Sacrilegious-FD

Right then Guy's

I thought i better start a build thread on here, as I am on here often and although I'm not able to contribute much in terms of mechanical knowledge I can at least share my project
So I never actually intended to purchase this car, as I already have a LS3 FD which i have had a long term love hate relationship with, but is now running lovely.... I saw this on RX7 club and thought it will get snapped up in a few days ......














Full advert:

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...x-7-a-1118104/

So anyway after a few weeks of keeping my eye on it, it hadn't sold, and I couldn't stop thinking about a darn thing and an especially drunk day I made an offer (my wedding day - I kid not) by the end of the day I was married and the deal was done........ the new wifey was not best pleased but i promised to not spend a penny (cent) until the LS3 FD was sold.

After about a month and 30% import and tax (thieving bastards) the car was mine so i took it to get the rotary engine checked out to see if it could be sold, took this to Dynotorque who will be doing the Conversion




So after some good reading the 13B rotary was whipped out and sold,








So the plans.......

Engine wise

LT4 (6.2 supercharged) Gen 5 and a 10 Speed auto from a ZL1 drop. Craig thinks that it will fit with the eaton supercharger . However should the there not be enough clearance, I will go for a Procharger F1-A94 (probably the long term plan anyway)

I am hoping that the Ls3 FD sells before the whole pending Brexit fiasco and the GBP hits the deck and i can hunt a complete dropout down

Chassis Wise

I will be going for a Ronin Speedworks rear end ford 8.8 IRS with a Carbon Diff probably Osgikin (as the current Kaaz unit although great on the track does sound like a bag of spanners when going slow on the LS3 FD)

http://www.roninspeedworks.net/index...&product_id=88


Wheels

The Advan RS-D 20" Wheels will be going and 18" miester works will be coming in with a 12F 13.5R width, will probably end up going to Driftworks to get measured up to make sure nothing rubs with R888's and slicks on the track.


Cheers Neil

Sacrilegious-FD

Before selling the LS3 FD i stole some choice pieces off it many the Brembo Big brake kit and the Racelogic traction control kit






For those interested here is the old whip.......

Red89GTA

Those are both sweet looking FDs, buddy of mine has an LS3 swapped one, but in yellow. One of 300 or something like that, it's crazy to drive though. Hope that the LT4 swap goes smooth, that'll be a crazy car to drive. If the 13b was working ok, why get rid of it right away? You know it won't last forever, ride it till it dies, then that lets you save up and gets you time for your wife to get used to the idea.

Off topic, whereabouts do you live in England, I've spent some time in the East Midlands myself.

Sacrilegious-FD

Thanks chap, Ha yeah they can be a handful, with right tires and suspension they can be a right weapon. Well hopefully with that transmission and racelogic we can tame it. Well it was an automatic, strangely , not sure why anyone would choose the old 4 speed auto to put this kit on. One of the reasons I got it for a good price I suspect, I would have converted to manual, but it's just wasted money in my opinion. Besides I've gotten used to torque..... 😁 And it was worth a decent amount with the turbo kit with its good compression.

I live in Leicestershire.

Thanks Neil

ryeguy2006a

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That is a super cool looking body kit. I've always like the FD RX7, just a great looking body style.

dan95gst

cant wait to see the results.

hayabusa

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verynice

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