The Dream Car Project

The Dream Car Project Current πŸš—: 93 FD3S Montego Blue
99 NB Miata (MX-5) Red

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Got surrounded by a bunch of S2000s and realized we’re the same height, that 90s body. πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™                          ...
06/01/2023

Got surrounded by a bunch of S2000s and realized we’re the same height, that 90s body.
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Night owl.πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™
01/10/2022

Night owl.
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Totally random but quite a cool mood shot of the     "handy" commander lolπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™                                       ...
26/09/2022

Totally random but quite a cool mood shot of the "handy" commander lol
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πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ thanks  for the quick delivery of the    and the   β€œhandy” commander lolπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™                                     ...
19/09/2022

πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ thanks for the quick delivery of the and the β€œhandy” commander lol
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Fixed the 3inch downpipe to 2.5inch cat not sealing properly issue with these custom cut 5mm exhaust fl**ge adapters. Ca...
23/08/2022

Fixed the 3inch downpipe to 2.5inch cat not sealing properly issue with these custom cut 5mm exhaust fl**ge adapters. Car was failing lambda while blowing clean everywhere else, likely culprit being this giant exhaust leak. Cut some extras too if any stock cat FD owners need this. 3D scanned and drawn on CAD to ensure proper mating with the gaskets. Direct bolt on without even needing to extend the OEM studs.
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A never before seen angle of the car, finally out and about. Not the cleanest RX7 but I wouldn't want any other one over...
04/08/2022

A never before seen angle of the car, finally out and about. Not the cleanest RX7 but I wouldn't want any other one over my hand built one. Kind of digging the mismatched bumper, project car style.
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A rotary guy’s definition of a weekend kegger. Also built a couple of tools out of billet, flywheel stopper for that ins...
09/05/2022

A rotary guy’s definition of a weekend kegger.

Also built a couple of tools out of billet, flywheel stopper for that insanely high torque flywheel nut, and coolant pressure test to ensure the coolant seals are set properly (excuse the gauge scale).

πŸ”°NAME CHANGE ⚠️: 100 followers isn't much in today's social media, but never thought I would have 100 followers listen t...
03/05/2022

πŸ”°NAME CHANGE ⚠️: 100 followers isn't much in today's social media, but never thought I would have 100 followers listen to me share boring posts about a car. So thank you to my first 100 followers, I've met some of you in person and DM'd others, most are rotary fans and owners, but all have been super cool and friendly! Thought I would commemorate this by making my Instagram name a bit more rotary specific. A tribute to the Japanese heritage of this car, thought I would try to JDM it up a bit more with .rotor. Thanks again for listening to me shamelessly sharing car content πŸš—πŸŽ

LONG POST: This was the culprit for the second rebuild. A weak link of the 13B-RE  engines is the thin coolant seal wall...
01/05/2022

LONG POST: This was the culprit for the second rebuild. A weak link of the 13B-RE engines is the thin coolant seal walls on the irons. Lack of maintenance to the cooling system will corrode the irons and weaken the walls which at worst will cause this. The cooling system will become pressurized by the combustion chamber and overheat along with a loss of compression in the affected housing. MSP engines although thought to be worse improved on this by putting the coolant seal grooves in the rotor housing instead of the irons.

Although this iron was visually good during the rebuild, the corrosion must’ve weakened the wall and when we heat cycled the engine it blew out the wall and also the brand new coolant seal. In hindsight, given the lack of maintenance history of the car and the browned coolant, we should’ve replaced all the irons, which is what we will be doing the second time around. The things you learn...

26/04/2022

I swear our engine ran! This was what happened during the long hiatus, we did get the engine running, however shortly after this it started throwing coolant out the filler and overheated. We removed the spark plugs to test for compression again and immediately saw coolant get shoot out when cranking. It was a super disappointing feeling, but we knew a second removal and disassembly was needed to determine the cause. Confident in our assembly process, we thought it might be another iron water seal wall letting go, the next post I will reveal the findings.

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