffic1.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/rollerback.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/roller2.jpg

Not sure who took this pic but it popped up on a forum or blog from h20i
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/392654_339192269427806_146573965356305_1511146_188 2532378_n-1.jpg

Photo credit for the next shot goes to DylanM (black canadian s13).
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/drewmclean1/Car/338407_10150397414171075_507021074_10483893_139194 4729_o.jpg

I'm rebuilding another carb right now and will be modding it for mechanical secondaries so there isn't any more vacuum actuated secondaries. also increasing the volume on the accelerator pump for better acceleration.

[SAMSHIZZLE]

Fuck Yeah! FEATURE, FEATURE, FEATURE!

[DylanM]

Helllll yeah son