You spend all this time and money and you use the crappiest oil filter on the market? Fram is like cardboard in a tin can. Replace it with mobile or mazda man.

 

I use OEM, my preference. But I have used Fram without consequence.
True, Fram is a low quality filter. BUT, nobody here has ever attributed engine problems to a Fram filter (it's low quality but it works) and your post is quite off topic

 

offtopic? nahhh... the topic is what ever is in blueTII's engine bay.

bottom line though, fram is crap. Kingofl337 does have a point.

 

Do a little research and find out who makes Mazda's oil filters.






Fram.

 

lol, after talking with a buch of people about fram and hearing some of the horor stories I descided to get another brand. Now here is where I messed up, I got microguard, lol man that is the worst filter out there! I didn't do this to the 7 I did this to my daily driver and man once this car warms up the oil pressure is all over the place at idle and on the highway. Needless to say fram is not that bad and I will use it in my daily driver from now on. Now in my 7 I will only use oem.

 

miata filters are the same as ours:

http://www.teammiata.com/libs/oil-filters.htm

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/

it doesn't matter who makes our filters, as long as they don't make them the same way.

 

 

Good oil filter info! Thanks for the links, the orange underachiever will no longer sully my engine bay.

 

Just because Fram makes mazda's OEM doesn't mean it's their standard filter. The OEM has an anti-drain back valve and I'd wager it's Fram's top of the line filter which gets good ratings for filtration and quality.

Bottom line, nobody has ever attributed an engine failure/problem to a Fram or ANY oil filter.

 

fram doesnt make mazda's oem filter. mazda of japan's filter is the same its always been, mazda usa supplies a filter made by tennex. the only way to buy an oem mazda oil filter is to buy outside of mazda, strange?

IAN: sweet ride! i like the honda too

 

That's nice. But you know, jump mode is when you go so fast.

 

I love this car...AND the IC set-up.

What size IC is that and who makes it?

 

Holy ****, first time I've seen this. That is probably THEE nicest and SMOOTHEST TB port job I have EVER seen! congrats man, that is truly a piece of work. right click save as!

 

Eh I just use the cheap Nippon fliters. Anyways are you running normal 91 or premixing?

 

huh?!

if it is true there is quite a difference in the quality of parts they use in each variation. as far as i knew mazda filters were produced by Nippon in Japan... at least they may have been in the past but now i dunno since every car market out there seems to be cutting more and more costs these days.

 

that is awesome, great pictures. im jealous

do you still have your bumper support bar? did you have to cut the middle to let the airflow. did you do any ducting to your rub strip intake?

 

damn your engine is CLEAN.ive always knew bronze rims looked good on blue rx7s

 

Why does my OEM filter say NIPPON and have a shitload of kanji on it?

 

do you still have your bumper support bar? did you have to cut the middle to let the airflow. did you do any ducting to your rub strip intake?
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Yes, I cut a slot in the fiberglass bumper support bar. A series of 1 1/4" hole saw cuts from side to side where the fiberglass is bolted to the unibody and then used a wood rasp and various files to finish it off. Lots of itchies in the forearms that night.

I slapped a CF top, bottom and sides on the front of the duct for the trip to 7stock 6 and it looked halfway decent, though it still lacked support for the bumper skin. If I ever get it running right I will have time to resolve details like this.

 

"clapping in awe"

 

Very nice setup, and all custom to boot!

What size AN/metric adapters did you use on your primary fuel rail? I'm doing the same fuel setup on my S5 and have an S4 rail to mod, but can't find what size adapter is needed for the ends...

 

Freaking nice. Keep up the good work.

 

Very nice engine bay and car. Just wondering if you do drifting/track alot and that was the reason for the intercooler placed like that, I have seen many japanese drift cars set uplike that, apparently its better when they crash, not so many broken i/c.

 

you have inspired me to do a V-mount setup of my own! (or maybe an H-mount like yours, we'll see).

 

Gorgeous car. I have a lot of appreciation for someone with that kind of attention to detail. I also know just how much work that is, as I'm doing a lot of the same stuff myself right now. :P