Tail Number:

na

Builder:

Chris Sargent

Engine/Model/Year:

91 RX-7, normally aspirated 

Source Condition:  

Turrentine rebuild, 1999

Modifications: 

self-built intake, exhaust, engine mount, prop, cooling system

Intake: 

RX-7 intake w 4-runners & composite outer skin

Exhaust: 

321 stainless “tissue box” with inner swirl scrolls, augmented to cool evap cores

PSRU/Re-Drive:

RD-1B

Engine Control:

EC-2 w Grand Rapids EIS

Fuel control:

EC-2, 460cc Mazda injectors

Fuel Pumps: 

Bosch primary L tank, Airtex secondary R tank, Facet transfer L&R

Prop: 

Balsa core, graphite/kevlar skin, 3-blade, 72x82

Cooling System: 

2 evap cores w augmented cooling from exhaust

Oil System: 

conventional w Mazda cooler mounted under redrive

Installation:

Conventional, oil pan plate mount w four elastomeric bushings

Power:

160hp

First Flown: 

2016 ("oh, maybe in 10 years")

Total Time: 

na

Platform:

RV-7A