Project: "Last RX-7" by Herblenny

[Herblenny]

Sept. 10th, 2012

Well, some update.. but before that, some of the goodies that are going in in this car..

Aluminum rack..







Carbon Shaft.



FEED trunk thingy in carbon

[that911]

Awesome build. One day I'll have an FD in the garage.

[MattyHacks71]

It's......beautiful :')
hahah

[Herblenny]

Sept. 5th, 2012

Worked on few this over the past few days..


Cluster surround, fiberglassed and process of smoothing out.

making my own MS R-Spec signal lights


Studded everything and shorten bolts so I could put FD chrome nuts and bolts for the LIM.

This was from about 3-5 FD engines

And starting to test fit everything and such..

[Herblenny]

Sept. 2nd, 2012 Well, I been busy trying to fabricate some stuff and re-doing my caliper that I messed up.

I had a chance to re-sand blast and re paint them.



now looks perfect



Also, an announcement of new LIM for 20B!!

I was lucky enough to hear about this LIM 6 months ago and now I can show it off to you guys.



This one isn't my photo.



More information about the LIM and more pics later...

[Herblenny]

Aug. 26th, 2012

Let's see what I've been up to...

Friday, I went over to my long time friend, Bryan at www.BNRSupercars.com to use his sand blast to clean up some suspension parts.









And yesterday, I was pressing on some Powerflex Bushings. I heard great stuff about them and once the old stuff were pushed out, install was a simple hand press in. I was amazed how easy it was since I've installed a set of Delrins in the past. Quality of Powerflex bushing were awesome!!





But I did break something... Lack of sleep and hurry to get the job done, I did this..



Luckily I had a spare


I also decided to refinish my Alcon calipers for this..



Did a pretty good job on one, but other one, I kind of messed up and have to re do it..



Anyhow, Tomorrow, I'm re blasting the one I messed up and re doing it.

[Herblenny]

Aug. 23rd, 2012

Couple of things to update you guys..


Car's coming along with all the panels are on except for the fender mirrors.. I'm hoping to pick out the paint color tomorrow or early next week.

I also started to work on other things attached to the engine.. I stripped down the throttle body (TB), cleaned it, and painted simple black with polished ends. Hope all ties well together at the end.



And finally, the writer of this article contacted me and told me about the rare 767 4 rotor race car (http://www.stanceworks.com/2012/08/a...-road-atlanta/).

It was being rebuilt at the famous Jim Downings in ATL (Also developer of Hans Device). I made call to a friend at Downings and found out that it was still in ATL, GA. I planned to head over there and couple of days before, a friend and manager of Mazmart, Paul Thomas, decided to organize an event for those interested in seeing. I than talked to Paul to find out when, rescheduled and went to see this rare 767..

And here are some pics from it.



And I got to see it before everyone got there and took few of these without the crowd.







i'll post a video of this in couple of days.

[Herblenny]

Very nice build, i wish these FDs were selling at a decent price here !

Keep up the good work !

thank you! I thought these FD's were pretty cheap in Canada?? No?


Aug. 20th, 2012 Some minor update but not much to show... anyhow, more pics

How the car is sitting now..


Test fit the UIM..

[MrGL2]

Very nice build, i wish these FDs were selling at a decent price here !

Keep up the good work !

[Herblenny]

Aug. 17th, 2012 Update.... Some body related updates.

Goolsby Customs (www.GoolsbyCustoms.com) did quite an update since I brought the car to them about 2 weeks ago.. They have now install most of the panels and lining them up.

Here some pics..


fender, lights, and bumper


Front bumper, lights, canards, and undersweep


FEED wing, lip spoiler, etc


Rear wheel well cut for the FEED fender flares..

[Herblenny]

Aug. 5th, 2012 - This morning I decided to finish what I started yesterday... UIM and LIM.

To start, I took some of the cast marking off by filing them off.



After about 1-2 hours of this, I taped it up and sprayed with the same gray I been using, with high temp clear. I initially thought about doing wrinkle red, but after painting the short block, I think it might be bit off.



I let it cure over night and using a file, I took the clear and paint for the machined look, "3 ROTOR".



And to tie in the exterior of the car, I took one of the carbon fiber panel I had and made an insert. This took bit of time as I didn't have the right tools and used some sand paper and file to make the rectangle.




Next is TB and some of the accessories to match everything.. So, more pics in next couple of days.

[Herblenny]

Aug 14th, 2012 - Today, I finished up the engine by touching up few spots, and decided to paint the UIM, LIM, and install the Exedy Clutch.


Lightened twin disc Exedy Clutch - Front side

Back side

I also installed all new plugs


repainted the inside of the back.. and clean up counter weight.


flywheel torqued on.


Discs in..



And now, its on

[yurotrash]

goolsby pls

[Herblenny]

car looks great bud. I can't wait to see the finished product.

THanks!!


Aug. 13th, 2012 Update...

Well, the car is at one of the best paint and body place in the country... Jonathan Goolsby @ Goolsby Customs (www.GoolsbyCustoms.com).

While the car is there, I've decided to freshen up the engine..



Then spent couple of hours taping up the engine..



And here is the finished engine




Also, Goolsby Customs started to test fit the panels...



More to come later this week...

[alucard655]

car looks great bud. I can't wait to see the finished product.