wutsup guys.. my names dylan and im 20 years old i live in westchester new york. the FD has been my dream car since i saw one at a local car show when i was 10. ive been a union ironworker for 2 years now and i got bumped up from apprentice to full pay so i decided what better way to congratulate myself than buying an FD. anyways i got a steal on the car, i think, for $9,000. it has 120,000 miles on it.. the engine has 60,000. the previous owner didnt want to deal with the small problems and noises it was making so i happily took it off his hands. there is a ridiculous amount of zip ties holding every aspect of the car together so i started cleaning things up right way. i ripped out the power steering and AC a few days ago to start. a friend of mine who is very good with the power fc helped me tune it on the street. the car was running great at 17 psi (60-1 precision turbo) untill it just fell on its face. i pulled over and the car wouldnt start so finally when we got it to start i kept it alive untill i got home bc it would not idle. im assuming its a massive vaccum leak and will start searching for it tomorrow. im new to rotary engines so if anyone has any advice feel free to pm me. i have big plans for this car but im kind of overwhelmed with where to start but at the same time i am extremely excited to get it running right and see what it does on the track.

 

Hey Dylan!

Sorry to hear about the car dying... hope the engine didn't blow! Good luck with it.

 

Welcome and good luck!

 

9K seems a little high for a car that was zip tied together for me at least. but its a nice car and i hope it brings you more joy than heartache! What kind of track you trying to put it on? Drag? Road Course?

 

Have any pics of it. I just picked up my 95 FD for $4,600 and looks really good. It has 85,500kms (51,300 miles) on it. Then again, some older cars such as these are much cheaper here. I have pics posted in my introduction thread. Best of luck to ya finding out and fixing the problem!

 

I am not sure if you have been in the forums or not......but running 17PSI is a ton of boost on a FD. I hope you know what you are doing....because you could easily blow the motor.

Check out the reliability mods.....get those performed first.....and go from there. I wouldn't run any more boost over stock until all reliability mods are completed.....and then make upgrades all over the place.

Hopefully you didn't blow your engine.

 

Praying for ya but on a lighter note congrats

 

Congrats
I would've part out the motor and upgrades and bought a stock 99 and up clip so it would be a problem free car and you start from beginning.

 

Good luck getting it sorted out.

 

yes, good luck with sorting it out. if you need to do some work like swapping in a new engine let me know, if you're close enough in NY i'm always game for some wrench time.

 

thanks alot everyone i havnt been on the forums much and im not too good with useing it yet lol i just realized all you guys wrote on here. i removed most of the vacuum lines i didnt need with a friend who is a specialist on rx7s to be sure i didnt start taking them all out lol. the fuel would run lean then super rich then lean again so i was trying to find what the problem was for a few hours untill i took the in tank fuel pump setup out which was 2 walbro 255s zip tied together with one sitting 3 inches lower than the other both going into one line. i removed one of them bc the setup was just retarded. i just installed the block off plates and new fuel rails with 1680cc/850cc injectors. i purchased a koyorad, a new hks bov and a a/f wideband to start. i checked the compression and both chambers have 90psi! =] thank the lord. im considering a turbonetics gtk turbo with a custom fmic but i have some work to do first!

 

thanks alot i really appreciate it! its really cool how most rx7 owners love the car as much as i do and love to work on them and help others. its an awesome community!

 

good luck with the FD =] It's a fun ride! Enjoy it to the fullest!

 

Good luck with the car!


-Eric

 

lol you should see the condition my car is in, but with a little love I'm sure it will come back.

 

hey man, im in westchester as well, i have a 2nd gen. dont think there is many around, hit me up if you need a hand with anything or wanna take a cruze, lol.. mine is comming along as well. Who is this rx7 specialist lol and which part of westchester? here is my email. a2dadamm@gmail.com hit me up, were out numbered by all the honda's lol

 

Yeah when I first picked up my 87 tii it was pretty overwhelming, I suck at vacuum diagrams.

 

good luck with the car

 

Welcome! I hope you figure out whats wrong with the car!

 

I'm jealous. I love the FD. I love my FC, but I admit it will NEVER be as pretty as the FD

 

Welcome.

Check out the NE section for events and meets in the NY NJ area.

 

welcome to the elite