Oh and the other pic is my grad ring, i had it specially made by my uncle who is a goldsmith.[/QUOTE]

Guy,
Sick ring!
everything that has been said, has been said already.

but I always get.....
" It was owned by a Vancouver Cancuk?" (TONI TANTI)
" why does it have back seats, are they factory?"
" YOU GOT PROOF?"
" 1 of 1500 you better take care of that thing" <---- thankx i know this!
Heres my proof in black and white.
take a look at the white page, work order B
ENJOI

http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/aurora0/tony.html

http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/aurora0/10ae.htm

 

"Nice 240" -some riced up Civic driver

 

When I went for spark plugs last time the guy confirmed I wanted leading and trailing (I just gave the NGK part numbers) and asked if they were going into a motorcycle. I said no, RX-7 and he understood. Why don't I run into amusing people who are uninformed about our niche engine?

 

I agree! I didnt realize how long this thread would end up being. There are some great stories, sad stories, funny stories. Good stuff. Lets sticky it. Mods?

 

I was at my moms house the other day i wasnt in my rx7 i was in my honda accord but a friend of mine stop by to show me his fc that he just bought and these guys that stay down the street from my mom is always trying to race with there acuras and neons (sad kids) so one of the guys come down while im looking under his hood and he ask
kid: what the hell is that
me: its an rx7
kid: i mean the engine, what type of pistons do it have
me: man it dont have pistons it has rotors
kid: well it looks slow i bet my 99 doge neon can beat it
friend: how much you looking to loose
kid: i bet 50 bucks
so they race and the neon gets spanked horribly to the point we couldnt even see the car anymore so we get back to my moms house
kid: omg that thing is fast
us: yea its a stock turbo II
kid: im trading in my neon for one
then he goes home and tells his friends that he just got spanked and they run down and in amazment they are looking at the car and asking questions

 

I was washing my car today and my neighbor comes out, who drives a 240 coupe.
My 7 is parked next to my mx-6

N: Hey! how much did you get your '240' for?
Me: ugmm you mean this car? [pointin to the mx-6]
(then it came to me he was reffering to the 7)
Me: you mean this? [pointing to my 7]
N:yeah, 240s are reliable.

 

best one i came up with was gone into school and told my instructor(autoservice) i blew a headgasket on my rx7 he believed it and said gl tryin to fix that one i commented "yea while im at it i better get some turn signal fluid huh?"

 

good **** smokie! you show those neon heads that their car aint all that. i hope we don't see them in the forum trying to get into RX-7s just cuz he got whooped by one.

 

my Bro -in- law picked up a SUPER clean s5 and I went with him to his friends house to show it off. The neighbor comes out talking all this **** about taking road corses and getting to know your car before you drive it on the road... then he comes with this:

"If you want a Mazda that makes real power, you should trade this in for a Miata"
Us: What do you drive?
"Mini coop"
Us: Really? Making some real power.
"It's got a turbo [and this and that], I dont hardly take it out"

-Just then a woman drives by in a Mini Cooper and waves at the guy-

Us: Is that your car?
"Ya"
We laugh and he leaves.

 

have any of you had ppl say that your 7 looks like an iroc camaro. there was a broken down red iroc at my school today and as soon as i drove past it, this chick calls me and asks if i'm alright. Apparently she says my red fc looks like an iroc.

 

they are always trying to compete with me and its a good thing i didnt race my 7 they lucky but anyways i seem them today and now all they can say is can you find me an rx7 one of them made me so mad today he had the nerve to say before i buy one can you tell me what type of cams i should get or do they come with twin cams after that i kicked him out my moms front yard and said go home you dont need one because you are just lost

 

Yeah same here. I just give them the NGK Part numbers.

Actually, at my local Kragen, I usually end up talking to somebody about the Rex. If not the guys behind the counter, it's one of the customers around.

I usually get a story about how their friend / brother / in-law / uncle in another state had one and outran some cops... or something. One guy told me that he used to have a REPU and liked to do doughnuts in a dirt field with the redline buzzer screaming at him.

Interestingly, one of the guys at the store has a 76 Lancia Scorpion 1.8L carb that's in decent shape. I had to ask him what the hell it was. He was telling me about his engine swap plans, and I was going to tell him to drop a 13b in there, but figured he had enough work to do.

 

my oil seals are going and today a guy told me that i need new valve seals...

he was VERY insistent...

 

People have been asking me when my car is going to be running again....and every time i tell them next week...for the past three months

 

i think the one that gets annoying is when people tell me i should do the LS1 swap.

 

yea i hate that too its like why do it i cant stand that one it ticks me off

 

this reminded me of something i had banished from my memory.

i entered my 91 vert at Nopi Nationals 2 years ago, and the group of judges come by to look it over, and as they are checking it out, one of the judges says:

"wow, this is the most impressive rotary swap into a miata i have ever seen! it looks factory!"

My dad had to hold me back.

stupid nopi judges. havent entered a car since.

 

thats sad (but then again it is NOPI)

i get the "whoa... your car smells REALLY bad, do you have an exhaust leek or something?"

but the one i cant stand is "oh cool, RWD, are you a drifter?"


everybody at work asks me "i hear your car can shoot fire! Show me!"

no, go home.

 

"Awwww, your boyfriend lets you drive his car?"
Mother ******, my boyfriend doesn't TOUCH this car!

I also love when guys pull up at traffic lights and rev their engines like they want to race, then stop doing it when they realize it's a girl driving the car. And then I blow 'em out of the water

 

I was expecting a conversation like that when I did the title transfer (also at the KY DMV) after buying my vert last month- but it already had that it was a 4 cylinder on the title so they didn't say anything. I'm curious to see if I get asked the same thing when I register it (once I get it running).

 

Random guy-"WOW, rx7, what turbo you got on it?!"
Me-"It's N/A."
Random guy- "oh, gay."


Random guy2-"Your cars a pos, it's missfiring like hell!"
Me-'sigh' "Your an idiot." (he was talking about my bridgeported 7)


FD Owner- "All your FC says is I had an FD."
Me- "All you're FD says is i'm not an rx7, you got a LS1 in it."

 

This happened before I knew much about rotaries. It was my 1st Rx7. I had just purchased the car. I knew it had a rotary, and I knew the basic functionality of it. The car had around 90k miles at the time. So I stopped in a shop, and asked the guy how much to change the timing belt. He looked at me in disgust.

Him: "That car doesn't have a timing belt."
Me: "Oh, ok then, have a nice day!"

And I walked out, and never went there again. I will never forget the look on his face. He looked like he wanted to hurt me. Maybe he thought I was messing with him. O well. Live and learn!

Matt|ttaM

 

I always say 2 or 3 weeks... LOL
except, it's been 7 months!

 

Me- "All your FD says is I wish I was running and didn't have a blown engine"

Fixed it for you...

 

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