RHD RX-7 Veilside Widebody
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RHD RX-7 Veilside Widebody
Hey All, new to the forum, decided to post up a project I've been working on over the past few years.
Its taken a lot longer than it should have, some of which time has been out of my hands but there were only 4 guys working on this car part time over the last 2 years, I'd say we did alright.
I have so much to say about the build and all the challenges it presented us with, but instead of writing a novel, that most people wont read anyway.....I'll post pics!
Pictures of the engine build
Brand new ported irons
Basic parts used in the engine build:
New ported irons
New ported rotor housings
New Race main and rotor bearings
ALS Ceramic 2mm apex seals
Total time into porting and building the engine = 80 hours
Body work!
The rear quarters had to be cut out for the larger tires and for the new widebody quarters for mount onto
Its taken a lot longer than it should have, some of which time has been out of my hands but there were only 4 guys working on this car part time over the last 2 years, I'd say we did alright.
I have so much to say about the build and all the challenges it presented us with, but instead of writing a novel, that most people wont read anyway.....I'll post pics!
Pictures of the engine build
Brand new ported irons
Basic parts used in the engine build:
New ported irons
New ported rotor housings
New Race main and rotor bearings
ALS Ceramic 2mm apex seals
Total time into porting and building the engine = 80 hours
Body work!
The rear quarters had to be cut out for the larger tires and for the new widebody quarters for mount onto
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Heres some pics of the cage we built for it and the fiberglass sound system.
Air ride tank....yes air ride
Notched the firewall slightly and boxed it back in
Air tank mounted in place
BAM....where'd it go?
Air ride tank....yes air ride
Notched the firewall slightly and boxed it back in
Air tank mounted in place
BAM....where'd it go?
#5
Built some brackets for the oil coolers, took almost 5 hours to figure out the first one lol. Such tedious work.
Fuel system is almost complete, had the complete system custom made for this car.
Fuel system is almost complete, had the complete system custom made for this car.
#6
Paint teaser
Apexi Titanium Catback exhaust fitting perfect!
Hood fitted and looking pretty decent
You can tell where the two tone color is now!
A quick test buff
Can you tell the difference? 30sec test wetsand and buff on the left clearly haha
Apexi Titanium Catback exhaust fitting perfect!
Hood fitted and looking pretty decent
You can tell where the two tone color is now!
A quick test buff
Can you tell the difference? 30sec test wetsand and buff on the left clearly haha
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#8
Got the car running.
Natural Sound finished up installing the sound system and interior. Couple weeks ago we took it to Marken to break the motor in on the dyno. Had a few small issues but was a great success.
We took it back to Marken and finished tuning and got some numbers.
464WHP and 371ft/lbs
91 octane pump fuel
15psi of boost
That was all we wanted to accomplish, break 450whp on the wastegate on pump fuel.
Tucking 20" rims! Only FD I've ever seen that can do that.
600whp here we come
Natural Sound finished up installing the sound system and interior. Couple weeks ago we took it to Marken to break the motor in on the dyno. Had a few small issues but was a great success.
We took it back to Marken and finished tuning and got some numbers.
464WHP and 371ft/lbs
91 octane pump fuel
15psi of boost
That was all we wanted to accomplish, break 450whp on the wastegate on pump fuel.
Tucking 20" rims! Only FD I've ever seen that can do that.
600whp here we come
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Any questions/comments feel free to ask.
I have been building Rotary engines for over 10 years now and this was the largest project I've ever taken on! Happy to see it near completion.
I have been building Rotary engines for over 10 years now and this was the largest project I've ever taken on! Happy to see it near completion.