Hey guys

I signed up a couple months ago but have never posted so may aswell introduce myself.

My name is Dom and i am 18 years old from New Zealand and currently have a 1997 FD3S RX7 Type RS. I study in Auckland but from Whakatane. I have had the FD for almost 8 months now and all that time it has been in the shed. The turbos blew the 2nd day of ownership driving it home. Later the day i found out the guy who sold the car had lied about almost everything about the car and im really bummed as i saved so long to buy one to lose all my money. It is on adjustable suspension, has an arc intake and a chipped ecu. I will attach some pics of it below.

My instagram is @dombeal57 and my photography page @downbuzz__

 

Wow that sucks to get ripped off like that. Best of luck getting it fixed, it will be worth it. That is a nice RS!

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Thanks fixed it

 

Lucky to have a 1997 - we only had up to 1995 produced/sold here in Canada. Did they sell up to 1999 in NZ?

 

I'm not exactly sure, i guess so. I know a guy that has a Spirit R which we have only been allowed a couple years ago apparently.

 

They're practically all JDM imports here. I think there was a total of 6 sold brand new in NZ!
The rules are a bit complex.
We can import anything over 20 years old,
Or import anything that meets the minimum emissions and crash standards; which standards apply changes every few years,
Or import any vehicle that meets Special Interest Vehicle rules. Some late model RX7s have been imported under this rule.

So we have an awesome mix of FDs from every generation

 

Yeah what he said haha. My friend has a 95 Type RS that was imported last year and silver too! Twins

 

Yeah losing 12k when you just turn 18 is the worst thing that's happened. Idk what im going to do with it now

 

Glad to hear you got it running. Enjoy!

 

I havent touched it since turbo seals blew. Still starts, idles fine etc when i drove on and off trailer

 

Here's a vid of it if anyone's wondering. Was videod from myold shitty phone with broken mic and sound. Little update on the car, going into a shop very soon to get back on the road.

 

Beautiful car! I have an FC, but an Efini FD is my dream car. Best of luck getting your turbos fixed. Similar situation - a week after buying my rx7 I noticed low power -----> low compression :/ Such is life, I suppose.

 

Bmummer dude. The car wouldn't boost over around 3k rpm. It still started and ran fine last time i ran it

 

Beautiful car! I have an Efini FD. A week after buying it I noticed the clutch was slipping, so I had to buy a new clutch. But now I have been driving the car as my daily for 6 years. Best of luck getting your turbos fixed.

 

2nd day of ownership the hose to slave cylinder split so thought my clutch was screwed. Trying to order all 10-11 twin turbo gastkets out of the country because mazda nz doesn't seem to have any. big $$ from japan

 

Damn man some bad lucky you have. Most of the gaskets from the twins can be re-used. When I did my non seq setup on my car I re-used most of the gaskets. But new gaskets is always better.

 

Most of mine are split and would need to be re glued or something and it wouldnt last that long