#1 wifey has decreed that this year is when we sort out the gardens and drive so this summers projects are the back garden/decking and drive,
Anyone else got any works in progress? if so lets have some pics
And now you’ve got the stately home drive sound when coming home. Looks good. I do have a project at home but I’ve bot started it yet. My VW campervan is undergoing a part restoration this year. Most of the back end is being replaced. Thankfully my younger brother is a mechanic so he’s doing it for me!
You upgrading the engine as they are a touch underpowered
Looks very smart chap . A couple of years ago my better half decided that she would like a summer house , so we had a look about for prices and me being me said I could build one and save a fortune . It took every day off for about 2 months and small fortune but she loves it . Best of all I get the pleasure of painting it 
Hedge row half cut down in 2011.
180bhp tractor with a quickie loader to pull the roots up.
Nearly done.
Better now, no big hedge to cut.
Most folk know about my new motor ive been building/getting built. its more than a summer project though its been ongoing since feburary.
nearly finished though test drive tomorrow 
Started like this
With the donor car/engine
Engine in
New interior (Cobra Suzuka in as a drivers seat)
Slammed it on coilovers
got these wheels at the weekend for it
I’ve resized and replaced the last two pictures so as to fit the screen. dd.
kr79:
You upgrading the engine as they are a touch underpowered
Mine isn’t, shes an original 2 litre injection. Will cruise with modern cars no probs.
switchlogic:
kr79:
You upgrading the engine as they are a touch underpoweredMine isn’t, shes an original 2 litre injection. Will cruise with modern cars no probs.
Its a big help. A guy lives near my mum has a early 60s one. Looks great but he upgraded the engine as it was so undrrpowered.
rebuilding this (the car)
after this happened
and occasionaly helping out with things like this
What sorta power is your rex putting out?
pretty much finished my car today
Before the rebuild it was 310hp but as the engines out I’m doing the following
Single turbo conversion
Stronger internals cryogenicaly treated seals etc
Full custom standalone ECU
Bigger primary and secondary injectors
Braided lines everywhere
Twin fuel pump
Premix setup
All EGR ■■■■■ deleted etc etc
Should give me about 450-500hp at the wheels
should be doable with the right parts.
they sound mental on full chat aswell. my mate has the older rx7 (the fc) (jap import so has probably been wrapped around a few crash barriers) hes looking to up the power from 280 to 400,well find out soon if he has.
ill just leave this non turbo 500 hp rex here
Yeah mad mike is a bit of a legend in the rotary world with both his rx7 and rx8,
My engine builder is in the process of building a 3 rotor 20b for his 7. Because nigh on 700hp isn’t enough for him.
I won’t start on how much all of this is costing
I can only imagine how much its costing him.
I was going to build a 13b turbo AE86 until i looked into the cost of doing it…made my eyes water quite a bit.
So i went and built an M3 touring lol.
You seen mad mikes mate with the quad rotor Lexus gs300…with 1300hp…OHYA!!
Well to make everyone feel better when they have to spend £300 on a head gasket to rebuild my engine has cost me £2900 so far and another £2000 in performance parts, I could of done it cheaper but my mind works in strange ways usually along the lines of “whilst the engines out I may aswell”
Oh and a basic 20b triple rotor build £15000 minimum,
Some may say we are mad but you can’t say anything until you have driven a sorted rotary
and thats the bit that scares me with rotarys. lol
and it goes on, I decided I needed a new office, so we converted the old brick spider shed …
My office stays where it was, but I demanded ( begged) for it too get a revamp
so from this
to this
That look a lot better
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gogzy:
Most folk know about my new motor ive been building/getting built. its more than a summer project though its been ongoing since feburary.nearly finished though test drive tomorrow
Started like this
With the donor car/engine
Engine in
New interior (Cobra Suzuka in as a drivers seat)
Slammed it on coilovers
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got these wheels at the weekend for it
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Theres still the front end to get back from the paint shop and reattatch that, every bush has been replaced with uprated race bushes, the flywheel has been replaced with a lightened one (the original one was 9kgg the lightened one was 5.4kg) also the clutch was replaced aswell as the gearbox.
I’ve resized and replaced the last two pictures so as to fit the screen. dd.
well ive been hiding for a while, got this finished last year went a bit further with it too.
