Interior

Sound System

The Rotary Rocket finally has a real stereo! OK, so it's no IASCA prizewinner, but it suits me just fine. When I bought my '7, it still had the stock system in it. Eww! A shitty old Clarion tuner and non-functional tape deck (not that Clarion isn't a good marque) with a pair of decaying 6.5" speakers in the rear. There was one 4" speaker still in the front, but it was not connected. Go figure.

The system now consists of: Kenwood KRC-860 cassette head unit Kenwood KDC-C504 10-disc changer Alpine 4" coaxials in front Infinity 6.5" Kappa II's in back JBL 10" bass tube Linear Power #1752 amp driving the JBL (bridged, 175W x 1) Custom Instrumentation After removing the stock radio & cassete player, I was left with more room in the dash than could be filled by a DIN-size head unit alone. I opted to take up the dead space with three small (2-1/8") gauges.

I chose from the AutoMeter Z-series (or something similar), and installed a vacuum gauge (now a vacuum/boost gauge in anticipation of my new engine), an oil pressure gauge and a fuel pressure gauge. The oil pressure gauge was originally the mechanical type (utilized an 1/8" nylon tube running from the engine to the gauge), but the NPT crushed-ferrule fittings proved problematic, and I switched to an electrical gauge after having 75% of my engine's oil capacity pumped into the passenger footwell one night. That was a pisser. RotaryRckt will never again route any engine fluids into the cabin of his passenger vehicles.

Exterior

Currently, the Rotary Rocket's near-flawless, original-paint exterior is bone stock (with the exception of the treatment Kool & the Gang gave my rear bumper late one spring night in scenic San Pedro... that's another rant entirely, though). One of these days it'd be nice to add a functional air dam, a pair of high-intensity driving lights and maybe even a modest spoiler. Any suggestions?