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DriFD3S 02-03-2012 05:12 AM

80 liter tank,
300KM AT BEST city driving with a soft foot.

FD's are amazing toys, but not really the greatest DD's.

Shaun 02-09-2012 03:01 AM

yeah not planning on on daily driving it. would be my life long toy.
do the FD RS's come stock 3 rotors? guessing these cost alot? like all rotarys?
what would be the best series to get ?
how would i go about getting my hands on a rotary manual? so i can learn about these engines?

sorry about all the questions pretty keen on learning!

Thanks guys!

mattallac 02-09-2012 03:21 AM

manuals are on e bay ,and Racing Beat sells some hot rod rotary books that are very informative .

FC Zach 02-09-2012 03:45 AM

3 rotors didn't come in the RX7.

FC Zach 02-09-2012 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 181318)
what would be the best series to get ?

This is generally ones own preference. In the US for example, we stopped receiving the 7 in *1995 so if an individual decided he preferred the later series bumper/tails/bla bla bla he would have to convert. It's probably a good idea for you to view all the different trims since they can come with a plethora of different options to suit you best, once you figure which one you fancy then you can start your search. May take a while to find one but if you're patient one will pop up.

Here is a book I purchased that is very detailed in the evolution of the 7 and what years came with whatever option, can be bought here RX-7-Mazdas-Rotary-Sportscar-Revised
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61xWJ8oGEYL.jpg

*pretty sure that is our last model/year.

RICE RACING 02-09-2012 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 181318)
yeah not planning on on daily driving it. would be my life long toy.
do the FD RS's come stock 3 rotors? guessing these cost alot? like all rotarys?
what would be the best series to get ?
how would i go about getting my hands on a rotary manual? so i can learn about these engines?

sorry about all the questions pretty keen on learning!

Thanks guys!

The best RX7 to get is the SP (1995) only a genuine 25 of these made! they are super rare and very expensive.

Next best to get is a Spirit R Type A (there are plenty of these for sale)

Type RZ (another limited sprots run) plenty of these for sale

Type RS is a great el cheapo model to get, comes with bigger brakes, 4.3 diff etc

Then there is the host of other models of RX7.

The Australian spec cars fetch a BIG premium over the jappo market models btw.

yzf-r1 04-09-2012 11:50 PM

You Aussie guys have it made, the FD market in the U.S. is a wasteland of 90% junk with 120k+ miles

Fendamonky 04-10-2012 09:30 AM

Thanks for the insightful bump Mark... :rofl:

yzf-r1 04-10-2012 09:42 PM

Not much going on in the third gen section here ;)

Oyvindjs 04-12-2012 10:06 AM

1. Maintanance plan, super important. the happy rotary is the maintained rotary.
2. cash to spare incase of emergency
3. reliability upgrades
4. performance/looks moods.


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