Begining my strip down tomorrow...well really, its already started.



Removed:



-Air conditioning-

-Air pump-

-Air control valve-



Soon will remove all emissions. Eventually i want to pop the hood and all i want to see is a big shiny carb and a motor.....well, basiclly thats all. Tomorrow im installing the block off plate for the air control valve, and will be taking off the oil injection, and starting on the rats nest. Hopefully will have pics of progress eventually.......start praying. The reason im doing all of this is because something is wrong...and i havent found it yet. Something stupid and small. But im stripping everything to bare minimum in hopes of finding my problem, and making one bad little 12a. :bigok:

well have fun :bigthumg: the rats nest comes off in one big piece



mike

I know the fun in that stuff.What type of wheels are those?What carb are you going to run on it??Don't forget if you want a cleaner look you can always unwrap the engine harness and cut off the loose wires that won't be used with the new setup.I did as you can see in the pic on my page for my car then I rewraped it up in fresh electrical tape and now I have a nice clean bay which is so nice to work in. :bigthumg: If I ever had to put a 12a in it I would just buy a wrecker harness.Like I would go 12a agian tho.

Those are the wheels that were on it when i bought it, and to be honest that pic is from the day i bought it, and they were nasty, but i cleaned them up and they look a whole lot like the bbs on the 2nd gen convertables...almost identical really, so i left them on...who wouldnt?....and i really can not decide which carb to run w/......which would you recommend.....im not going all out, but something other that the stock nikki if i can help it. Im in no hurry.

those are the stock 83 limited edition wheels, very rare now and 14" too.

i just bought a 48ida weber, but the holley kits are nice too



mike

yeah mine is an 83 limited edition, i love the wheels and will never part with them (sorry ppl). And you are using the 48ida weber. i want to go w/ weber but holley is so well known and parts are very common.

Question.....i have removed the rats nest....now what about the vaccum lines going to the intake....do i just block them off, or is there another alternative, blocking them off just looks too cluttered.

Removed the Rats nest...not too hard at all really. One plug going to the Alt. one wire going to the selenoid on the carb, and another wire going somewhere i dont remember where though right now and its too damned cold to go outside and check. Took a T and split it off to the Dist. and blocked off all other vaccum lines with BB's and 2 inches of hose. Looks so much better now, and you guys know that back bolt on the carb, the one thats such a pain in the ass to get to, is now so much easier to reach now. Will be posting pics of before and after very soon. Will soon also be disconnecting the entire fuel system and cleaning out the lines.

cool, you can buy vacuum caps at auto parts store



mike

...really? ill have to check on that, i just grabbed some BB's off the ground left over from the other nights drunken blur.

haha, well that works too



mike

now what about some of the attachments on the nikki? which ones can go, and which ones have to stay?

hmm i wish i had some pics, um here this might help

http://personal.riverusers.com/~yawpower/niksid.gif

http://personal.riverusers.com/~yawpower/niksid.gif

from here



mike

that helps greatly man, is there a pic of the other side by any chance?

i didnt see one



mike

You using the nikki still?Yeah Mazda did a number putting that rats nest in there.Mine is so nice to work on. :bigthumg:

LoL well its gone thank god. lots easier to get to ALL the carb bolts now. yeah im going to try and keep the nikki for now, so how it goes. buddy says all u need really is a fuel line and throttle...is this right?!

Can you make a right up, or a how to? What is the purpose of this? What are all the colored clips to the right and left of the engine, (before you took them out)

and the 12v power to the solenoid in the carb



mike

If I'm not being dumb, I think your talking about the electrical and vacuum solenoid's.

the plastic, colored, inch x inch connector thingys? what do they do?



A few months ago in SCC magazine there was a RX3, I think. It was red, but the engine bay was stripped of everything but the engine. Besides the weight was is the benefits?

its simpler, but thats it



mike

Thats why you remove the junk on the engine then unwrap the harness and undo the tangle of wires and remove the unneccesary wires on it.Mine only has 5 wires instead of 21. :bigthumg: If you want to see my hack job its on my webpage.I even rewrapped it in electrical tape for that clean look. :bigthumg:

is an 83 engine harness seperate like an 84 and later one?



mike

Its one big harness for the engine sensors and alternator.

how, in gods name, do i post another pic?!?

http://nopistons.net/albums/album70/abs.sized.jpg



http://nopistons.net/albums/album70/abt.sized.jpg



here is the before pics.

Mazspeed.com has a step by step or just email me and I will send anyone the 15MB file.



mrdiaz96@hotmail.com



Do it right the first time and don't worry about it later.

That looks like fun.. good luck man. :bigthumg:

going out of town monday.

gotta go to work.

done with the rats nest.

pretty easy.

but what to block off? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/dunno.gif

think ive got it.

......**** it, ill post some after pics by friday, i think its all done right, but like i said... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/dunno.gif

i want to tackle this i already have my block off plate and plugs ....

hey Mr diaz i sent you a email

Hey guys

i just recently took the nikki of and went to a cheap mans holley setup, i took the stock manifold and had a 3/4 inch spacer welded to the manifold, put the block of plate on and ran a 450cfm chokeless mechanical secondary carb on which was dirt cheap(holley part number 0-9776) just something to consider if you want to change out the nikki for something more readily available.

cheers