It's been 8 years since my last rx7, and now I'm back for some more pain and suffering lol. I've been looking around for a 1st gen for that last few weeks, and I finally found something that seemed rare. I had my friend go Inspect the car for rust up and down and everything seemed ok. I should have her here in Miami by the end of next week.

I'm not sure if to go with 15" or 16" wheels. I like those Enkei Apache 2's. Maybe next year I'll add some ITB's and a Microtech.


02/1978 SA22C103***


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very nice!! looks alot different that your black wide body.. rhd is a cool factor glad your back!

 

that's a nice car, i think 1st gens look better on 15's than 16's, and 13's look better than 15's, its a small car...

 

Interesting it's running on SE wheels, so something has been updated already to allow the use of the different wheel bolt pattern.

 

yeah, It has GSL-SE Suspension and rear end I think.

Checkout the vin



I looked up that company name

Takata Kojyo Co. Ltd. patents in Australia


I want to get the Fender Mounted rear view mirrors, but they are $400!!

 

Beautiful car!

 

now THAT is cool! the SE setup is nice an all, and it gives you wheel options, but personally my vote would be Waffles .... a bit boring, i know, but that's where my head is.

i remember your old car fondly. if i recall, you had gotten an IS300, right? do you still have it?

 

I would of liked for the car to be completelystock myself, but it would cost way to much money to try and restore it now. I'll probably just add some nice wheels, springs and maybe the fender mounted mirrorrs. I'll figure out what to do with the engine setup once this one grenades

After the IS300 I had a 91 Miata turbo



Then a 97 MB SL320

and next week I'll have a 99 LS400 with 62k miles as my daily.

 

8 years...wow, I am getting old, haha.

Glad to see your back in the game, and with such a nice candidate too!

Got a quick spec sheet on your old Miata? Why did you get rid of it?

 

Thanks

Miata specs..... 1.6 balanced/blueprinted Block, Begi/S3 Warner RHB5 10psi, Link Mk1 Ecu, Griffin/Rad, Kyb Adjustable shocks with Coilovers. xxr wheels.

I got a good deal on a Benz, so I sold the Miata

 

Hey fellas, I think I found a nice set of wheels for the 7.

http://www.enkei.com/apache2.shtml

FR 15X7 +38
RR 15x8 +25

Will I run into fitment issues with this setup, or should I run 15x7 +38 all around?

Remember its an SA with SE suspension.

Thanks

 

Haven't messed around with stock specs in a while, so I can't help you out, but IIRC, unless something odd was done, SA + SE suspension = SE specs.

I think my rear wheels are 16x8 +25. They're on SE length axles and are very close to the rear fenders, even rolled. Rubbed on some 255/50/16 tires, and I now run 215/40/16 without rubbing. If I were ordering wheels, I would bring them in more. There's plenty of run inboard and it'll allow you to run bigger tires.

 

Thanks, I guess I'll run 15x7 all around then.

 

This car came outta ny right? I remember seeing it on craigslist

 

Pa

 

Just curious, how much did you get it for? I might be selling my 1978 Rhd to let someone else have fun with it.

 

Nice wheels. These will look good on my 83

 

ALOT!! 6k

Can you post pis of yours? Do you have the fender mounted mirrors?

 

Check my bio, I can't load pics from my galaxy phone I just got. Email me at chris_r_allen@yahoo.com and I can send u some fender mirror pics. You got a good deal in my opinion for how rare SA'S are now. I would have to get double what you paid to let go of my baby.

 

Nice ride man. Email sent!!

 

Here are a shot of my fender mirrors, for some reason my pics are loading like crap from my iPad. I'll have to attempt to send u some via email.

 

Sweet!! Are those the factory fender mirriors? I like those on your car. The ones I found on ebay are different?

http://m.ebay.com/itm/271410139749?nav=SEARCH

 

corkbone's mirrors do not look factory to me, I could be wrong, it might just be the angel of the picture.

I test fitted mine a while ago and never mounted it. I only have the drivers side mirror that came off of an SA from japan. The ones you posted that are on eBay are nice but pricey.

 

Well, she's in her new home in Miami. I went to the tag agency and they wanted the Title notarized and they wanted the cart inspected before they issued me a tag. So I had a cop inspect the car and the vin number and she's now 100% LEGAL!!!


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I haven't had this much time driving a car in a long time There are a lot of things that I will change in the future, but for now I'm definitely going to add a full RB exhaust, cause this **** is loud as FU**!!

The car also is also running a 650 holley carb, which i read too big for a 12sp. I'm going to oder the RB 465cfm, which is pretuned for a 12sp and should make the car run much better. I'll change the wheels, and add fender mirrors in the future. I'll post updates, as they happen.

 

SA22C-103 is a crazy early vin....

the yellow looks great, the wheels need to go, and your upper radiator hose looks to be original...