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Legendary push to get it done, and damn she's hot well done man - looks killer

huge hustle - no sleeping now! .

Thanks, good to meet you too, was such a good day!

Sent car to tuner, spent a few hours with him and he had it running far better by the time I left, he's introduced the water meth and intake temps have plummeted which is a great sign, he's done some road tuning since too and is very happy with it. We have found a few issues with the belt drive tensioner, and pulley set up, so currently trying to get that re-engineered asap. All going well it'll hit the dyno next week, and I can get it back to finish off the last bits before MMSB.

Entered! Now I really gotta push to finalise the reincarnation!

A couple of solid days work and she runs!!!! Mounted fuel tank, plumbed up last of fuel, and water meth systems. wired in pumps, made up throttle cable and mounts, refitted rear brakes and new lines, all fluids done, brakes and clutch bled etc Cranked to get oil pressure up, checked all fuel fittings for leaks then a mate came over with his Microtech handset and punched a few numbers into the computer and I turned the key...... HOLY SHIT - it caught us all unaware!, it literally fired up into a 3000rpm idle on the first 2 second's of cranking, had to scramble to keep it under control. Its angry, I mean real angry!! , once idle came down it just pulsed its head off, instantly we now know I have to solid mount the motor, it was shaking side to side so viciously we had to turn it off to set the idle, couldn't get near it Unfortunately I couldn't take it around the block as we found the new alternator not charging which will just play havoc with the ECU, pretty sure as it doesn't have a dash charge light, we have to wire one in to excite the alternator. It was getting pretty hot too, I had kept the fans wired as per the BP it used to have, but will swap it over from a manual temp sensor to the ECU to be able to set the temp to a lower point so the fans come on earlier, I may look at upgrading them too. Super stoked with only a few things to rectify before tune!

Engine bay 95% done, just need to sort throttle cable, tidy/clamp wiring, fluids and radiator overflow. Decided to run 2x water meth injectors either side of the throttle body, this is to spread the mix right across the vanes to aide in cooling, and also help ensure that both rotors get a dose to help stabilise ignition. One if the injectors is faulty, so also waiting on a warranty replacement for that. Air Filter sorted, although won't pass cert due to height, but I'll sus something come cert day to deal with that.

Stupid alternator side mount kit remade (after spending $300) to actually fit the car, turns out unless you have an rx7 they don't fit earlier chassis. Also coil brackets made, and fuel filter and vacuum block mounted. Lastly, have opened up the small intake holes and flowed as best as possible into the manifold- looks shit in the images, but go's hard as G.

I'm sure I've said this before but - Brown with these stripes

you've already got it - then slam it on- The brown will look mean I reckon

rock auto is probably your first stop for motor parts. cool looking front - need many more pics!!

Who is repair certifier? I struggled to find anyone out west who would even show up, and when I did they were mostly dicks, the guy I eventually used has retired now.

Agreed possibly the dumbest car to want to steal. such a shame it happened though.

That will work, also relocate the oil fitting to a sandwich plate under the oil filter, far better position for it

Have you just tried running a (non AN) standard rubber hose without the npt fitting inline? By your pics it looks like it would go, the aftermarket hose is less pliable, so needs more radius. It doesn't look to far off a factory length.

I had the same issue with the side mount kits, they mount far too low, had to make a new backing plate in the end and lift the whole lot up. As for your hose, personally I would be nervous being so short, there's just no give for engine mount flex, even though its right next to the mount, I feel you need to try give it some more bend. Last thing you need is the hose pulling out and lunching a new motor.

I appreciate the comment, it's really only the bracket, the brakes work really well, plenty of stopping power, and it's solid as. So really the only issue is that it technically won't pass current cert standards. I've spoken to certifier, he said just leave it alone and he'll make a proper call once it goes in for cert, potentially it just needs an exemption for previously being certed when rules were different, or something along those lines.

Be nicer on the motorway anyway, will see how it goes.

Have altered a few plans, diff is on hold, I decided It's not important right now, and can wait till after car is legal and I've put a few kms on it. But I have an open 5.1 for it and will buy another LSD centre later on to swap out. The current 4.3 LSD has been refitted. Have modified all the brake lines so there is proper clearance without fouling now. Just got fuel tank back from Choppers autobody. I asked him to fit a proflow efi pump hanger, and mount the water meth....ahem "water" tank to the back of the fuel tank, and modify a new compact marine fuel sender to allow clearance for the custom internal surge tank. All still to be painted up etc, but surely now that will satisfy the certifier?! Side note, super stoked how internally clean the 50 year old fuel tank is!

Dream car!!!! she's a beauty well done. That's not the one that was stolen last year in the background? cant be too many yellow Panteras around.

Those MFR air boxes are dope - get a few HP gains too

Great points, I've also sent pics to certifier - but likely ill find brackets and do it properly.

yes mate - would you put your name to a power upgrade without going over the existing supporting mods to see if they are still safe? this car is a prime example, certed 20 years ago, remember the coil overs were just about falling out (poor engineering), brake lines fouling, driveline hitting the floor as no bump stops plus a bunch of other items. I for one wouldn't sign off on it, its a case of the last person to look at it owns it.

I'll def look into that, thanks, just need to confirm cert wise whether I can use the existing caliper bracket or not first