View Poll Results: 1st gen status
Turbo 1st gen owner
113
25.39%
In the process of adding a Turbo
122
27.42%
One day, i'd like to have a Turbo
194
43.60%
Im Supercharged!
16
3.60%
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How many people are acutally Turbo 1st gen owners, and who is in the process
08-25-03, 10:30 AM
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hey i have a questions for you guys ( maybe you can help me out.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=217589
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=217589
02-24-04, 11:11 AM
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almost done with mine....MODS are in my sig. heres my car(s)
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=251248
all thats left are fuel\oil lines, and exhaust and IC fabricating
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=251248
all thats left are fuel\oil lines, and exhaust and IC fabricating
02-24-04, 12:00 PM
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I'm in the process of collecting parts. Won't happen for a couple years though. The car needs lots of work, and I want to drive it for a year or so before boosting it.
02-24-04, 12:47 PM
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My car is at the body shop now so it won't look like this in about a month or so.
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02-24-04, 01:07 PM
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That pic came out good. It looks shiney but it really isn't.
I actually do not like that color. I've since sold the rims 'cause the back had a different offset and was rubbing too much. Here's another angle.
I actually do not like that color. I've since sold the rims 'cause the back had a different offset and was rubbing too much. Here's another angle.
02-24-04, 01:59 PM
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Why waste a good gen 1 car by adding a gen2 engine and making it a mongrel cross breed.
Out of the 471,009 gen1s made, some 450-500 have had a Turbo II engine fitted. Generally those still existing after some 400,000 have been scrapped are now cheap cars and it would be a waste of money fitting a turbo II engine. You would never get your money back and they will never become a classic.
However, you can have great fun with the more powerful car, but it will not be a genuine gen 1.
Perhaps a new forum should be started for them!
Out of the 471,009 gen1s made, some 450-500 have had a Turbo II engine fitted. Generally those still existing after some 400,000 have been scrapped are now cheap cars and it would be a waste of money fitting a turbo II engine. You would never get your money back and they will never become a classic.
However, you can have great fun with the more powerful car, but it will not be a genuine gen 1.
Perhaps a new forum should be started for them!
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02-24-04, 02:12 PM
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Originally posted by RotaryRevn
Looks good, what kind of springs do you have on it and what size are the wheels and tires?
Looks good, what kind of springs do you have on it and what size are the wheels and tires?
02-24-04, 02:29 PM
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Well this is my 2 € (eurocents 
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http://www.rx7-service.nl/html/12a_turbo.html
Click on "foto's" to see more and sorry guy's and gall's, no english translation yet
)http://www.rx7-service.nl/html/12a_turbo.html
Click on "foto's" to see more and sorry guy's and gall's, no english translation yet
02-24-04, 02:31 PM
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My Sa 12A turbo
Well this is my 2 € (eurocents )
http://www.rx7-service.nl/html/12a_turbo.html
Click on "foto's" to see more and sorry guy's and gall's, no english translation yet
)http://www.rx7-service.nl/html/12a_turbo.html
Click on "foto's" to see more and sorry guy's and gall's, no english translation yet
02-24-04, 05:11 PM
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Originally posted by fitzwarryne
Why waste a good gen 1 car by adding a gen2 engine and making it a mongrel cross breed.
Out of the 471,009 gen1s made, some 450-500 have had a Turbo II engine fitted. Generally those still existing after some 400,000 have been scrapped are now cheap cars and it would be a waste of money fitting a turbo II engine. You would never get your money back and they will never become a classic.
However, you can have great fun with the more powerful car, but it will not be a genuine gen 1.
Perhaps a new forum should be started for them!
Why waste a good gen 1 car by adding a gen2 engine and making it a mongrel cross breed.
Out of the 471,009 gen1s made, some 450-500 have had a Turbo II engine fitted. Generally those still existing after some 400,000 have been scrapped are now cheap cars and it would be a waste of money fitting a turbo II engine. You would never get your money back and they will never become a classic.
However, you can have great fun with the more powerful car, but it will not be a genuine gen 1.
Perhaps a new forum should be started for them!
