 Official Sasquatch Re Build Thread, Part 2 New Rotary then, new trans, all german turbo |
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| falconfp2001 |
 Mar 23 2012, 01:13 AM
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Pancho Pantera  Group: Members Posts: 451 Joined: 5-December 10 From: Downey, CA Member No.: 12,456 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I read both your threads tonight and I'm now a big fan. Back in 1984, My second car that I bought was a 1974 rx-4 coupe. That thing was wicked fast stock. I ended up installing dual exhaust headers, hi flow mufflers and I re-jetted the stock four barrel. I had a very good Mazda mechanic tune it then cut the front springs and install Koni's all around. The rear was a leaf suspension so I installed stiffening bars. Back then, I would blow away stock Porsche's no problem. It had a stock 4 port 13B with stock 4 barrel that I re-jetted. I would scare people with how fast I drove that car.
Later (1987) I bought a second generation rx-7. I never changed a thing on that car and it was fast. Handled like a dream around corners. Just had my mechanic tune it and that was all. In 1994 I purchased a 1974 Mazda Rotary Pickup. Rebuilt the 13B, re-jetted the stock 4 barrel and installed a rx-7 5 speed tranny, Racing Beat intake and Dellorto side draft carb. Also put on a Racing Beat Exhaust headers and dual exhaust to the rear with nice mufflers. Had 8 inch front wheels and 11 inch rears. I also found a LS differential for it. Fastest car I ever owned. I could chirp the tires in second gear and redline in second was past 60. Never really found out the top speed of that car but it was quick and so much lighter than the others. I so wish I could find another truck or Rx-2, rx-3 for a good price but they are really expensive now. Always wanted to turbo one just to see the potential as I've been a big fan of those engines. The only negative is the MPG. They suck down that gas if you have a heavy foot. I'll be watching with interest. |
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| Chris Pincetich |
Mar 23 2012, 03:32 PM
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B-) Group: Members Posts: 2,082 Joined: 3-October 05 From: Point Reyes Station, CA Member No.: 4,907 Region Association: Northern California |
Great news Mike!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) WCR is a long shot for me because work has me on for Saturday in Point Reyes. The 914 gas tank I bought from you has performed flawlessly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Mike Bellis |
Mar 23 2012, 06:37 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None 
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Thanks guys!
I got all the misc pieces and AN fittings to build my fuel rail. Started mocking up my aluminum hard line while the engine/tranny are still in place. I will drop the engine this weekend and assemble everything. Maybe... It will run by Sunday... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| Mike Bellis |
Mar 25 2012, 09:27 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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Minor set back. As described before, Mazda has 10 different versions of the same part. My old intake manifold will not match up correctly. I'm now sourcing new intake manifolds and TB for a Turbo II rx7. Otherwise I have to take both engines apart and combine parts. Time to get everything together except the missing parts and put back in the car.
I may be bringing parts to install at WCR to get this thing going. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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| matthepcat |
Mar 25 2012, 02:25 PM
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Meat Popsicle Group: Members Posts: 1,462 Joined: 13-December 09 From: Saratoga CA Member No.: 11,125 Region Association: Northern California |
Sounds like its time to use some vacation days (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| Mike Bellis |
Mar 25 2012, 08:00 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(matthepcat @ Mar 25 2012, 12:25 PM)  No, I'm using those for WCR. I will be there with or without a running 914. Either way, the car will be trailered. Going for a semi custom intake setup. I bought a series 5 lower intake manifold and a series 6 upper. This is a common swap/upgrade for the Rx7 crowd. Picked up a new TB also. Just need them to ship and arrive. In the mean time I fixed an alignment problem with my alternator pully. Got the lower half of my of my oil metering pump linkage. It is a combination of a Lokar and Spectre throttle cable parts. Turbo is back on the manifold and mounted on the engine. I have a T3 to T4 adapter that always came loose. So, I installed it and tack welded the bolts. The turbo bolts have lock washers and are easy to re-tighten on the motor. We'll see when completed if this "cheap" engine is actually cheaper than rebuilding. The future good new is... The intake housings on my blown motor and the exhaust housings of my new motor are the "better" parts to have when rebuilding. The intake ports of my old motor are much larger than my new one. The same goes for the exhaust but reversed... At some point the car will come apart, get blasted, fix all the PO's goober welding and get painted. At that time I may rebuild the engines into one monster HP machine. Until then, I will be happy just to get it running. I assume the EFI tune will need some tweeking too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Looks like the lap top may come to WCR as well. |
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| Mike Bellis |
Mar 27 2012, 09:49 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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Engine ready to go back in...
 You can see the start of the primary fuel rail. I decided to use part of an existing rail. 12mm to -6AN fitting and aluminum hard line. Regulator will mount at the end of the hard line.   |
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| Mike Bellis |
Mar 31 2012, 11:18 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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Got the motor/tranny in. Exhaust on. I had to clearence the turbo down pipe a little to clear the new manifold. Radiator return line replaced; Got damaged while loading onto trailer. Got the lower water pump line macked up to the radiator return line. The upper line remained unchanged.
