Hi everyone. I am new to rx7 and since after watch tokyo drift, I daydream the car almost everyday. Right now, I finally have some fund to work with. The budget I get is about 60k. Is it enough for the rx7 veilside body kit and the 20b swap engine? And, what other part I have to get for the project? Thank you very much

 

Depends really.
Are you able to do it yourself or are you hiring someone to make this car happen?

 

I will hire some one to do it. Unfortunately, I am not a Mechanic....anyone know some one good with rotary engine at Los Angeles?

 

Try the Regional sections of the Board yet?They usually post up local builders.

 

Thank you very much...

 

So, anyone know if 60k dollar enough for my project?

 

$60K is about half what it would take to hire someone to do all the work. Keep in mind that the body kit alone will be approximately $20K - $30K just to arrive at your door.

20B conversion and tuning will be another $50K.

Body work, probably $10K - $15K.

Then all the "minor" details like suspension, interior, incidental repairs, etc.

After all that you'll have a car that you can't drive for fear of damage, vandalism and theft.

 

^He's in L.A. and it's not likely to be emissions compliant either.

The car's styling (ugly IMO) aside, you do know that the movie car wasn't a 3 rotor...don't you? IIRC it was a 13bREW with a single turbo.

 

Hi, thank you for he help. For the body kit, is it only 14k? I find that on vividracing about that price. And, if it was 13B engine, how much it will be cheaper then 20b?

 

it's the stock engine. no fitment issues. building one is also comparatively less expensive.

 

Nice, it make my project is much affordable. The 20B engine was taking half of my budget. Any one know where can I order a well build new 13B engine?

 

try Malloy Mazda.

as I understand it, new engines have been NLA for quite some time now. you can only get remanufactured engines.

 

There is a veil side fortune RX7 going for $30K on ebay right now. Just search in the autos section. It might be far cheaper to buy the already built version, and start with that.

 

That one is listed by my buddy in AZ. With that, you might be able to do the 20B conversion after depending what you want. Hes been wanting to list here but doesn't have an account set up yet and needs to have a few posts. I can give you his contact if you want to buy it.

 

This car had a 13bREW with a t51r.

 

Once you have tenure and post count, you may not want to mention this build in the 3rd Gen. Section. Most of us have been trying to live down all the F and F stuff for years. I could see it being a source of flammage.

 

Did you find anyone to do it?

 

O thank God, at last I'm able to post at thread. For you dear, I think you are a little bit late motivator. As Tokyo Drift has come many years ago. If you planned such type of thing then you should express it vary before. As now there are many things come after in market after this. At the end, don't mind, this was my opinion, Interested persons will contact you at any cost.

 

Did you find anyone to do it?

 

hey, this is just my opinion but i hope you don't plan on actually drifting in this fine piece of automotive genius after it is built... I would hate to see yet another beautiful FD all twisted up sitting in the police impound yard =(

 

Sorry, maybe a little cold, but IMO there's at least a 50/50 chance the OP is still in high school with $600 budget, not $60,000. So you have a 50/50 chance of worrying about nothing.

 

Bring it to me!!! For $60k I can build you one a hell of alot nicer than the one on tokyo drift! it was nice but movie cars are usually poor quality.

 

Does the veil side kit adversely impact the cars handling?

 

dyang9000 Does the veil side kit adversely impact the cars handling?

Not really as long you keep with the stock offset and width wheels (sunken battleship) .

If you flush out the fenders with crazy offset you have largely undone all the great steering/suspension geometry work done by the Mazda engineers that makes the FD handle so well.