The Shaolin welcomes your questions and comments

[The Shaolin]

So post some.

[DoubleD1DT]

so what are you going to start on first? I think Inside out.
Motor/trans
interior
body
wheels

[The Shaolin]

Number one priority is to get the car running. The interior is gutted and will remain so. After the car is running, I'll be installing a better fuel pump, suspension, and other things to bring it up to racing spec.

Then I'll concern myself with the little bit of body work it needs and possibly further weight reduction.

[DoubleD1DT]

going to do any internals before???

[The Shaolin]

On the engine? All I could really do is port it, which requires complete disassembly and lots of money. I'm going to rock the engine in stock form until it is no more and then swap in a ported turbo engine.

[scottyr94]

Looks like it's come a long way since I last saw it. That thing is gonna be stupid loud with that exhaust setup you showed me and no cats.

Kinda sad to see the other one go to the crusher, but you made the right choice for sure. Now you have an almost complete car.

[AC66Bronco]

what car did you keep the blue/purple one???

[The Shaolin]

View pictures. Produce win.

I have pictures of the blurple on in the garage, and the silver one leaving on a flatbed [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif[/img]


Yeah, I know...rotaries are damn loud to begin with...mine was pretty okay with 3 cats, narrow piping, and dual exhaust/two mufflers....but this is going to be ridiculous. I'll probably end up making a baffle for the end of the pipe...that worked out great when I had to get my Saturn exhaust inspected.

[tek]

Why do you like the cack?

[DoubleD1DT]

Hey I got some rx-7 parts for that year, what do you need and I'll see if I have them.

[DasPirate]

mmm, looks a lot better than when I wanted to buy it.

Also, ported rotaries sound sick. Just thought I should throw that out there.

[Insomniac]

On the engine? All I could really do is port it, which requires complete disassembly and lots of money. I'm going to rock the engine in stock form until it is no more and then swap in a ported turbo engine.

What about swapping apex seals? I heard somewhere there were different kinds of them that were for more/less aggressive engine builds.

[The Shaolin]

That's pretty much a total rebuild...and the only real difference is getting the ceremic ones for $1000-ish instead of $200 for racing engines.


Doubttub1b1b, I could use a charcoal canister if you got one.

[DoubleD1DT]

I'll look. Most of what I have are sunroof glass, headlights, ecu, doors, etc

[virnin]

How long will the 13B last with no oil injection? Don't you have to run special apex seals to do that?

Also, how many miles on the 13B? My '78.5 12A died in the 80K range when the rotor side seals failed and locked it up tight. I know the 13B is a much better engine but durability is still an issue, especially with boost.

(Damn I still miss that car after more than 20 years)