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OK so here is the story, I have built and sold a turbo 12a but in the process I had in my back yard an old 83 rx-7 donor car that now I am ready to start building on.
So being from a small town I went alley hunting for a new donor car for my old donor car for misc parts and such. I found a yard with a 79 SA, 83 GSL and an 85 GSL-SE. What I didn't see in the bushes was an RX-4 in decent shape no big rust and no big dents just needs paint. when I really looked at it I noticed it had GSL-SE wheels on it. After talking to the owner today he has offered me all four cars for free. He said they all ran when they were parked except for the Rx-4, he has never had the time to see if it runs. It has the big 13B in it. The owner said he was going to try and swap in the SE front suspension and rear diff but currently only has things just sitting half assed mocked up. Is this a swap that people have done before? Can you swap in SE suspension without too much hassle? he has all the original stuff but I would like the 4wheel discs, posi and rim options. Also I want to get the motor started can I bolt a nikki off a 82 rx-7 onto the old school 13b manifold? I would check but I do not have these in my yard yet(he just gave them to me today) went back and looked at the car and it is pretty sweet. Definatly needs some work but it is all there and in decent shape. The rear axle and tires are stock I thought I saw SE rims on the back but no just on the front. I took a short list of things I noticed I will need right away.. I imagine parts are very hard to find for these cars.. If anyone can give me an idea of the availibility of these parts it would set me in the right track. -Rear bumper -Rear tail light surround thing -Front bumper and lower valance -trunck latch -Driver door handle -Ash trey -rear facial that goes around the tail lights and trunk latch -Key and ingnition and door locks -Shifter boot and knob -Left outside tail light (signal?) -Right front headlight -Shifter boot -Drivers Mirror -Stuff for the windows cuz they do not roll down or sit in the track properly.. I will see if they can be fixed but they may need to be replaced. -Maybe a new front driverside fender.. rusty behind the front wheel not bad but it has gone through.. do I have to fix or can I get a replacement? Honestly not a bad list for a car this old Attachment 16997 Attachment 16998 Attachment 16999 Attachment 17000 Attachment 17001 |
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the only rust
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good luck
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that doesn't look like any 13b i've ever seen, looks like a carb'd engine which would either be the 10a or 12a. looks great for a starter though, best of luck man!
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Originally Posted by thatpoorguy
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that doesn't look like any 13b i've ever seen, looks like a carb'd engine which would either be the 10a or 12a. looks great for a starter though, best of luck man!
It is carbed not all 13b's were FI and they were offered in a few Rx's in the 70's it was the big motor at the time with 135hp stock The car is stripped down to almost bare minimums and it looks great. the rust is so minimal even with the leaky clutch cylinder that covered the firwall frame rail and caprpets in brake fluid Attachment 16975 Attachment 16976 Attachment 16977 Attachment 16978 Attachment 16979 Attachment 16980 |
learn something new every day! lol best of luck man
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OK got more done on the rx-4 since the last post
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ick, looks like the battery area took a beating
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Well here are some pics of the body work taking place as we speak.
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Nice!
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Nice work replicating the frame boxes
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yeah I am very happy with the attention to detail my body guy is putting into these parts. The job they did on the roof is incredible.. completely pulled every dent and gave the roof its strength back
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well car should be out of the body shop soon heres how she looks. It has taken awhile but it will be worth it when shes home
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looking good
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holy hell, 4 free rotaries. talk about good luck man. the build seems to be going smoothly which is nice. i wish mine was in that good of condition, but i will need to do some cutting and welding right behind and below the passenger side door and it has rust everywhere.
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what color are you going to paint her..?
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Prob going with a dark charcoal grey metallic, almost black but with some depth
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Before the carpets were layed I put new deadner and underlay down
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Hey john smack ....found those pieces . PM me for more info.....thanx.
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Retracing through this I must say how incredibly lucky you are. You can ask my wife I'd sell her car to get those 4
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Re: New to forum and Rx-4's
Hows this car going?
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