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Wrar posted:Maybe there are 787 beeees No, that had 26 bees.
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:Is this the AI rotary thread? I don't understand the AI thread scheme haha. Nope, it's Spyder's personal thread. That said, neat FB (I have a '79) with a neat story! Good on ya for driving it. Only source for oil in front of the engine would be the oil cooler mounted under the radiator, so check it and the hoses to and from it. The general rotary thread got locked long ago, I think. You can post in the Post Your Ride thread or in the general Auto Insanity chat thread. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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I don't think I've ever seen a removable hardtop on one of those. Definitely did not expect the rotary, though I guess I should have given whose thread I'm in.Raluek posted:hmm it doesnt have a windsor, so you should probably pass, op You shut your mouth. ( I am conflicted on that detail, though, I admit.)
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May 26, 2021 20:00
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Commodore_64 posted:I do terribly want to drive something like that. “Only” a few hundred horses but weighs 2000 lbs. Probably closer to 150 HP, but yes. The original RX-7 is a hoot at 2500 lbs and 100 HP.
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May 27, 2021 13:30
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So you responded to a hole in the roof by making a bigger hole? I like the cut of your jib. 
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Jun 20, 2021 23:41
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I maaaaay need to look into one of those for the 13B that's going in my SA22C. Should fit, I think. The indent for the one mount will be extraneous, but I'm seriously considering putting in an FC crossmember and front suspension.
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Jul 13, 2021 20:16
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the spyder posted:Check out this awesome side seal tool my friend designed and Rob has made into a product. You run it over sand paper and it maintains the correct angle and a perfect edge for the corner seals. You have to fit each one when building a motor and this makes quick work of it. And the side seal tool is cool! quote:I gave up here. The metal must be double layered - I'm starting to make "mountains" and I don't want to make a porcupine of raised spots. That Shop Teacher Guy (Mr. Wellwood - you may remember him as that guy who built the V8 Pontiac Firefly some time ago) hates body work, but offers some advice while fixing the roof of his C10 that an idiot yard loader dented: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2RAwz2y8HA He has other videos involving working sheetmetal, too, while working on his '61 Chevy. NitroSpazzz posted:Ratty ac 911 is the best 911, that's pretty clever using the lift to get the big initial dent out. I'm a fan of using the tools one has. I mean, it's just a very large hydraulic ram, no?
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Aug 17, 2021 22:21
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Suburban Dad posted:Seems like you shouldn't touch the brake light behavior while on track from a safety perspective. I mean it would be on permanently until refilled but don't want to confuse people behind you or get into some grey area in the rules (dunno about this portion but worth checking). I was wondering the same regarding the brake light. Better to put another specific light near the filler, I think, to avoid confusion.
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Sep 14, 2021 21:41
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OK, that makes a lot more sense. Neat idea, in that case.
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Sep 16, 2021 00:04
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Interrupting throttle-body chat to note that the audio gear you pulled out looks like decent quality stuff, and if still working AND *installed properly* (the previous install was, well, not the worst, but not the best), should probably sound pretty good. I'd at least keep the Diamond Audio door speaker separates, provided they're not shot, and one of the amps to power those.
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Sep 25, 2021 00:03
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the spyder posted:I'm definitely exploring my options. I would like to keep the door speakers, maybe 1 sub. I've worked with some of the newer 5 channel amps, but finding an affordable headhunt with car play + channel outputs has been challenging. I'm planning on bench testing everything here when the weather changes. But right now I need to focus on that water pump. Someone posted a cheap CarPlay unit over in the car audio thread that they said turned out to be reasonable. I’ll try to remember to get an Amazon link to you. I plan to try it out in my Crown Vic. IIRC it was around $100-150, which is amazing for CarPlay, though the name brands have come down a lot, but I have no idea how the current constrained supply of everything is screwing that up. The Alpine in our Subaru was $300 when I bought it in July 2019. Edit: Hikity Apple CarPlay Stereo Double Din Android Auto 7 Inch Touch Screen Car Radio, Bluetooth FM Receiver, Mirror Link, SD AUX USB Input, Wireless Remote Control + Backup Camera & Microphone https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YWRPR89/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_753TK4YFX4B05WN4STDD?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 $89, though it only has two-channels plus sub preamp outputs. That works for me, since I run the rear speakers from the built-in amp for fill only. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Sep 27, 2021 |
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Sep 27, 2021 20:17
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For your nuts (heh) if they are already plated, you probably can just gold passivate them. I have a pile of bright zinc corner brackets that i use for testing whether my passivate solution is still good when I’m having issues. The concentrate isn’t horribly expensive from Caswell, but according to a guy who does carb refinishing on the internets, he just uses: 10 oz./gal sodium dichromate (eBay) 0.5 oz./gal sulfuric acid (battery acid - available at NAPA) Water Add sulfuric acid if solution is getting weak. Edit: oh, and yeah, you have to use a dash kit for Fords. It’s just a frame with the wedges to grab the edge of the opening, though. I guess I will be getting that stereo, too, just because. Does the CarPlay work correctly? That’s my biggest concern with it being so cheap. Usually CarPlay adds $100 to the same unit without it. edit2: I see some of the reviews for that head unit (and another cheap CarPlay unitI was looking at) note that ti is actually a tad bigger than double DIN. Why in the hell would you even do such a thing? It's not like DIN is a new, unknown thing... Darchangel fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Oct 1, 2021 |
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Oct 1, 2021 19:17
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I’ve got some aluminum bits from my ‘79 RX-7s engine bay I think I’ll use some on. Probably easier than blasting them.
