Best: overall shape/curves
Worst: short nose (would prefer a little more length up front and possibly a little pointy)

 

the rats nest........dreadful!

 

SERIOUSLY....what did someone drop acid in your cereal

Get a Trans Am

 

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Agreed!

Worst: 100% the rats nest, unless you have the s7-s8 models. If only they used that little block box in our fd's ahaha.

My personal favorite are the twins. Really helpful on the track

 

I have that effect sometimes, hehe.

This FD is not my first RX7 but it is my first one without a rotary engine. The idea of an engine with 3 moving parts is interesting and I've even tried my hand at powering a 12a with hydrogen because its compression characteristics were better suited to the task than a piston engine. In practice the rotary doesn't suit my preferences is all. I still like them but not enough to own any more of them.


in response to the weight comments;

I've got a 30-50lb bias to the rear (fuel dependent) when I'm in the driver's seat of my FD which I understand to be right in line with OEM fair. I weigh 175lbs and my car weighs 2887lbs without me in it. Is a stock twin turbo FD with sunroof, a/c, and power steering significantly off from these values?

 

 

Pro: Incredible looking and relatively rare
Con: (specific to me) I still, after over a year, don't feel comfortable on the throttle in turns.

 

^ talking about rarity. since im going thru a rebuilt/jdm swap, the engine has a lot to do with why we dont see as many out there anymore.

 

Best: Timeless design, unique engine and sound, handling...
Worst: Engine bay has too much room which allows people to do LS and 2JZ conversions and ruin the character and long term prestige/value of the car lol, steering wheel column not adjustable...

 

I feel the same way. I've got a 100k mile FD which I still think the interior is great. I have taken great care of the interior and it's paid off. I have dyna-matted the doors, floor pan and pretty much the entire interior. always kept it out of the sun and garaged for almost its entire 14 years with me. I added maybe 10 lbs of dynamat (I was stingy with it as I only need a bit to to get the effect. This is not mass loaded vinyl, but it helps). The interior wraps around the driver and still looks great. The HVAC controls look dated now, but everything is placed perfectly for a driver. The door handle is really a nice thing in all Mazdas, especially the passenger side in the FD

I daily drive a 2013 Evo X and that car is noisy and full of rattles compared to my 1994 FD. Not to say the Evo has a bad interior (though I have to hunt down and eliminate all the rattles), but I am trying to communicate the FD's looks and feels great still. If you have a poorly maintained interior that sat in the sun for almost 20 years, yes it is going to be bad.

 

From my daily driven experience....

Best: Handling

Worst: Hot coffee all over my lap because there are no cup holders

 

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Get one of
I've got one recently and I just drink and toss it on the passenger seat, no spills...

Best: Form and handling.
Worst: Heatsoak, fuel guzzler

 

Buy a black box from JDM S7-S8

 

Sorry for my noob ness but what is the difference in 93-94 interiors?

CA sucks. No short ways around it. My dad gave me his 93 R1 for many reasons. One of which, my county, in PA, is exempt from state emissions testing.

That could change though. However the FD is 20 years old. Which classifies it as a "Classic Car" in PA. Anything over 15 years old and registered as Classic is exempt from emissions testing. In PA we have annual state inspections. Once the FD is 25 years old it can be classified as an Antique and will be exempt from all state inspections.

I concur with many here.

Pros: looks great from all directions. Better than most cars out there now. It is one of Japan's royalty of sports cars. Right up there with Skyline GTR and Toyota Supra.
Handling is phenomenal.

Cons: upkeep and maintenance. MPG.

 

QFT.

My FD was COMPLETELY factory stock when I bought it with 48kmi on it. It was SOOOOO quiet and rode real smooth.

 

Con- trying to jam my gay sausage fingers in to change the plugs. Why the **** is the oil cap so hard to remove. Having to be double jointed to remove the oil filter. All kidding aside really I guess just the interior. I love the looks but when doing repairs or removing panels it's a PITA to make it look how it was originally when clips
Break. Also my idle Adjustment likes to walk out a bit over time.

Pros: power/weight. Extremely easy for the most part to work on IMO, besides the plugs and oil. Maybe not stock but compared to my daily transverse motor it's awesome. Both of my FD's were single turbo and all that stuff so I can't say the loudness is a con. I chose the exhaust knowing well enough my car would sound like a giant vibrator on the inside

 

Pros: timeless looks, light weight, small frontal area, easily upgradeable suspension, kickass track car.

Cons: interior plastic. Lack of low end power and bad fuel Economy... Fixed with 7.0 liter replacement engine . 22mpg+ hwy

 

<-- does not have lack of low end power... must be them useless twins LOL .

car may get a big jerk in power after 3500 this is true , but the car moves fine underthat atleast with my twins .

I've Seen some single turbo cars that have plenty of toque down low , but I've laso been in cars that were dead until it hit 4500

 

True that my GT35R single makes almost as much torque as it does horsepower. Thank you Steve Kan!

 

Pros..... motor

Cons..... motor.

 

Best: The Zoom
Worst: The Boom

 

its a great car it just needs some love !

 

Fritz is my hero. Keep the heretics in line. When I see a transplanted FD, it's dead to me. Not interested.

Pros: everything it was originally designed to be
Cons: everything the bean counters went cheap on.

 

+ : Full one of the sexiest cars alive. Sounds amazing, the drive is just as it sounds.
- : A/C sucks, fuel mileage, cost for repairs