Now I have to figure put if I'm needing any other little things to get this going. More assembly and pics tomorrow. |
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| Mike Bellis |
Apr 1 2012, 10:29 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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I got everything under the car assembled today. Ready to take the car off jack stands. The rest of the work is from above. I may need to adjust the shift cables before I can drive it. Now I can focus on the intake and fuel.
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| matthepcat |
Apr 2 2012, 01:24 PM
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Meat Popsicle Group: Members Posts: 1,462 Joined: 13-December 09 From: Saratoga CA Member No.: 11,125 Region Association: Northern California |
Lookin' good. You might be able to drive down to Monterey.
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| Mike Bellis |
Apr 7 2012, 11:45 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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Got the fuel system done today. Fired up the pump, fixed a drip and viola...
Cold air box is back in. Lower intake manifold bolted on. All the linkage for the TB and oil pump done. I made a custom bracket for the two cables and modified the TB linkage to pull the oil pump lever when the TB opens. Seems to work great. I'm waiting on some vacuum hose before I can finish bolting all the intake parts in place. Going to fill all the fluids tomorrow. I should be running and tuning by next weekend. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) |
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| strawman |
Apr 8 2012, 12:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 885 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 8,624 Region Association: Central California
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Congrats Mike! Glad to see you're making progress, and I can't wait to see the car at WCR2012.
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| oldschool |
Apr 8 2012, 01:34 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,372 Joined: 29-October 08 From: P-town Member No.: 9,705 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(kg6dxn @ Apr 7 2012, 10:45 PM) Got the fuel system done today. Fired up the pump, fixed a drip and viola... Cold air box is back in. Lower intake manifold bolted on. All the linkage for the TB and oil pump done. I made a custom bracket for the two cables and modified the TB linkage to pull the oil pump lever when the TB opens. Seems to work great. I'm waiting on some vacuum hose before I can finish bolting all the intake parts in place. Going to fill all the fluids tomorrow. I should be running and tuning by next weekend. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) great job dude....if I wan't shooting a web TV show about my Rotary 914 ...I would of been on the road by know...I will be checking up on your ride. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Mike Bellis |
Apr 8 2012, 08:34 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(oldschool @ Apr 8 2012, 12:34 AM) great job dude....if I wan't shooting a web TV show about my Rotary 914 ...I would of been on the road by know...I will be checking up on your ride. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I want to see your build video. Where is Lucky & Racing? I think you need a build thread here with teaser photos to promote your TV show. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| Mike Bellis |
Apr 8 2012, 09:24 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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The new upper intake mocked into place. The new TB has a water connection for cold start. Hopefully, it warms up better, although it worked fine before without it. I am waiting for the TB snorkel to connect to the intercooler. Even without it, I can get it running and tuned without boost.
  The oil filler tube needed modification. It hit the new TB. I have a plan to make it work but i'm waiting untill the final bolt down of the manifold.  I had to replace the hose on the right. I got damaged while loading the car on the trailer. I changed the transition piece from threaded steel pipe to thick wall copper. I found 1.25" radius elbows. one 90* and one 45* with a T in the middle for the heater connection. This will connect the radiator return line into the water pump inlet. I'm not a big fan of copper but this seemed like a reasonable compromise and it flows better than the threaded piping. This is the only copper in the system.   |
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| Mike Bellis |
Apr 8 2012, 09:42 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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Got the Terrycable clutch cable in and the throttle cable finished up. The pedal area gave me a hard time with the accelerator connection. The custom cable end has a set screw for the ball with a cotter pin. Set it and forget it. Setting it was a PITA. But, it will never pop off! Ever! No pics so you just have to imagine my fat ass under the dash. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
Didn't have as time today due to the holliday. Here's a better pic of the copper transition piece I made. The T is brass with a threaded bung. The 1/2 nipple goes to the heater in the fresh air box.   |
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| oldschool |
Apr 8 2012, 09:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,372 Joined: 29-October 08 From: P-town Member No.: 9,705 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(kg6dxn @ Apr 8 2012, 07:34 AM) QUOTE(oldschool @ Apr 8 2012, 12:34 AM) great job dude....if I wan't shooting a web TV show about my Rotary 914 ...I would of been on the road by know...I will be checking up on your ride. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I want to see your build video. Where is Lucky & Racing? I think you need a build thread here with teaser photos to promote your TV show. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| Mike Bellis |
Apr 13 2012, 10:39 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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Engine is back together!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
Tomorrow: Add fluids (water, oil, gear oil, intercooler coolant) Bleed H2O system nut and bolt everything recheck clearance on moving parts adjust clutch adjust shift linkage adjust muffler level to ground connect ECU, program for larger injectors crank to prime oil system install spark plugs fire up check for leaks DRIVE!!! adjust fuel and spark to new engine configuration DRIVE!!!   Old manifold for reference...  |
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| JRust |
Apr 13 2012, 11:05 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Nice Mike (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) Hope the drive goes great
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| Cairo94507 |
Apr 14 2012, 06:31 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,095 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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Cool! I hope to see you cruising around town Mike. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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