My RX7/Rotary projects... formerly My Blk base build up.. by Herblenny

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My new wheels came in

1-19-2012

I went with the following..

18x9.5 +30 and 18x10.5 +23

I'm putting them on a wide body (FEED).

January 19th, 2012 - Few pics of the update...

Interior.. took the dash out and put just the rebar to hold the steering column in place..

Also installed my Ti Catback

And my MB FD was featured in S3 Mag and they are using one of the photo of my car on their website..

www.s3mag.com

I have a ton of photos of the new set up tomorrow...

1-20-2012

I can't wait to hear this thing run!! But still about 6 months til I'll hear it.... its going to be a beautiful or aweful day

more update....

January 20th, 2012 - Update from my fabricator's work. Walker Morgan from www.MPFab.com did an awesome job on these parts.

Downpipe

Inside the DP.. you could almost see through..

1-23-2012

Thank you! Hope at the end, I don't have any issues putting it back together.. Hehe..

More Update...

January 22nd, 2012 - I've ordered a new wastegate from a friend from the past who owns www.znperformance.com 

Gave me a great deal the Tial 44mm MVR wastegate! 

www.znperformance.com

While I was at it, I also ordered one of these from ZNPerformance..

1-27-2012

January 27th, 2012 - Not much update... I got my new tires the other day and just dropped them off this morning to get them mounted. There is only one place in Bham, AL that I would let people touch new wheels... and only because they have the right machine to do so... Corgi Artiglio Master and Hunter load balancer. This shop also uses special weight for your wheels.. expensive, but worth it!

Wheel Spec: The New WORK CR Ultimate 18x9.5 Front and 18x10.5 Rear

Tire Spec: Toyo Tires, R888 - Front 255/35, Rear 295/30

2-3-2012

February 3rd, 2012 - Few things happened since last update...

Toyo R888s are mounted on the new wheels and now back at the house.

20b stainless flange is machined flat and ready.

All the exterior plastics have been pulled and fenders are on for test fitting.

and testing out the bumper..

2-12-2012

Fenders are from Shine.. but not the bumper..

More update... well, not really...

February 12th, 2012 - Not much update as I been spending my spare time trying to get my old house in order and put it back on the market. Some idiot kicked down my door to the garage and I had to get that fixed and been painting the interior to update the house a bit... This housing market is killing me and I need to sell this so I can dump it in to this project.

Anyhow, Only car thing I did since last update... 

Put these Mazda posters I had (for about 7 years) in my garage..

And got my spoilerless hatch painted MB and mounted (pics later).

Well, couple of reasons.. one, I don't like the AD fenders... they are similar but something about them that I don't like. Two, if for some reason I destroy the fenders, they are much easier to source because of shine.

quick update... I went wingless with the MB FD.. simpler and I'm wanting to start driving this thing everywhere. Taking the Bride seats out and putting the stock base seats back in... more to come about the MB FD in next couple of months.