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Oct 8, 2021 18:28
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the spyder posted:I needed a light box to take photos of my nuts, I mean bolts. Hardware kits. Small parts. Whatever. I envy your nuts (see my thread title). Bolts. Whatever. I shall now go purchase stainless steel ones to outshine you. Heh. Stainless steel (Neat light box, too) quote:Ooops forgot the banana for scale. I'll have to find a plastic one.
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Oct 15, 2021 20:16
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What is it about rotaries that seems to attract asshats, particularly in the "fixing" and "parts" areas? It seems like every time I turn around, another rotary specialist is screwing its customers, or making GBS threads on the competition. Is it just that there are so few working with them? Are other bespoke, limited audience car communities this way? Is it just a perception, because you only really hear about the bad guys?
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Dec 13, 2021 22:48
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I've come to the realization some years ago that no one is going to do it up to my standard for anything like a reasonable price. They may or may not be able to do certain things *better* than I can, mostly due to access to better tools, processes and parts (which is why I keep buying new tools, of course, and lust after your lift, etc.) and *maybe* more skill, but they always seem to fall down somewhere, usually in attention-to-detail. Basically, I *don't* take my cars to shops, partially because I don't trust them, partially because I can't afford it. edit: I guess to answer the question, it would be a shop that does the job at least as well as I can, preferably better, faster than I can, for a reasonable price. "Reasonable" to be open to interpretation and negotiable, of course. At the very basest, they do what they say they can do and do it correctly, fix anything that they *don't* do correctly, and don't gently caress up anything else along the way. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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Fully agree. Ridiculous cars are fun and all, but if you want to actually drive it, not go sliding sideways off the road in a haze of tire smoke, etc., then stock+ is the way to go. In all honesty, 600HP in that car is probably more than enough. I mean, I find 250 HP in my stupid Crown Vic (plus V8 torque, of course) to be reasonably entertaining. 100 HP in my SA22C was fun. 200 HP (goals!) in my SA22C should be hilarious. I want to drive these things, not fight to keep them pointed in the right direction, and worry endlessly about breakage.
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Honestly, one of my fears is that by the time I'm actually able to buy some land and build a shop, I won't be able to use it. I'm 52 now, so looking a bit grim, what with the housing market and <waves hands around at everything> all this. I'd love to sell my house that I dislike, but that would mean fighting for another one, and I don't have that in me right now, if ever.
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BloodBag posted:I'm right there with you, right down to wanting land and having a home I dislike. I just turned 40, my wife turns 52 tomorrow, and I can see it in her eyes that she is tired of waiting for the good part of life to happen. I'm just sad I can't give it to her. I need a new job where I can have a life. I've been working 10-13 hour days, 6-7 days a week nonstop for almost 3 years now and it's taken a toll on me mentally and physically. I'm just so done with this poo poo. The crushing bullshit is that even while you've been working your rear end off 10-13 H a day 6-7 days a week, you *still* can't have that land and home you want, because reasons (those reasons being rich people/corporations hoarding all the wealth and just using us as revenue generators on both production and consumption.) I mean, I'm not poorly paid (IT guy, but fairly low end to middle) and I don't see how I could afford a new home, or, for that matter, a new car, much less both. At least not anywhere near where I would want to work. Yeah, yeah, WFH, but most of my particular position is handling hardware. That said, I'm above water, so I shouldn't complain *too* much. Corporate overlords might overhear and take it away.
