Esser's LS3 Powered FD3S RX-7 R1

Esser

Thanks for the compliments, trying to take the time to get everything right the first time.

I hit the expansion tank with a couple coats of wrinkle black, turned out pretty nice.






I also completely took apart the HVAC and cleaned out all the debris. My roller is low mileage, but still had a bit of leaves and crap in the vents:



I did some relocating, and I think I found a better spot for the expansion tank in the bay. It tucks into the corner by the wiper motor pretty well. I temporarily set it here to see how the hose routing will work.



Heater hoses ran, and covered in some fiberglass heat wrap from RaceFlux.




I also found a nice overflow tank and fabbed an aluminum bracket for it to sit back in the corner next to the expansion tank. Will have to go back through and clean up all the hoses, but I think i'll stick with this setup. It get the expansion tank in the highest place possible for coolant burpage.





Also fabricated an aluminum bracket to mount the front fuse box to:

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