I've about had it with the rx7 project
 

finally after over 3 months of waiting I get an engine subframe.

JUST the subframe.


did he send motor mounts? Nooooooooo why in the holy fuck would he send me anything usefull.

He still owes me:
transmission cross member
torque arm
my wiring harness back
driveshaft


meanwhile he has $1700 of my money.

at least the fucking subframe is in. Had I the motor mounts I'd put the engine in also but nooo.

Wow, drawing BIG money. Philip man you need to finish and flip. :)

they dont pull that anymore
that car is clean but realistically I'd expect 18k out of it.

mine, complete, probably 14 tops, maybe even 12 because the chassis is a salvage title.

Fuzion tires FTMFW!!!!!! You better use them Philip!! NO expense spared!

I think it's two things

#1 market saturation, the people that want one, have one
#2 you can't borrow 27k against that car, so someone has to pay almost all cash

yup, its not so new anymore...happens to every hot "new" car

hinson is working on a 350z lsx swap, I'm waiting for an rx8 swap kit, that'll be the next project I hope

it's quite difficult because the renesis is mounted so far back.

here's an idea, why don't you take your own advice.

Maybe next week... I'm too grumpy this week.

much to my surprise the mounts showed up today. They're on the block and aside from 3 little things to tie up I'm ready to shove the engine in. Maybe tomorrow, we'll see. Gotta roll the car out in the driveway and need some help pushing the hoist.

nearing? lol
more like nearing the beginning

yes but I'm more worried about getting the engine in and out of my garage so I have room to park a car again

engine is in :dunno:

Pics?

no

Come on Philip,we know you can sneak one in.

this one needs work. Lots of interior and exterior work.

...

well it's in, bolted to the mount and the trans is safety wired up since I don't have the cross member :mad:
been a real bitch working this weekend as I've had a migraine for about 5 days now :mad: :mad:

to do:

install trans X member and torque arm
wiring harness
fuel system
cooling system
reinstall brake system
install cluch MC

guess that's about it.

I'm kind of amazed I didn't drop the car, the engine, or both on my fat ass.

back to the old account. Safer than posting under the admin username :hs:

Sounds like a nice winter project,hope you get it up and running just in time for spring.

provided I get my parts I would think it'll be driveable by Jan.

That's gotta be the shits when your all ready to go and the only thing stopping you from finishing is waiting on parts to come in.

Philip are you gonna put a nice lopey cam in that V8?

no it has a very mild 114LSA cam.

yes, because one cam is perfect for every setup :ugh:

probably 12k

difficult to tune the ECU when the engine isn't running.

yeah, if not less.
I got a cheap shell.