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no real new updates, been concentrating on getting the 4 door engineered. i did, however, take it out the shed to wash the dust off.
i will be getting a swirl pot and new fuel pump very soon so i can go out to the track again...and be able to go full throttle with out losing fuel pressure
Green 2 door: i have not touched it for a year :(. ive collected all the parts i need to get it up and running again but i just havent done it yet. ive had a pretty tough year with the blue 4 door getting it engineered and all my time has gone into that. plus it really killed alot of my motivation for cars.
anyway here the story.
I decided to bite the bullet and get it all legal. It was engineered in TAS but unfortunately the states dont talk to each other and i was told i had to go thru the process of getting it engineered again. Had and engineer go over it and it passed all tests no worries. he was happy with the car. Next was emissions testing. which it failed. I was quoted almost 3k to get it to pass. as the engine was unknown and appeared to not have been maintained well i made the decision to fit a new engine. found a s15 blacktop SR20DET with ecu and loom on ebay for a decent price and with only 20,000kms on it. so began the swap
the new motor
The original wiring was a bit dodgey so we decided to re wire the front half of the car. it was slow going but eventually got the new engine in
With the new engine it passed emissions testing no dramas.
Next was a ID inspection before it could go for roadworthy. things turned to @#$%. The car got seized from me. i was given no info as to why only that i wouldnt be seeing the car for a while. after calling the police every day for about 3 weeks i finally got an answer. it was to do with the engine number looking suss. i got lucky and was able to keep the motor but the whole thing took about a month and at that stage i didnt even want to look at cars. so once i got it back it sat in the shed for another month and a bit untill i worked up enough courage to take it to roadworthy. the inspector passed everything except for 1 bolt which he wanted welded. so i had to go home and wait another week and a half for a re inspection. So its been registered for about a month now. Im currenty getting a bigger intercooler and re doing the piping as it was a rush job i did in the shed.
next plans are to get smaller wheels and better suspension. but not before i get the green 2 door running again.
well the blue escort seems to spend more time off the road than on it.
had been driving it most weekends and just enjoying it. i got rid of the rx7 inter cooler and had a bigger one made up along with some new piping. had another tune and the car was much more drivable. just turn the key and go. i entered a hill climb and found out just how bad the suspension is....
still the thing that annoyed me the most was the wheels. far too big. on certain angles the car looked horrible in my eyes. unfortunately with the rx7 rear end being so wide choices were limited. so i decided to get it cut down. after pulling it down it was found the axles were quite thin and about to break. bit the bullet and got the diff shop to make me a new rear end based of a r31 skyline with custom moser axles from the states. the diff was made and wheels were purchased. ive gone 15x8 for the rear and 15x7 for the front.
test fitted. still need to sort out brakes and brake lines. tail shaft will need to be modified too. so far its been off the ropad for about 5 months.
onto the 2 door. not too much has changed. i was having a few issues with a misfire which stopped me using the car for a while. in the end i found it was the distributor giving issues ( the only part on the car that was from the original engine) a new dissy from the UK was purchased and fitted. had the car on the dyno yesterday for a check over. all went well and its pulls nicely through the rev range.
I have a track day tomorrow and then a hill climb on the 30th to see how it really goes. took it out on the weekend for a wash and a good excuse to dust off the camera.
No issue with its positioning. the car passed emissions testing easily and nothing was said when i went over the pits to get it signed off.
so far ive not had any issue with ground clearance. the gearbox xmember has had a notch taken out so the exhaust can sit higher. ( can be seen in the pic)
if you need any more measurements/pics im happy to help