Does your FC have that smell?
10-07-02, 12:44 AM
#27
Has been.. hangin' around
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Milpitas, CA
Posts: 2,618
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I spend a lot of time in junkyards, I noticed this a while ago. Almost all the RX-7s I worked in smelled the same, kinda perfumey type smell.
PaulC
PaulC
10-07-02, 01:06 AM
#29
Damaged Little F*cker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: High Point, North Carolina
Posts: 840
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i smoke too, and ive smoked in all my cars. but i, starting to think i shouldnt smoke in my T2. "the FC smell" is really growing on me. its like it wouldnt be my RX-7 if it didnt have the smell to it.
10-07-02, 01:12 AM
#30
What R U thinking self?
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Stockton, CA
Posts: 2,333
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ya, I noticed the smell of smoke in my AE is hardly noticeable ... I assume the leather seats don't soak up the smoke as well. But damn .. you get in my N/A .. if your not a smoker it will make you think you just sat in a big *** ashtray 
10-07-02, 02:05 AM
#31
White Comet
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Orange County
Posts: 2,145
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yup noticed it in my car too. I like it Has a raw, race car smell to it 
edit- on second thought, I think its just the smell of "fast"
Has a raw, race car smell to it edit- on second thought, I think its just the smell of "fast"
Last edited by Ni5mo180SX; 10-07-02 at 02:14 AM.
10-07-02, 04:25 AM
#33
Greek Power
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Greece
Posts: 2,375
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dunno what this "smell" actually smells like for you guys, but I guess I'm in the same boat. I have been into 3 FCs (mine, a TII owned by a friend of mine, and a TII of a guy that I met in the Rotary Beat), and they all smelled the same.
I guess its the leather (all TIIs here have leather, or so I believe), combined with the coolant+oil+fuel smell of the wankel
Even I leave my TII without a perfume "tree" for a month, next time I get in, the smell is right there alright, waiting to be inhaled
I guess its the leather (all TIIs here have leather, or so I believe), combined with the coolant+oil+fuel smell of the wankel
Even I leave my TII without a perfume "tree" for a month, next time I get in, the smell is right there alright, waiting to be inhaled
10-07-02, 11:26 AM
#36
Full Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Williams Lake, BC
Posts: 236
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by RX7withNitrous
yup my right hand smells like it on friday or saturday night when i get home.
yup my right hand smells like it on friday or saturday night when i get home.
Yah my friends red 1990 N/A smells the same as my '88 N/A... go figure
10-07-02, 12:32 PM
#38
Full Member
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Cartersville, Ga
Posts: 97
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I think the smell in my car kinda smells sour, but it's not my fault. I think it's something to do with my shifter, cause when i leave my hand sitting on it while I drive, My hand stinks. I think i need to get that thing on my shifter replaced.
10-07-02, 02:58 PM
#41
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Springfield, Missouri USA
Posts: 255
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I know exactly the smell.
I think it's a lot to do with the adhesives used in the sound deadening/carpet and the composition of the carpet.
The OTHER smell I think of, the "hot" one, I haven't smelled in a long time. I don't think my underhood temps get up there like they used to.
Exhaust? Just plain raunchy!
I think it's a lot to do with the adhesives used in the sound deadening/carpet and the composition of the carpet.
The OTHER smell I think of, the "hot" one, I haven't smelled in a long time. I don't think my underhood temps get up there like they used to.
Exhaust? Just plain raunchy!
10-07-02, 06:29 PM
#42
Damaged Little F*cker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: High Point, North Carolina
Posts: 840
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
smell of fast, haha, i like that.
btw ACE, not all T2s come with leather, ive only seen one that did have it, and it was a 10th AE.
btw ACE, not all T2s come with leather, ive only seen one that did have it, and it was a 10th AE.
10-08-02, 12:48 AM
#43
Yar-Har-Har
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Nashville, 37217
Posts: 1,954
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
my 88 TII has leather and its not an AE.....I love the smell in mine....but the smell is gas cause im running rich....its wierd though cause the smell that i smell now I have smelled in SEVERAL older sports cars...my dad has had several old datsuns including a 510 and a 280z...both of those smelled the same (rich)....If the smell you guys are smelling is not richness, then I guess my FC is the only one on this forum that doesnt have it...I have a definte gas smell...and not the *** type
10-08-02, 12:52 AM
#44
Damaged Little F*cker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: High Point, North Carolina
Posts: 840
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
the rich exhaust smell is definatley in my car, but only when its running. usualy when i get in my car and the engine is not running, or if by some freak chance the exhaust isnt seeping into the cabin, i can smell the "FC smell". its different than any other kind of scent. you cant describe it but you know its there.
10-08-02, 02:09 AM
#45
I noticed that a long time ago. I also pointed it out to my friend when we were working on some corollas. All the corollas Ive been in, have that same smell. FCs have it too. Its probably just the combined smell of all the materials inside the car. Its the worn in version of the new car smell.
10-08-02, 02:35 AM
#46
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
yeah.... the smell.....it's gear oil.... well, that's what mine smells like anyway.....(since the rubber seal is gone and I've got an aluminum foil shift boot....
other than that, it has a very car smell.... not "new car" or anything, but smells like engines and vroom vroom (sorry for the pun) and all that good stuff
other than that, it has a very car smell.... not "new car" or anything, but smells like engines and vroom vroom (sorry for the pun) and all that good stuff
The following users liked this post:
FL 93 RX7 (02-16-20)
10-08-02, 06:55 AM
#48
Greek Power
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Greece
Posts: 2,375
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by FC Drifter
smell of fast, haha, i like that.
btw ACE, not all T2s come with leather, ive only seen one that did have it, and it was a 10th AE.
smell of fast, haha, i like that.
btw ACE, not all T2s come with leather, ive only seen one that did have it, and it was a 10th AE.
I have yet to see a TII without leather seats....
10-08-02, 08:40 AM
#49
Senior Member
I know the FC smell you are talking about. It could be exhaust/transmission smell from ripped shifter boots but I noticed the same smell when I was stripping out the sound supressing tar under the carpet. It could be the tar material cooking under the heat of the exhaust.
Someone else mentioned the smell of a VW beetle. I have owned two of those in the past. Their smell comes from the horse hair padded seats. 40+ year old horse hair smells TERRIBLE.
Someone else mentioned the smell of a VW beetle. I have owned two of those in the past. Their smell comes from the horse hair padded seats. 40+ year old horse hair smells TERRIBLE.
10-09-02, 03:05 PM
#50
Now with more 1st Gen!
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 1,534
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by FC Drifter
the smell has actualy grown on me since i got into RX-7s. my previous car didnt really have a smell to it. but now whenever i get in my T2, i take a deep breath and i know im home.
the smell has actualy grown on me since i got into RX-7s. my previous car didnt really have a smell to it. but now whenever i get in my T2, i take a deep breath and i know im home.
. smelled like my car.... reminded me of my car, and now I wan't my car even more!! 