Something finally broke on my car! (+Mazda's chassis strength)

Kinja'd!!! "Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
09/27/2017 at 04:44 • Filed to: None

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That’s it, after two years, something broke on the SA22C! Fuel pump... Ok, not much but still! My super reliable rotary has had a problem!

Also, Mazda’s chassis are just nice.


DISCUSSION (13)


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Flavien Vidal
09/27/2017 at 05:08

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should only take 5 minutes to fit then


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > pip bip - choose Corrour
09/27/2017 at 06:52

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Had some voltage at the pump issues too (most likely why it died in the first place), so I replaced all the wires to the pump too... It took me a little while total, especially since I don’t have a garage and everytime I need something, I have to go back home, 300m away lol...


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > Flavien Vidal
09/27/2017 at 08:58

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Did you turn the camera Orlove-style, or are you working on an incline?


Kinja'd!!! nerd_racing > Flavien Vidal
09/27/2017 at 08:59

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Does your’s have the left side lean?


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > Urambo Tauro
09/27/2017 at 09:04

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haha Orlove, sorry :)


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > nerd_racing
09/27/2017 at 09:05

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Sorry, lost in translation... what would that mean?


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > Flavien Vidal
09/27/2017 at 09:05

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Oh thank God.


Kinja'd!!! nerd_racing > Flavien Vidal
09/27/2017 at 09:48

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all of the SA/FB Chassis after a certain date have a leftward lean to them due to wear in the tooling.


Kinja'd!!! Flavien Vidal > nerd_racing
09/27/2017 at 10:19

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Oh really? Never heard of it.... no problem as far as I know... Can’t feel it anyway.


Kinja'd!!! nerd_racing > Flavien Vidal
09/27/2017 at 10:39

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It’s more that people notice it when parked on level surfaces the left rear corner is not level with the rest of the chassis. I noticed it on mine, asked rx7club and they had a pretty well documented thread, along with a dealer fix from back in the day.


Kinja'd!!! MM54 > nerd_racing
09/27/2017 at 19:33

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Weird. I just figured the driver’s side springs/bushings were shot from all the miles driven without passenger. Happen to have a link to the thread? Looking to do all the bushings and shocks/struts this winter, might be good to have an idea what the ‘dealer fix’ is in case it’s still crooked with new parts.


Kinja'd!!! nerd_racing > MM54
09/28/2017 at 07:13

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I’m not sure where it is, they really messed up the search feature in the forums recently. I’d be careful with your bushing selection. This thread talks more about it and the lean might be in there too.

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/fb-rear-suspension-geometry-problems-options-solutions-876479/page14/


Kinja'd!!! MM54 > nerd_racing
09/28/2017 at 18:32

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Thanks!

I don’t plan on anything crazy, mostly rubber bushings for things that move a lot (i.e. control arms) and poly on things that don’t (endlinks, etc). Just freshening things up, it’s got some weird clunks to look in to and could stand to be a little less bouncy (shocks, not the tires, though those are super bouncy too and on the list to upgrade).