He completed the swap just in time to put the car away for winter. So – Geo patiently spent the majority of 2016, going through the fuel system so he could swap it over to E85. That Spring, some dyno time found that the fuel system far beyond it’s limits. Geo had the power-plant sorted out just in time for 2016’s car season. Notably, Geo stuck with the twin-turbos because while a giant single-turbo is fun, he wanted the quick throttle response of the twin system. Because see – with the lack of time to actually work on the car, Geo had plenty of time to do late-night parts searching. Parts weren’t random, every decision was a carefully calculated choice. ![]() A litany of bolt-ons entered the engine bay over the next two years. Geo tackled the the engine first, since he could do that in his garage. He’s more of the patient/perfectionist type. He could have negated all of his other duties… but that’s not Geo. He was all-set except for one small piece of the puzzle… time. Sure if he was single & working from home, he could have busted this out in a year… but that wasn’t going to happen. He finally got the car he always wanted, had the money to build it, and most importantly… he had his wife’s support. It had a freshly rebuilt & street-ported 13B engine, no rust, and was overall pretty good for a 20 year old car. Green light! Wasting no time, Geo found the perfect car & bought it. Hearing the rotary engine brought him slap-back to the dream of owning an RX-7.Īfter a talk with his wife, she was completely on board for him to get an FD RX-7. But then – Geo went for a ride in his friend’s Mazda RX-8. That’s a totally fair choice family comes first after all. The 300ZX got replaced with a family-friendly Prius, and Geo went full time into dad-duty. He did eventually get a Nissan 300ZX, which scratched his itch for a tuner car for a bit… but he still always wanted that RX-7 of his dreams. As life continued, he began to work full time, met his wife, and made a family. Geo longed for an FD like Adam’s car but, didn’t have the resources. When Geo was growing up in the 90’s he was reading magazine articles about Adam Saruwatari blasting his famous purple and black FD down the 1320 at Battle of the Imports. ![]() More of us just need to say, “Okay, this happens now.” Eventually you’re gonna run out of road to procrastinate on your dreams. It’s a serious commitment to sit down and say, “I’m gonna see this through.” And it’s much easier to fall into your grind and say, “I’ll get to it soon.” But that illusion of soon is always moving away from you. Life, responsibility, work… there is always something we have to do instead.
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