MrMcdoll Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Nah plan is to make it 100% too legit to quit, so If my cert guy has a waah about no overlap, then i'll put a strip in behind each weld or something to that effect. Plan is to leave a lot of the welds super visible with minimal flapper disc action (just enough to get rid of any sharp bits etc), external ones i'm not even going to flapper back at all. I contacted a cert guy here in Hamilton a while back - mostly about steering and brakes etc, and he reckoned that as long as my welds were really strong that I could do whatever I wanted to when doing the rust repairs - he even recommended I chop the tunnel out of an old HQ or something and just weld the whole thing in! Hopefully he'll be sweet with what i've done (despite how crookedly I weld!) - i've definitely seen worse be certed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 6 months since last update.. hows it going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcdoll Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Sup, Haven't been down to the lockup to work on it at all in the last few months cos of being busy with Uni and sorting out a place to live etc. Should be cracking back into it in a couple of weeks time though. I've just been working on all the rust aye, there's still quite a bit left to do! Only other hold up is fitting the engine in around the swaybar/steering rack and gathering money to get a diff and suspension. I'll try get more photos of all the rust work i've done next time I head out to the lockup. It won't make for very exciting updates though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Edz I always read your posts in your voice, its weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcdoll Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Haha that's awesome. Wish I sounded like Morgan Freeman or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentra Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 super glad this is still being worked on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Glad you are still going man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcdoll Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Churr. In terms of rust work, I only have to finish that window wiper cowl thing, and get new sills made up.Then it's all on to putting the deez in there. Taken so damn long, and in between work, uni and other shit, I really haven't got to the lockup to work on it over this last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I have missed this thread. It's great. Love it. Great idea and I too love upsetting purists. I keep eyeing up cheap(ish) series 6 rx7s and think how much fun it would be to find a smallish TDi engine for one. FDTDi. Then post it up on aus rotary and rx7.com where they are all a bit too anal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHGWAG Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 DO IT ALEX!!!! Donate 13B to me so that I can bolt it on to the front of my current 13b and have max powah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Oh can you just picture the look of horror on all the ausrotary followers faces. sweet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcdoll Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Hells yes do it!It would pay for itself in satisfaction and fanboi tears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Just chop the firewall? it no biggie considering how much other chopping you have done? otherwise radiator in front of the factory support? I would chop the firewall man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Run the radiator in the boot with some speed holes and fans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcdoll Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yeah I'm thinking i'm just gonna chop firewall. Do you have to swage/suage the shit out of the panel you put in? I'm not sure of the legalities of firewall chopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Cut firewall, set back and down. Also cut, wing & baffle sump, adjust oil pickup to suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch.W Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 sweet! how long did they take to get to you? i gave them to toll instead as mainfreight was like $120 and toll was $60? or somthing. i recon you could make them work with smaller tires and a lil bit of guard work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcdoll Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Cheers bro, they got here in like 2 days or something. haha i'm going to roll them as is! just bolt some flares on. I've gotta keep massive tyres for maximum speedway look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta63-1uzze Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 can you just put a 5 mm packer in between the cross member and the chassis rail? like sandwiched in between the cross member and the car . that will that give you enough clearance on the sump?? the splines that go into the rack should have enough room to slide up that much. is that maybe a answer to your sump issues? if not I would be cutting up the sump to fix the clearance issue, way less work then fucking with the firewall . easier to get another sump , much harder to get a new firewall hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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