Well, after about a month or so I sold my FD today. The guy drove down from NY this weekend with his wife and took the car through the gears (he scared the $hit out of me) and was very impressed with the low-end torue that other FDs he's driven has lacked. He was very impressed with the stock touring suspension at how tight is was even compared to R models. He's owned a 480 rwhp 00 Viper GTS and plans on using my car for track events and autocrossing so I know my car will be in good hands. Anyway, it was great knowing you all. The last time I drove my FD I destroyed an EVO 8 by 7-8 cars which makes my car totally undeafeted . The BNR twins totally rock and hope more people go with these turbos. I wanted to push these babies to 17-18 psi but never got a chance to get decent tuning for that.

I'll check back here once in a while to see what's going on and whether you guys are behaving. Good luck with your FDs and keep hawking down those V8s with our little rotary. Thanks for everything..I've learned a wealth of knowledge for the few years I've been on here. Take care,

Barry

 

Adios Barry. I hope that you pick up another RX-7 in Florida!

 

Congrats and good luck Barry.

 

Sad to see you go, man. I've learned a lot from you over the last 20 months. And enjoyed your kill stories....

Good luck with your new house and move to the Sunshine state!

 

Thats just a sad story But I'm glad the car will be in good hands. Did you introduce the new owner to this forum? Maybe we can teach him what you have learned, and he'll be able to push 17psi.

Good luck in florida, go say hi to Pettit, get yourself another someday.

 

You'll buy another one. Once a 7 owner, always a 7 owner.

 

Adios.

 

no more FDs for me. Time to live a simple life with a simple car - no more huge KDR bills. Florida, here I come...oh and watch out for my FD in Rochester, NY - the guy plans on taking the weight down to around 2600 lbs - should be awesome.

 

See ya Barry and good luck...if you can, stop back in and let us know what you are replacing the 7 with.

Best of luck to ya!!

 

time to knock one back for the homies

 

Take it easy bud. I'll miss ya .

 

Damn, it's always sad when someone in the 7 community leaves.
Good luck to you man.

 

Whoops in that PM I sent you I said Congrats on selling the car cause I knew you'd been wanting to for a long time.....then I get here and see "Sad day", now I feel bad hehe

Anyway, dont be a stranger. What part of FL you moving to? On your way you should stop off here in Birmingham, Al and we can get some lunch or drinks or something, it would be on me.

Everyone is right, its always sad when a good members leaves. You've been on here a long time, I hate to see you go.

STEPHEN

 

Good luck Barry. At least you are going out on top.
Where in Florida are you moving? If you ever wanna ride in/drive a 7 or just hang out with the local 3d gen guys every once in a while let us know! www.mrccfl.com

 

Sorry you had to sell your car. That's gotta be rough. At least it went to someone who will take care of it. Good luck with the move.

 

I'm having FD withdrawl.

 

It's tough to see the good guys go... good luck with everything!!

 

He'll be back

 

I'll be moving to Melbourne, FL by the end of the year. My house is almost finished and having owned my first home for 8 years, I know my wife will want to put money into the house and pool (actually a smart investment compared to the FD ) I appreciate all of your kind comments and will definitely miss you guys and this board. My wife gets pissed at me for being on the forum late so I'll take a break for a while. But once I get settled into our house and job and I'm going to start bugging her that I'm bored and want to start another "project" - I actually think I'll go with a MKIV or MR2 Turbo for something different. But nothing will ever replace my FD. That thing friggen rocked! I ended up getting $2K more for my FD than when I bought it back in 1998.

 

Well, I suppose I should say hello to everyone, being the new owner of Barry's car. I almost bought an FD in early 2000 but bought a stupid BMW M Coupe instead. I sold it 11 months later. I'm glad to finally have gotten around to buying an FD. For those of you who wonder about Vipers... with a trained driver, they don't break a sweat eating RX-7s on the track. Around town, they came be a little scary as they need a lot more room than an FD.

Lou

 

I feel ya man, I just blew my motor and can't afford to keep the car (it will be up for grabs pm me if interested, very good condition!).

Only one word = WITHDRAWAL!

 

If you're still watching kwikrx7, how did you record the time for those 0-100 and 40-70 runs (stopwatch, datalogs)? I've got similar mods and would like to compare. Waiting to get a laptop so I can datalog and compare with Goodfella's 40-140 times.

Jack

 

I'm now in the same boat. I'm out of town on business, but my wife just dropped off the FD with the transport driver who is taking her to Canada.

She will meet her new owner sometime next week.

This is the first time in almost 15 years that I haven't had an RX-7 in my garage, but it was time to sell the FD. My son is almost 17 months old, and since he was born, I have rarely driven the 7, and she deserved an owner who could spend a little more time in the seat!

I'm hoping the 4th gen rumors are true, but if not, I think a 2005 RX-8 might just fill the void nicely!

Thanks to everyone on the forum who helped me out over the past year or so, and I'll check back in to see what the latest and greatest FD mods are, just in case my rotary withdrawals get too bad!

Take care,

David

here are some photos of her....

https://www.rx7club.com/photo/showga...0863&password=

 

This is not the first time I have seen a person own a FD and GTS viper.......

 

Hey Batman, I'm going to be hunting in SCCA Solo II Autocross (SM2 class) with the FD... maybe I'll convince a few more of those heavyweight owners to pick up an FD also.

Lou