What our cars could have looked like with better cooling from the factory.
 

I am one of those people who thinks that pretty much every non-Mazdaspeed bodykit out there ruins the work of genius that is the 3rd gen RX-7. However, if some aftermarket company saw fit to make a front bumper like the one I'm showing below, I would be all over it. I doubt it would ever sell in large numbers becuase the average guy on the street would think it's stock....No show-off factor. But that's point. I want a stock-looking front bumper with better cooling. This is what I came up with:

http://www.mcdonaldindustries.com/ja...-kit-small.jpg

Would any of you go for something like this?

...And stock for comparison:

http://www.mcdonaldindustries.com/ja...7/38-small.jpg

I'm sorry if this post belongs in the appearance mods section. I'm just proposing what could have been so I wasn't sure where to put it.

They did basically that with the 99 front end..

If you upgrade your cooling system you shouldnt have cooling issues, im in florida and never see over 87 on the hottest days.

Also Mazda made the front end like it is not only because its sleek and cool looking but has a very low coefficient of drag which makes the car mad fast yo. Yours looks great but it raises the coefficient of drag and thats one reason I will probably never go 99 spec although I love it.

While this is true, no matter how good your cooling system is, more airflow to the heat exchangers is never a bad thing. Also, the R1 package raised the C/D about .2 IIRC, and the 99 spec spoiler even a bit more between the spoiler and the chin splitter, not that anyone would ever notice that different of drag, but you can notice the increased high speed stability from the gain in downforce.

Look for a used PFS front bumper

coefiicient of drag ? you must be doing a good 200 mph to appreciate a phrase like that.

it looks like a stock front with the n-tech "shark mouth" mod or whatever.

Get a 99 spec. It looks the best, and was likelythe only one ever wind-tunnel tested. You might gain a little drag, but you'll also gain downforce and cooling capacity... and looks IMO

please most of you arent going nearly fast enough to have c/d factor in, 99 spec pwns all

Like Patfat said above, look at the PFS front facia.

and remove the fog lamps ;)

One day hopefully :), c/d doenst only effect top speed fellows, it effects fuel economy, and more importantly handling at higher speed which IS important on the track.

I actually like the '93 front end a LOT more than the '99. I like this large increase in oil cooler ducts and some increase in the main intake area. And my current front end has a little bit of droop and wave in it that I wouldn't mind replacing with something that looked stock...

Comparison to "shark mod", I think this one is much subtler. The shark mod distorts the center of the main duct down much more, doesn't it, 'cause it isn't lengthening the sides of the main duct, just pushing down the middle?

Comparison to PFS , didn't that one have a much more verticle seperation between the oil cooler ducts and the middle? Though I remember liking the PFS front end, I admit.

seems like too mcu hmoney for soemthing that looks exactly stock with the 99-spec as an option. I mean I love the stock lines don't get me wrong but you already have that bumper if you own an FD just slightly smaller.