ttRx7racer

Today i was looking around the forum and i saw a post by a guy who went to a rotary event. I was looking threw the pics and saw a Left drive Spirit R. I had no clue they made them. whats the deal with it? anyone know?

neofreak

It was fake, this was confirmed when I asked someone from Mazdaspeed.

ttRx7racer

really? the pic doesnt look photoshoped was it made for that show only?

ttRx7racer

maxpesce

It was built from a early US car for demonstration /show purposes only - note the lack of a serial# on the VIN plate (all 0's!) it belongs to MAZDA R&D in Irvine. There was lots of discusion of that car in the SEVENSTOCK section.

redrotorR1

Built to look like the Spirit R ... just from the looks or actually top-to-bottom? Those sneaky R&D guys ... just like the one-of-a-kind Chaste White FD. Bastids!

ttRx7racer

I want it.
I want it now!!!!!

RiON

what is a spirit r rx7?

ttRx7racer

The high end 2002 J-spec car. i think it has 285 hp those wheels are bbs.

Astro

it has mazdaspeed guages too..not factory white face ones

rx7beginner

My prediction 3 more years! Thats when i'm done with college, new car for me.

ttRx7racer

So your going to import a spirit R from japan and then learn how to drive it?

maxpesce

Mostly, looks but did have the 17" wheels and Bigger 99spec brakes - but sill only had a single oil cooler. The guages were NOT Spirit R guages - The 0 point on the Spirit R (& all 99+ ?) Tach is straight down at the 6 o'clock position - not at the 8 o'clock position like the 93-99 cars

The PEARLIE WHITE car belongs to MAZDA Corporate not the R&D center, I beleive it is the one they had hanging in the exhibit at the DETROIT auto show last year. CHASTE WHITE is a standard RX-7 (fd) color (since 94)

redrotorR1

Oops. My bad ... that's what I get for logging on late .. as usual. I thought R&D was the last place that the pearly white FD was seen? Ah well, whatever.

The steering wheel ... I'm thinking it's just the standard wheel as seen on all the new Protege's and Miata's. Retrofit-able on the '93-95 RX-7's?

ttRx7racer

I dont care what you guys say, I still want one!