I took the car out last night to see if I could get the smoke to clear up and break some more carbon loose with high RPM. The smoke did go away eventually, but the check engine light kept going on and off sporadically. It was a code for something related to the trigger/timing and both EGT sensors re...

The other night I pulled all the plugs and turned the engine over but I couldn't see any coolant coming out. I cleaned the plugs and burned them with a torch to make sure all the carbon was burned off. I tried starting again with no luck. Then last night I put some MMO in the housings and turned the...

Friday night I spent pretty much the whole night building a new coil mount, only to realize on Saturday that it didn't really look better than the original one and that one already fit fine the way it was, so I just modified that one a bit, cutting off extra material it didn't need and to allow the ...

I verified tonight that the coil is bad and ordered one from Summit. I was just reading today on 7club that there are fake coils to watch out for, but the ones from AEM should be good, as long as they're legit AEM. I had an issue removing the coils, one of the bolts seized in the coupler, and it's s...

I turned the engine over a couple times yesterday to let the Power Tune soak in, and it seems like it helped because I turned it over with the key and it's definitely getting better puffs on each face, and they're all consistent. So I'm excited to try to fire it up again.   Jewel was helping me chec...

I picked up some Quicksilver Power Tune from a marine supply store to spray into the engine to try to break up carbon, if indeed the seals are stuck. I pulled the trailing plugs tonight and turned the engine over, and it certainly doesn't sound good haha. It certainly sounds like at least one or two...

I installed the reverse camera from Joying and pulled out all the extra wiring from the old cameras. There was a meet last weekend so I put the car on the ground. Now it won't start lol. It sounds really strange, like it's struggling. Or like it's not pulsing at all, just smooth. So it's possible if...

I asked several people between the local rotary group, the worldwide RX-7 group on facebook, and also reached out to ACT to verify that the extra piece pressed in is for balancing, and everyone confirmed. I forgot to install the shifter and finish the interior part the other night so I did that toni...

I swapped the clutch this weekend, went back to an ACT Xtreme pressure plate with a six puck sprung disc. I ruined the pilot bearing seal because I tried installing it backwards, and it's a piece I thought was at any parts store and it's at NO store lol. So I reused the old one. Luckily it was still...

I finally figured out the audio controls. I added a widget from Poweramp and deleted the controls that came on it. I still need to figure out how to get the album art to display behind the left side of the screen. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53423781884_929e5fe995_k.jpg 20231226_145429 by Er...

I've been using a cheap OBD adapter and the Torque app to see extra gauges and clear fault codes, but the coolant temp sensor is pretty slow to read (all others seem to be quick), and I saw a post on 7club saying that OBDLINK is a bit faster. So I bought an OBDLINK adapter and tried using their app,...

I bought a Joying 8" stereo on Black Friday deals for about $400 and installed it over the last couple days. One of my buddies in Texas has this in his FD and it doesn't need a trim ring because it fills out the entire opening. Along with that reason, I wanted this because I can show ODBII gaug...

I just finished this swap a couple nights ago. I bought the projectors from Amazon for about $83 on sale. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WY6QT7F?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I bought the Sonar housings also but the name on Amazon was VIPMOTOZ. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0736FRKPD?psc=1...

It's about that time, to start disassembling the car. Octurbofest is this weekend so I'll wait to disassemble until after that. I did buy the parts needed for swapping the headlights over to LED projectors, and I've gotten most of the parts. I tested one of the lights last night and it looks good, s...

I was looking for a small project to do and started researching small cameras to mount where the sprayer used to be at the top of the hatch. I found one that's fairly small, although I wish it was a bit smaller. But it is adjustable and has a mount that kinda works. I need to 3D print a sleek mount ...