thefritz1

I suppose anything is possible but any links to this? How much weight and rigidness does it cost one.

Thanks.

TurboLumpy

sell your car please... chop a honda

Mahjik

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There have been a small handful of convertibles made out of the FD3S. However, there is no data to my knowledge as far as weight gained or lost (as well as rigidness).

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ht=convertible

Black97VR4

If decide to do this, please take a salvaged one to try it on.

thefritz1

Hehe guys I'm totally just throwing out ideas. I won't be chopping up a perfectly good FD. Hell I don't even own the car yet I'm still in my dinosaur 1999 Z28. So have no fear.

Enconsiderate

im gonna be sick!

maxcooper

Here's a picture of one from my web site:
http://maxcooper.com/rx7/gallery/93_convertible.html

As the page says, don't ask me anything about it. I don't know the answers.

-Max

Black97VR4

LS1 isn't so bad. I wouldn't call it dinosaur.

thefritz1

Heheh I just mean 'cuz its a pushrod. I love the car but looking into other options.

JaNusSolSumnus

That Montego Blue one doesnt look soo bad but still, it isnt in the car's personality to be a convertable... that is why Mazda made the Miata.

The Re-Amemiya car is gross.. while the man is a genius under the hood he just doesnt have my kind of style... opinion still but if you want that get a Porsche and paint it pink.

~Kris

Larz

Maybe the Targa would look good, but I'm against the rag top.

uxcFD

Man i dunno, look at his light blue car, the one in that BMI video that beat out that beastly R34. That car in my opinion looks amazing, but i do have to agree on the porche lights, and kits of that nature.

`sl!mXP

Wow that link looked like a viper when I first saw it...

But turning a fd into a convertable sounds like something RE would do :P

I would say just get a bigger sunroof lol

papsmagu

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me too!!!!!

Po'rotobot-boy

Utter Blasphemy!

staticguitar313

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i tihnk chopping an FD into a targa would be easier then doing it on an FC, like mine, would look cleaner too, just add the correct frame support and do it right the first time then again these cars are getting rarer by the second . . .

GoodfellaFD3S

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no, utter blasphemy would be if he wanted to transfer his Z28 motor into an FD

dgeesaman

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I can see it now on Ebay:

JDM LS-1 Conversion for RX-7!1!!! LOOK!!! $1500


Back to the subject: an FD's frame was not designed for conversion to a convertible or targa. You would need to weigh it down with frame reinforcements, otherwise the car might break in half on a speed bump. Maybe someone like TurboJeff could conjecture on what would be involved, but there isn't any information out there to explain the long-term success of these FD convertible conversions.

FWIW, IIRC there is a stretch limo FD floating around somewhere in Florida (affiliated with Pettit?). You can search this forum archive if that strikes your curiousity.

Dave

RXASSASIN7

what about chopping the roof about 2-3 inches that would be hot. (like what they do to the old school hot rods) i have been talking to people about doing that to my ride, lower profile.

Elegant Black Monster

The convertable wouldn't look THAT bad if they moved the the handles down to the door. But then you'd just have a big rotary powered Miata. It's just cheaper getting a Miata...

littlemilla3

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That thing looks exactly like a miata. You can swap a 13b into a miata and have pretty much the exact same car. When you convert the car to a convertible, you get rid of one of the best looking parts of the car: the roofline.

RXASSASIN7 - how short are you? My head is already almost touching the roof, but I have a sunroof and I'm 6'1".

Riccardo

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Attrocity !!!!!!!!!!

RXASSASIN7

no your right i am 5'10 so i then would have to watch the head room but i would still fit .