Just stopping in to say hello in the regional area. Names Jared and im from northern california area. Ive been eyeing a new rwd project lately and have been thinking about an FC so i begun lurking on the rx7 forums.

Originality I was looking for some rwd japanese car to drop an LS1 into. I had thought I had settled on a 240z but a friend suggested an rx7 fc to me. More ive been reading up on rotaries the more I dig them. Its rwd and with an unique power plant, something different.

Anyways, this is the car. 3" DP, turbo timer, cat back and some other crap. Owner says it has a hot start issue which is either low compression, leaky injectors or some sensor on the thermostat. Im going to think its the worst and settle for a rebuild. But for 1500 bucks, it runs and drives. Should be a fun project car

 

welcome

 

thanks

noticed youre from oakland. is there a large rotary or mazda community in the bay? meets and such?

 

they post up meets on the forum, so look out for 'em.

 

Hello

 

Don't give up hope on owning a RWD Japanese Sports car with an LS1, might come sooner than you think

 

sooner than a movie shown on a dome near you!

 

But not sooner than a bitter X rotary owner can post in this thread.

 

so its becoming apparent that alot of rotary owners dont like the ls1 swaps

 

It's not so much that we don't like them, but they are 2nd on the hierarchy after any rotary engine. I'm a stalwart for rotaries myself, but given the chance to put any other engine (besides a rotary) in my car i'd probably have to choose one of those pushrod behemoths over another small displacement motor.