Project: "Last RX-7" by Herblenny

[Herblenny]

That last pic.

Yes Lord.

The fabwork in this thread is amazing. So is the car.




Can I take that last photo and use it as a wallpaper? Pretty please?

Thank you! No problem on using the photo.

[evertoconquer]

This car sounds so incredibly menacing even at idle. Love seeing you bring it out to the B'ham C&C!

[Herblenny]

This car sounds so incredibly menacing even at idle. Love seeing you bring it out to the B'ham C&C!

I'm re-doing few.. once its done, it will come out again!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

[Herblenny]

Update.. Hope all of you got some car related gifts from Santa..

I'll try to update you guys on what has happened this year.

My SpeedHunters feature back in Sept 2016.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/09/old-rotary-new-tricks-checking-favorite/

Photos:

[rice4life]

Looks great man!

[Herblenny]

I had a chance to work on my 1994 SSM FD RX-7. It had a small coolant leak somewhere so replaced and tighten some hoses to the turbos and such.

And decided to put on my Mazdaspeed MS01-Mag wheels on.

Here are couple of pics of the car.

[nishy]

Holy fuck that silver one is clean. I feel like I should lick it

[rice4life]

Absolutely beautiful!

[Herblenny]

Holy fuck that silver one is clean. I feel like I should lick it

Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you both for the kind words!!


Update...

Happy New Year everyone!! I have couple of projects to finish off this year and maybe new one to start later on

2 Rotor update..

Going with couple of different stuff this year..

1. Haltech Elite 1500. It has loads of features. One of the thing I didn't realize was the OBD II output. This means that I can still use my Defi Dash and get more reading out of it by using this ECU. This time, I'll be adding Haltech flexfuel, 2 x EGT, Borg Warner Speed sensor for the turbo, wideband, etc. and keep the OMP.



2. Chris Ludwig/ Ludwig Motorsports (LMS-EFI) harness for the Haltech. Amazing details on this harness!! This is my second harnesses by LMS-EFI and I highly recommend. They will be also attending DGRR 2017 and will be doing a seminar and Q&A at the event.

[hkz286]

badass build. just read it start to finish

Love the use of jdm parts! never really wanted an rx7 until now :S

[Herblenny]

badass build. just read it start to finish

Love the use of jdm parts! never really wanted an rx7 until now :S

Thank you for the kind words. Hope you acquire an rx7. I think they are under rated car, til you get in one

[hkz286]

Thank you for the kind words. Hope you acquire an rx7. I think they are under rated car, til you get in one

ha unfortunately this thing takes up all my time and money at the moment :P

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86920

[Herblenny]

Update..

I realized I didn't post anything about the bumper project I did early last year.

Back story.. When I first started this thread, I was building a car for SEMA, my 3 rotor project. For years leading up to this point of building this car, I had a vision of my ultimate 3 rotor. But like most of you, job, family, money, etc. can lead to not quite execute your dream build. In this case, one of the thing I wanted to do was make a unique bumper. I wanted to mash together my 2 favorite japanese companies; Fujita Engineering (FEED) and RE-Amemiya. If you look at the car now, you will see that its pretty much built using both of those companies. But what I really wanted to do was build a bumper using two iconic bumpers. FEED Type 2R and RE-A N1-02 bumper. I love the signal/driving light set of of the FEED and loved the aggressive bottom of the N1-02.

FEED Type 2R on my 2 rotor


Re-Amemiya N1-02 with Front diffuser add on


Back in 2015, I decided that it was time to fulfill my goal of making a bumper that meets my vision. Instead of using RE-A N1-02, I decided to used the N1-05 which has the molded in undertray/diffuser. We cut the both bumpers and started to put them together. (Oh, I should most definitely give credit to my engine builder and long time friend Luis Canizales and his son Luke Canizales for their help putting the bumper together and helping me make the initial mold).

I did not like the 90's 'hump' on the front bumper so we made it to sit flat.

Here is an initial shaping of the bumper.. It weighs 40-50lbs


We made a mold and pulled one bumper off. When running the bumper on the, it didn't quite fit correctly. It sat quite low and required some hand on modification. Again thanks to Luis and his friend, we were able to have it on and made it to an event very next day (low as in I couldn't make it out of my driveway).

I was able to have it on the car and get it featured in SpeedHunters.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/07/meet-the-rotary-maniac/

But I wanted to make the bumper correctly and more of it.
Following year, I was conversing with my friend Michael about the project. He said he knew someone who might help me regarding making a new updated bumper.
So, I took my initial bumper and started to correct some of the issues. Being extremely low was an issue, so first bumper was cut, fix the height issue, and corrected the flat part of the bumper.





First bumper pulled from the second mold.


Im running out of time so I will update next week regarding the fitment and the results.

Phil

[I_Haz.:R32]

Update..

First bumper pulled from the second mold.



Phil

This is effing cool!

[Herblenny]

This is effing cool!

Thank you