did they ever buld a hardtop kit fo the rx verts like the miatas have??

Ive never seen nor hear of one. The middle targa section alreay is hard though:D

My Vert may be slower than a regular RX-7 but who cares? With a drop top and the open sky I am having twice as much fun as with a steel roof caging me in. As for power, I am planning on adding a turbo to my 6 port NA engine. Unless I can complete a deal for a TII engine that I am working on. Either way I will get to have my cake and eat it too. You can add power to a vert. but cannot make a coupe a convertible very easily. As for all out performance. If I wanted that I would probably go with a built first gen. For practically nothing you can build a respectable track car from a first gen. I bought my vert. for one reason, it was BECAUSE it was vert. not in spite of it. Once you go topless you will never go back.

John
...... yes the blue one in the avatar is mine.

John,

If you need a turbo setup I have a couple of 87-8 turbo conversions available to be built to spec. Price range is $2500 out the door, or $3000+ installed. They are a drop in, plug in conversion for 86-88 NA cars. There is more info on my webpage at www.rotaryresurrection.com.

Turbo verts OWN...

:owned:

I will agree with Kevin on that because he built my vert/t2. And he will do one hell of a job with your car if you can get him to work before 3pm. hahahahah
whats up Kev

The RX-7 vert is light years ahead of the miata as far as top design. The Miata was really the budget little brother of the RX-7 'vert.

The TX-7 top has a glass rear window (with defroster) and the hard targa section, so you really don't need a true hard top.

I love my 'vert. Exept the top ripped in the lower corners on both sides! I'm gonna grab a raft fixing kit or something and fix that later tho, black duct tape is the fix for now :-p

I decided against the TII conversion because I simply cannot find another S5 TII to tear the drivetrain out of, and if I DID find one, I would try and restore it before trashing it, cuz these things just dont seem to be that common! :-p

Hey hypntyz7, I think that rear wing off the 3KGT looks cool like that :-p I might grab one someday.

Another possibility for a wing is the ones off of the 240SX, they have the kind that grab the back edge of the trunk lid. Even the hatchback version 240SX wing should work with a little modification and they are common as hell.

i've been researching turbo conversions for my own s5 coupe, i'm thinking to save alot of trouble finding a whole drivetrain from a s5 you could just find a tranny, driveshaft, rearend, from an s4 and then get an s5 engine...im pretty sure it would all bolt up as most of the drivetrain parts are pretty much the same from what i understand and you would have the clutch type lsd rather than the viscous from the s5. just some thoughts.

Still stiff after 12 years
 

Originally posted by RX-Heven
RX verts are some of the flexiest verts out there. Mazda did not do much to stiffen the chassis after 'cutting the roof off.' All makes of verts creak and moan, especially after 10-15 years, and RX's are particularly noisy in that regard, especially if you put some aftermarket coilovers on them.
I still love them even though they are pathetically slow, in na trim that is

WHAT?

Why not spring for a new top...it isn't that much? If you have any plans to keep the car...

Apparently you have never looked on autotrader.

Priority one...no more duct taped top!

ordered a new rear section of top, black vinyl, keeping the current targa, $650 installed including refitting of all weatherstrips

another quick question
i keep looking but i couldnt find ANY INFO on weight distrubution of the vert AT ALL
if anyone happen to have any info on it i'd appreciate it

RX-Heven :
LET'S MAKE IT PERSONAL. YEAH, THAT WILL HELP!
I'm sorry you don't like 'Verts. I've owned a lot more RX-7's of all engine and chassis combos than you claim.
I respectfully disagree with you.

To keal1998:
The 'Vert is a truly enjoyable car to own.
A NA 'Vert is definitely underpowered, (especially with a automatic). The weak point on all RX-7's is the engine. Take care of it and you will be fine.
There are lots of ways to get more power if you aren't happy with it.
I have put bigger engines into some 'Verts on occasion. (20B, Chevy V8, Chevy V6, etc). All still handled great. Maybe not race track ready, but still fun.
Isn't fun the operable word for a sports car?

Nothing personal taken on my part, sometimes I just feel like being an ass :bootyshak Whenever was it said I do not like verts? I love them and wouldn't want to drive anything else except for my 20b car, if I ever get it done, and a drop top Ferrari. I haven't owned a few of them and dumped tens of thousands of dollars into them because I don't like them, but then again, I'm only claiming that.
Speaking of claims, what vert did you put a 20b in?

A white 89, that had a 5 speed and a dead rotary.
I put way too much money into the conversion. It was sweet, and fast. But it was also fragile.
That car is what got me into alternative powerplants.
The car now has a LS1 Chevy V8.
It's a lot faster than the 20B and more reliable. The conversion was easier and cheaper, also.
Check me out on the V8 site.
www.torquecentral.com
And no, I'm not trying to start another V8 flame war.

Verts own....so every one against can shuddup... lol

weight distrubution ?
no one ?

what about it...50/50

the coupe is 50.2/49.8 if i am right
the convertible adds quite a few pound to it and its still 50/50 ?
thats cool

Since most of the additional weight appears to be towards the back of the car, I'd assume they have a slight rearward bias compared to the coupes.

But...remember the hatch is not there...so can we really base it off that.

Duct Tape: $1
Raft Kit: $2.50
New Top: $650
My montly spending money after college, food, girlfriend, rent: $10-$20?

Hmmmmmmm :-p

The tears are only 1inch long :-p

i remember the convertible weight around 200 more than the coupe, they distrubute that extra weight that even ?

kim307 has a nice vert, with a t2 coversion... sweet looking machine if i do say so myself ;)