Turbo Rotary Mazda B2600i Minitruck Build!

[CuriousNick]

This thing is crazy, man, I love it
I registered just to sub and get updates.

 

[D1_ZX6R]

Sub! For a fellow Colorado Mazda!

 

[mymmeryloss]

I have a spool gun for my welder, I haven't messed with aluminum yet, but it makes working with Steel alot smoother as well! I only paid $230 for the gun that fit my welder... so I's imagine they are around that price for yours.
As for aluminum, it shrinks really easily, so welding it can be a pain in the ass! But i'm sure with some pieces of scrap to practice with you could catch on pretty quickly!

i found one locally for a good price, but theyre cheaper online. the killer is u have to run straight argon gas with them, and a small cylinder of that is $250 with the purchase of the bottle, so im looking at around $500 to weld aluminum... ugh

ya, i heard they splatter real bad and also u have to move super fast and u push ur bead rather than pull, but im sure i could figure it out. i will be using it more for tacking stuff together and filling holes. we have a tig at work, so all of the final welds will be tig'd.

Most of the spool guns I've seen were over twice what I paid for my welder, ie. 1k+. I've heard of guys getting a second gun and a short 6-8 foot lead and using a teflon liner and still running it on the internal wirefeeder with acceptable results for a lot cheaper. Of course just buying a TIG is the most baller solution!

i have no room in my garage for a tig, but someday, i will have a plasma and a tig...

This thing is crazy, man, I love it
I registered just to sub and get updates.

well, its warming up around here... should have some updates soon!

Sub! For a fellow Colorado Mazda!

thanks man! always nice to meet a new Colorado member!

well, i got out in the garage yesterday despite feeling sicker than hell. i cut into my bed thats going to the crusher just cuz i wanted to try this mod that ive been thinking about for awhile. needless to say, it didnt turn out how i wanted, but it felt good to get out the grinder and the welder.

then i got some scrap metal and practiced my welds just to make sure i still know what im doing after a winter of doing nothing lol...

supposed to have someone coming to pick up my other truck this week, so hopefully i will have some room in the garage to get some final fab work done and start gettin this b**** ready for interior and final paint!

 

[AzteCypher]

Can't wait to see the truck done but make sure you recover before hitting it hard.

 

[Tarmac Terrorist]

i found one locally for a good price, but theyre cheaper online. the killer is u have to run straight argon gas with them, and a small cylinder of that is $250 with the purchase of the bottle, so im looking at around $500 to weld aluminum... ugh

It definitely makes sense that you could find a gun cheaper online... but $250 for a Bottle of Argon? Wowza.... I have a 15lb Bottle I think... maybe it is 30, I only Paid $100 for the bottle, and $30 or $35 to fill it...

 

[mymmeryloss]

Can't wait to see the truck done but make sure you recover before hitting it hard.

Still fighting being sick and allergies are killing me. Nothing i cant deal with...

It definitely makes sense that you could find a gun cheaper online... but $250 for a Bottle of Argon? Wowza.... I have a 15lb Bottle I think... maybe it is 30, I only Paid $100 for the bottle, and $30 or $35 to fill it...

idk why certain things are so damn expensive...

Well i ordered some stuff but im off to North Dakota for work for a few weeks, so im sure ill be bored in the hotel spending money...

Also i sold the rx7.

 

[ProjectBlack]

Awe man! I wanted you to work that RX7. Ole well.

 

[mymmeryloss]

^ its in Denver now!

 

[AzteCypher]

More money for the truck!

 

[mymmeryloss]

Yep! And as soon as the other Mazda is out of the garage then its time for a standalone and wiring and fire this b**** up!

Also final welding and all that fun jazz!

 

[AzteCypher]

* in mad scientist voice * Good, good!

 

[mymmeryloss]

loooong time ad no updates-- well my friends, the wait is over!

i have sold the rx7 and the b2200 is supposed to be gone sometime today!

i went to denver with a wad of cash yesterday and got some long awaited parts!

ill start the updates in order of how i got them, since i have kinda been holding out on u guys for one big update!

here we go...

this doesnt really have anything to do with my build, but in a way it does i guess.

i got a shed s i can get all of the unnecesary junk out of my garage and give myself more room to work...

all loaded up from the house i got it from. what a pain in the ass.

this is what we found underneath... thats gotta be healthy.

so ya gotta get the shed off of the trailer, and this shed is f***ing huge and there was no way to carry it by hand, and i needed it in the back yard, so i grabbed a crane from work to make life easier...

the looks we got from the neighbors and the amount of random cars that drove by was hilaious...

so i got the shed set in the back yard and started getting stuff out of the garage.

down to one truck and room to work now.

ordered a little part that any quality build needs...

tial BOV

then i ordered my aluminum spool gun so i can weld my intercooler piping together, but it hasnt arrived yet. still need to get a bottle of argon also... will get pics of that when it arrives!

so i was saying i went to denver yesterday...

i got a line on some parts off craigslist, so i texted the guy and we got some stuff figured out. this was on thursday. i decided that i couldnt take a chance on someone else getting this stuff, so i blasted up to denver yesterday with a bit of money to get some stuff i just couldnt pass up!

all the way to denver(8 hours round trip) for an s5 center iron and FD ignitors and an AEM ems u say? doesnt seem like a worthwhile trip u say?

stock port clean s5 center iron...

your still thinking that thats a long ways to drive for a standalone and a few other measly parts that couldve been shipped arent u?

well then...
34k mile 13b re from a 94 FD rx7.

the plan is to tear this engine apart since it was known to run ad compression checked great! the s5 center iron will go on the re engine so i can use the mounts i had fabbed up for the engine thats in the truck. then it will be polished out and painted and then assembled and wired up!

just need to get a few other things and then start building my harness and all that fun stuff.

since i have room in the garage now, i will be pulling the cab foir final welding and also workin on the new bed and getting everything buttoned up. looks like i might actually be close to firing this thing up before the end of summer if all goes well!

keep ur fingers crossed!!!

 

[Rockin03mp5]

Wooot!

 

[Tarmac Terrorist]

Very nice updates... gotta love having a crane at your disposal! I wish I could say the same!
As for the Engine find, i'm sure that is a great deal, but Rotary seems like Voodoo to me... I really should read up on them some more...

 

[PrinceValorum]

so i grabbed a crane from work to make life easier...

NBD...

Awesome update! You got a running FD 13b so you won't have to rebuild one yourself?

 

[AzteCypher]

borrowed a crane...???? How the hell do you just borrow a crane?!

Oh nice parts there too. Now quit playing with the damn crane and get that motor in the truck! j/k

 

[CuriousNick]

I'm with Cypher, one does not just simply borrow a crane from work..
Great updates though.
Turbo three rotor should be pretty nasty

 

[ProjectBlack]

Damn...damn...

 

[Jedidiah55]

I would really like to hear the conversation on narrowing that Crane

"Hey John can I barrow a Crane for a bit?"
"Sure"
"Sweet, thanks man"

 

[CorkSport]

Nice score on the parts!

-Derrick