Shoot... today I discovered another problem: the driver side is 1" lower!!!! My darn H&R springs are sagging on one side. I'm sure part of it is cuz that's where I sit, so tomorrow I'm gonna switch the sides. Hopefully it will even out after a few months.

Anyhow, yeah, I see what you're saying. I could reduce the negative camber and bring the wheel back out a bit. But I'm gonna have to leave it like it is cuz I don't want to sacrifice the handling (and kill myself). The rear end already likes to swing out on this thing. I was getting on the freeway tonight and the onramp is a nice (fairly tight) right hand turn. I was giving it a good amount of throttle and sure enough the rear started coming around. I kept my foot on the gas and was gone like a bat out of hell (I'm loving my single turbo).

And lastly, yes, I did 90% of the car myself. I painted it red but the color match was not perfect. Since it was then evident the whole car would have to be painted, I went ahead and went with the silver. For that I let a shop do it cuz my neighbors were getting tired of smelling paint in their house; the fumes are strong. But everything else was done by yours truly. I'm glad I did it. I now know every square inch of my car.

-Tom

 

The left side of ALL FDs sit lower than the right side. Not quite sure if ride height is a full inch lower. The uneveness, could be mitigated with coilovers with ride-height adjustability? You are ONE with your FD, TOM

 

Hi again. Well, you are definitely right. The uneveness is NOT due to the springs. Today I switched the springs from left to right (and right to left ofcourse) and the car is still lower on the left . And it's a pretty large diffence, 3/4 of an inch. I was thinking maybe the car was in a collision and bent somehow but now I just read your post that FD's are normally lower on the left. Why is that? And where are they doing this?

Perhaps the car is meant to be a right hand drive so they make the right side higher with the assumption the driver's weight on the right will then make is perfectly level. Give me what you know...

-Tom

 

This is the leading theory, but has not been verified with any of the original Mazda Rx7 (FD) engineers Ride height adjustable threaded shock bodies allow you to even out the left and right sides. Actually you're supposed to use the ride height adjustability for corner weighing...but hey...it's about the "bling bling" to fit wider wheels, and to slam the FD to the ground LOL