Noob from New Zealand

[kiwinelson9879]

Hi All,

My name is Nelson, and i have had a few rx7's over the years, including one i bought in London for 26 quid (with rusted out floors, it was more like the flintstones car) but i am joining up for my next build tech as I found a link to FC subframes into FB chassis and it led me here.

I have just purchased a mint 1 owner 1983 FB GSL SE out of Los Angeles for $800USD, it is on the boat to New Zealand and will cost me about $2500NZD legal and drivable on the road here... I also purchased a short shaft 20B a few months ago when my mechanic was doing a bulk order of E shafts he called me and asked if I wanted in on the deal, I have had a lot of 13b REW motors in cars, but I have always wanted the unicorn motor... the Big Block rotary... (although i guess everyone is going 4 rotor these days)

So plan is:
Strip interior intall 6 point cage.
Suspension, FC complete front swap
Rear coilovers and diff upgrade to ??? (lots of options here so not fussed, probably hilux)
Install 20B... thinking I will go PP for that raw NA sound and classic racecar sound.
Wheels, Seats, Fuel set up.

Thats it really, it will be road legal and i can take it to local hill climb/gymkhana/track days... maybe even the targa next year.

Looking forward to getting some inside ideas on a bunch of the tech...

[Lucky]

Hi there Nelson and welcome to the forum. Love to see a build thread on your project once it gets off the boat! Anything with a 20B is worth paying attention to

[Hobbawobba]

Hey bro! Glad you've joined up aye. From the Shore myself but came to England 5 years ago now haha. Pretty keen to see a 20b build thread on here

[codge]

Hi Nelson, Welcome.

Codge (Dave)

[ian65]

Hi, welcome to the forum there's are plenty of Kiwis on here, based both in the UK and back home..... looking forward to seeing your car... I'd love a gsl-se

[kiwinelson9879]

Hi Guys,

Cheers, I spent about 7 years in the UK, I was always after one of those 12a 3rotor motors built by the company down south, but could never justify it, then i was contracting around EMEA for a while before deciding it was time to move back to NZ... if not then I never would have England would have become home, I do love it there.

I have a bunch of photos of the car I can upload... Im guessing i have to host them somewhere then link the images?

[ian65]

Hi Nelson,
you can upload directly to the forum but photobucket is much better... you can then retain control of your photos, copy and paste them onto other forums if you want to and if this forum ever crashes, your photos won't be lost.
Most of us use photobucket