I was at a stoplight near my school when this giant Denali on like 84" rims pulled up next to me. I had my sunroof open so this guy yells in the top of my car from his driver's window

Guy: "EYY IS THAT RX-7 GUY?"
Me: "Yeah dude, how do you know?"
Guy: "I USED TO LIVE IN PUERTO RICO!"

than he drove away.

A friend from school (I had only been there for like a month so more like an acquaintance) who was in my passenger seat was like "What the hell?"

 

Puerto rico home of the fastest rotaries.

 

you know what i hate hearing is "oh thats an rx7 huh? so thats got like an airplane engine.......? me. "yea sure" lol . I really hate trying to educate idiots.

 

The only one I get anymore is when i tell people I drive/race an Rx7 they assume its an FD. And when they see it and its not or I tell em its not, I get the same "ohh..."

Bastards, the FC is way better than the FD, at least IMO

 

I get that same BS everytime I say I drive an RX-7. **** the FD!

 

haha i hate that shi*t. and the same thing, is it turbo!?!?! is it fast?!!?
as im sometimes with my friend who has an n/a supra as well

if kno im never gonna see them again and/or their not gonna see my car ill just say yes and make up some elaborate story about ports and all this other random **** they dont know about lol

 

^ done it

 

yea ive done that too...once i told someone i had a four rotor in it..lol

 

I hate that look down on you because it's not an FD. Damn.

 

This happened when I was leaving my Engine's lab a month or so ago:

Guy: So you got a rotary now, huh?
Me: Uh, yeah. Got her for a good price, too.
Guy: Man those engines suck. They're so unreliable and ****.
Me: Uh huh.
Guy: Yeah, you gotta rebuild it ever 10,000 miles. It doesn't even have any power.
Me: Uh huh.
Guy: Yeah, you're better off getting your money back. Go buy a REAL car.
Me: *grin* So how's your Camaro? Still got that rod hanging out the side of the block?
Guy: ...

 

yeah i hate the clasic..

pretty much everybody- what do you drive?
Me- an RX7
pretty much everybody- oh like the orange car in tokyo drift?!
me- now thats an FD mines an FC, the earlier generation.
pretty much everybody- oh..?
me- i like them better actually
pretty much everybody- ..
me- laugh at home lame 99% of America's Population is

 

"Man, that orange FD from Tokyo Drift is so badass!"

me- Yeah, a veilside kit on a seven with dubbed over engine sounds is badass!

Yesterday, wasn't anything anyone said. I was meetin my buddy with an FC to hang out, as I'm meetin him, I'm drivin a little spirited and as I'm cruisin, I see one of those "box cars" You know the 80s boats, lifted with 38"s or whatever, so I take it up to about 6.5k rpms and let off right next to em. Don't know why, just felt like it. Sure enough...... POP!

So I get in the left lane to turn left, and sure enough this car comes flyin across the road and pulls up right behind. Both guys get out of the car..... At this point, I'm like ****, that was a stupid idea, these guys think I shot at them or something. As I'm thinkin this I look in my rear view and see them both checking the tires and looking under the car checkin for somethin. It was hilarious, they thought they got a flat or somethin. Didn't even occur that the little sports car that came past em backfired.

 

lmao!!! that was nice!

 

That's not entirely untrue. Some people put Mazda rotaries into civil and experimental aircraft. Also, those people you mention may be thinking of rotary piston engines which have been in planes since WWI, rather than the Wankel rotary in our cars.

A few days ago, I pwned one of those stupid "Your car's warranty will expire soon!" callers:

Male Rep: "What type of car do you own?"
Me: "Shouldn't you know that already?"
Rep: "We just need to verify with you the car you own, it's a security measure."
Me: "1987 Mazda RX-7."
Rep: "Ok... What engine?"
Me: "1.3L two-rotor, normally aspirated."
Rep: "What?"
Me: "Two-rotor. Its a rotary engine."
Rep: "A rotary engine?"
Me: looking up Wikipedia entry"You see, unlike a piston engine, a rotary engine uses two rotors shaped like Reauleux triangles that spin at high speed in an epitroicoidal path on an eccentric shaft."
Rep: "Epitro... You lost me, sir."
Me: "No actually, I haven't. Not until... now!"
*CLICK*

This was at work, however, so I got busted by my boss for this stunt. Now I have to hang up right away when I get one of these calls.

 

lmao!!! i always wanted to do that to them..

either that or "how could i possibly have my warranty?!" "the cars 23 years old!!"

