My rotary life story!
 

Hey everybody-

I'm zach, and over on rx7club I'm better known as fbatman (there really is no affinity to comics/cartoons from my youth, but mighty mouse has some special connotation...) I bought my first RX-7 after my cough cough Honda was totaled- yea I know...but it was an EG with a B16- I know.

Unfortunately-or fortunately- after two days of the EG the rotary gods held it within my future to donate my soul to the rotary kingdom. And being then (as now) broke I needed a reliable daily HAHA so I bought my first FC for five hundy from the late Sae Kang owner of Finishline Motorsports in Marietta, GA. It was an 88 GXL that had been side swiped, so I did what any
broke highschooler would do- stripped it inside, headers, exhaust, a corbeau and 5pt-ready to rock. Sold that and left the country.

Upon my return, it turned out a friends father had a beautiful 85 GSL that wasn't running in his driveway- picked it up for five hundy (recurring theme eh?) kept this one nice- only headers and exhaust, rebuilt the Nikki for it to run, brakes etc...sold THAT one again to (ray green!) leave the country. Again.

Upon the second return I bought my current junk pile ha its an 85 that was in horrid condition when I bought it for $250 and have thus since almost completely redone EVERYTHING. But it's by no means pretty. I swapped out the blown 12A for a streetported 12A, new alternator, radiator, custom gauge cluster, gutted and painted interior, new brakes, its got a rattlecan satin black job, enkei 92's out back, cressida wheels up front :) yes- they're fugly, a welded diff, and numerous other oddities....which brings me to my next and final point: can anyone in E TN help me tune my carb? ha its a Mikuni 2BBL (I've also got a weber I need to set up...)

So that's my rotary life story. If you read this far-- good on ya.

zach

Bought my first new car in 1975, a 1974 RX-4
 

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Welcome! Good story. And yes, I did read the whole thing, it's not really that long man haha. Lemme guess, you're military? I sense the recurring "leaving the country" theme. I should know, I do that a lot too, but I keep my cars haha.

Good to have you here, you should ask around on the carb forum for help with the carbs. I developed an allergy to carbs about 15 years ago.

Welcome aboard. I remember you from the "other" forum. :)











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