I am a fan of the FD. always have been since the day i first saw one. Since then ive researched into the nights learning as much as i could about theses magnificant cars. Ive read stories, the history, specs, seen thousands of pictures and read much much more about them. I was wondering after reading all this information, why does everyone onthis site seems to have the idea that the FD has the sole purpose to race other cars in a straight line. Im not ragging on the Rx-7 in any manner or never would. I just feel as if the is car is not being put up to its fullest potential. Why waste a perfectly good car when you could get a twin turbo V8 and put that on the drag strip. I love these cars and would much wrather wee them on a track, course or somthing with a corner where it was built to dominate. A 2200 pound car with a 1.3lt engine putting out closet to 300 hp stock and a perfect 50/50 weigth distribution is not something to be wasted. It was meant to tackel the corners, DRIFT, this car is what seperactes the people who want to drive and the pople who want to race. Im sorry but these cars need to be bround back up to their standard of total domination on the track and not on the streets of citys to be pulled over by cops and known as the civic beater in your city. Maybe this is just my opinion but this is how i feel.

 

Once you get used to this site you will find that the majority of people are more interested in in SCCA and pretty much anything that tests handling as well as acceleration. Sure there are a few whose cars are purely drag but the majority arent.

The car weighs 2750lb's by the way not 2200.

The car was never designed to be specifically used for drift, handle yes, drift no.

Rob

 

You make an excellent point. There are a number of cars that will accelerate as fast, or faster, than a 3rd Gen RX-7. Hell, these days there are some 4 door sedans that will do that. But there are few cars that will handle as well....and by that, I mean the ease with which it will change direction, not just some skidpad number. It's one of the most maneuverable, high speed cars made in the last 15 years. And this kind of superb performance is something that's accessible in everyday driving.

 

Yes and yes.
My first track day I had a appreciation for what those guys in Japan were going for.
I think they stayed up watching the Discovery channel and Bruce lee movies and had the inspiration to build a car with super human cat like reflexes that would eat other cars at will

 

WTF? I've been here for 2 years + and i've gotten the impression that everyone around here agree's the FD is meant for technical driving (autocross, drifting, spirited drives, curvy roads, etc). With any car you'll find drag racing junkies but there's really not a large one in the 3rd gen section.

If you'd done your research you'd know that the car is not 2200lbs . . . . I think you were researching Miata's

 

Oh yeah, this forum is also not "drift friendly" . . . . alot of people think drifting is a new fad and will burn itself out. The handling, body curves, and the rotary engine is what defines our cars.

 

DRIFTING IS FOR ****. jkjk These cars are built for track racing and auto-x or gymkana IMO.

 

Ive got lots of respect for people who drift FD's. These are not easy cars to hold sideways. But then again, thats why I leave that up to the people who can do it. Drifting is way hard, but not my cup of tea.

 

Ditto!

 

Where the hell did you come from with these claims? Is this post one big late april fools joke?

 

when i say drift, i dont mean the lest burn off out tires and smoke out the crowd while pushing 500hp, i mean on corners, as a technique to win. And sry about the wrong weight, i screwed that up!! glad to hear some people agree with me!

 

drifting is never the fastest way around the course so as a technique to win a race it is invalid.

 

What does it matter to you what other people do with their car? If thats how you feel, then that's great. Use your own money and build your car the way you want it.

I suppose to each their own, is a good way of putting it.

 

tell that 2 the ppl in the world rally cups. sure there are no fds running those circuits but...

 

true, i was wrong, in some race series it is faster however not on anything paved. I wasnt trying to bash drifting personally i like some of it. I was just trying to point out that drifting on an autocross/gymkhana/touge etc course isnt a technique that leads to winning.

 

for real. if you love FD's so much, buy one. nothings worse than a dreaming fanboy with opinions. the main reason you see more stuff about drag racing though, is because it is much easier to get into than open tracking/road racing. that's reality for you. and not everyone is really into driving around cones in a ******* parking lot. it's not that we're all more into drag racing, it's that it happens the most frequently when you live near a track, so you naturally just hear more about it.

 

i could be useful in certain types of turns. lets say something like a extremely sharp hairpain lol

 

belive me when i say i didnt post this to insult anyone, ive just been here a short while and was curious on peoples opionions were about how i though, i guess i was wrong, and i really respect anyone who owns or is a fan of the FD. and i didnt mean to say that drifting works on every corner and causes you to win, i meant it was a techniques used on conrners to hold a constant speed better than other cars and the FD does this very well. Sorry if i sent the wrong message across.

 

some fiesty posters in here...

funny thing is there was just a thread asking for a dedicated drag forum in here.

dragging a 7 is a decent way to tune engine and transmission performance... but don't get all fussy when someone says you're ignoring the other performance potentials that the car inherently has in ~stock form, because it's true. some people happen to enjoy spanking mini coopers in a "******* parking lot".

if you happen to purpose build the car for drag, that's another thing and more power to you. i've got no problem with people representing the rotary in the drag community.

so, yeah, to each his own...

 

One of the reasons I got this car was it's handling. It came down to an FD and a 96 vette. Too many retirees have vettes so I went with the FD. A guy with a Viper pulled along side me just to wave when I lived in the DC area. That's respect for beauty.