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Typical 70’s RX doors 

Just now, Roman said:

Surely no one would be crazy enough for that?! 

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At first I didnt understand what you meant by this car being more family friendly. But now I get it. The other car was too quiet to take the kids in.
Getting some peace and quiet from the kids in the back seat can be provided by the deafening brap of a 13B.
What an absolutely glorious win win.

search his number plate mate on the google machine....

super charged 13B?!?!?!?! 

I believe holden astra ones are a common and preferred option

WHY?!?!?!?!?!

On 17/03/2023 at 20:11, dabuzz said:

@RXFORD nathan has just bought and installed a huge press, so will be set up to do them very soon if he so pleases. He's out on his own now. for $1k I was more than happy with them, and very minor differences, remember there is two slightly different boot floors for rx2. His one was pretty much bang on for mine. Although, you need to punch out your own  drain bungs, and do the flanges etc

Mike's customs are around $600+ which is really good value, but 2 peice, and less detail. I'll add that this is a less invasive way to go about it  as with Nathan's you have to remove the rear panel, and cut the lower 1/4s to get it in.

One of the lads reached out back in aus and there’s a lad in aus making complete boot floors…

look to be really good pressings from minimal photos.

12 hours ago, oldrx said:

Nice one man. Whats the story with the tail lights the US style bumpers? Has it been converted from lhd? 

Nah, JDM spec.

Hence the GR code

I believe labelled a Capella RE GR

When it gets delivered ill ensure to throw a thread up on include some detailed pics

Will be a coupla weeks, i'm flying home to nz for a couple of weeks

So will be delivered after I return to AUS

Maybe these are bigger??

I’m contemplating buying an RX2 but there is the small issue where the boot floor has been diagnosed with cancer.

does anyone know who makes good repro boot floors, if not complete then patches.

the car is definately worth repairing with only the section of boot floor needing real work.

anyways….. pics of said issue.

and a couple extra for reason why it’s worth saving

I seen you have multi stud discs....

Are they from the factory or drilled external I.E an engineer/diy etc??

Good sir!!

A good trick to having as little shit in your paint as possible it to spray the floor with your hose and surrounding areas. Walls etc. Just not the roof.

Dust likes to settle in all the nooks n crannies so a good hose out prior will work wonders

Spray the floor in between coats too...just not so heavy you have some water bounce off the floor onto your paint job

13 hours ago, myk00l said:

Probably don't even have a bikini comp at nats anymore.

 

Some tidy rigs!!!

Throw us up some pics mate!! 

I have a wee predicament.

I have an old stationary motor that I recently broke the intake runner on.

The motor itself is circa 60's, built in Germany and appears to be old cast alloy.

My welding skills are poor at best and I am in need of having it repaired.

Is this possible?? and what type of tradesman/specialist welder would be best to approach?

My initial thoughts are those who specialise in repairing motorcycle casings and the likes.

That being said, my experience in this sort of stuff are pretty limited so i'm hoping to have some ideas from folk far more knowledgable than myself.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly accepted.

22 hours ago, Flash said:

For sale across here in Straya at the moment. Typical over sized Aussie wheels. What is wrong with these fullas ?

Super high judder bars over this side, need to look like praying mantis for ground clearance

Why cant I view photos sir??

2 hours ago, cletus said:

Pretty cool that you rebuilt your own engine, good work 

While simple in theory compared to piston engines, I imagine there's a bunch of little tricks you need to know when assembling one  

 

So was it low oil pressure = fucked the bearing= shaft gets a bit floppy= stationary gear gets a hiding? 

Thanks mate!!!

there’s lots of tricks and personal preference. A lot of secret info in the rotary world… im not really sure why as I’m certain most of it can be found online if you have a bit of time and desire to find it.

The stuff I know and learnt was from back in early-mid 2000’s so no doubt things have certainly progressed from what I experienced.

as for the failure. Most of the examples of gears like this are from over revving and lack of oil. And you’re assumption is pretty good. I was told of the same thing, wipe the bearings creating excessive bearing clearances and movement etc. In turn straining, chipping and or cracking gear teeth, that continue to rip through the rest causing catastrophic failure.

hence I went for the hardened gear to eliminate this weak point, as well as upgrade the pressure reg from a 60-70 psi regulator upto around 100psi.

also did the multi window bearing for extra lubrication 

There are plenty of other oil mods that can be performed but for a standard engine, that only boosts 6psi I didn’t really see the point.

I guess I can count myself lucky it ruined only rotor gear and stationary gear.

Now I have the relief knowing that ive got a fresh engine and gearbox and a few miles of happy cruising ahead of me....

Any hints, questions or abuse.

Fire away on the discussion page

From there…..

It was drop the old girl back in the hole, connect everything up, bleed the oil system, fuel system and coolant system.

yelled out to the wife and had her sit in the seat and crank.

got her to wind it until oil pressure gauge moved…. Check!!!

connected plug leads and warned her it will more thank likely spin and smell of fuel, possibly cough n fart and blow a bit of smoke.

as she held her breath… I could see her nervously about to the the key and I had a chuckle to myself. 
No sooner had the engine rolled over once it roared into life and my wife and some shit now impregnated in her undies.

only the down pipe from the turbo made for a noisey block but with the shit in her undies she didn’t give it a bit of gas so died after about 10-15 seconds.

after she calmed down from yelling and calling me a prick I let her k ow to give it a small bit of gas when it catches so I can check for leaks and ensure all was well…..

needless to say we had a winner!!! No dramas and once it was warm it settled a bit but idling was pretty shit, hunting and erratic. Anyways…. Some more pics

From there…. It was assembly time.

so it received all new seals, springs, orings and gaskets.