Bye bye scoob, hello RX7.....
 

Yep, that's right, the Scoob is going and an RX7 is replacing it. A little while back I had someone approach me about a possible swap of my scoob for an RX7. I've always liked them and was pretty tempted. Well, yesterday I went and had a look at it, and we ended up doing the deal. It's not 100% mint, there are a couple of silly little things that need doing (cracked indicator lens, new guage holder for the boost guage etc.) but it's basically a really nice car.

The paintwork is spot on, and it fires up instantly, indicating good compression. It has 57k on the clock, it came over from Japan with 55k on it so there is a possibility that it has been rebuilt over there. Even if it hasn't been rebuilt, the fact that it has good compression indicates that it shouldn't need one for a while.

When I drove it and the first thing I noticed was how hard it rides, it's on Tein coilovers and is rock solid, but I kind of like that. It certainly goes well, it has been dyno'd at 341bhp/300blft and feels very quick, although my Scoob has slighly more power it has less torque and higher transmission losses, so the RX7 is the faster car, and felt a bit quicker.

I love the way the interior is basically wrapped around you, it's a bit plasticky though, but that's 90's Jap cars for you.

So we did the deal, and as of tomorrow night I'll be the owner of this bad boy:

http://www.drexel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/RX7pics/RX1.JPG

http://www.drexel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/RX7pics/RX2.JPG

http://www.drexel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/RX7pics/RX3.jpg

http://www.drexel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/RX7pics/RX4.jpg

I've got to be honest, I'll be sad to see my Scoob go, I genuinely love that car and a part of me doesn't want to let her go, but it's time to move on.

So it's goodbye to R*** TKK, You'll be missed :(

But hello RX7, I've got plans for you.....

that looks a bit batmobile ish :D

i like rx7`s its just the engines that im not keen on

Quite a car you got yourself there Drexel !!!

It will be interesting to see what you change alone the way and I hope the guy your changing with realises what you put into the scoob altogether !!

One of the lads swaped his scoob for a RX7 and had nowt but trouble with it now he's looking for another engine, Hope you have better luck tho m8 as they do look nice :)

is tht an angled exit exhaust ;)

So you bought the RX7 in the end then !!

looks great, i almost bought one instead of the wrx

LOL, I made sure he knew that the scoob he is getting from me has around 10k of mods.

Subsy: Yes, it's an angled exit.

About the reliability issue, I've researched it and I think it'll be OK, they just need a bit more maintainance and TLC than the average car, keep on top of it and there's no reason why they should be unreliable.

That is lovely. The only thing I would change is a smaller rear spoiler for more of a Q car look

Nice looking Rx-7 Mate, TBH, I have allways had a thing for them:)

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