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Hello. It all started 2 years ago as a 1986 sport limited rolling chassis. I was going to do the usual ls 6speed swap and paint it with nice wheels. Here is a brief history of the progress lol.

I did some stuff under the hood, cleaned it and painted engine bay. Then well, got tired of workin on it under a tree at my parents house and gave up. I bought a C5 corvette and built that with a lq9 and rear mount turbo. One day coming home from work I got hit and wrecked it. Then bought a C6 which i recently sold.

I recently bought a house with a shop and moved the rx7 to its new home.

And that is where the rx7 came back to the front burner.

I will post all the pics i have.





engine bay looked like a barrel of crude oil blew up under the hood. took me days to get it clean.




i then painted everything








thats about as far as i got at that time. now 2 years later, buy a house and start again. the car is totally gutted now. no wiring. and you will see from the pics what work has gone into it.

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the tire in the pics is a 30x9.0 i used just to see what clearance i will have. but i plan on a 30x15 or so.

i came across a stupid killer deal on a narrowed ford 9" with 4-link setup, koni coil overs, disk brakes, 3.90 gears and locker. came out of a s10. narrowed to 44.5".

the planned motor setup is a lq9 with big turbo, e85 and cab mounted air/water intercooler. shooting for 800rwhp.


fun fact. with the front tires on the ground, and the car supported by the stands, placed as the are in the picture. i can pick the rear of the car up off the jack stands with it sitting on the front tires.............with one hand. yes.. very light





i stood back an thought, not bad. drank on my shiner and said, screw this imma do more....










ok, so i kicked back and drank a lil more shiner and said. not bad. but wait i still got daylight. lets cut some more and start the framework.

fucter

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nice car crafting there!
keep us updated.
what kind iof motor you plan on putting in there? NA/boost/NO2?

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junkyard 6.0 with s475 or s480 front mount air-water intercooler mounted in passenger side of car with intake mounted backwards with tubing going through firewall. powerglide with brake and 2step.

should be a fun car

99 Blue Bird

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wow now thats a ptoject. what race weight u shooting for?

Wnts2Go10O

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this is not a tag...

therealthatguy

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there is literally nothing to lift, why wouldnt it be light?

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Way to be obvious. Lol. Was just saying. That was with the frame in. Saving for tube bender so i can do cage. It will be after I finish with the turbo ws6 before I mess with this car anymore.

I'm shooting for 23-2400 lbs race weight

N2OBaby

Nice car.

I met a guy at the Chrysler Classic at Norwalk Raceway Park(Summit) who had taken an Eagle Talon built a tube frame and swapped in a 383 BB Mopar.

His wife drove it and she started by running 13's on the motor then they reached the low 12's last time I saw 'em.

I think 'Ya will surpass 11's right off the bat you should run low 10'-Mid 9's.

Good luck.

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well, at 2400lbs race weight. 800rwhp 2speed glide with transbrake and traction it should run mid to high 8s from what i have seen these cars do.

do i am hoping for somthing in the low 9's high 8's to make me happy

NemeSS

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I think it will see 8s with 800rw. Gonna take a proper setup suspension and safety equipment

99 Blue Bird

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i will have to agree with nemess. i think u will see 8's for sure with a properly setup suspension. look up 98cobrakilla's build. his car is in the 8's at 3700 lbs race weight i believe it is. 370ci, 88mm turbo, truck manifold setup. keep up the good work. keep us posted.

BLNLS1/RX7

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Good Luck.

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Thanks everyone. I have put he car on hold for a bit, house warming parties and work and everything else.

I have been working on getting a bigger shop so I can relocate my projects.

I have to focus on the turbo trans am coming soon!

N2OBaby

Good luck and keep us posted.

I like your RX-7!

gnx7

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Wow...not much left of that sucker.

A number of FC RX-7's (which this car is) have run some mid 9's with factory IRS out back and factory stock Turbo 2 differential. SBC with nitrous and a 4spd automatic. Eventually the rears get chewed up. Very aerodynamic car that is for sure.

Looks like a crazy project! Can't wait to watch the progress.