Hello all! My name is Alan and I recently acquired my first FD. Let me start by saying while I had always intended on acquiring an FD at some point, I never could have imagine acquiring one quite like this.
I got the car about a month ago from a friend of mine who previously had owned a Supra. After that car met a very untimely end, he pulled the drivetrain from that car, dropped everything into an SC, and then that car met an unfortunate death as well. After a string of bad luck, he pulled the drivetrain a final time and coincidentally ran into this.
It was a rolling chassis FD with an automatic transmission. He acquired the car, ordered the subframe and mounts from Tech2, and swapped everything into that car.
From there he was restationed to Germany and some point in the last couple of years the front suspension collapsed, the fuel pumps went out and,the focus on the car changed. The car has sat dormant the last couple of years, down but not out.
My friend got out of the military, came back to Atlanta, and then took another job back in Maui. Shortly before leaving, we began talking about the fate of the car as it was sitting in storage, in Germany, collecting dust. He had recently started another project and after a few hours drinking, and going back and forth, I became the cars new owner.
I've arranged for the car to be brought back to Atlanta as of last week. The car is scheduled to be picked up from storage next week and should arrive in 4-8 weeks.
This the second car I've bought sight unseen so I'm hoping to keep my streak going as the last car I bought has been great to me, C5 Corvette I gave to my dad.
With all of that being said all I have knowledge wise of the car is what I have gleaned through several conversations with my friend about the car, and pictures I've stolen off of his Facebook. Here is what I can tell you about the car:
1993 RX7 w/100K+ on the cassis (I am now the tenth owner of the car)
2JZGTE+R154 utilizing the Tech2 Swap Kit
Built Bottom End
Stock heads
GT4276 Turbo on a T4 Manifold
4" FMIC
4" Exhaust
AEM Standalone Fuel Management System
Twin Aeromotive 850lph Fuel Pumps
880CC Injectors
Here is what I know needs to be addressed:
Front left suspension is blown
Turbo, Wastegate, Exhaust Manifold, Intake Manifold, and exhaust need to be reinstalled as well as intercooler piping
Power Steering Pump and Water Pump need to be reinstalled
Accessory belt needs to be reinstalled
A/C needs to be reinstalled (Motor does not have a condensed on it)
Radio Doesn't work
Seats are torn
All of the stuff I need to get the car running again is coming over with the car. The rest of the stuff I will figure out once I physically have my hands on the car. All of the parts associated with the motor were removed to facilitate the removal of the power steering, something I intend to keep.
My goal with the car is to make it a daily I can take to the road course and within five years run one lap. As I said the car will be picked up next week and I have asked for pictures to be taken before it gets loaded onto a flat bed bound for the port. But without further ado, here are all of the other pictures I have of the car.
