what frame
05-13-06, 12:23 AM
#1
Wankel Me This!!
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what frame
hi ok i am thinking that my dad is starting to like rx7s alot now. but my dad would like to know what frame does the rx7s have?
Damien
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05-13-06, 07:20 PM
#6
Originally Posted by openshot
thanks can the rx7 be made into a convertible
yes sir it can...it can be made into an airplane if you got the time and the money
there is a few pics of the convertible 1st gen...they made them owners made them but if you have a good car i would not try this..get a cheep parts car for a few bucks and do it to that car
cheers PaTricK
05-13-06, 07:20 PM
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Old [Sch|F]ool
It's been done, not really recommended.
Easier to just get an FC convertible, or a Miata if you don't want to drive a tank. A 1.6l Miata feels almost exactly like a Series 1 RX-7 to drive.
Easier to just get an FC convertible, or a Miata if you don't want to drive a tank. A 1.6l Miata feels almost exactly like a Series 1 RX-7 to drive.
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05-13-06, 10:11 PM
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There were a few (very well-engineered) convertible conversions done in 1981 or so by a California company (you could order these cars from the dealer if I remember correctly). The car was called the Pacific Avatar RX7.
Pacific Avatar did not stop at simply chopping off the roof either. These cars were also powered by a turbo'd 12A producing somewhere north of 160hp (vs. 101hp for the stock 12A at the time) and went zero-to-sixty in around 7 seconds--- not overly quick by today's standards but faster than most cars built back then, including the Corvette and Porsche 928 of the same era.
Of course, the price for one of these in 1981 hovered around 40K--- four times as much a a stock 7 sold for. By comparison, a Ferrari 308GTS of the same vintage was around 45K.
Needless to say, not many Pacific Avatars were sold. But if you could find one now...
Pacific Avatar did not stop at simply chopping off the roof either. These cars were also powered by a turbo'd 12A producing somewhere north of 160hp (vs. 101hp for the stock 12A at the time) and went zero-to-sixty in around 7 seconds--- not overly quick by today's standards but faster than most cars built back then, including the Corvette and Porsche 928 of the same era.
Of course, the price for one of these in 1981 hovered around 40K--- four times as much a a stock 7 sold for. By comparison, a Ferrari 308GTS of the same vintage was around 45K.
Needless to say, not many Pacific Avatars were sold. But if you could find one now...
05-13-06, 10:40 PM
#10
Resident Weasel
Originally Posted by 81gsl12a
yes sir it can...it can be made into an airplane if you got the time and the money
there is a few pics of the convertible 1st gen...they made them owners made them but if you have a good car i would not try this..get a cheep parts car for a few bucks and do it to that car
cheers PaTricK
there is a few pics of the convertible 1st gen...they made them owners made them but if you have a good car i would not try this..get a cheep parts car for a few bucks and do it to that car
cheers PaTricK
05-13-06, 10:48 PM
#12
Resident Weasel
Originally Posted by 81gsl12a
lol i started a thread in the lounge about turning a 1st gen into a speed boat...are you being for real or mocking me......if so lets see some pics woooot
05-13-06, 10:49 PM
#13
Originally Posted by Rotary Weasel
for real...check my old thread about turning my 7 into an amphibious vehicle...during some flooding in jan this year, I rather haplessly drove my 7 into literally a lake...so 'no' to actually doing fabrication and 'yes' to figuratively making it a boat
ah yes i remember that thread...so you got it working right?
05-13-06, 10:50 PM
#14
Resident Weasel
Originally Posted by 81gsl12a
ah yes i remember that thread...so you got it working right?
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