On Tuesday, the 18th, Mr. Garcia and I put in a couple hours into the RX-7. We adjusted the transmission mount previously installed on the Saturday prior in order to gain proper alignment of the drive-shaft and differential. We then heated up a point on the exhaust pipes and bent it upwards. Previously, the muffler would have been scraping the road, but now it will properly expel exhaust fumes out the rear, hopefully aiding in the aerodynamics of the rear end (more on this in a later post when the muffler and ground-effect panel is installed). After the exhaust pipe cooled, we proceeded to bend and shape the aluminum back panel/firewall (mentioned in my 6/20/2017 post “Excuses”) in the most DIY way possible. We used a metal pipe handle for our bending point with the weight of the Mazda holding one end down and my body weight the other. It actually worked pretty well, however, we did have to do a few minor tweakings to the curvature to get to the desired radius throughout and to the sides of the panel for it to fit properly. Thus ended Tuesday, the 18th.
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