Anybody know RX7s?

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:10 am

Its small, light, RWD, and, cheap like making a rather large profit on Emma cheap. Anyway I could give a shit about rotaries if/when the one in the car goes Ill take advantage of the corvette LT1 sitting behind the local texico station. I drove it today in the rain and fell in love its so balanced and so predictiable seriously and it pains me to say this after Harold the best handling car Ive ever driven plus I forgot how cool no power and an open diff felt

Has anybody had one or knows a few things they'd like to share. Its a N/A fc if anybody wants to know

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:45 am

Theyre sexy as fuck if u do them up right

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:43 am

I gots one.

It's a fun little car. Not much more though, IMO.

I enjoy it though, vert nonetheless.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:53 pm

I have a serious love/hate relationship with a loud N/A rotary car. I hated it when I was at the track and couldn't hear myself think in the staging lanes. And every run the car would stall at the line and not make a full pass. I do however, like the way they sound when they're not driven by idiots.

Just remember:

Boost in --> Apex Seals out

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:08 pm

-High revving sounds like an old plane
-Expensive to maintain and hard to work on yet simple design
-Bad on gas
-Loose the rotary and drop in an LT1!!

Post by **racer12306** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:09 pm

pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft at LT1's.

get an LS1

LS1>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LT1

or better yet, LS7 (new one) but those are a little $$$$

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:47 pm

what year RX7......

i like this one.....

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:52 pm

LT1's are junk
I used to have an RX-7 too. They're nothing but a headache.

If you think the RX-7 is balanced etc put an LS1 in it. It's lighter then the rotary.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:28 pm

a little owned one for a bit it was fun doing small donuts lol

moparman00 · Post by **moparman00** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:53 am

Speeder wrote:what year RX7......

i like this one.....

the pic u posted is an 'fc' which is how they designate the generations of the rx7's....so an 86-92.....which is the same as the OP...

My mom has an rx-7, an 85...

those three pics are google image search pics, of the same model my mom has....same color...the wheels are the ones pictured on the first two pics.....

definitely a fun car to drive, light, kinda quick....RWD ftw

no power steering though, which kinda sucks...

as far as info, they burn oil, should be redlined often, after they're warmed up, and just gently brought up to redline for a second or so....

a good site with rotary/rx-7 info is http://www.nopistons.com/forums/home.html

my moms is out of commission for now, needs a clutch, slave cylinder, flywheel, and a couple other things...

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:27 pm

then this one is an "fd"

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:36 pm

benzsxt wrote:-High revving sounds like an old plane
-Expensive to maintain and hard to work on yet simple design
-Bad on gas
-Loose the rotary and drop in an LT1!!

It only has a little glass pack on it right now so it sounds like its eating small children, its kind of cool.

It cant be hard to work on. I had my whole fat ass in the engine bay with the engine still there

It might be expensive but I dont think too much needs doing

If it gets too bad on gas Ill pick up a beater 1gn

LS1 or nothing unless Im broke when the rotary goes pop then carb'd smallblock FTW

Here are a few pics of it from the ad:

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bombtrack07 · Post by **bombtrack07** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:22 am

What is the point of having an RX7 without the rotary engine? That's what makes the car. check out http://www.rx7club.com for more info.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:53 pm

Its just not what is the point of having an engine that is a flawed and outdated design that manages to be expensive and unreliable without having any remarkable feature. Sure in revs to 11,000,000rpm but it only starts making power just before that. If they would have put a proper piston engine in the thing it could have been amazing.

bombtrack07 · Post by **bombtrack07** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:03 pm

Hell I guess they just wanted to be different, I dunno lol.

v95 · Post by **v95** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:55 am

what kind an year you talking r1, type r, Type RZ, bathurst r1, Fd, ect....

and i like the 88 convertible ones they are the shiznit

TeckNeon · Post by **TeckNeon** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:34 pm

I'd take an FD with an LS1 swap. They are getting cheaper in this bad economy. People say it throws off it's balance but done right, it's better and FAR more reliable and less hassle. Plus, name another 1992 car that to someone who has never seen an FD RX-7 would think it was a 2010 if you told them it was. That sexy body is timeless.

They will be the Shelby Mustang of the Gen X'rs in 10-15 years. Everyone will want one.

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:39 am

I just got to know one today...was out cruising in the Chevelle and blew the doors off of one on the highway.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:38 am

Graduation week is over, my head has stopped spinning, and, I had an revelation so Im passing up the RX7 for an nice boring 1gn and a bunch of SRT parts to run Eugene at the grassroots challenge

jrumann59 · Post by **jrumann59** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:25 pm

I know a lot of the RX guys used swap in the 2.3L SVO, THunderbird TUrbo, XR4Ti motor in and they would scream. They did it for a sleeper effect since the LS-1 are pretty easy to spot and many have no idea what a rotary looks like so the 2.3 looks stock.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:57 pm

I will never in my life deal with a 2.3 ford engine again

jrumann59 · Post by **jrumann59** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:25 pm

bone-yard-racing wrote:I will never in my life deal with a 2.3 ford engine again

Actually think it was a volvo engineered engine for ford.

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:28 pm

doubtful.

The 2.3 was used since the early 70s. Its a very solid engine. May not be a solid performance engine, but it is a tank.

My dad has one that runs on propane in his whole house generator.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:41 am

The 2.3 for is based off of the 1600/2000 ford engine that was used forever namely in Europe. It is still the most temperamental, irritating, and heaviest engine Ive ever worked on. This 4 cylinder weighs almost 400lbs for comparison an LS1 is only 467 or so.

Volvo used a variant of the engine and fixed most of its problems however vary little ford remains on those.