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Old 08-13-2006, 01:08 PM
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I can only WISH that I had your budget! I also want to know what kind of rims you have there, and where you got them. I have a '79 I want to find rims for, and every wheel shop I've been to said: NOT A CHANCE! And that donor car? Looks like a series 1 to me. Nice find! Keep up the good work!
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Old 08-13-2006, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NEO-R' post='832675' date='Aug 13 2006, 11:08 AM

I can only WISH that I had your budget! I also want to know what kind of rims you have there, and where you got them. I have a '79 I want to find rims for, and every wheel shop I've been to said: NOT A CHANCE! And that donor car? Looks like a series 1 to me. Nice find! Keep up the good work!
the rims were on the car when i got it but i do know they were keystone back when they were made in 83. as for my budget, well, lets just say that i saved for a LONG time for japan and i had to take a small loan out for that NEW motor. TRUST ME, A USED MOTOR IN THE ROTARY WORLD IS A BAD IDEA NO MATTER WHAT!!!! EVEN A NEW REBIULD COULD BE A LEMON, YA NEVER KNOW!! And a 12a is nearly impossible to find as it is. Yea ya won't find rims for that car, trust me i have had mine for 3.5 years and i still haven't found anything i can use. not even in japan. But you could take your rear axels and hub assemblies to a machine shop and they can redrill a new bolt pattern for you. something like a 4x114.6 (or 114.5 i am not sure)
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Old 08-26-2006, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by zeroecco' post='832681' date='Aug 13 2006, 01:19 PM

the rims were on the car when i got it but i do know they were keystone back when they were made in 83. as for my budget, well, lets just say that i saved for a LONG time for japan and i had to take a small loan out for that NEW motor. TRUST ME, A USED MOTOR IN THE ROTARY WORLD IS A BAD IDEA NO MATTER WHAT!!!! EVEN A NEW REBIULD COULD BE A LEMON, YA NEVER KNOW!! And a 12a is nearly impossible to find as it is. Yea ya won't find rims for that car, trust me i have had mine for 3.5 years and i still haven't found anything i can use. not even in japan. But you could take your rear axels and hub assemblies to a machine shop and they can redrill a new bolt pattern for you. something like a 4x114.6 (or 114.5 i am not sure)
well, I do know you can have certain manufactures custom make rims for the car, but I figured I could find a way around that. Because the bolt pattern is a small problem compared with the REAL killer...the OFFSET! I guess I can have my rims on special ordered... American Racing can make a set of Silverstone vintage style wheels that look like Panasport wheels and are 14" in diameter, but they're a bit pricey...$191.00 a rim!... Looks like I'ma save up for a while, because first thing's first... RB exhaust...But still, nice car. The Series 1 rocks!
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here is the new motor from pineapple racing and she runs great!! The only problem is that for the eight months that i hadn't had a car the dot3 fluid in the brake master went bad from sitting and ruined my brand new brake master. so i have no brakes until next week and i have a date with a redhead next saturday!! lol...
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alright everyone I am about done!! I have switched back to DLDFIS and made custom spark plug wires for it. Also put a big old BMW fan as a push type for the radiator. Side note, I sliced my fingr pretty bad when the fan kicked on while i was installing it thats why we all disconnect the neg. battery terminal. anyway enjoy the pics and of course leave feedback...
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Originally Posted by zeroecco' post='808177' date='Mar 15 2006, 07:40 PM













Alright guys here we go. Need your opinion on what I did with the paint. The black at the base was mine.

Next what do you think of the motor setup. Cheers.
i wont critisize, but you still run a nikki. enough said.
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Glad to see you never gave up! True rotorhead! Most guys in your situation would have ran out and bought a Honda by now! lol
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Old 09-13-2006, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by gregs' post='836655' date='Sep 12 2006, 01:17 AM

i wont critisize, but you still run a nikki. enough said.
I have to defend my decision to keep the nikki. I wil have it redone to 400 cfm. Also the nikki has a progressive four barrel so it is better then the single stage weber 48 for the street and gas milage, and it has a choke. So thats what i have to say about that.
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Where did you get that belt drive?
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Old 09-14-2006, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by f1ernie' post='837083' date='Sep 14 2006, 07:34 PM

Where did you get that belt drive?
I got it ast tweakit.net. Be careful though I had to take it off because the water pump would still slip at 7k.... maybe it was user error but i really don't think so...
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