Im in the process of rebuilding my rotary and doing a street port, after that im getting a 99 spec bumper, skirts, and wing. Paint it and then its going for sale.

I just cant deal with it anymore, ive owned FDs for couple years now and they kill me lol, fix one thing and another goes wrong.

SO im going back to normal engines... cant wait.

Hope to have a good time on this forum.

 

well welcome. rx7's are badass cars but i'v heard of a lot of people having trouble with rotaries.

 

Well thats the stereotype i guess.

you just need to take more care of a RX7 than normal cars. And i did but somethings you just cant do.

The biggest thing that hurt me are the rebuilds and gas mileage.

 

I absolutely love 3rd gen RX-7's but have never owned one due to the reasons above. (Although I've come very close to buying one several times despite the many known issues.) I did a ride along in one with a really skilled autocrosser on sticky tires and the capabilities of that car are nothing short of amazing. But, alas, the cost of maintaining the 3rd gen RX-7 was prohibitive for my budget.

 

Welcome.. Hopefully your Z33 owner experience will be better..

 

Go back to the darkside man it isnt any better over here. LOL jk Ive owned my share of 7s and a 8 but all modded cars are a pita.

 

Welcome! I have a few friends with FD's and they are gorgeous cars but they do seem to always be down, . One just fried his 13b and is dropping in a 20b,

 

My neighbor had a 3rd gen that he built the crap out of. Beautiful car with great performance. But as you stated above, we were doing rebuilds every 3-5k miles on the engine. When it was stock it needed a rebuild about every 40-56k. The cost of owning one and building it is crazy... You could almost of bought a 70k+ car in the end.

 

thanks for the welcome guys.

 

Z was a great choice to move to. I hope you like it as much as many of us do.

 

Welcome

 

haha, i was thinking about going from 350Z to RX-7

 

Well owning a 2nd gen turbo 2 is not that bad at all I went to a junkyard found one for $600 bucks spent about 2k into restoring it. Found a nice diesel turbo on ebay slapped that ***** on with a $100 ebay special T4 manifold lol threw in 1000cc injectors and a SAFC and that little rotary would go flying lol....I have to say its slighty slower than my Boosted 350z at half the cost of my damn kit lol....Best part is I turned it around and sold it for $3900. Now if i can only find another one heheh...

 

Buy the Z, and build the RX on the side.

 

wish i had money like you

 

Thank you for the compliemnt, I am quite prosperous, thank God.



I can hear it now; three months from now...

"WHY DID I SELL THE FD?!?!" I mean the Z is so cooooollll and up to date and, and, and... I want my FD too!!!"

HAHA!

Nah, man, the Z is sweet, and the FD is just like a super model, high maintenance; pretty to look at, but a relationship "NO NO".

 

Yeah, I'll take some of the money too, . I need a supercharger, haha.

 

Haha soo true. OP- welcome to the Z family and I am sure u will have fun witht the Z like u did with the FD.

 

Let me drive your FD first, then you can ditch it.


BTW...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiQE87VW1U

 

how about a FD w/ LS1 implant seems to be the trend now