nytrdr24
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I had the front hubs redrilled to a 5 x 4.5 from the stock 6 x 5.5 pattern and ground off the centeric tabs. this took a little tweaking as one of the bolt holes was in the same place as a hole for the brake rotor, I simply cut the back of the wheel stud off & tapped that hole to a 12 x 1.5 mm thread and used some thread lock, then cut the bolt for the rotor off slightly shorter, if someone were to use a 5 x 4.75 pattern like a chevy, you could probably not run into that issue...just speculation as I didin't measure the pattern before I got the wheels....on the rear, it is a 84-85 rx7 and came with a 4 x 4.5 pattern, so I had to have the axle shafts & rotors redrilled to
the 5 x 4.5 pattern, no issues here with fitment, I used longer studs front & rear as the stock ones were too short.
some people swap yota spindles & hubs up front & a yota axle in the rear which has it's own set of issues, I've also heard that rx7 spindles & rotors will fit the front too, I don't know if there is issues with the steering linkage / brakes or not on that swap....
I had the front hubs redrilled to a 5 x 4.5 from the stock 6 x 5.5 pattern and ground off the centeric tabs. this took a little tweaking as one of the bolt holes was in the same place as a hole for the brake rotor, I simply cut the back of the wheel stud off & tapped that hole to a 12 x 1.5 mm thread and used some thread lock, then cut the bolt for the rotor off slightly shorter, if someone were to use a 5 x 4.75 pattern like a chevy, you could probably not run into that issue...just speculation as I didin't measure the pattern before I got the wheels....on the rear, it is a 84-85 rx7 and came with a 4 x 4.5 pattern, so I had to have the axle shafts & rotors redrilled to
the 5 x 4.5 pattern, no issues here with fitment, I used longer studs front & rear as the stock ones were too short.
some people swap yota spindles & hubs up front & a yota axle in the rear which has it's own set of issues, I've also heard that rx7 spindles & rotors will fit the front too, I don't know if there is issues with the steering linkage / brakes or not on that swap....
nytrdr24
+1y
alright fellas, and ladies too....
a few more pics of the progress, I pulled the tranny & cleaned it up, just have to get some rubber boots n such for the shifter from mazda since mine were dryrotted....still need the driveshaft seal from vatozone which should be in tomorrow.....painted the engine bay, and will start reinstalling the brake lines n such tomorrow...
and I also got the aluminum in for my intake for the twin weber 45 dcoe's, working on finalizing the drawings to get this stuff to a machine shop so that they can be cut out & put together...should be sweet!
the machine shop said it should be another week or so before I can pickup my engine, so depending on how busy they are, getting siked ready to hear the beast rumble!!!!
a few more pics of the progress, I pulled the tranny & cleaned it up, just have to get some rubber boots n such for the shifter from mazda since mine were dryrotted....still need the driveshaft seal from vatozone which should be in tomorrow.....painted the engine bay, and will start reinstalling the brake lines n such tomorrow...
and I also got the aluminum in for my intake for the twin weber 45 dcoe's, working on finalizing the drawings to get this stuff to a machine shop so that they can be cut out & put together...should be sweet!
the machine shop said it should be another week or so before I can pickup my engine, so depending on how busy they are, getting siked ready to hear the beast rumble!!!!
nytrdr24
+1y
thx boss, it'll be lookin a lot better when my engine finally makes it between the frame rails!!
cid (dale)
+1y
Lookin good man! Once that engine is in there it'll look 10X better than what it is now. Even now it just looks like a super beafed up stock mazda .
Dale
Dale
immortal1 (linn)
+1y
Thats gonna be one good lookin engine compartment in month or so! You will definately have to post a sound bite / video of those carbs
Thats gonna be one good lookin engine compartment in month or so! You will definately have to post a sound bite / video of those carbs
nytrdr24
+1y
Thx guys!
Just so ya don't think I'm BS'n ya 'bout the motor, here is a couple pics, sorry they are so bad, I took them with my cell phone...
as you can see from the pic, the engine shop was gonna set the head on to check for piston to valve clearance, and when he screwed the the head studs in that I got a while back, they are the wrong size, no worry tho, I've already been on the phone this morning & am gonna get them swapped out....hopefully that shouldn't take too long....once I get them back to the engine shop he said it shouldn't take them long to have the engine ready.
Hear are a couple more pics where I finally got the whole truck one color (well except for inside the bed & inside the cab) gonna put my bumper & grille back on today & will post a pic of that this evening or tomorrow, I painted them & the door handles & tail gate handle with the duplicolor "smoke" colored metal cast to give them a black chrome appearance, which more closely matches the machined lip on my wheels than the bright chrome, it all turned out pretty good...
Just so ya don't think I'm BS'n ya 'bout the motor, here is a couple pics, sorry they are so bad, I took them with my cell phone...
as you can see from the pic, the engine shop was gonna set the head on to check for piston to valve clearance, and when he screwed the the head studs in that I got a while back, they are the wrong size, no worry tho, I've already been on the phone this morning & am gonna get them swapped out....hopefully that shouldn't take too long....once I get them back to the engine shop he said it shouldn't take them long to have the engine ready.
Hear are a couple more pics where I finally got the whole truck one color (well except for inside the bed & inside the cab) gonna put my bumper & grille back on today & will post a pic of that this evening or tomorrow, I painted them & the door handles & tail gate handle with the duplicolor "smoke" colored metal cast to give them a black chrome appearance, which more closely matches the machined lip on my wheels than the bright chrome, it all turned out pretty good...