If you think the intention of building a turbo FB was a investment you have a screw or two loose.
It is a lot more fun and I don't care that it's not "genuine".
New forum?... Not a bad idea, we can call it "fast 1st gens"
02-24-04, 05:22 PM
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Originally posted by fitzwarryne
Why waste a good gen 1 car by adding a gen2 engine and making it a mongrel cross breed.
Out of the 471,009 gen1s made, some 450-500 have had a Turbo II engine fitted. Generally those still existing after some 400,000 have been scrapped are now cheap cars and it would be a waste of money fitting a turbo II engine. You would never get your money back and they will never become a classic.
However, you can have great fun with the more powerful car, but it will not be a genuine gen 1.
Perhaps a new forum should be started for them!
Why waste a good gen 1 car by adding a gen2 engine and making it a mongrel cross breed.
Out of the 471,009 gen1s made, some 450-500 have had a Turbo II engine fitted. Generally those still existing after some 400,000 have been scrapped are now cheap cars and it would be a waste of money fitting a turbo II engine. You would never get your money back and they will never become a classic.
However, you can have great fun with the more powerful car, but it will not be a genuine gen 1.
Perhaps a new forum should be started for them!
Who builds up car as an investment? Who cares if it becomes a classic?
This is just my opinion, but why wouldn't you want to improve the car in everyway? More power, better brakes, better interior etc. It makes for a much more enjoyable driving experience, and isn't that what the car was created for in the first place.
02-24-04, 05:46 PM
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Originally posted by 680RWHP12A
tomorrow i will be racing a '03 cobra mustang with a turbo kit on it ....
the car has gone low 10's already . the pony is boosting 24psi too!!!!
my car is fianally tuned to damage some pistons!!!!
ill post the video tomorrow for you guys to see.....i cant wait , this will be the first victim since i switched over to the fuel injection.........
tomorrow i will be racing a '03 cobra mustang with a turbo kit on it ....
the car has gone low 10's already . the pony is boosting 24psi too!!!!
my car is fianally tuned to damage some pistons!!!!
ill post the video tomorrow for you guys to see.....i cant wait , this will be the first victim since i switched over to the fuel injection.........
When and where is this happening? I want to see!!
02-24-04, 06:20 PM
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S2-13BT- I agree that its great to improve the looks and performance of your car. The question is how far you take it without loosing the spirit of the original concept.
As you say its a matter of personal view. For example your choice is to delete the factory Mazda badges and add the 'Anfini' infinity symbol which the car does not justify or deserve.
Out of interest there never was an Enfini RX-7 badge!. The Anfiini IV based on the 1991 RX-7 did not carry a RX-7 badge except in an artists impression in an early press release. Mazda used Infini in Japan but Anfini. in its English press releases.
As you say its a matter of personal view. For example your choice is to delete the factory Mazda badges and add the 'Anfini' infinity symbol which the car does not justify or deserve.
Out of interest there never was an Enfini RX-7 badge!. The Anfiini IV based on the 1991 RX-7 did not carry a RX-7 badge except in an artists impression in an early press release. Mazda used Infini in Japan but Anfini. in its English press releases.
02-24-04, 06:41 PM
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Originally posted by fitzwarryne
S2-13BT- I agree that its great to improve the looks and performance of your car. The question is how far you take it without loosing the spirit of the original concept.
As you say its a matter of personal view. For example your choice is to delete the factory Mazda badges and add the 'Anfini' infinity symbol which the car does not justify or deserve.
Out of interest there never was an Enfini RX-7 badge!. The Anfiini IV based on the 1991 RX-7 did not carry a RX-7 badge except in an artists impression in an early press release. Mazda used Infini in Japan but Anfini. in its English press releases.
S2-13BT- I agree that its great to improve the looks and performance of your car. The question is how far you take it without loosing the spirit of the original concept.
As you say its a matter of personal view. For example your choice is to delete the factory Mazda badges and add the 'Anfini' infinity symbol which the car does not justify or deserve.
