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project7 · 03-10-2011, 11:26 AM

I was doing some google searching and lusting over Mariah Motorsports Mode Six wbk when I stumbled upon a boostedfc thread on rx7club and saw his homepage linked here. Before that I was pretty much unaware this place existed. So I came on over and found out boosted pretty much built the car I'm in the process of building..

It all started almost four years ago now. I found a pretty beat up 88 SE at a coworker of my step-dad's home and had to have it. Up to that point my only real hand's on experience came from ownership of two third gen Trans Ams. So after a few months of bugging the then third owner of a very abused FC I managed to talk him into selling the car to me. I'm not entirely sure of the full history of the car but what I do know isn't pretty. It had undergone a Tii rearend swap and had nitrous run through a stock 86 year model engine. The original had long ago locked up. The test drive was fairly smooth all things considered but that would prove short lived. I bought the car for $900, which I considered quite fair given its condition and that it was still running.

Three weeks into my ownership the clutch kicked the bucket and since the transmission was grinding third I went ahead and picked up a Tii drivetrain to complete the driveline conversion. Upon installation the engine wouldnt hold idle so the car went off to Luis Canizales for a diagnosis. The results weren't pretty, the rotor housings were toast, I'm sure in large part thanks to the nitrous and drag racing that it endured. So Luis sold me on a Camden prepped street ported 13b with a Holley carb fueling it all. That was nearly four years ago and I have yet to drive it since. The economy took its toll on me but I'm finally recovering and hoping to drive this thing before the end of summer. There is a ton of work left to do though, so hopefully you guys can help steer me the right direction. I don't have many specifics anymore since it has been so long in limbo but I hope to rediscover and write up the rest of my absurd journey into the rotary world.

I can tell you all some of my near future plans though. I recently ordered a Racing Beat Road Race header and will continue the rest of the exhaust with the same. I'm currently hovering my finger over the purchase button on a Devil's Own meth injection kit and some other goodies. I expect probably in the neighborhood of 220whp when all is said and done with the engine. And that is the main target for now. Solidifying the engine for regular driving and then moving on from there. I have some pretty lofty goals with this thing though, as I mentioned earlier. I'm pretty serious about building oa similar car to boosted's widebody beast, although the idea was there before I knew his existed.

Anyways this is pretty lengthy now so I'm going to stop here and thank you for reading if you're still doing so. I'll apologize also because I wrote this up from my Droid and the autocorrect can be a bit funky at times. Thanks again for bearing with me!

03-10-2011, 11:26 AM	#1
project7 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Florence, AL Age: 40 Posts: 15	Hi from the Southeast. I was doing some google searching and lusting over Mariah Motorsports Mode Six wbk when I stumbled upon a boostedfc thread on rx7club and saw his homepage linked here. Before that I was pretty much unaware this place existed. So I came on over and found out boosted pretty much built the car I'm in the process of building.. It all started almost four years ago now. I found a pretty beat up 88 SE at a coworker of my step-dad's home and had to have it. Up to that point my only real hand's on experience came from ownership of two third gen Trans Ams. So after a few months of bugging the then third owner of a very abused FC I managed to talk him into selling the car to me. I'm not entirely sure of the full history of the car but what I do know isn't pretty. It had undergone a Tii rearend swap and had nitrous run through a stock 86 year model engine. The original had long ago locked up. The test drive was fairly smooth all things considered but that would prove short lived. I bought the car for $900, which I considered quite fair given its condition and that it was still running. Three weeks into my ownership the clutch kicked the bucket and since the transmission was grinding third I went ahead and picked up a Tii drivetrain to complete the driveline conversion. Upon installation the engine wouldnt hold idle so the car went off to Luis Canizales for a diagnosis. The results weren't pretty, the rotor housings were toast, I'm sure in large part thanks to the nitrous and drag racing that it endured. So Luis sold me on a Camden prepped street ported 13b with a Holley carb fueling it all. That was nearly four years ago and I have yet to drive it since. The economy took its toll on me but I'm finally recovering and hoping to drive this thing before the end of summer. There is a ton of work left to do though, so hopefully you guys can help steer me the right direction. I don't have many specifics anymore since it has been so long in limbo but I hope to rediscover and write up the rest of my absurd journey into the rotary world. I can tell you all some of my near future plans though. I recently ordered a Racing Beat Road Race header and will continue the rest of the exhaust with the same. I'm currently hovering my finger over the purchase button on a Devil's Own meth injection kit and some other goodies. I expect probably in the neighborhood of 220whp when all is said and done with the engine. And that is the main target for now. Solidifying the engine for regular driving and then moving on from there. I have some pretty lofty goals with this thing though, as I mentioned earlier. I'm pretty serious about building oa similar car to boosted's widebody beast, although the idea was there before I knew his existed. Anyways this is pretty lengthy now so I'm going to stop here and thank you for reading if you're still doing so. I'll apologize also because I wrote this up from my Droid and the autocorrect can be a bit funky at times. Thanks again for bearing with me!
	Last edited by project7; 03-10-2011 at 11:30 AM.