Poor man's 787B

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Outkasted

Wow you are already in paint stage. I guess I better get moving lol

Shoot this car already has miles drivin on it. Better get moving with your big booty girl. LOL

This is three coats of clear. I'm gonna be shooting the forth and fifth coats tomorrow. (flow coating urethane 2k)

[Qingdao]

Damn flow coating does wonders... Smoooooth

[Qingdao]

I had to play "dress up" LOL

[78F350]

I definitely see some improvement there.





Great work!

[Homeoboxter]

Great imagination and well executed! Keep up the good work!

[BruceH]

Looking good!

[Outkasted]

That is looking good. I hope my paint work improves this time, assuming I ever get out of the bodywork stage. Did you delete the door handles?

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Outkasted

That is looking good. I hope my paint work improves this time, assuming I ever get out of the bodywork stage. Did you delete the door handles?

FD door handles are on the little black area near the windows.... And they were a common fail point from day one. Meaning today they are expensive.

Also, I don't have space for a latching mechanism in my "doors". The doors on here are just skin. There is a small latch I welded in that holds the doors closed, but its accessed from inside the car only.

I won't be able to put the windows up and close the doors, but I'm not concerned about that in the slightest. The car is garaged and my job is so far from anything else relevant nobody is gonna mess with this thing. Oh man I just jinxed myself. LOL


On the topic of windows. They aren't really going to roll up... more like I'm just gonna have pegs I put in them to hold them up while I'm using the A/C and driving.




Try flow coating your paint. It makes a terrible paint job... ok. After your clear coat cures (like 3 days) run 1000 grit over the whole area. Get the clear completely smooth, but DO NOT go into base. Then toss on 2 or 3 more coats of clear.

Your gonna paint yours black? Color sand the crap out of it, and let it shine.

[Outkasted]

Thanks for the advice. I tried flow coating on the last paint job and likely didn’t do it right. I am going to paint the same color however this time I am not going to add as much black so it’s brighter. First I gotta get this body straight from the fiberglass work I did. Not good with fiberglass but this isn’t a show car.

[Qingdao]

90% done with the body work UGH

[Outkasted]

Who would have guessed a Boxster would make such a good looking Rx-7. Lol

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Outkasted

Who would have guessed a Boxster would make such a good looking Rx-7. Lol

I know right?!

Gets better every day.

[BruceH]

Looking very good

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by BruceH

Looking very good

Thanks, I'm hoping that it'll perform well too.

I can't wait to test its metal on an autocross circuit. Then I'll truly trust the chassis. Figure thats the safest way to watch this thing fail. LOL



All I have left is to make a moon roof, readdress the starter, readdress the alternator, get and wire lights, fix the left rear wheel bearing, set the ride height, and rebuild the engine.

[Smallblock454]

Originally Posted by Qingdao

All I have left is to make a moon roof, readdress the starter, readdress the alternator, get and wire lights, fix the left rear wheel bearing, set the ride height, and rebuild the engine.

OK, some minor tasks. We expect it to be running until Sylvester 2025.

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Smallblock454

OK, some minor tasks. We expect it to be running until Sylvester 2025.

LOL

That list got longer as I thought about it.

- fit the shifter nob.
- respray the bumper and some odds and n's
- make plexi windows and the plexi firewall
- remake the intake manifold
- make an air filter box
- felt cover the roll bar covers
- cover the steering wheel (its grey and doesn't match the tan look)
- mount and wire the backup camera


Lots of other parts that were questionable before need to be purchased and installed. Seat belts, E-brake, master cylinder, etc...


I'm still hopeful I'll have it street worthy by years end. Money is kind of the problem now. I kinda overspent on the paint and body pieces, but they look nice

[Qingdao]

I've been negligent in my updates here.... Sorry.






Powder coated wheels "bronze". The package stated its bronze, but I'm seeing brown.



The oven I got was not big enough so I made it big enough. LOL






Made a carbon fiber moon roof. Well, I'm learning, but still need a few more trys to make it good. This will do for now.













I made windows and improved the interior. I covered the roll bar pieces.











Finally I reinstalled the engine/trans.

[Outkasted]

Great updates. I may need to hire you to get mine across the finish line. It’s just bodywork, lol

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Outkasted

Great updates. I may need to hire you to get mine across the finish line. It’s just bodywork, lol

It just takes doing "one sheet of paper" every day. That way you trick yourself to getting out in the garage. By the time you get done with the "one sheet" you're grabbing the next sheet and laying some more filler or guide coat.


I have just filled her up and I'm just waiting for my new starter to come in the mail. I'll get a wind screen soon, but for now I want to get her running real good.

I also made a much improved tow rig.

[Qingdao]

I decided to upgrade my flywheel adaptor.

The old one just sandwiches in-between the Mazda CW and the Porsche flywheel. It works, but the "new model" is in a whole different league.

I turned out the new adaptor out of 1045 steel. I made it so the adaptor bolts directly to the CW and the flywheel bolts to the adaptor.

I should be able to dump the clutch at 10 000 RPMS now.










^^^^^ I turned down a bushing so I could drill the holes in the adaptor accurately





^^^^^^ this is the bushing.






^^^^^ I used the bushing to drill the adaptor.







Here's a time lapse I made that goes over making the adaptor out of a chunk of round stock.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGmWrhGFhE0






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