sim_rx3 daily - 1990 HC royal classic luce

[sim_rx3]

first of all the car -

she is a import 1990 model with a factory series 4 rx7 13bt auto engine.

ive been told that there are only 15 in the country (Australia) but all of them are series 1 apart from mine which is series 2.

the fridge in the parcel shelf was an option for the series 2 (mine doesnt have it :cry: ) would have been cool (pardon the pun)!!

some of the options -

6 speaker stereo (there are even volume controls for the rear speakers in the center pull down arm rest for the rear passengers)
driver 6 way electrical adjustible seat
front passenger 4 way electrical adjustible seat
rear seats split in to 3/4 to 1/4 style and are 2 way adjustible (ie move forwards or backwards for your comfort)
a/c
powersteering (which is heaps light considering the weight of the car)
full electronic dash
abs
electric windows front and rear
electric mirrors (with a parking pull in button)
factory fog lights

atm it has stich 17" rims and i plan to keep them as it makes the car i reckon

future mods -

suspension as front shocks are shot.
nulethane bushes
maybe an aftermarket ecu later (as she get 550km to 65ltr tank on highway now)
exhaust (as the rear tip scraps on everything and it is shitting me)
maybe some series 6 brake calipers for the front brakes and some slotted rotors.
paint job (as she is a little shotty up close)
series 5 turbo (to stop the boost spiking)
black out boost gauge
black out oil pressure gauge (as it doesnt have one :? )
upgrade the auto (as its an fc box it doesnt handle the extra weight of the Luce to well, so either upgrade internals or install a jc 20b auto box)


here are the pics -











boost gauge gone as it got stolen out of the car just 3 days after purchasing the car!!













intercooler - gets its air from a ducting system taken from half of the front grill you will see the plastic duct just behind right of grill in picture.
air is pushed up into the bonnet where you see the first little opening in the front of the bonnet right of the bonnet clip.
then ducted to the intercooler out of the rear larger opening in the middle of the bonnet via the usual series 4/5 seal to the intercooler.




now my questions -

1. im trying to track down some window sheilds like in this pic (above the doors) and the body kit if ya could help that would be great -



2. ok replaced the TPS on the Luce as it was buggered.

took here for a spin and wow what a different car!! it drives so smoothly..

couple of problems has arose now..

fuel milage has gone down (lost about 100km's to a tank)

when breaking hard or the gearbox changes gears hard the hold button starts to flash on the dash and the gearbox locks you out of overdrive (quite annoying on the freeway to newcastle and back on the weekend).
slow down to a stop and accelerate again and the hold button turns off and overdrive can be used again!! :?

also the inherant gen 2 flooding issue rose its ugly head this morning..
so going to either wire a switch onto the fuel pump to shut the pump off so she clears the flooding and when she goes to start flick the switch and she will be running properly.
or ecu change soon..


she is off the road now due to a water seal being spat in the second rear rotor. so rebuild time.

but i would like to clean her up and fix the issues at hand as well.

if anyone has manuals either electrical or service manuals for my model car im willing to pay for them..

[dmeetro]

wow thats really awesome do you know who did the work on the car? also have you considered going manual tranny it might give you less headaches and faster.

[9ine Deuce]

again, nice Luce. off topic but do you know the wheel size and offset ?

[sim_rx3]

wow thats really awesome do you know who did the work on the car? also have you considered going manual tranny it might give you less headaches and faster.
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yep mazda. thats how they come factory.

i really dont want to change it to manual due to the rareity of the car..

im getting the box tricked up and a custom converter hopefully this will tighten her up alittle..

again, nice Luce. off topic but do you know the wheel size and offset ?
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thanks man haha

well i poped a water seal last week in the rear rotor so full engine rebuild is needed.

will have the wheels off soon and details to ya!!

[sim_rx3]

okies another common question scale change button - when the fuel get low you hit the scale change and it will turn the empty-full scale to 5litres-15litres letting you know exactly how much fuel you have left in the bottom of the tank.
it holds the litres scale for about 5 seconds then reverts back to the empty-full scale.

[9ine Deuce]

all digital dashes came with the scale change option, i too have it in mine but highly doubt its that accurate, although can be help too tell when i really need gas !

[WAR-20B]

okies another common question scale change button - when the fuel get low you hit the scale change and it will turn the empty-full scale to 5litres-15litres letting you know exactly how much fuel you have left in the bottom of the tank.
it holds the litres scale for about 5 seconds then reverts back to the empty-full scale.
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Now for the really cool & collectable Luce. Some really early ones (like the fist 500 cars) had the wrong spelling for the "Cancel" button on the dash. Spelt "Cansel", Mazda actually let them go out the line before anyone realized.

What a (collectable) screw up,

Also, I concur that this is perhaps the only series-II version HC Luce 13B-t powered in Oz.......

[sim_rx3]

Now for the really cool & collectable Luce. Some really early ones (like the fist 500 cars) had the wrong spelling for the "Cancel" button on the dash. Spelt "Cansel", Mazda actually let them go out the line before anyone realized.

What a (collectable) screw up,

Also, I concur that this is perhaps the only series-II version HC Luce 13B-t powered in Oz.......
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hi dave,

haha nice one that would be a cool colectable.

[sim_rx3]

some more pics and movie of rear seats moving -

full photo of dash led display


rear stereo controls


storage compartment (yes thats a speaker grill in the rear door)


rear passenger fan controls


rear seat control on door and powerwindow switch


center console cushion for driver


center console cushion clicks forward for shorter driver that has to move seat forward




another storage conpartment in center console


photo's after suspension fixed




fuel scale




intercooler duct






rear seat adjusting

[dmeetro]

wow thats nuts i've never seen a car with moving rear seats.... the only thing missing is suicide doors....

awesome car man