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Old 06-03-11, 04:00 PM
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GA My first Rx7

Picked up this first gen the other day from my stepdad. Only 109,000 miles on it. Owned by a woman before us and has all the reciepts from anything done to the car. I've still got a lot of work to do to the car before it's how I want it, but just showing off right now.
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Nice car. I see someone sporting a 'hawk. awesome.
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Originally Posted by whitey85mtu
Nice car. I see someone sporting a 'hawk. awesome.
Thanks man, haha yeah that's my friend riding with me.
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Very clean car, very nice, straight body. That was a helluva deal you got there. Enjoy the car for what it is and you should have a great time with it.
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Originally Posted by bmeyer
Very clean car, very nice, straight body. That was a helluva deal you got there. Enjoy the car for what it is and you should have a great time with it.
That's what im gonna do. Throw on an exhaust, fix the carb so the secondaries open up, and probably do an HID conversion. After that just run it how it is.
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Yes I'm a so called "resto-mod" guy. I keep the stock wheels and look, so it looks stock, but do swaybars, shocks and springs, exhaust, and all that. But as far as body kits, airdams, wheels, spoilers, aftermarket stuff, I avoid that.

One thing I'd suggest is doing 205-60-13 tires next time you need tires, they make a big difference. Great find there.
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Originally Posted by bmeyer
Yes I'm a so called "resto-mod" guy. I keep the stock wheels and look, so it looks stock, but do swaybars, shocks and springs, exhaust, and all that. But as far as body kits, airdams, wheels, spoilers, aftermarket stuff, I avoid that.

One thing I'd suggest is doing 205-60-13 tires next time you need tires, they make a big difference. Great find there.
I dont plan on putting any kind of body kit or spoilers on it. I do want to get some new rims and tired evenutally but those will have to wait for a little while.
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Nice looking car. Where in GA are you located?
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Nice!!!
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Nice looking car. Where in GA are you located?
Im in forsyth county.
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Originally Posted by Mthead
Im in forsyth county.
Not sure where that is but we have a Rotary meet on the first Tuesday of every month in Suwanee.

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Originally Posted by lx_machado
Not sure where that is but we have a Rotary meet on the first Tuesday of every month in Suwanee.

Im literally on the border of suwanee off old atlanta road. I went to caffine and octaine today but there werent many rx7's at all there.
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Originally Posted by Mthead
Im literally on the border of suwanee off old atlanta road. I went to caffine and octaine today but there werent many rx7's at all there.
Yea every time i go to caffine and octane i never see any rotarys. Head over to the OGTA thread in the SE section on this forum and introduce your self!

Hope to see you at the meet!
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Originally Posted by lx_machado
Yea every time i go to caffine and octane i never see any rotarys. Head over to the OGTA thread in the SE section on this forum and introduce your self!

Hope to see you at the meet!
Where do yall meet at? And yeah send me a link, Im not good with the forum stuff.
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nice car dude congrats u came up clean
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Originally Posted by rotarypowerrx7
nice car dude congrats u came up clean
Yeah it's really clean. I just did a mechinacal over ride of the vacume secondaries so that opened it up a little bit. All i've gotta do know is find an exhaust.
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Nice find and good luck with it!

My car had a similar story and I too need to do my exhaust. I'll probably have a custom system made up instead of buying one though because they get pretty expensive. I'd recommend doing a header, pre silencer, catalytic converter, and a good looking muffler and tailpipe on the end. I'm sure these guys can give you their opinions as well. This set up will give me a better sounding car, as well as a little more power with increased exhaust flow. MPG's would help to
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Originally Posted by lindahlish
Nice find and good luck with it!

My car had a similar story and I too need to do my exhaust. I'll probably have a custom system made up instead of buying one though because they get pretty expensive. I'd recommend doing a header, pre silencer, catalytic converter, and a good looking muffler and tailpipe on the end. I'm sure these guys can give you their opinions as well. This set up will give me a better sounding car, as well as a little more power with increased exhaust flow. MPG's would help to
I got my cats cut off fully and when they hit it was just a thud. Opened it up so much more. I still have the stock headers so it's not too crazy loud but it sounds good and I'm getting almost 28mpg on the highway. Still havent gotten the carb fixed yet and I'm starting to save for coilovers, rims, and tires.
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Nice car, Im in dallas Ga.
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Originally Posted by Mthead
And yeah send me a link, Im not good with the forum stuff.
here ya go.
https://www.rx7club.com/se-rx-7-forum-35/

and here. it's at the beginning so u know where.
https://www.rx7club.com/se-rx-7-forum-35/old-guys-12as-club-meeting-675955/
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All those crappy vehicles next to the rx7 sure make it look good. Do yourself a favor and roll that saab off a cliff. Its a real "saab story" nice 7 btw
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I came to the OGTA meet once and it was pretty fun but now that I go to school in Alabama I cant go to any of the meets. I keep my car sitting next to the nice onces haha.
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New picture of my car next to my friends E28.
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