Love it! Esp the LSX.

 

that's what we've been told scc along with turbo mag and a couple others will be closing down. Sucks but in the economy alot of places are closing down so its not that surprising.
this car isn't OFFICIALLY for sale, but yes its pending sale shortly. If this deal falls through ill be listing it on here and a few other places mid jan

Thanks EVERYONE for the comments good or bad. Happy Holidays to all

 

6spd and ls motor makes it all the more beautiful. Nice car. 10.7 all motor makes me smile even more.

 

WHy is the car for sale?

That just proves my point i been saying all along. Not dissing the swap or anyone, it just only proves what i said about people who convert to LSx.

I think its mainly because people just want "something to do", but realize it isnt what its thought out to be.

Its a nice damn car though.

 

sorry but your 1000percent wrong... the car's being sold because i have a short attention span and like BUILDING cars of all types. This is my 3rd fd rx7 and this 1 has made me the happiest of all ive owned so far. The v8 rx7 swap is EVERYTHING its cracked up to be

When i begin building a car i set goals for the car and i keep the car for as long as necesary to reach those goals. This particular rx7 EXCEEDED those goals by far! i wanted to run 10s on spray...i ran 10s all motor and don't even need to mention what it did on the bottle lol.

I now want to go faster and in order to reach that goal i would have to cut up this rx7, put a SERIOUS cage in it, fully built motor/built trans etc etc i rather cut my loses and sell the car to someone who will APPRECIATE it "as is".

in my own opinion so many people build and sell because they're making money on the car they put maybe 15-17k in and sell for 25k + wouldnt u do the same?...even with the economy the way it is ill still make a nice chunk when i sell. Its easy to let go of projects when you KNOW for a fact your gonna make money or AT WORSE break even...

 

That may be your opinion on the swap for YOU but i think thats just it, your opinion.

People who do the swap, and end up selling it, didnt have the intention of making money.

And i dont think a 5-7k profit on the swap after LONG days (or even months!)of installation (if you do the work yourself, parts finding and finally getting the final wraps together) can justify trying to make that 5-7k profit at the end. If you're a pro at this, i probably would believe you, but none of us here are hinson. So i dont believe that. Hell, i can buy and sell POS cars and proft about that much in a months time. Why would i start doing up FD's and putting v8s in them? There has to be more reason to your interest of selling.

Its a mere fact that people either: Got broke from doing the swap, didnt thought it would be what its cracked up to be (anyone can drive a v8) or simply lost interest when the final tests are being made before it can finally be a daily driven car.

Like i said, im not here to bad talk anyone or any car, so i dont know why the quick defense and attack (seems to be common with people who have LSx FD's but this is what everyone sees) People swap, they sell. I dont think its for profit, we all know the price for rollers, parts, installation and even people who get the work done by someone else. It doesnt add up. And even then after all the time and money spent, just to pocket a few grand, is something not worth bragging about. Especially after everything that went along with it in the past to get to that frew grand.

But good luck with the sale!

 

funny you know all this but yet have never done a swap yourself lol... any1 that takes a month of labor to finish this swap should never be allowed to touch another car. As long as one has all the parts (which aren't many) and the time, theres no reason a swap couldnt be finished in a weekend or 2. Your allowed 2 have an opinion but yours is one-sided because you have no experience in building OR owning a v8 rx7. Atleast i've been on both sides before, and when i speak its from experience not "speculation"

i did with this car like i do with basically all my cars, Build/Enjoy/Sell. Its not hard to believe that many swappers do the same, if you do the labor yourself there's NOWAY you should be losing money the re-sale for v8rx7s is still very good. My first fd was sold maybe 2months after it reached its finally modding point (big port/67mm turbo/fuel), i've had this v8rx7 modded to its final point for maybe 8months now. Like i said i set goals once i reach them the car is normally sold shortly after. That's MY reason 4 selling which is the ques you originally asked.

happy holidays

 

ITs funny how you confuse why YOU did the swap vs why OTHERS did the swap.

Its plain and simple that my original comment to you was an assumption til you had to give me the reason and you stayed with it.

But you're not the question at hand.....if you read what i said before this carefully.

Im not doubting YOUR swap, if you did it in 2 hours, great. If you did it in one weekend, GREAT. If you did it merely to satisfy what you wanted to do in the first place, MORE GREAT. Thats not what we're talking about.

Im talking about generally what an owner does after their LSx swap. You say i have no experience. I dont need experience when i have whats presented before me. Ill never do an LSx swap so i cant comment with you on that side. My car runs fine in rotary form so not yet can i comment with others on that side.

If you're not putting together engine parts, then dont call yourself a builder. Any normal joe can call up a place and get a bunch of parts and put it together. I can do that. I havent because i didnt need to. So please dont put yourself higher than another because clearly you dont know. I have worked on supras (yes tha infamous word by me again) so yes i can put "pieces" together. So i call that a build? Idk, what do you think?

Cheers mate.

 

Just so we're on the same page.

Me:

You:

Ok you answered my question. That was fine. You do what you want with your car. But then this came.

You:

Then i said this may be YOUR opinion but not fact for others on why they did the same. YOu even said it yourself its your opinion. Well i have an opinion too. When i gave the ASSUMPTION of why people selling their LSx swapped engines.

Then you went totally off subject about building and i have no experience. What does experience have to do with anything here? Now you're throwing aimless attacks for no reason. I never talked down on your build or anything. I simply stated my opinion and so did you. We both break even.

