Are you going to drive your FD before the world ends?
 

So I heard the world was ending soon, and there's a lot of immobile rx7's out there. Is your project or broken automobile going to be drivable in 2012? What is your new years resolution for your FD?






Mine is to get this pile of bare car running:

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm114/lh6601/069.jpg

I sure hope mine is running to some degree. I am in the same boat as you but you have an interior and probably a braking system. time to order some stock parts and then I have a motor to put in.

Glad to know i'm not alone .. yeah my project has been progressing steddily and sometimes it seems like it regresses today I finished fixing the car's wiring harness , cleaning the gas tank . and preping it for when the new motor gets here tuesday .. my goal is to atleast start the car before new years haha .. its my pre new years resolution , and my new years resolution will be to get it into running reliable shape so I can go to deals gap in it!

My short term goal is to fire it up again next month after being down for almost a year.

Get this pile running
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...6/7742ba26.jpg

And hope that my other FD doesnt blow up lol

Mine finally runs as of about a week ago. Although its not ready to drive. I need to finish up some odds and ends on it, then clear a path out of the garage to drive it out of there hahahaha. Right now its stuck behind a wall of crap. :)

When exactly is the world set to end? :P

My engine has low compression (~90psi) and I'm looking for a replacement. Last time running was when I added some fuel stabilizer... it said to idle it for at least 10 minutes but I found myself sitting in there in the drivers seats for sooooooooooo much longer than that :P

Will likely not start again until I get a new engine in. Sigh.

Nice project you have there :icon_tup:

I'm going to continue living day to day which means doing what I love with who I love because none of know what's coming around the bend :nod:

Truth! I personally don't believe the world is going to end next year because some Mayan said it would 2000+ years ago, but you never know what the next day holds. I would like to drive my FD before shit goes down.

And thanks again for the car Fritz :nod:


I have some interior and some braking system, but not much else just like you. Hope we don't fight over the same stuff in the For Sale section :lol:

The contrast in paint quality between your avatar and this pic makes me El Oh El :lol:

The paint was a limited edition FD in the states! you didnt know? hah.

My car has been sitting up at viperkiller7's place for the last couple months while hes been on the road. hoping things start to come together to get it back within the next few weeks hah. gotta be ready for the 12/21/12 end of the world cruise right guys? whos organizing it lol

I have everything for my car minus a wastegate at the moment, its just scattered throughout two garage bays and the garage attic. I actaully have doubles of some things already like most FD owners.

Its not going to end ON 12-21-12, its gonna be the START of the end on that day. According to the Mayans.

And lol @ all that. And those who believe. This was supposed to happen earlier this year and some religious group made like 12 million because of idiots buying into this crap.

We were supposed to die the second of the year 2000 and nothing happened.

Be scared of mother nature, not some bs Mayan story. Because mother nature, you CAN'T stop.

Lol to answer the op. My fd is running so i'll continue to drive it like normal. If it breaks, i'll fix it. Like normal.

Lol... They're two completely different cars. The one on my avatar is my daily. This one is a rescue mission. It used to look like this years before I got it lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...6/a92e12bc.jpg

There is at least seven years after the outbreak of war in Isreal - know your Bible prophecy and there are no surprises in this short life

My FD is top-top

lol @ the thread title. I just got back from a drive :D Seems like there are tons of them that don't run, for one reason or another. Kinda sad :( Everyone has different priorities for their car, some people want to do all this crazy stuff, generally that will extend the build time, not to mention cost $$$$$, which in turn may further extend the build time to raise funds. Others just want to drive it, in spite of little things that need fixing.

Like me. My paint needs TLC, the interior could use some new plastics, my glovebox is broken, but whatever. I can drive it :cool:

New year's resolution is to get these new (used) CCW classic wheels shod with tires and do more autocrossing!

Great post mike. I agree 100%.

I believe some people overdo it on their car, especially when they lack funds or time. Because there is no other reason to have an fd down for months or even years at a time if you have money and time.

That said I find it funny for the people that don't have running fd's yet still continue to keep the car down because perfection is needed. Then when all is said and done they put the car up for sale lol. I have seen This time and time again. Just fix the car to the point of being driveable and just enjoy.

My fd is no where near perfect. My suspension sucks, I have an exhaust leak and the new evo-r headlights I just installed don't have a perfect fit (I knew about this common problem before purchasing), but I don't care.

The car is driveable so I don't want to fiddle with it making it worse or give it unnecessary downtime.

Poor suspension greatly compromises the FD experience, coil-overs and Superpros made all the difference - you can't go cheap with these cars

I'm in the I wanna drive it asap kind.. radio NO NEED! interrior NO NEED
windshield NO NEED bumper bump what?

engine ! GET HERE ALREADY! ..

I agree with Mdpalmer, 1qwik7, and tem120.

Don't get me wrong, I love to see large builds with great attention to detail. I commend the great patience and motivation it takes to build something that incredible. But almost every one of those builds that gets completed end up getting sold right away or never driven because they are scared of breaking it or even scared of the ridiculous power and noise their car is now making.

I'm building my car from basically scratch. While now is the perfect time to stick a single turbo in it and do some hot-roddery to it, I'd rather just put a good stock engine in it with a good pair of stock twins in it and just drive it. I will be upgrading the cooling system and a few things here and there, but nothing too extreme. The car will be running next year, Regardless of my partially missing interior and various scratches in the paint :) The hot-roddery, paint, and interior will come later. But for now, I'm gonna get this car on the road and enjoy it!

Mdpalmer, those CCW's are some of my favorite wheels ever. I may be getting some myself too.

i have had my 7 down for three years now. One due to spending money on refurbishing the house(a better investment than a car), one year due to me and my ex breaking up( "no access" to the car as i moved too far away to go there daily to do work on it) and one year now to rebuild the car from scratch together with rebuilding my life as i manged to buy her out of the house and take the hole mortage.
It will be 100% tip top when spring comes, new engine, new everything, every bit washed, primed and repainted, and my life is back together again.

When the 21st of december comes, i will, despite promising myself not to do it again, drive it that winter day. I drove the FD for one year in the winter time, and man that is one hell of a good wintercar with that perfect balance and rear diffed drive! Just to prove the "believers" wrong about the 21st. Personally, for me, the 21st of december 2012 is a friday, and its the beginning of weekend and beertime! :D

I drove him today to work, the weather here in dallas is going to be great all weekend. I have a few projects in mind but it sure is hard to put her up on jackstands, I just love driving her too much.

My car will be on the road in 4-5 months so I just hope the world doesn't end before that :)

I daily drove mine this past week just in case

I've got almost new R1Rs on the front, 3 year old worn-out KDW2s on the rear, and it's drizzling.


wheeee!