spaceman_spiff

I tried a search for "daily driver", but yielded nothing. I'm sure there's a thread like this somewhere though. Anyways, yea like the title says, how many of you guys use your FD as a daily driver? And what set up are you running (ie completely stock, very minor engine mods)? I'd like to see how many owners on here are able to maintain their FD in good running condition to be able to drive to and from work daily. My guess would be these are closer to stock FD's than really modified (for engine purposes). Thanks guys.

7_rocket

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Mine is a daily driver, but it just has the reliability mods..

ekk20

even in Toronto's snowy winters?

DrunkenBowler

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=daily+driven

Try searching again. There are a million threads on this.

Andrew.

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Rebuilt, street ported, and reliability mods. Driven everyday of the week, no problems whatsoever. But then again, I don't really abuse/redline my car, so maybe that's why I have no problems

CarbonR1

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I daily drive my car now too. FD hasn't ever left me stranded in the 1.5 years I've driven her. Only reliability mods and ALL maintenance.

Kevin

FD3S2005

iTrader: (11)

i DD my fd with all reliability mods for 3 in a half years, do all the oil changes and mantainace when needed, runs great but latly i been driving my other car to save gas but i did a test and a stock dodge neon v rx7 in gas milage.. the 7 wins

7_rocket

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No, just for 6 months out of the year. I store it for winter

Oun

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I used to daily mine for about a year w/ reliability mods. no problems. i just bought me a Honda Fit tho. 17 dollars to fill it up.

RLaoFD

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I've DD my FD for 2 and a half years now. Mods in sig, but i wish i had a crx or something cuz now i go to college 200 miles away from home and i like to go home every other weekend, so thats at least 800 miles a month.

rotorsownu

I DD mine daily wit 500hp

theorie

iTrader: (31)

i DD mine...when it's running. LOL

DDagman

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Ive had mine as a DD for 2 years, running a massive street port, efini twins at 12 PSI, ECU, full exhaust and intake.

rotorsownu

Thats true also

grimple1

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DD here. Single turbo, dp, midpipe, stock cat (working on it), 1300cc injectors and PFC. I drive it every day and only had 1 problem that was non-rx7 related.

tragic00

i daily drive mine. had it for 2 years reman engine with 3mm seals. 99 spec turbos, apexi pfc, 255 fuel pump, full bolt ons, intercooler.

meth is coming soon.

car is also fully gutted, and has full suspension with some nasty coilovers.

its my drift car, 8 pt cage is coming soon.

but i will still drive it everyday. even though i have to sit in a real tight race seat. i love it. and i refuse to drive anything else.

RX7 8U

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Carpool to work twice a week. I drive it a total about 100 miles per week. Its on jackstands this week though......installing new springs, shocks, pillow bearings, brakes and new tires/wheels from autornd. We'll see how she does at this weekends auto-x in Santa Maria, CA.

spaceman_spiff

thanks guys. so i'm comin from a 2000 honda prelude that i did almost no modifications on (aside from a CAI and full catback exhaust), i think i will be pretty pleased with a stock FD's performance. it seems from reading other posts that keeping a FD at stock levels will avoid a majority of the reliability issues? I really think i'd be content using a FD as a daily driver and maybe slapping on some wheels...and a kit...call it a day.

spaceman_spiff

oh and one more thing. people keep telling me the real issues with FD's arise from modifying the engine for increased performance because it indirectly puts strain on other engine components that were not designed for above-stock levels. for those using 99-spec turbos, did bolting these onto your 93-95 spec FD bring up new issues? seeing how the 99 turbos bump HP up to 280 or so, that is already well above the 255 stock level that the engine components are used to. i would imagine it would create extra stress on the engine and cause reliability issues.

RE-Amemiya

I used to, car was basically stock with reliability mods.

Really only had to drive 15 miles round trip to and from work though.

pakitagn

I drive mine as a daily driver and its pretty much all stock. I'm gonna start doin reliability stuff asap

dtn666

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Mine was a DD (mild streetport, 3mm, CBI, DP, CB, Pettit ECU) until I popped the front apex seals about a month ago. As soon as I get her back from Pineapple (Rob hasn't started yet, he's busy moving shop), she'll be a DD again.

I gotta say that maintenance was expensive. Now that we have 3 cars, the FD will only be a fair weather DD.

KaiFD3S

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I used to DD mine in Cali, but since I put all this stuff in I bought a Scion XB to drive, I had to anyway since my gas mileage was eating my wallet up..lol..

1QWIK7

iTrader: (33)

There was a time where i used the FD every single day. Not so much daily driving where im doing my errands but driving the FD at least once a day but i stopped. Its just more comfortable and convenient to just hoping in the DD and going. Dont have to worry about excessive warm up, idling problems, making sure kids wont steal your car when you park, dont have to worry about cops when you wanna gun it. Dont have to sit and wait for the car to cool down because heatsoak.

I dont see how anyone can DD their FD.

13Foxtrot

I DD one of my FDs every day. Light mods... I have AutoX'd it once already too. Driving an FD every day puts a smile on my face every time I hop in it. These cars were meant to be driven. Now when it comes down to money and gas mileage; you just have to make the smart choice with that.