We had Specialized Coatings mask off the eccentric bolt areas, so there is no binding during the adjustment of the car’s alignment.
Overall, we debated whether to powder coat the subframe or paint the welded in pieces with black engine enamel. After seeing this end result, we are ecstatic that we decided to send the subframe to Specialized Coatings to have it powder coated, and we now want to do the front subframe.
With the differential bolted to our new subframe, the entire assembly was ready to be installed back into the car.
The ribs on the thin sheet metal of the rear seat bucket need to be dented in about a quarter of an inch to allow clearance of the rear subframe support bridge. The mounting tab on the driver’s side also needs to be removed.
The entire subframe bolted right back up into the chassis with ease.
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This is vastly superior to any other 8.8 conversion I have seen for this car. Now to convince Jeff to do this to Project V8 FD!
We are spoiled to have so many updates on this amazing project lately! Keep up the hard work.
Great write-up and an impressive kit.
Although, it seems the support bridge could be easily revisioned to be at least half an inch lower so it wouldn’t necessitate beating up your pristine RX-7-s body.
Damn, great progress. 🙂
still loving the fact that this went from rest-mod to restless-mod.
been following from the beginning.