iRx7

Title says it all.

I'm Tony, From Melbourne, Australia.
I absolutely love Rx7's and the technicalities behind them.

And yes, I am actually 15 but I use grammar and spell right, so no worries :P

But yeah, Like my Sig says, I'm pretty eager to learn everything about Rx7's and Rotarys

I'm an awesome and fun person to get along with, And I hope to make my stay at Rx7club.com, A long one

Cheers guys,
-Tony.

evo_bill

remember rotarys have 6 pistons and 4 cams.

iRx7

6 Pistons and 4 Cams..

Okay got it

Toyotarx7

iTrader: (13)

hahaha dont listen to evo bill.....pistons and cams are non existent in Rx-7s.....

R- rotary ( as in rotary engine )
X- experiment
7 - .........seven...

and thats nice to see some one so young appreciate the Rx-7 : )

DeeSan

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PvillKnight7

iTrader: (16)

Welcome to RX7club Tony!

Some other good sites to browse are:

http://www.nopistons.com/forums/home.html
teamfc3s.org

http://fsae.com/6/ubb.x
http://forums.clubsi.com/
http://www.supraforums.com/forum/index.php

I know the last 3 are not rx7 specific but they are great sources of basic automotive information. Especially FSAE...A lot of topics such as "suspension" and "brakes" are universal.

Gregory Casimir

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was up man
welcome to the Seven Side

rx7 FC TII

iTrader: (3)

welcome. dont fall in the world of rx7s. its fun at first but then it starts to pull your wallet out and drains everything away.

but at least your starting young. dont let these old farts on here discourage you and some can be complete ********...just dont think anything of it.

i got my first 7 when i was 16 and still have it. needless to say its not running right now but hopefully end of the month it will be.

dbssr1212

haha i'm sixteen so your not the only young one on here
nice to have someone near my age on here haha

Marek

iTrader: (2)

I Got my 1st FB when I was 15.
Made too many mistakes to count.
Like in life: do things right the first time, don't skimp on safety, check check double check and you get what you pay for.

Nos8190

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whats up man, nice to see the youngins interested in rx7's. i didnt until just recently.

MOBEONER

iTrader: (18)

when i was 15 i was too busy smoking pot and chasing tail.

iRx7

Gee thanks for the warm welcome guys, Most appreciated

And to the comment above me, I still do all the things kids my age do, But I've decided to take up Rotary experience as a voluntary hobby. Really interesting I think.

I'm actually saving up for a Series 5 FC right now. Haven't got very far :P
Although I still have to learn how to drive manual. FC's do come in auto right?
But nevertheless manuals are much more fun. Might go off and practice on arcade machines later :P

But again, Cheers guys

philiptompkins

iTrader: (4)

lol @ practice on arcade machines.
but seriously, don't go for the auto... unless you find one going very cheap because you WILL be doing the 5spd conversion in the future.

w00t

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I got my first T2 when I was 14. I'll be 17 in a week and a half. I've had my car completely stripped to the shell before, was a good learning experience. I've had 2 S4 T2's since then, with my current one I've had for a year now. It's getting a 13b RE, bridge port, and GT42R, all courteous of yours truly.

7's are my life, and have been for the past couple years. This website is very useful, same with FSM's. Good luck with one, they're amazing cars.

pattie05

its great to see the amount of following rotaries are getting its a rare thing to see when you live in a small state

lt1_rx7

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after much debate and seeing several cars, I've determined that Mazda must had offered a special racing version of all 3 generations of RX-7s. These special version usually have a Chevy V8 to compete in "push rod engines only" series. Mazda has not developed a push-rod V8 that could withstand the harsh life of the track, so they worked with chevy to put push rods with the amazing suspension that is natural to the RX-7 line. I can only assume this cooperation lasted until a few years before Ford's acquisition of Mazda.

philiptompkins

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oh, you must be talking about that version that costs about three times more than the normal turbo model, and is rarely any faster.

lt1_rx7

iTrader: (13)

^ i never could find how much these versions cost. And from what i've seen, they were hoping to match turbo model performance. What happend to them after that was up to the individual race teams.

PvillKnight7

iTrader: (16)

IIRCC it was 3x the cost of a TII for 3x the reliability and 3x the torque.

dbssr1212

ok i said the same thing about the automatic when i first started learnin to drive a fivespeed
i hated it up until i learned where the clutch grabs

I know for a fact you'll change it when you drive one
its nothing like a video game either

all of my friends are doin conversions cause they didn't wanna drive a manuel till they saw how much fun it was


give it a try you'll love it haha
there much easier than you think

nd dont waste money at arcades save the quarters
they add up haha

Supernaut

iTrader: (83)

OMG, GET THEE TO AN N/A!!

If your planning on fixing the car yourself and your just starting out as a mechanic, I would get an N/A 7 first and then buy a turboed 7 later, hopefully an FD!

I got myself an FD and have no mechanical skills. To sub for my lack of skills, I pay someone else to do it!

Have fun man, buying my 7 was the best purchase I have ever made.

CarbonFD3Assault

Cheers man!
I hope you learn alot from this site,
there are some amazing links.
this forum is worth it's weight in gold!

fettster

hello

oo7arkman

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Welcome to rx7club! It is nice to see someone willing to learn so young. I grew up wrenching on cars with my dad but never touched a rotary til I was in my mid 20's. The rotary is so much fun but a bit expensive to fix/find parts when it breaks. At least where you live it was around until 2002...

Definately do a LOT of reading and thread surfing on here and the other links posted above. Soak up as much as your little brain can handle.