After years of searching I have located a JDM rx7, registered in the us with a clear title and even a vin number!! Can you tell im excited.. RHD baby!!

Anyways,

Wile sitting here staring at pictures of the car I realized I had over looked a possible complication. This may sound stupid but no one seems to know the answer. I would ask the seller but he cant be reached at this hour. Is the pedal configuration the same as an american car. A buddy of my has me all freaked out saying that the clutch is on the right and the gas is on the left. Im not sure I will be able to drive the car if this is the case. My daily driver is a miata and jumping from an american configuration to a jap one on a daily basis would be a real pain in the foot. Anyone know for sure?? Clutch right, clutch left... you get the idea..

 

everything is the same , cept the shifter

 

haha its the same..

 

someone beat me DAMN! hehe

Yeah except the shifter but the gears are in the same spot, just different arm to shift.

 

here ...

 

im just that damn good , at posting anyway , wish i was that good at putting my engine back in dammit

 

I've always wondered.. are the gears when shifting the same? like is it like this when its rhd...
5 3 1
R 4 2 ?

 

are you taking about the black one on ebay?

 

nope.. its the same as the US

1 3 5
2 4 R

 

nope.
here's a cheap diagram for it....
135 steering wheel
24R driver


It's like the passenger shifting on a left hand drive car.

And a JDM Rx-7 sucks because...drumroll please... The exhaust manifold and downpipe get crunched in there....AHAHAHAHAHA what a waste of money. If you buy an RHD Rx-7, you're a total dumbass.

 

Now prepare for the onslaught of kids asking how to register a RHD JDM model.

 

RotaryMagic--Yeah I guess I should make my exhaust totally straight too, since that small bend must make me loose 40-50HP right?

Exhaust manifold--care to clarify?

 

hahah , funny stuff


oh and "how do i import one myself " , figured i might as well start that

 

Yeah I get the RHD register questions in bulk quarterly hehe

 

rhd is cool , i wouldnt mind having one and im sure people in japan wish they had a lhd one , its whats new is what you want

 

Actually in Japan it use to be popular, but since it stopped in the US at 95, the car is too old so now the Japanese want the Japanese version.

I havent seen but 2 US FDs here and both were for sale.

 

oh **** your in japan , i didnt even look at your name lol ,i was like wtf is he talking about, do you have AIM ?

 

I'll pass on rhd. Sure it might look cool when you get out of the "wrong" side of the car but the only way you'll be able to get food from a drive thru is if you bring someone along for the ride. It'd be good for delivering mail though. Subaru actually used to sell rhd Legacy wagons to rural post offices.

 

No problems for those of us who don't eat from those horrible places.

 

haha

Actually in Japan most of the porches, Mercedes, and BMWs are left hand drive, which is kind of funny and suchs for the TOLL boths that are every 10 miles haha, but in Tokyo since there are a lot of those cars down here, they are making left hand drive car toll booths haha thats some ol BS LOL

 

Thanks for the quick replys.. Yes it is the car on ebay, not black though.

 

LOL this guy runs one of my favorite parts shops. www.jt-imports.com there is only like 20grand worth of stuff i want to buy from him and the land of the rising sun

 

haha , its just so much damn cooler when it comes from japan man

 

haha I missed that post.....

apexkw---me too...

 

hey jason...how much are those feed fendor stifners that you have on your car? i mean...its a new month so that means its time to get a new car part.