 

so this guy has been trying to but my car, i wasn't trying to sell it. But he just wanted it, this conversation is straight copy and pasted from the message on myspace. I had told him i would think about it..

him- any thoughts on the 240 bro?

me- what 240?

him- sorry
i ment rx7.

me- oh i'm thinking like i said this is a tough move that car means a hell alo to me. i'm trying to get this turbo FC, so i'm probably going to sell you my old one. I haven't decided a price yet, but if id do i would give you a few parts off of the turbo car! like the steeringwheel, seats, whole shifter (everything even what goes i the tranny) and a few other things. I'd paint the car for you first. And just so you know you would need 1 wheel, haha
but i have a spare.

him-
dude, thats fine with me. im hoing to get a job soon and start paying for my SI then get another car so i can sell the SI so i dont have any payments.

me- makes since buddy! so what do you know about rotaries?

him- what do you mean by rotaries? like brake systems?

me- haha do you know how many cylinders rx7's have?

him- 2? i have no clue, haha thats just what i saw on google. but i think its 4

me- haha none! they have rotary motors!!! no pistons, there 1 of a kind

him- google said 2 but i dont know much about older mazads. i have just heard that they are good cars. how do rotary motors work?

needless to say i will not sell this guy mmy car.
hahahahahahaha

 

never had anything to post here before, since i only ever got good comments about my fb, but this happaned today and i i finaly got something to add.

Was talking to my mechanic today to borrow a truck to tow an fc i am hoping to buy this weekend. He askes what year, i give him the details about the car, 135k, stored for the past 5 years, and so on.
His response to me : "WOW thats a nice car, so when you installing a v8 into it?" and goes on about the brackets and parts they sell to make the conversion. He was totaly conviced that the car was usless without a v8 in it.
To bad i'm friends with his family and him, otherwise would have just left and never return.
This is quoted from an add of the car i plan to buy by the way.

 

haha, something similar happened to me today.
i was talking to my friend about future plans for my seven and debating turbo possibilities.
then this asian kid overhearing the conversation says "don't forget to upgrade your pistons and stuff."
he knows the car rx7 but knows nothing of it.
after that it was time for some education.
now he stoked to see my car.
haha.

 

Talked to get from craigslist today, said it was a 4 cyl in the FC, I texted him and said it had none, he didn't believe me at first, said he had owned it since it was new... lol

 

^ lqtm, i think that one is one of the best, stupid people like that make me laugh

 

Technical actuality says it's a "six-cylinder" since the rotor has a compression-combustion-exhaust on each face, that makes three cylinder equivalents per rotor.

I always tell the rotayr-ignorant that it's similar to a six (but a really fast six)


- k -

 

just ran across this thread so i have a few to add.

first i was at a cruise night a few years back, finally had the fc clean and looking good so i parked it with the other cars. after walking around a bit i ran into my cousin and a few of his friends. we were walking up to my car, now mind you none of them knew what i drove, and the one kid points at my car and says

Him-i hate these ******* cars, they look like shitty porches
Me-uh, thats my car
Him-no way, you dont have a shitty car like that

So i proceded to walk over, unlock the door and pop the hood to shut him up

Another one. I deliver plants in the spring time to garden centers. Had a spare motor on the back that i was dropping off to someone. The guy unloading me asked what it was. i told him it was a motor out of an rx7. His repsonce was thats an odd looking V-8.

And the last one that i can think of for now. My boss had to use my car once. When he got back with it his only comment was "That damn thing sounds like a snowmobile"

 

Except it also takes 3 rotations to get full combustion on all chambers rather than 2 on a traditional engine, so you could make the argument that 6 x 2/3 = 4.

So really, it's most like a 6 cylinder engine that only fires 4 cylinders in a given combustion cycle.

 

I had to go get tires one night in the rain cause I just finished fixin my balljoints and installin front struts on my vert. So it night and my front was ans is 2 toned (just finished primerin the body). I ran in tryin to stay dry and thold the man the size tires I needed. He looks at it and ask what kind of car is it a Vette??? Im thinkin to myself WTF this is the 2nd peron this week callin my car a vette. Than before I kissed the curb driftin a guy come into the store I was buyin beer at and almost pissed on himself talkin to his g/f.

him- OMG look at it
her- what
him- Its a RX7
her- so what
him- its a convertible
her- ok and
him- why the fucc am I with you??? Didnt ever tell you or show you anything???
THERE LIKE MY FAVORITE!!!
her- OHHH that what that is I thought it was a Miata!!!

I laugh and got pissed of and told her "No its a 7 and her name is RoXy and she dont like bein confused with other cars!!!!"

both of them- .... walk out with there heads down...

I'm a semi short blacc man with a very defensive look!!!
God racial profiling needs to stop LOL!!!

 

The first Wankel rotary-engine aircraft was the experimental Lockheed Q-Star civilian version of the United States Army's reconnaissance QT-2, basically a powered Schweizer sailplane, in 1968 or 1969. It was powered by a 185 hp (138 kW) Curtiss-Wright RC2-60 Wankel rotary engine.