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Suburban Dad posted:Question is if whatever broken state of capitalism we're in has that long left too. I feel like nobody has answers as we watch the bottom slowly fall out. This is what worries me. I'm 52. I don't need this poo poo right now. Not ever, really, but definitely not now. What the gently caress am I going to retire to, if at all? More importantly, what is my 21 year old daughter going to do? She's on the spectrum with social anxiety enough that she's never even had a job, and that situation isn't getting better. I love my daughter, and maybe it's selfish, but I'd really like the house to myself and my wife now, thanks. I just want to retire and play with my cars for another 30 years or so, not deal with crumbling society and revolution. I enjoy reading dystopian cyberpunk sci-fi, not living it. Who knew that was documentaries from the future?
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So, um, stupid question, but what prevented you from mounting the unloader with the knob pointed *up*? You know, so it would fit in the bracket.
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the spyder posted:Not a stupid question. Stupid design problem. If I turn the two 90's any further, they would crack the brass housing. Oh, fair. NPT fittings always struck me as stupid. Anything other than a straight fitting almost *has* to end up too tight or too loose by design.
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Apr 4, 2022 23:49
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I'm all about EV-swapping my classics if it means I can keep driving them. I've always been intrigued by EVs, really. The battery tech is finally getting to a usable price/performance point.
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I mean... V12.
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mekilljoydammit posted:Do you want one? I have a few if you have engines. Man, that sounds familiar. :P
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Are those strand-walkers? I wish I could stand to do anything outside. Just too. damned. hot. Rained for the fist time in ages last night - high of 88 today, which is a huge relief to me and my wallet. I'm hoping I can get back on my '79 RX-7 soon, but of course the wife is positively itching to remodel parts of the house right now, to the point she's actually cleaning and removing stuff, so that may interfere a bit... I mean, I want to fix/change this house, too, but ugh, drywall, and finding somewhere to put all the stuff that comes out of the room(s).
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Aug 18, 2022 16:05
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the spyder posted:At this rate I’ll have to keep this truck for a decade to pay itself back vs what I have into it. I feel this on a cellular level.
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Aug 19, 2022 22:53
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Punch out the back wall a bit on that bay and extend the roof. Won't be quite as noticeable as extending the front. You'll have to lap another corrugated roof panel under the first, but shouldn't be super onerous. You may have to duck to exit the mower, but, eh.
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Sep 2, 2022 21:33
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Not unlike "de-carboning" a rotary with ATF, eh?
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Thank you for this inspiration. Need to get back on my old 7.
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mattfl posted:Just saw this come across cars and bids Oof. $30K
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sharkytm posted:31,5. Over under on 75k? 48K now.
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Holy crap. Welcome back!CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:O_O wow that a hell of an update NitroSpazzz posted:edit: Is that a courier or equivalent? Rotary Engine Pickup, AKA REPU. So, sorta. Let's see... Vapor blaster - cool. I'd love to build one of those. Cerakote aluminum bits after vapor blasting? Niiiiice. 3-rotor 911? I see some rotary destruction - boo! Including your own white car? Looks like oil starvation? And I also saw a drain plug ripped off of a sump? Related? Turbo destruction, too. Garage door destruction? Well system destruction? also booo. I have a friend that would love that Ninja. He has a couple already.
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I'd love to build a vapor blasting setup when I have room. I've got a regular media blaster, but vapor blasting is more cumbersome rig, and potentially a lot messier (water...) so it needs space to be messy in. The results from a vapor blaster are amazing, especially aluminum. Thirding or fourthing or whatever the plating. Annoying variations, but still looks good. Better than I can do, anyway. I'd love to know how they manage to get the shiny finish out of the tank. As I understand it, that's like the industry's biggest secret. I always have to polish.
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Sweet work. I'm going to have to try the Cerakote. My go-to is the epoxy appliance paint - it's tough, but still, you know, paint, not to mention limited colors.
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kastein posted:I swear that transmission shifter and floor boot are identical to the NA Miata I've been working on the last few months. I just did the shifter rebuild on it Saturday. They probably are. All the RX-7s have similar parts to each other, varying through the years, but Mazda likes to use the same stuff across models a lot. The NA Miata shares a lot of the same or similar parts with late first gen RX-7s. The console ashtray is literally identical to the one in my ‘79! Shifters are very similar if not same from post ‘81 - I can use a Miata short shifter, since I’m using an ‘84 trans. For that matter, I can use a Miata gear set in that transmission. Case is the same except for the engine mounting face and other small details. Not quite as Lego as Jeeps, but still quite a bit.
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McTinkerson posted:Mazdaspeed front bumper for that full Initial D replica look? Seconded.
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Well, dang. I hope Rob can be comfortable. I know a decision like this doesn't come easily.
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