See what i mean about owners with LSx swapped FD's?? Its like they have a short fuse or something. lol

 

i tore the motor down my self and built it back up myself, tore apart my transmission and built that back up the way i want, tore the whole car down to the BARE shell and built it back up the way i wanted it, can i say i BUILT it yet? or is there another unheard of rule i don't know about regarding my vocab.

I give 2shits what you worked on it wasn't an lsx fd so you have no expierence on how easy or hard this swap is and ur being nothing more then a TROLL looking to start up trouble. Why ask a ques then carry on when u dont get the ans you like..if you want to give ASSumptions on the swap go 2 the other engine forum and give them your 2cents(thats what the forum is for NOT this thread. Now to make you happy and end this back and fourth : ls swaps are the worst i dont recommend ANY1 swap out their rotary, the ls1 will never satisfy you. happy? hopefully you can carry on now and go back to "building" supra's because clearly my 637whp stock block ls-fd is not satisfying and thats why iam selling it!
good day

 

How ironic you say i start trouble when i get an answer i dont like.

I could be a troll. Better than being immature which you displayed clearly in your last post.

It went from a simple question to an attack, which was started by you!! lol How you didnt see that, i have no clue.

I forgot a person is NOT a builder until you do an LSx into an FD. LMAO

You just proved me right about LSx swapped FD owners though. THAT, everyone saw.

Happy new years and congrats on the build!!!!

 

Showoff, why do even bother wasting your time? Just laugh it off man.

 

Exactly, im having fun right now. Cause this is funny *** ****.

LOL

 

Whoa whoa slow down guys. I say showoff and 1qwik7 meet up to discuss this in person

 

The car looks stunning........but forgive me cause i have to ask : is this swap considered to be an upgrade?
And why any one would pay 27k+ for a 15year old fd with an LSx engine and not buy a 3-4 year old vette?
What makes this car generally different except its rotary heart?
Still the car looks simply awsome !
*how do you like your light kit?cause i had the same and i couldnt see **** !

 

wonderful, thank you for your input. You say everyone like this isn't the internet...who cares? lol

 

for what? so he can tell me re storing a car from a bare shell isn't called building lol either way i only live like 45-50mins away from his location. He can take the drive if he likes. Long island isnt that bad of a trip.
to the General Public yes its considered to be an upgrade because MOST frown @ the rotary because they don't understand it nor understand how it works. They much rather own the same car with the unique body with a motor that they can take to a general performance shop for modding/tuning.
As for my own personal opinion performance wise swapping the lsx wasn't an upgrade or downgrade it was just a different flavor. My goal for this car when i bought it as a shell was to own a car i "could" daily drive that runs 10s....i would of accomplished that wether rotary or lsx. I've already owned 2 fds with rotaries so i wanted to take a diff route this time.

- your next question you ask why pay 27k+ for a 15yr old fd instead of a vette....well my only answer to that is, to be unique. i see ATLEAST 10-20 vettes Per day in the summer/spring. I can prob count the amount of fd's i see all summer on 1-2hands.

p.s- my light kit from evo r is atleast 10x better then the stock halogen popups, but iam sure thats due mostly to the 6000k hids iam running along with the light kit.

 

Dude, all i was saying is your assumption on why people did the swap is wrong. Same as your assumption as to why i think people do the swap etc.

Thats all.

I have no problem with you or the swap. Hell i even complemented your car in the first page of this thread! lol I like your car, the swap is cool. Not my taste but its nice.

All i was arguing was your opinion. Pretty much why you were arguing back, because of my opinion. Its just a crash of opinions.

Yeah long island isnt that far. I used to do the drive almost every weekend to the hamptoms when my sister lived there. Exit 70 on the LIE, then about another 30 minutes on rt27. It was nothing.

Maybe i can go for a ride in the beast

 

theres nothing wrong with having an opinion but there is a time and place to discuss them. I posted these pics to show a clean RX7 regardless of motor. I didn't make this thread to debate why v8rx7s owners sell there cars because niether me or you really know the reason why people flip these cars so quickly...iam sure some arent satisfied (rare judging by the posts on v8rx7 forum) & iam sure theres many others that truly just like to build cars.

Go spend some time on v8rx7 forum and actually see the types of car people that build these cars, many of these owners sell there v8rx7s and Build more! i can think of 5-6forum members off the top of my head that are on theyre 2nd,3rd v8rx7s builds....and you'll understand exactly what i meant when i said they we're just building them to flip them. You really shouldnt ASSume things unless you have some sort of facts.

My assumption is justified, i know of atleast 6-7v8 fd's that were strictly sold for profit, and i know of countless others that have toy'd with the idea of just letting theres go and building another one a little differently. If your gonna assume v8fd owners are selling because theyre not SATISFIED then atleast provide an example of an ex-owner saying that

p.s- its a little cold out but if we get a nice weekend your more the welcome to take the cruise down i'd have no problem taking you for a spin (pending no rain/snow )

 

I have to say I'm with showoff, Going with a diff. flavor is the right way to put it. Nice build Bro. I'm sure you'll have no problem selling it. Before I forget that is one NICE RIDE...

 

Nice car....dont worry about the haters, I got the same respnce when converting my probe to 4ws...

What type of wheels are those?

 

thanx for all the comments wether positive or negative

dozxmustang: my wheels are 18 x 9.5 enkei rpf1's

 

Sweet! Of course best sleek headlight kit for FD! hehehe

 

looks sweet as

HATE the V8 tho...

but still Looks very nice

 

Simply amazing.

Still deciding if i want to pay the 5grand or so price more for a v8 swapped fd.