Out of interest there never was an Enfini RX-7 badge!. The Anfiini IV based on the 1991 RX-7 did not carry a RX-7 badge except in an artists impression in an early press release. Mazda used Infini in Japan but Anfini. in its English press releases.
If we were ever to meet on a race track, you'd get a good look at it, as my turbo 1st gen, would be much faster that your genuine RX7.
Also, I don't think it's very polite to say my car doesn't justify or deserve whatever badges I want to put on it. I suppose it's a good thing it's my car and not yours. To each their own.
02-24-04, 06:46 PM
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Originally posted by web777
My car is at the body shop now so it won't look like this in about a month or so.
Pics:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...6/fae707a6.jpg
My car is at the body shop now so it won't look like this in about a month or so.
Pics:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...6/fae707a6.jpg
Mr webb
Can you please let me drive it so I can tell you if its fast or not. On second thought, I WANNA TAKE YOU IN MY ALL-MOTOR RX-3.
02-24-04, 07:12 PM
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Originally posted by fitzwarryne
S2-13BT- I agree that its great to improve the looks and performance of your car. The question is how far you take it without loosing the spirit of the original concept.
S2-13BT- I agree that its great to improve the looks and performance of your car. The question is how far you take it without loosing the spirit of the original concept.
02-24-04, 07:55 PM
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web777- yes I do know Mazda dropped the 12AT from the Cosma into the RX-7 in late 1983 when sales were declining. Some 600 cars were produced with 12AT engines which produced around 136 hp SAE.
I have nothing against the terbo in the 12AT format or a 12A with an added turbo. In 1982 my brother bought a new Mazda Elford RX-7 turbp which produced 165hp. I added a turbo to my Lotus 47 way back in 1971 in an early experiment of its use.
I have nothing against the terbo in the 12AT format or a 12A with an added turbo. In 1982 my brother bought a new Mazda Elford RX-7 turbp which produced 165hp. I added a turbo to my Lotus 47 way back in 1971 in an early experiment of its use.
02-24-04, 08:33 PM
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S2-13BT I am puzled by your reference to Efini, The model name Infini had been with Mazda since 1987 and there was a special products division called Infiniti using the infinity symbol. In its English press releases mazda spells it Anfini, its a problem of pronunciation when E is not on a Japanese typewriter.
The Infini IV was a special run of gen 2s which Mazda said offered a glimpse of the next generation due in 1991. When the gen 3 was launched it was was sold through the Infiniti Division.and refered to as the Infini but this name was soon dropped.
To confuse matters, infinity is 'mugen' in Japanese and is represented by Z. This is used in the RX-7 RZ model. Prior to the RX-7, the name and symbol was used by Datsun in its Z car series.
The Infini IV was a special run of gen 2s which Mazda said offered a glimpse of the next generation due in 1991. When the gen 3 was launched it was was sold through the Infiniti Division.and refered to as the Infini but this name was soon dropped.
To confuse matters, infinity is 'mugen' in Japanese and is represented by Z. This is used in the RX-7 RZ model. Prior to the RX-7, the name and symbol was used by Datsun in its Z car series.
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02-24-04, 09:59 PM
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That's interesting.
I've heard the Infini thing, and have read in numerous places about Efini FDs (try google) including the place where I bought the Efini badge (www.rx7.com).
I've never heard Anfini though.
Let's just stick with 'Mazda'. Better stop whoring this thread too!
I've heard the Infini thing, and have read in numerous places about Efini FDs (try google) including the place where I bought the Efini badge (www.rx7.com).
I've never heard Anfini though.
Let's just stick with 'Mazda'.
Better stop whoring this thread too!
02-24-04, 10:11 PM
#75
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HELL YEA ITS WORTH IT!!!
I've been driving FBs for 16 years as my daily driver. I should have put the T2 in a long time ago. Certainly lots more fun to drive and maybe now I won't get beat by F-150's!
Worth it--hell yea. OK I got about $4500 into the car and I'll drive it for another 3-5 years. Then I'll get a new 7 or 8.
Scott
Worth it--hell yea. OK I got about $4500 into the car and I'll drive it for another 3-5 years. Then I'll get a new 7 or 8.
Scott