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[quote="Th0m4s"
Good to hear the exhaust gas temperatures are ok. I guess that means I need a better egt gauge. My VDO gauge only shows temperatures up to 900°C. I will need an old looking gauge which is able to show a bit more. If you know any good looking egt gauges please tell me... [/quote]

This has a good temperature range and has a blank face when not in use http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290943031476? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Smoked glass doesn't fit old cars in my opinion. I need something like the old vdo gauges.

I've got a new question here!
I've allready owned a S4 Turbo II so it didn't surprise me that the water temperature gauge of my RX7 never went past the first quarter of the gauge but just to be sure I wanted to ask if anything could be wrong with the temperature. I've never seen an other S1 RX7 before with which I could compare my gauge readings. Not enough around in Germany...

Check the thermostat operation first if you are getting constantly low temperature readings.

Th0m4s wrote:never went past the first quarter of the gauge but just to be sure I wanted to ask if anything could be wrong with the temperature

Mine normally sits at about a quarter unless I am in Traffic & then it will go to about half way, I have a new Thermostat etc

The factory gauges are not great. Fit a decent aftermarket sender and gauge if you want to know what temps you have.

Some interesting news: I removed the bumpers and side skirts today together with a friend who is going to remove the rust. What we found was this:







The car must have had some kind of mazda race car color sheme originally. It would be so cool if I could repaint the car in its original color but what could it have looked like? I think I could sand down the red color till i can see the blue and white sheme but I'm still missing the vinyl advertisements. The red on the sides below the side skirts was one of them.

Bye.Bye Elfords.. hello TWR...

I really like the way this is going

When do you plan on sanding the paint back? Plenty of pics please

Rich

Just a short update: The wheels arrived today. No scratches at all. I just need to polish.