Im about to buy an FC but it sounds like these things break down every day from the way YOU guys talk about it... and you are the people supporting the car! I need the car so I can drive every day, i.e. to work, ect. Should I not get this car and go with a *shudder* piston engine?

 

There's what, 20,000 of us here? Of course there's going to be horror stories!

 

you rarely hear of the good things but most definately hear about everything that goes wrong. If you need reliability go for the NA.

 

It's a turbo... with 140k miles... Im scared *sniffles* but they are so cool.. and such good drifting cars, and I dont want a 240 like my friend!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry.

 

I love my rx7's, even the one that's not running(my fault). In three rx7's I've only needed to replace a oil cooler line. any car this old will have some problems, just the people on this forum usually take extra special care of there cars.

 

Ok. And about pre-mix, I just need to throw some oil in the gas tank when I fill it up? Won't that produce black smoke? isn't that BAD?

 

use 2 stroke oil. Small amounts of it.

 

AE86's are good drifting cars, FC's aren't easy to drift.

 

Yeah try finding an AE86... and FCs are good drifters, at least thats what I've heard form everyone else in the world but you.

 

You will love your car not matter what! i bought mine 2 years ago.. dove it for a couple months, been working on it off the road ever sence, i think it will see pavement before x-mass with its partial (or full if i get ambitious) bridge turbo motor

you will love the car no matter what

 

not if I can't drive it...

 

at 140k miles I would stay away unless it has a new engine. or buy it cheap and have a few grand on hand for when / if it goes...

 

rotary engines are some scary **** huh

 

Not really, rebuilding them is so damn easy it makes up for it. It's the electrical gremlins you have to watch out for, those are the ones that are a pain in the ***, like my alarm that randomly decides to lock me in the car (damn switch doesn't open the drivers side door) Looks funny having to crawl out the window/other door

 

what are you thinking about paying?


FCs are a drift car, btw. you just need more power or less grip.

 

Hachi's are the best for learning and starting out. I think FD's are better if you want to drift with RX7's

 

where the hell are you comin up with this ****?

Front engine. Rear wheel Drive.
50/50 weight distribution
LSD

what more are you asking for?!!?

 

it's supposed to be scary.... no one ever posts "my fc is running great, ran like a champ today!"... people post when they need help....

 

Solid rear axle

 

By the way, my FC HAS been running lika a champ- had it for a couple of years (88 vert, 133k) and the only thing I have changed out is the plastic *** radiator.

THERE!

 

my FC has never had a major problem yet. 89 GTU with 95k miles on it.

i've had a heater hose bust and lost my clutch master cylinder. the previous owner never had any major work done on it either.

 

The basic formula:

FAST - CHEAP - RELIABLE (but you can pick only two)

The RX-7 is a very good balance of all three.

 

Keep in mind that a performance engine does not last as long as those found in your typical civic or corolla. If you look at other cars of similar performance and vintage, they don't nessissarly last that long either. How many C4s do you see for sale with 140k Miles?

If you want to buy a TII, start with a fresher engine than that.

 

Performance engine in a Corrlla and a Civic? That's a stretch of the word performance. By that standard my friends kia has a performance engine.

just messing with you...


Oh.. and with a 140K on the odo you can reliably expect another 15-20K out of it, if everything is stock and in good condition. You may get more. But the ods are that you will have that foot in the accelerator more often. Then you end up wanting to make it a little faster, then a lot faster then you start looking for a daily driver. If it has a bad idle or looks really rough under the hood and inside the car I would stay away. To get the car past 160K on a stock motor it needs to have been really babied the first 100K. If it sat for prolonged periods of time at all in the last 5 years that isn't good either.

 

I suppose that if you grab some 15" wheels of an NA and throw on some really hard rubbered tires you could make it drift well. But in my experience the FC doesn't really like sliding side ways, even when it's wet. It wants to slap the car back in line. The 50/50 is what is causing the problem for the drifter. You want more weight in the front so that the rear follows the front and it easier for the rear to break loose.

Now my '92 5.0 will stay sideways all day long. I think that thing is like 70/30. Wouldn't that be great? Have an american car in a drifiting video?