Project FD Timeline......

[UpSideDownDesi]

Goal: Bring the car back to it's showroom condition which it should be in for it's mileage. Keep it mostly stock.

Aug 5, 2008:
Went and picked up the car from previous owner who very kindly neglected the car. I asked him "when was the last time you washed/cleaned the car?" His answer was, "I don't remember." Only good thing he did was took the car out for a spin once in a while.

Aug 6, 2008:
Exterior Clean up. Clear coat seemed to have a little fade in it here and there. Washed the car twice, applied some rubbing compound, polish, and wax that brought the shine right back. I am impressed by the Mazda paint job. Found total of 1 door ding exterior wise. Rest is in great condition other that few small scratches.
Before:









After:








From Aug-September
Gathering of the parts began, and getting the whole car serviced up to my standards.
Things done:
-Coolant Flushed...added Prestone Coolant+Red Line Water Wetter+Distilled water
-Tranny Flush....added Redling MTL in tranny and Redline 75w-90 in diff
-Brake Fluid Flushed...added Castrol Dot4 Fluid
-Power Steering Fluid Flushed
-Oil/Filter
-New Viton check valves
-3" Downpipe
-New Fuel Filter
-New Fuel Pulsation Dampener
-Re-surfaced Flywheel
-Re-surfaced Rotors
-New Pilot Bearing with new seal
-Replaced Secondary Turbo
-Replace Front cover gasket with Cosmo Metal Gasket

During the process i thought why not clean the engine bay so here's the process...we went a little extreme
A. Think...how can we clean it really good
B. Pull the motor out haha

Motor was pulled so everything can be serviced easily and properly:









Now the work starts on Interior and Exterior.

Update
August-0ct 2009- Current Mileage 29k- It's staying OEM stock
-FD goes in for full Exterior Restoration
-Factory Montego Blue
-Old Paint stripped
-New weather stripping
-Old plastic headlight covers replaced by Carbon Fiber OEM style covers (missing here, but in route)

Sorry about cell pix, will take good pix once it's home. Pix don't even do it 50% justice. Seeing it in person is just amazing.
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Sadly as i went to pick up the car from the shop, it failed me in the parking lot. Didn't even get to drive it . Right when i was happy to see it so close to done. Seems like Coolant seals have given up. Well that's what i have figured out, but won't really know till I take it to one of the Rotary Gurus. So car is going straight from paint to get the engine rebuilt :/.

[SLOWR/T]

Looks good. How many miles?

[osiriskidd]

hawt

[UpSideDownDesi]

Looks good. How many miles?

[OTG Signs]

That thing was ROUGH for 23k! Someone didn't care about the finish.

[UpSideDownDesi]

That thing was ROUGH for 23k! Someone didn't care about the finish.

nope....i think the interior hasn't been cleaned in past 7-8 years. Old fart went experimenting on paint and totally fawked the finish on driver side fender (now it needs to get resprayed). I found magazine under passenger seat coverd with mold. Like it sat there for YEAAAARRS...i'll check dates on it.

[merfwin]

ur lucky as hell! i always wanted a rx7

[Farrow2005]

i hate/love you.

bastard

[Sammich]

man 23k w/ an idiot owner..at least the engine is good right...

[blackboi50]

damn sunny!!!!!.....its like one hot car after another!!!!! u lucky bastard!!!!!......1

[Ed]

23k? awesome deal man congrats. always loved rx7s.

[UpSideDownDesi]

man 23k w/ an idiot owner..at least the engine is good right...

yea eingine is good.

[eYezs1ck]

damn u on sum g status

[canadianrcis]

nice find man, you sure can clean it up.

[UpSideDownDesi]

nice find man, you sure can clean it up.

lol thanks, but only 10% cleaning done....still got lot more to go.

[eraser4g63]

I am sorry if i missed it, Turbo?

[mezzies96teg]

that FD cleaned up very nicely! lookin good bro! lookin forward to more pics and progress! later bro

Mezz

[UpSideDownDesi]

I am sorry if i missed it, Turbo?

huh?....all FD's were Turbo

[Vteckidd]

all FDs are twin turbo.

Good luck, good thing he drove it once in awhile, if he didnt, the apex seals have a tendency to dry out and rot.

Get a radiator on it, and go sequential to eliminate all those vacuum lines

[Sammich]

rear bumper has been painted too i see

[UpSideDownDesi]

all FDs are twin turbo.

Good luck, good thing he drove it once in awhile, if he didnt, the apex seals have a tendency to dry out and rot.

Get a radiator on it, and go sequential to eliminate all those vacuum lines

yea i was worried about apex seals, but the compression test came in good so they must be good.

lol it's does have radiator or do U mean a aftermarket radiator? I know weak point on FD's is their cooling system. Stock TT setup on FD is sequential.

[UpSideDownDesi]

rear bumper has been painted too i see

yea rear bumper has been replaced reason paint doesn't match. One of the things on the list to fix.

[Sammich]

yea rear bumper has been replaced reason paint doesn't match. One of the things on the list to fix.

i first noticed it cuz of the muffler tips having overspray...then i compared paints..it still looks straight, but i know in the direct sunlight its more obvious...wana trade for a toyota truck

lol

[UpSideDownDesi]

i first noticed it cuz of the muffler tips having overspray...then i compared paints..it still looks straight, but i know in the direct sunlight its more obvious...wana trade for a toyota truck

lol

Gotta take off the mufler, polish the tip....i got some work on my hands. Actually in Sunlight it matches well haha. I"ll trade if it's a Supercharged 5.7 Tundra.

[Sammich]

Gotta take of the mufler, polish the tip....i got some work on my hands. Actually in Sunlight it matches well haha. I"ll trade if it's a Supercharged 5.7 Tundra.

i can make it a turbo charged 88 toyota p/u

[IndianStig]

ballin yall.
bring to v...

[UpSideDownDesi]

ballin yall.
bring to v...

not till i am mostly done with it.

[JITB]

i see those gangsta Oem mazda lock nuts!

[Oz10]

Sweet! When did you pick this up?

[JITB]

Sweet! When did you pick this up?

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Aug 5, 2008:
Went and picked up the car from previous owner who very kindly neglected the car. I asked him "when was the last time you washed/cleaned the car?" His answer was, "I don't remember." Only good thing he did was took the car out for a spin once in a while.

[SLOWR/T]

You'll be lucky if it make another 23K miles. Most low milage FD's I have seen have had to replace the motors due to either carbon build up (form not being driven hard) or like Mike said the Apex seals drying out. Good looking car none the less. Id like to ahve a FD someday.

[atl]

dam sunny when did you get a fd again looks good you should loose the sun visor though outher than that its real clean gl

[UpSideDownDesi]

You'll be lucky if it make another 23K miles. Most low milage FD's I have seen have had to replace the motors due to either carbon build up (form not being driven hard) or like Mike said the Apex seals drying out. Good looking car none the less. Id like to ahve a FD someday.

I got the car checked out by Mazcare before purchase and had a thorough check up done. Engine/Tranny/Mechanical wise it came out good or as they said "engine is holding strong and looks great". If Apex seals were dry or bad the car would have failed compresion test. I don't know if there will be such extent of carbon build up in the motor that it will go. None the less i can have it cleaned out of the system, to help.

[Oz10]

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My bad. I went straight to the pictures

[imbatman]

congrats with the FD

[NoRotor]

Now when the flying dorito decides to let go, you know where to turn Clicky

[DoriDori]

awesome find!

[Lotte]

nice another fd owner

[shadowx3]

looks nice bro

[13Bracer]

gorgeous rx7 man..

glad to see another owner of one on here