Below is an extract from Robert's kit car build diary - to read more, please visit his web site.

My donor was a Mazda RX-7 with Independent Rear Suspension and a limited slip differential. Chassis has been modified to suit.

Chassis is mostly 1" square steel tube. Suspension arms are thick wall round 4130 steel aircraft tubing (from Aircraft Spruce) bent on my 12-ton hydraulic pipe bender (Harbor Freight Tools). Shocks are from the UK. Aluminum was bought new here in Houston from Great Western Metals.

Engine is a J-spec twin turbo ROTARY 13b-re Mazda Cosmo engine [converted to non-sequential operation] that will be controlled by a Haltech E6K ECU. It should fly. Trying to figure out the secondary air injection operation on a motor that does not have a manual in English!

Other side of the engine - no inlets on at this time as they were being polished. The gearbox is the  RX-7 5 speed box off the donor. Mated up no problem to the Cosmo lump. Used a Lightweight flywheel from Mazdatrix and the counterweight that came with the auto flywheel that was on the engine.

I found a neat 4" diameter muffler and cat converter in stainless that will work well as a side-mount system.

Biiiigggg intercooler made of two 3rd generation RX-7 units welded together...Should keep that charge air chilly even here in Texas!

Engine wired up - also nice new braided throttle cable and clutch hose. Just need to fire it up now, but...was still waiting on fuel pump and final body wiring. Paint is now bought also - 1998 Jaguar sapphire blue pearl metallic.

Real Tan leather on the seats and console - and the dolphin gauges are all in (although not hooked up yet) - Haltech engine controller is installed, hooked up, and tucked behind the dash - no problem hooking it to my PC for programming. Carpet is in also - Wow, it's great stuff - moulds to shape like magic..... Its called "OZITE" and I used 6 yards x 40", at $8 a yard. Beneath is good ole' jute underlay. Again 6 yards but at 30" wide by at about 3/8 thick. I have it double thick on the floor and single thickness on the outboard bulkheads. Car now sounds quiet like a jaguar or a roller........ real quiet (well at least when the engine is off and no wind noise...!!!).