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Hi everyone! My name's Ayrton.. Not really sure how to start this because it's my first time ever doing anything like this but I guess I'll just jump right into it! (I apologize for phone pictures/quality I am going to try and take pictures whenever I remember and can but I'll try and get decent quality photos)
As summer approached I was in desperate need of a new car and something to have fun with over the summer, I was originally looking for a nice e30 coupe to do a turbo m20 build or maybe an s50/2 swap but they were scarce in good condition and for the price I was wanting to pay.. But that's when I came across this!
A 1986 Mazda rx7 GXL pretty near by, offered him $1000 and was able to pick it up that week.. Body is in pretty decent condition (plans to repaint it when I get the money, but probably next year) a few scratches and it had seemed to have been hit in the front bumper but other than the hood generally rust free!
Also came with a racing beat exhaust, interior is 80% there but I was pretty happy with it! (Was supposed to run but didn't at the time I picked it up..) So that was that and I towed it home..
Now months passed and I had no money because I had to sell my daily so not a whole lot happened, finally got it running, had some electrical problems and had to get a new fuel pump from the wreckers but I was able to drive it around! (It overheated a few times and drove like a piece of crap but I enjoyed it, where my friend came up with the name the tinman because it needed a new heart, cute right)
Finally managed to get some cash together and decided on what I wanted to do... So we went out and picked something up for the little rx7!
Christmas in August
LS1 pulled from a 2001 Camaro SS, 78k miles on it and was super clean
The next day got the car up on jack stands and started to disconnect the old motor
Random pic, rad drained and out...
View from the inside, everything pretty much disconnected, ONE wire underneath the intake manifold stopping us from pulling the engine, read online it was easier to just take the whole harness out so was trying to figure that out.. Not at all easier... Just removed the intake manifold and got it free..
And it's out!
So that's where I'm at now.. Time for a deep clean of the engine bay and some removal of unnecessary wires.. and I'll try to update you guys as much as possible!
Waiting on Granny's swap kit should be here any day now and I also have some BC racing coilovers ordered that should hopefully get here soon!
Plans for the car; just a nice simple clean build, pretty stock body wise, maybe some fender flares.. I want to redo the whole interior all black and have it looking like new, as well as paint and wheels but that will come probably next year!
Continuously looking for wheel ideas so if you have any let me know! (I am a part time student so keep that in mind!)
I was thinking of trying to fit some corvette saw blades in the front and maybe some wide 17" diamond steelies in the back with rolled or maybe bolt on fender flares.. But I have time to decided..
Not a whole lot done yet but yeah..!
As summer approached I was in desperate need of a new car and something to have fun with over the summer, I was originally looking for a nice e30 coupe to do a turbo m20 build or maybe an s50/2 swap but they were scarce in good condition and for the price I was wanting to pay.. But that's when I came across this!
A 1986 Mazda rx7 GXL pretty near by, offered him $1000 and was able to pick it up that week.. Body is in pretty decent condition (plans to repaint it when I get the money, but probably next year) a few scratches and it had seemed to have been hit in the front bumper but other than the hood generally rust free!
Also came with a racing beat exhaust, interior is 80% there but I was pretty happy with it! (Was supposed to run but didn't at the time I picked it up..) So that was that and I towed it home..
Now months passed and I had no money because I had to sell my daily so not a whole lot happened, finally got it running, had some electrical problems and had to get a new fuel pump from the wreckers but I was able to drive it around! (It overheated a few times and drove like a piece of crap but I enjoyed it, where my friend came up with the name the tinman because it needed a new heart, cute right)
Finally managed to get some cash together and decided on what I wanted to do... So we went out and picked something up for the little rx7!
Christmas in August
LS1 pulled from a 2001 Camaro SS, 78k miles on it and was super cleanThe next day got the car up on jack stands and started to disconnect the old motor
Random pic, rad drained and out...
View from the inside, everything pretty much disconnected, ONE wire underneath the intake manifold stopping us from pulling the engine, read online it was easier to just take the whole harness out so was trying to figure that out.. Not at all easier... Just removed the intake manifold and got it free..
And it's out!
So that's where I'm at now.. Time for a deep clean of the engine bay and some removal of unnecessary wires.. and I'll try to update you guys as much as possible!
Waiting on Granny's swap kit should be here any day now and I also have some BC racing coilovers ordered that should hopefully get here soon!
Plans for the car; just a nice simple clean build, pretty stock body wise, maybe some fender flares.. I want to redo the whole interior all black and have it looking like new, as well as paint and wheels but that will come probably next year!
Continuously looking for wheel ideas so if you have any let me know! (I am a part time student so keep that in mind!)
I was thinking of trying to fit some corvette saw blades in the front and maybe some wide 17" diamond steelies in the back with rolled or maybe bolt on fender flares.. But I have time to decided..
Not a whole lot done yet but yeah..!
"Effy" E60 BMW 530xi 6MT [N52] 
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