oldrx7

haha, yep I've read it's a prick of a job. Maybe mine will be different lol.

@mjb.nz has made it down the last 2 years - he might be making it 3rd time in a row?

Not 100%, hopefully Shizzl is right. HB's could be a mis-match hodgepodge of stuff. Suspension is same as FC, but gearboxes etc were similar spec to the s2 and s3 rx7's, so hopefully mounting etc is all the same. Next project update will be progress with gearbag removal, promise!

Others have told me driveshaft should be the same, crossmember on the car now looks like it’d line up with gearbox mount on manual box, but I haven’t measured, just eyeing it up. yep got the slave cylinder with the gbox and will source the master and lines during the swap.

Cheers bro’s @HighLUX and @shizzl - might end up yelling for help along the way. We’ll see I think I have all the bits, minus clutch master cylinder and lines, but figuring those can wait till the old box is out. No set date yet to begin - but next few months might get stuck into it.

A couple more bits for the manual conversion. Have shifted houses, so car resides in a garage at home now, so I’m thinking I’m gonna attempt this at home, with the car up on axle stands. Probably in for a world of trouble and getting in over my head, but I want to see if I can DIY it.

Yes - stop wasting Clint's time and just buy one.

Wow - as you say, the paint and bog was hiding some sins, and lol repairs!!! All the best mate, very cool cars and plan for tridens is perfect.

Volume 4 is happening peeps

Such a cool car mate, you do talk it down due to your modesty, but you really shouldn't ... it's so well done.

Yep stoked that I got a shot gun ride bro, thanks for that. I pointed at least 2 people your way for sharns when I mentioned it was yours and you’d done the first one way back.

I'm sure it won't be a POS for long in your capable hands. As the tile says, I'm sure this will be an interesting build thread.

Do you still have Mazdaspeed wheels?

Is this other projects fred material?

Annual update. Still haven’t begun the manual swap, I got tempted by looking at yahoo for wheels and used the money I’d been putting aside for flywheel, clutch and associated bits n pieces to purchase a new set of feet. Sold the 17’s nice n quickly, turned out a few people wanted them, but first in best dressed. After just missing out on a few nice sets of wheels off yahoo I put a few local wanted posts and the lovely chap @sr1600 reached out saying he had something that might tickle my fancy. He sure did … 16” work ewing III’s. He lives not too far from me which made a test fit nice and easy. I really like the look of them, oldschool styling but in 16” which helps with ground clearance, and don’t look as big and out of place as the 17’s did. I’ve spent a few hours taking off some black paint and polishing bits that had dulled off while being stored. Maybe next year I’ll start that manual swap … but don’t hold your breath lol