Well I'm having a lot of fun with my turbo 240SX but the FD always held a special place in my heart. I got a cash offer for my car and am thinking of taking it to get a rotary.

Do you people seriously think it will be worth the time/effort to get the FD? I'm in the NY area and finding a clean car around here is hard enough, especially a 7. Pretty much I'm looking for responses from people who went from a turbo or a car they liked to an FD, how did you feel, was it worth it to you? Etc.

Thanks.

 

i went from dsm to an fd. no complaints here!

 

It you have the guts, money, and mechanical skills to work on it or even more money for mechanics, then go for it.

Nothing more fun then running circles around new $115K cars with a modified 11 year old car.

 

To me, there are cars, and there is the RX-7. Performance numbers aside, the RX-7 is a special car. It is unique in so many ways and it is unarguably a true sports car. It is also beautiful and somewhat rare. To me, this car is a living legend.

 

It is worth it, just to get in and drive

But what made it for me, is not having pistons. Since I learned how engines worked I thought piston engines were wasting energy, due to the way torque is applied to the crakshaft. And before I knew what a rotary was, I thought that a rotating engine would be much better. The more I learned about rotaries, the better they got. I mean in the late 1800's the rotary took care of infinitely variable "valve" timing, something piston engines couldn't do until very recently. By comparison, piston engines flat out SUCK. I couldn't drive something that was so mechanically inferior, knowing there was a better choice out there.

The engine is special, and as curlybillbrosie said, it is legendary.

Now I'll get off my soapbox and tell you they're expensive, horrible in the winter, a lot of things in them were made cheaply to save money, and they're expensive, very few people can service the car, not even mazda. They're expensive.

But worth it, hell yes.

 

Pistons vs Rotary? Oh crap here we go again.
SR Drift...If you are debating whether or not to buy an FD I would say don't buy one. It is essential to have a deep and profound love for the car to begin with. This love will carry one through the FD "Hard Times". As time goes by this love grows even stronger. A man who is undecided and doesn't absolutely love the FD will grow weary of its maintenance and upkeep. Stay with the 240 then, I'm sure it's a great car. As for me, I'll stick with the FD because thats my dream car, and I have been fortunate enough to achieve that dream.

 

if you're afraid of the rotary, buy an fd and drop a sr20det in there. there is one guy on the forum who did that and is making 400+ rwhp on stock internals.

 

just do it, it'll be better than you turbo 240, trust me.