SideShowBob

Just thought Id post a few pics of my RX7, being as its REALLY clean for the first time in the few weeks ive owned it
Hard work that car cleaning, but great when you see the results...

Ciaran

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not bad is it standard under the bonnet?

MeatballTurbo

that is a very tidy, nice shiny car

SideShowBob

Cheers, got a few bits in there, an Arc induction kit, Racing Beat exhaust, Knighsports performance cat, Knightsports ECU, HKS piping, Mazdaspeed quickshift kit, Apexi boost guage.
Also has adjustable suspenson and Volk racing alloys, plus the skirts and option body bits from the factory. Also put a Pioneer MP3 player in place of the stock crappy radio thats in the interior pic.
Got a Rotechniks Intercooler coming next week, got a Blitz turbo timer that needs fitting, and am going to be getting a downpipe in the near future.

Lots of fun and expense not had a turbo car before, and the urge to mod is too great!!


[Edited by SideShowBob - 4/23/2003 10:33:14 AM]

M3 Evo

Arguably the best looking car to have ever come out of Japan!

Blitz_Boy

THat looks the dogs....

The_Gza

Mmmmmmm - lovely

Love RX-7's and was in one for the first time recently....[Mr Burns]Excellent...[/Mr Burns]

Type R

Fantastic

Lurvllllllly motor

Robertio

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Looking good Bob how hard is that suspension? even stock mine is not far off undriveable on Glasgows fine tarmac, fine on faster roads just not around town.

midget1500

great looking car . those wheels aren't to my taste though...

oh, and it might be a good idea to blank out your number plate - u never know who is looking at the BBS

midget1500

oh, here is a vid i took as a passenger in an rx7 at a trackday

http://www.evo-tv.com/kirkistown_lap_rx7.avi

nothing very exciting..

MooseRacer

Lovely car

SideShowBob

Hey Robertio, suspension is terribly hard!!
Ive got a set of stock Type-R suspension coming, until I can afford some with adjustable damping etc.

I like the wheels, RX7 is one of the few cars it suits IMO, but not to everyones taste.

Ace_lfc

Its an absolute STUNNER! and i though silver was the best colour for the RX7. Looks in A1 condition, how many miles u got on it? Mine pops from the exhaust, but it sounds gr8!

Adam.

SideShowBob

Yeah, I love those pops, get some big bangs when pressing on.

Got 58000 miles on, but starts and runs fine (wood!! quick, I need wood!! got to knock on it), and performs really well, also done a semi budget for the rebuild, but I keep spending my rebuild money on mods!!
Ive got to stop doing that, Im way too irresponsible to be left with a rebuild budget, Im going to have a 400BHP monster and no money for a rebuild at this rate!!

Ace_lfc

hahaha keep on spending, well mines got 64k on the clock but pulls like a train, even faster than my Supra TT. Such a great car to drive and looks beautiful!

andrewdelvard

SideShowBob me old mate.
I remember when you crapped yourself driving your ITR home for the first time. Well I expect you needed bike clips on the bottom of you trousers driving that baby home eh!?
It looks wonderful mate. Congratulations.
Any interesting comments from other motorists?

SideShowBob

Lol, this thing is massive fun Andy, Im still getting used to people checking out the car, I just sit there with a stupid grin.

Its cool thou, people come over at petrol stations and stuff, I was just sitting in my car at one, and this guy gets his girlfriend out the car, and they're giving mine a really good look over while im just sat in it.

A teg driver actually stopped the other day, and him, his girlfriend, and I chatted for a bit about it, they really liked it, recons it may be the natural progression from a Teg.

Its an added bonus in having something that looks a bit supercarish, the Teg would get the odd glance, but this thing has people really trying to get a look and see what it is.

It doesnt have any Mazda badges, being an import, so I dont think anyone is any the wiser after seeing it
One classic was this group of kids walking past, and one of them goes "whoa, it looks like Batmans car!!" fortuanately, I like batmans car

MooseRacer

apparantly it's not as good as a Honda, and you'd be well advised not to accept any races

SideShowBob

Ill be sure to accept ever race, in fear that the driver I turn down thinks Im not racing because I know it'll break down

MooseRacer

LOL

Seriously lovely looking car, I've always fancied one myself - I'll be interested to hear how you get on with it

Dark Blue Mark

Can you take some inside pics? Always really wanted one of these but scared of owning one! I know the ones NewEra sell all have rebuilds when they come in, so thats tempting. Whats the build quality and ride like?

MB

SideShowBob

The build quality where it counts is good, as in it feels solid, and is bolted together well.
Its the little things, like the pre '95 models have basically painted panels, so you scrape it, and the paint gets rubbed off.

Resists rattles reaonably well, and the seats are comfortable.
Cabin is very small, which suits me at 5"7, but a lot of people may find it a struggle, its quite narrow because of the very raised centre column (which is kinda cool really).

Ride quality on stock suspension is good, the stuff Ive got on is mega hard, so getting some stock stuff back on there.

It is a pretty scary proposition deciding to own one, as there are so many negative stories about them, but the facts are that it will need a rebuild at between 60 and 80k miles, but apart from that seem to run reasonably reliably.
You get nigles, like coolant buzzer going off when it shouldnt, or a vacuum pipe coming off, but otherwise they're fine.

Very difficult engine to work on if thats what you like to do, but not impossible, just a very full bay.

Rotary power is fantastic, I love it, very smooth, as you just have these two large roters spinning up to around 7500RPM, and the twin turbo is excellent, though it is also what makes it all so complex under the hood.

I had moments of regret, prior to a good service, as I was getting some hesitation, and missing at high revs, and the first thing you think is "rebuild!!", but I honestly think people play too much on a rotary needing a rebuild, its only once every 70 000 miles, which for me, is about 5 years driving.
A good service got mine running beautifully.

Let me know if you want any other details about it.

andrewdelvard

Not sure how old you are mate but I'm of the 'old school' of using engine braking. I understand this is non-existant in a rotary. Is it a little strange?

SideShowBob

It may have been on the older generations that it wasnt there, but I use the engine braking fine with it, it seems to work almost identically to a normal engine, only not as pronounced.

Dont think you'd have any probs with it Andrew, as a 30 year old, Im also from the old school of driving and I havent had to change my style at all, except for not pressing as hard on the accelerator!!

andrewdelvard

Thanks for that mate, very interesting.

1O Pence Short

Lovely, Bob. Not as good as an NSX though

silver-sub

Volk wheels are the dogs, had the same on my MR2 Turbo but later up graded to these!

http://www.mtte.sytes.net/cfm/photoview.cfm?imgid=mr2_amistad_v.jpg&folder=alloy s/mr2

Hol

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Now, I actually like that

Something else on the list to try after the scoob.

Ace_lfc

You cant compare the NSX price wise, although i do have a video of 7 standard cars being driven by 7 race drivers on a circuit in Japan. R33, R34, NSX, NSX Type-R Zero, EVO 6, EVO 6 RS, and RX7 Type RS. The RX7 whoops em all, the R34 does keep up but cant get past within the 5 laps. The RX7 comes from 4th to take both the NSX's who both had pole position The RX7 is very close to a race car! Very nimble and very fast!

Adam