Mazda RX2 Restoration
Home
Adjustments!!
Out & About!!
Video!!
The Beginning!!
Mech & Electrical!!
Re-assembly!!
About Me!!
Specs!!
Contact!!
RE's of T&T!!
Links!!
Acknowledgments!!
MSD 6A control box...(3/05/2010)
Holley Red 7psi fuel pump...(3/05/2010)
Holley adjustable fuel pressure regulator...(3/05/2010)
CHM liquid filled fuel pressure 0-15psi gauge...(3/05/2010)
Autometer gauges, volts, oil temp, oil pressure, water temp and vacuum...(3/05/2010)
Installing and wiring up the gauges...(6/05/2010)
Board to be trimmed and gauges to final wire...(6/05/2010)
MSD Blaster 2 coils...(7/05/2010)
New NOS heavy duty coil springs...(2/06/2010)
Front springs installed on struts...(5/06/2010)
Cross member fitted with sway bar loosely fitted...(19/06/2010)
About to bolt up the sway bar, a look at the left side...(19/06/2010)
Right side tightened up...(19/06/2010)
Left side completed also...(19/06/2010)
Front struts fitted...(19/06/2010)
Fitting the NOS springs on the rear shocks...(19/06/2010)
Rear shocks completed...(19/06/2010)
Freshly built 4-port 13B bridgeport as a spare backup motor...(25/06/2010)
About the fit the lightened flywheel to the bridge...(26/06/2010)
Flywheel fitted...(26/06/2010)
I matched ported the loop over manifold to the engine ports...(27/06/2010)
The finished product, this manifold is just a another type as I have a IDA manifold also...(27/06/2010)
NOS rear links fitted...(11/02/2011)
Axles, diff pumpkin etc. removed and banjo detailed...(12/03/2011)
Axle seals fitted...(12/03/2011)
NOS axles, bearings, seals and gaskets were used on the rear end...(12/03/2011)
Getting the engine and gearbox ready for installation...(2/04/2011)
Engine and box are in, will fit the engine the car came with for inspection as its being freshened up...(2/04/2011)
Another shot...(2/04/2011)
Top shot...(2/04/2011)
A frontal view...(2/04/2011)
Trial fitting the fan and hoses, ended up bringing the engine forward about an inch...(8/04/2011)
Fabricated a throttle bracket and used a NOS 616 accelerator cable...(9/04/2011)
Another view...(9/04/2011)
Freshly re-cored radiator...(6/08/2011)
Fuel tank was also cleaned and internally re-coated...(6/08/2011)
Did an adjustment to one of the primaries on the header...(10/08/2011)
Brake booster and clutch master cylinder fitted...(1/09/2011)
Another shot, starter cable and clutch hose also fitted...(1/09/2011)
Braker master cylinder, distribution block and new hard lines fitted...(1/09/2011)
All hard lines fitted...(1/09/2011)
Another shot...(1/09/2011)
Intake bolted in...(2/09/2011)
Another angle...(2/09/2011)
Started laying wires today, fuse block fitted...(3/09/2011)
Fuse block fitted with insulation sheet behind it...(3/09/2011)
Laying out the wires to see what goes where...(3/09/2011)
Wiring continued, used an Mitsubishi L200 combination switch for hazard, turn signal, horn and dip...(6/09/2011)
NOS 40A main fuse as well as fuse block for all the relays installed...(6/09/2011)
Also fitted a one way booster valve...(6/09/2011)
Alternator heavy wire fitted...(6/09/2011)
More under dash wiring being done...(6/09/2011)
Got my Addco 115 front sway bar helper kit...(8/09/2011)
Mounting the trailing ignition coil and wiring it up, I am trying a direct fire ignition system to see how good it works...(18/09/2011)
Trailing module being wired...(18/09/2011)
Direct fire leading trigger wires being done...(18/09/2011)
MSD 6A box installed and wired...(18/09/2011)
Blaster 2 coils mounted...(20/09/2011)
Blaster's wired up...(20/09/2011)
Leading trigger dummy module wired...(20/09/2011)
All three coil wired up...(20/09/2011)
Got some Brembo brake drums...(22/09/2011)
A look at the drum...(22/09/2011)
Wiring up the relays for low beam, high beam and electric fan...(23/09/2011)
Alternator signal wire about to be fitted...(24/09/2011)
Finishing up the front wires...(24/09/2011)
Oil temp and oil pressure sender's installed and wired...(24/09/2011)
