Andrew R
06-07-2009, 03:57 AM
Hello all,
I've had a project on my mind for about 2 years now and it is now finally coming together. I'm preparing to swap my 87 RX-7 with 70,000 original miles. Here is a little background on the project.
The car is in excellent condition, I searched for about a year before it came along, found it out in a small town in PA (I''m in NJ)
looked like this when I bought it:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d726b3127ccec55b2319495c00000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
Not too much to look at -but the price was right and it was unmolested.
To not make this post excessively long I'll give the short version, this is how she sits now:
http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/21838-1/_MG_6549.jpg
http://www.thespeedlounge.com/azcms/full.php?gazimage=45829
Brakes and hubs swapped to TII parts (5lug 4 piston calipers)
Stance AL+pro Coilovers 16 way dampening and aluminum body
Enkei NTO3+M
Front: 17X8 +35 w/ Falken RT615 tires(225-45-17)
Rear: 18X9.5 +27 w/ 60% tread on tires (255/4018)
Custom Magnaflow exhaust
OS Giken 1.5 way diff in a TII rear
and some other basics, seat steering wheel, gauges ect...
Original plans were to do a LS1 swap -but I stumbled onto a good deal on a LS2 from an 05 GTO and could not say no... 1900 miles on it. I bought the longblock plus a few extras.
I have most of the swap parts already and will get things moving at the end of this season, expect a build thread.
here is the donor car, the owner is swapping in a LS3 stroker engine...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d827b3127ccec7195b38704a00000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d827b3127ccec71849ff50c800000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d827b3127ccec718860d91f500000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
quick video:
YouTube - My soon to be LS2 for the FC swap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4oH7iq6_oU)
Anyway since I'm now going to run the LS2 I'll be lurking around here doing some research.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to participating on the site.
I've had a project on my mind for about 2 years now and it is now finally coming together. I'm preparing to swap my 87 RX-7 with 70,000 original miles. Here is a little background on the project.
The car is in excellent condition, I searched for about a year before it came along, found it out in a small town in PA (I''m in NJ)
looked like this when I bought it:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d726b3127ccec55b2319495c00000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
Not too much to look at -but the price was right and it was unmolested.
To not make this post excessively long I'll give the short version, this is how she sits now:
http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/21838-1/_MG_6549.jpg
http://www.thespeedlounge.com/azcms/full.php?gazimage=45829
Brakes and hubs swapped to TII parts (5lug 4 piston calipers)
Stance AL+pro Coilovers 16 way dampening and aluminum body
Enkei NTO3+M
Front: 17X8 +35 w/ Falken RT615 tires(225-45-17)
Rear: 18X9.5 +27 w/ 60% tread on tires (255/4018)
Custom Magnaflow exhaust
OS Giken 1.5 way diff in a TII rear
and some other basics, seat steering wheel, gauges ect...
Original plans were to do a LS1 swap -but I stumbled onto a good deal on a LS2 from an 05 GTO and could not say no... 1900 miles on it. I bought the longblock plus a few extras.
I have most of the swap parts already and will get things moving at the end of this season, expect a build thread.
here is the donor car, the owner is swapping in a LS3 stroker engine...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d827b3127ccec7195b38704a00000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d827b3127ccec71849ff50c800000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9d827b3127ccec718860d91f500000040O00AYuWThk4cN2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
quick video:
YouTube - My soon to be LS2 for the FC swap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4oH7iq6_oU)
Anyway since I'm now going to run the LS2 I'll be lurking around here doing some research.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to participating on the site.