RGF

Hi,
I have been lurking here for a while and have decided to sign up.

I have recently retired and getting a life outside work back. Along with a lot of other things, I am considering a car project. I have a soft spot for rotaries having had RX3 & 4 road cars, and an RX3 rally car in the distant past and always thought that a Series 3 RX7 would be a nice road / occasional track day car. I am thinking a sleeper with about 350 kW (~470HP at the flywheel) from a modern quick spooling turbo with an active exhaust will fit the bill. But I am torn; clean RX7s are hard to find and becoming collector's items with a price to match. An RX8 is a more modern platform, much cheaper to get into and will accept an REW with relative ease. Heart says RX7, brain says RX8 conversion. Which will win?

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

Welcome to the forum! Why not both? Have a clean original RX-7 to cruiser around in and buy an RX-8 to mod and make into what you want it to be. There are a few REW powered RX-8's and an FD engine in an RX-8 would be amazing. There's not a lot you can do to a Renesis engine to make it as fast as it would be with an REW under the hood. Just something to consider. Have your cake and eat it to. You're retired and deserve to have what you want. A reward for your years of work.

RX7_Renesis

iTrader: (1)

One other thing to consider is the handling of an RX-8. You would be hard pressed to modify any generation of RX-7 that could keep up with the handling of a stock RX-8.