Autometer gauges fitted and wired...(25/09/2011)
Installed her eyes, 60w low/100w high...(28/09/2011)
High's and low's wired...(29/09/2011)
Center dash components wired...(30/09/2011)
Center dash fitted...(30/09/2011)
Fitting switches for wipers, fan etc...(1/10/2011)
Neatening up the under dash wiring...(1/10/2011)
NOS speedo cable fitted...(1/10/2011)
Gauge cluster installed...(1/10/2011)
End vent fitted...(1/10/2011)
Steering column finisher's and steering wheel re-installed...(1/10/2011)
Trimmed the finisher a little for the hazard switch...(1/10/2011)
Almost finished, just have to fit the glove box and end vent piece...(1/10/2011)
Battery ground strap fitted...(1/10/2011)
Horn's fitted and wired...(4/10/2011)
Radiator and oil cooler fitted...(5/10/2011)
Rear oil line mounted...(5/10/2011)
Front oil line fitted...(5/10/2011)
Autometer water temp sender wired...(5/10/2011)
Horn's re-positioned...(5/10/2011)
A look at the rad and oil cooler from the front...(5/10/2011)
Radiator hoses fitted...(7/10/2011)
All the lines fitted...(7/10/2011)
Fuel pressure regulator installed with inlet line...(8/10/2011)
Another look at the reg...(8/10/2011)
Fuel tee piece with restrictor jet for return line fitted...(8/10/2011)
Front fuel plumbing completed...(8/10/2011)
Mounting the Mishimoto 12" fan...(8/10/2011)
Fan mounted, made some brackets instead of using the pull tabs through the core...(8/10/2011)
About to fit the Holley fuel pump...(9/10/2011)
Pump fitted...(9/10/2011)
Inlet filter mounted...(9/10/2011)
Inlet side plumbed up...(9/10/2011)
First outlet filter fitted and plumbed up...(9/10/2011)
Fuel pump relay mounted and wired...(9/10/2011)
Mounted the NOS rotors onto the hubs with new bearing cones...(10/10/2011)
Rotor and hub completed...(10/10/2011)
Testing her eyes...(25/10/2011)
Autometer's lit up...(25/10/2011)
Center dash lights...(25/10/2011)
Gauge cluster illuminated...(25/10/2011)
Glove box lid and end vent fitted...(27/10/2011)
Just the glove box lamp to wire...(27/10/2011)
Glove box lamp wired and working...(29/10/2011)
Brought out the Dremel to get the deck bracket to fit the console...(5/11/2011)
Pioneer DEH-1200MP cd/mp3/wma deck fitted...(5/11/2011)
Pioneer TS-A6995 4-way 6x9's...(5/11/2011)
Picked up an old school Pyramid 903G 200w eq today...(6/11/2011)
Another look at the eq...(6/11/2011)
New rear brake parts about to be fitted...(13/11/2011)
NOS hand brake adjuster...(13/11/2011)
NOS rear wheel cylinders...(13/11/2011)
Back plate ready for the parts...(13/11/2011)
All left rear brake parts installed...(13/11/2011)
Right rear done also...(13/11/2011)
Brembo drums about to be installed...(13/11/2011)
Mounted the 215's today...(13/11/2011)
Just had the handbrake to adjust...(13/11/2011)
Left side view...(13/11/2011)
Left rear hard line fitted...(13/11/2011)
Right side to be reshaped better...(13/11/2011)
Right rear wheel mounted...(13/11/2011)
Left on also...(13/11/2011)
Everything mounted and adjusted...(13/11/2011)
3 clicks is all that's needed...(13/11/2011)
With her butt in the air lol...(13/11/2011)
Back on the ground till another day...(13/11/2011)
About to install the front hubs, rotors and calipers...(27/11/2011)
Fitting the inner hub bearing and seal...(27/11/2011)
Caliper's and hoses ready for install...(27/11/2011)
Just have the pads to fit...(27/11/2011)
Fitted an over flow bottle for the rad...(24/12/2011)
Modified a 2001 Mazda 323 strut brace to fit...(24/12/2011) Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!
Magnecor performance plug wires...(27/12/2011)
Trailing ignition wires fitted, have since removed the brace so as not to block the chassis number...(27/12/2011)
About to fit the Addco front sway bar helper kit...(7/01/2012)
Bar loosely fitted...(7/01/2012)
Front clamps drilled and installed, just 4 holes had to be drilled...(7/01/2012)
Left side angle...(7/01/2012) Until the next episode!!!!!!!