Hey everyone my name is cg. im a a super noob when it comes to the mazda club i am a current owner of a civic thats dd and also being modded as well but fwd doesent cut it for me. i before had a 240sx and was into touge racing untill i got into a wreck not there but a old lady hit me running a light. i can show pictures to show you how bad it was. I was indeed missing the rwd experience and this time in need for a change so i came across the rx-7 its a rolling chasis inside interior alright but i plan on cutting or changing but not now engine is gone and so is the trani. but thats the thing its my project and i vision it being something successful. I just need help as far as learning the different engine methods i did do some reading on the felix page that did help but i was trying to figure out what would be the cheapest and engine though and tranny? not looking for super horse power just stock for now to get myself back on the track. Thanks again and i look forward to gain knowledge from you guys.

pz!

 

Welcome to the forums!! You are officially part of the darkside. Cheapest rotary you can find is the 12A and it is usually the most durable if taken care of properly. Post some more information about your 7 and post up some pics!!

 

Welcome to the forum.

There are a couple diffferent routes that you can take seeing that you starting with just the chassis. Spend some time reading the fact and searching through the archieves. Theres lots too read. Good luck with your project

 

adding to that, pretty much anything you wanna try can be looked up on just these forums alone.

 

First decision to make is what are you planning on using the car for? Is this going to be a daily driver/commuter, drag strip, autocross, roadracer or multipurpose?

Second one is budget and skill level.

From there, we can point you in a couple of different directions as fas as engine, drivetrain and suspension.

Depending on those choices, you enter either the Dark side, or become Rod Serlings new best friend.

 

Touge is some serious **** and if your not set up just right you can **** up bad. But hey welcome to the club. I love my 12A but alot of people swap in the bigger 13B's. Just do alot of research and alot of reading. I used to sit on this computer just searching and reading till 4 in the morning sometimes. It really does helps to read as much as possible about these cars.

 

OK, I'm old. Educate me on what touge is?

 

Mountian racing

 

Wondered the same thing myself. I guess this term is hard for us "Old Farts" to understand.....

 

It is just the Japanese name for Mountian Racing.

 

I thought maybe the youngins forgot how to spell tongue. Now that's real racing.

 

My friend is really into that type of racing. I just like street driving.

 

well this is going to be my track car. i am actually getting back to drifting again so i will be at alot of d1 events and dd events as well. i want to start with a basic motor. nothing turbo untill i learn about this one. i consider not to mountain race due to the fact i cant think about myself anymore like im in high school i have a family there i need to support. but i ended up actually getting the 2nd gen rolling chasis which im picking up this week. my daily driven will be my civic. so this one is something i will be working on the weekends to fix up. which i cant wait. i can show some pictures of it so you guys can check it out. i got it for 150.00. the rest of the money i had left over after went to adding u haul charges and towing from my house to laguna beach which is really far. The guy i got it from was real nice and since it was my birthday gave it to me for 150.00 as a gift.

 

If you can make it this weekend to Rick & Ronnies, it's Old Skool Day! There will be a couple hundred of the cleanest rotary rides for you to drool over.. I meant next to
http://socalrxs.org/calendar_details.aspx?id=75

 

Haha, tongue racing, thats like bench racing, but much more extreme.