I took this idea from iceblue, check his blog, HERE.

January 20th, 2006

Let's start in the past. I acquired my first car, a 1988 Mazda RX-7 for Christmas in 2004. I paid $3,200 for it. (Or my folks did, it was a gift.) The guy had full documentation - it was actually his wife's car, she bought it in 1989 with just a few thousand miles on it. She has been the only owner since.

The paperwork shows that the guy and his wife put a 2.25" exhaust on the thing just a year before I got it. (Only name found on the thing was "Bonez".) Rotary Performance just put in a rebuilt engine with 16,000 miles on it. 198,000 miles showing on the odometer.

I recently installed an aftermarket radio.
WRITEUP: https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/my-aftermarket-stereo-radio-writeup-479967/

I'm planning on installing a custom CAI in the near future, and then I'm working on tuning the suspension for some light autocrossing. I have my eye on Tokico shocks with Eibach springs and of course, replacement of all bushings.

Here she is:



This being my first car, I really don't know much of what I'm doing - I'm just learning as I go.

That's all for now. (Boring I know, but whatcha gonna do?)

Sayonara,
iSP33D-for-J3SUS

 

Sounds like you got a cherry FC very nice.

I am just subscribing to this really to watch your work.

 

jesus doesnt speed dude.

 

which is why he's speeding for jesus.

makes sense to me

 

Nice looking car.

Check under it and take a gander and then compare the exhaust to pics on rx7.com.

That answers all usually.

 

Nah. Don't think of it too theologically. I just mean, I drive / race for Jesus. Speeding really isn't cool, lots of innocent people die because idiots speed around the streets trying to look "pro" in their ricer civics. Obey the law, kiddies. I am a Christian, so, that should clear up the confusion - it's not a sarcastic, I speed for Jesus.

And yes, please subscribe and follow my progress, I won't be updating too often because I am just another broke FC owner but I should have enough money to build my CAI by next month and I'll update and include lots of pics, etc.

Thanks,
iSP33D-for-J3SUS

 

When was the car painted?

 

i must say the paint job is nice and the rims look good with it. good luck with your project and for the most part, we're broke fc owners too.

 

I must say speed4jesus thats a nice example of a 18 year old car no matter what it is! But the fact that it is a fc, well that just makes ir darn well pleasing. I will agree too, that speed does kill. Luckily, when I used to rip the streets in some of my previous 7's I never hurt myself or more importantly anyone else.


So i used to tell myself that I was licky to be alive after all of the stupid things I did. But its not luck. Its fate. I am not a christian but I do believe in a higher power, and i am here to tell youthat there is one.

I am glad to see that you got yourself a very clean fc. And I am glad you are posting positive things too. I hope you have alot of good memories to share down the road about your fc and the people you meet on this forum too.

 

Damn, I was going to do this, and now I'm going to seem trendy. Oh well, I'll prob do it anyway. Very clean car, btw. Wish my paint was half that nice.

 

I intended it to be trendy. It is allot easier then following someone that creates a new thread on each project.

 

The camera doesn't even capture the true beauty of this paint job. In direct sunlight it looks like steel / platinum silver and then as less light strokes it you see more blue. It also has pearl mixed in.

Here's a direct sunlight shot.



The previous owner painted it but I don't know when, it may be in the huge stack of receipts and bills he had with the car but I haven't looked through it all yet - just skimmed the finer points.

I also found out that it's actually a 50mm (roughly 2 inches) exhaust system - not sure where I heard / read 2.25". (Assuming I calculated right - I'm too lazy to just get a measuring tape and see for myself... )

iSP33D-for-J3SUS

 

You know you don’t always need money to mod your car. Sometimes it just takes some uniqueness and creativity.

 

I agree - here are two "mods" I recently did at no cost to myself.

One, I made a seat for my amplifier in the rear - passenger side bin. It needs stereo foam around the edges (because the bins are busted up pretty bad) but otherwise, it looks great and gives it a personal feel.



Then, I got a racing harness from a friend and installed that using the metal underneath the bins directly behind the driver's seat. It works great - though I haven't tested it, so I use the stock seatbelt as well. (Plus I need a roll cage to install the upper harness.



Heck, some may call that rice but I say, "My car!" I can do whatever I like to it!

Two fun "mods".

Oh and my stereo!



iSP33D-for-J3SUS

 

Same interior as me .

Good luck! Going to do a header or anything? !

 

Here is a cheep couple HP mod if you want. Switch to a TII AFM and 550cc Secondarys. Helps lean it out and 550s prevent to lean under high rpm, it gets a lean shot with 460s in there.

 

can I do that for an S5 NA? how do I subsribe to the blog?

 

and money. lol

 

Go to the top and under "Thread Tools" it says, "Subscribe to this Thread" or something like that. Then go to your control panel and go to subscriptions and you can see all the threads you ae currently subscribed to.

iSP33D-for-J3SUS