Here's a Story of a Lovely Lady
In the early and mid '90s I was more of a 240/SR20 kind of guy. My '96 looked like this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...front_back.png Sometime in the early 2000, I was producing the pilot to a racing tv show that never happened and I met a guy named Emory who would introduce me to RX-7s. I fell in love with the cars and bought my first one in 2005. It was far from perfect, had high miles and requires a LOT of maintenance to finally get it into a state where it was reliable. Probably the best kind of RX-7 to have as a first one. Fast forward to 2010. I bought my third RX-7, a manual transmission white '94. It had no mods, lived in a heat garage and had 40K miles. Original everything (except for the wheels) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...1994_stock.jpg I had it shipped over in an enclosed trailer. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../intercity.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...te_arrival.jpg Like many of us who have multiple RX-7s do, I proceeded to put some of the nicer parts from my previous RX-7s on this white car. I also had the front-end changed from the original '92/93 style to the '99/minor change. Eventually it would look like this: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/WhiteV2.jpg But the, spring of last year an errant, delaminated 18-wheel tire hit the car on the freeway: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/boom%21.jpg It doesn't look too bad there, but according to the insurance company there was about 3K worth of damage. I've started over in the sense that it'll be a bit more aggressive. The car is almost done--or getting close to it. I'll post a few photos in the near future. |
Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
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So as my third RX-7, I knew a lot more about what I needed to do to the car to keep it running properly, but also had a bunch of decent parts I wanted to transplant over to the new car.
One of the first things I did was replace the stock suspension with OEM Bathurst R suspension, along with 18" Volk SE-37As (8.5 front, 9.5 rear). The offset didn't require any fender rolling (which I hate) and looked flush (to me). https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/..._SX/FD_wSe.png Another modification, which I consider very important, that you're not seeing is the upgraded ARC radiator and a Power FC. And here's a shot of the interior a couple of days after I received the car. Looks just like every other stock RX-7 interior. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/..._White_Int.png |
looks nice though! I've always loved CW FDs
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Very clean FD, sorry to see the damage from the truck tire...could have been even worse :/
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As I mentioned in the first post, this specific FD had ZERO mods (I don't consider the upgraded wheels officially a mod, at least not these). While the idea of a completely factory RX-7 is awesome, I wanted to take care of any potential issues before they became issues.
One of the first "big" jobs done to the car was removing the massive pre-cat/downpipe combination. It was replaced with a KnightSports twin downpipe. I had some old heatwrap from another car and used it here. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../FDW_KS_DP.png The sound of the stock turbos was immediately noticeable after removing the factory piece. Also, too the time to install a Power FC from my previous RX-7. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/FDW_PFC.png |
why'd you blur out the serial number? it's not like we can track you....internet much? lol
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The body work is nearly done on the car so it's time for an update.
As I mentioned, the first refresh on the car was a '99 front end with '99 lip etc. I used all OEM parts except for the vented hood. For the second refresh the car gets the following parts: - New '99 front end - Mazdaspeed carbon fiber lip - RE enlarged carbon vents - Mazdaspeed rear diffuser - Mazdaspeed carbon fiber touring wing (I think this is quite rare) - MISSING: Mazdaspeed MS-01 wheels (not yet mounted) - I also had them remove the rear bumper reflector and back-up light (which I'm moving near the rear license plate) More updates after I get the car back. Now for photos https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...X/001aFD3S.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/002FD3S.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/003FD3S.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/005FD3S.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/006FD3S.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SX/007FD3S.JPG |
Looking good Ty, what's the deal with your headlamps? Mine are starting to show there age, would love to get something like yours.
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I love white FDs, their so clean looking lol. Nice choice on the body/99 spec and I love that wing.
How is the arc radiator working out? Its much smaller then most aftermarket radiators on the market. |
Thanks!
The ARC radiator has proven to be great. I had a Koyo on another RX-7 and the fitment wasn't drop-in. With the ARC, it's as easy to install as a factory unit and I don't see temperature about 88. It must be doing something right :)
Originally Posted by ondabirdhouse
(Post 11759889)
I love white FDs, their so clean looking lol. Nice choice on the body/99 spec and I love that wing.
How is the arc radiator working out? Its much smaller then most aftermarket radiators on the market. |
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