Well, I finally broke down and bought another toy car. I took my own advice and went after the car I missed the most (my 86 RX-7), so I bought this little guy, a 1983 Mazda RX-7 GSL. 12A rotary, 5-Speed manual, rear disc brakes, posi, manual steering, glass and metal removable roofs, runs really nice! Got it for cheap with a partial trade on some of my 5.0 stuff ;)
Yes, I know it's Red on Red. That interior will be changed to black...
Last 3 for now. :burnout:
time to pull the chainsaw out and put in a 2.3
Shush you! I like magic spinning triangles! :hick:
lswhan maybe :D
looks like a clean lil car for the year
theres tons of those old rx7's near me, some a little newer then that too.
How hard would it be to find an RX-8 motor and swap it in?
I dunno, but that is the only swap I'd consider. I love the Renesis.
Rotary, bah. My brother looked at quite a few RX7s back in the day, none were very decent (the ones he could afford anywa) and finally settled on a 280zx (sadly not a turbo, not even a 5 speed). Should be a fun autocross/track day car though. I'm not up on my Mazda's, but does that thing have 13" wheels?
I like it. Surprisingly much. There's one in the JY I saw, I remember I liked the guages.
http://www.grannysspeedshop.com
You know ive seen alo of 240s with ls1 engines that lil rx7 would be sweet with a 5.0
"Basic Kit w/ LS1 engine adapter plates
sheetmetal tpuppies and
major oil pan modification required)................225.00"
I hate you.
:flame: :burnout: :shakeass: :hick: :toilet:
wonder if you could link two rotory engines together?
Actually yes you can. I think the Granny's speed shop link has information on it.
Here's some pics from the weekend. Only cost $104 to put new plates on, transfer the title, and register it for a year. Only took an oil change and a set of wiper blades to make it fully-functional. Fun little car too! I drove a nice trip through the hills today just enjoying a quiet Sunday drive. VERY good handling through the twisty stuff ;)
I'm going to dye the interior. I'm thinking 2-tone Black/Tan ala Ferrari ;) Needs different wheels too, maybe a BBS style mesh something? It's only 13's on there now (which is fine but tires are hard to come by). Might step up to 14's. It has a funky 4x110 bolt pattern though.
good luck finding wheels!
(http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/bbergholdt1.jpg) :hick: :hick: :hick:
Apparently ATV's come with a 4 X 110 Bolt patterns sometimes.
http://www.yaskyatv.com/prod/wh/allwh.html
Load rating and DOT approval are likely issues with those though...
Didn't ROH make something for those?
actually the process is not really different than making any other crankshaft. you cant take 2 two rotor cranks or 3 one rotor cranks and weld them together so they have to be specially cut and balanced as well as the blocks adapted to run side by side. you've heard money can do whatever it wants? thats what putting them together takes and why its so uncommon.
A slice of pizza is hardly an engine at all. ;)
I hope this purchase is going to be the product of both the 'Missed car' and 'WWY stuff a 2.3' threads.
Mazda has made twin and triple rotor motors before. I'd imagine that would be easier and cheaper than fabbing one.
TWO slices of pizza! All Mazda rotaries are twin-rotor to start (12A, 13B, Renesis). Then they made the 3-rotor "semi-production" (20B), and the 4-rotor's are $$$$$$ exotic animals (787B LeMans winner).
A few places have figured out how to make 20B's out of 13B's supposedly. Doesn't matter to me though, because this car is staying 2-slices powered ;)
That's something I didn't know. In my defense, it's a rotary. ;)
It's OK, 2 slices of pizza are still small :D (1146cc's or about 70ci's in my 12A) I need extra cheese...
I'd just do the usual upgrades like green peppers, olives, and whatnot, and the later on slap some bannana peppers on there with a hint of jalapeno. Should be rather quick then.:hick:
Great looking RX-7 BTW, been looking for one around here but all I can find in my price range are rotted out beaters with bad apex seals.
German engine design.
Anchovies will help with them apex seals :hick:
The only thing I've done to it so far is changed the oil and filter, new wiper blades, added a battery hold down, and cleaned out and changed the clutch fluid.
I know i have seen a few on Ebay with a 351 nice ride man if i ever get one i want to try a 302,331,351, or a 408 in it unless the stock motor is fixed up and in great shape.
That site link is Amazing all the info and swap parts for those cars.
nice rx-7 :headbang:
i always wanted one of the first gen ones but my figure really wasnt meant for them :shakeass:
that is a sweet ride. i like the old-school import thing for some reason.
Thanks fellas.
Yeah, it's a little small, and VERY low. It's a pain to get in and out of, but there's actually a ton of legroom (being just a 2-seater you know ;) ). Headroom is good until the helmet goes on...
do 16 second cars require a helmet up there? :hick:
No, but auto-crosses do, and that's what I got it for.
And I wouldn't assume it even does 16's yet :hick:
We'll know tonight ;)
Local track here requires a helmet even if you run 20s (everyone that runs needs a helmet)
Nice looking little car ! I like it . Wanted one of those back in the day, ended up with a T-Bird
16.722@80.65 32VFoxBird called it :hick:
I'm surprised wheel selection would be such an issue seeing as there is a HUGE following for the first gen RX7's in the SCCA.
It's weird. The S/GS/GSL's have a 4x110 bolt pattern, and wheel selection is kind of limited, and the GSL-SE has a 114.3x4 pattern, which is VERY common. Seems most everybody converts to SE specs. I'm still reading up, as this is my first 1st Gen.
Well I hope for your sake that this red rocket ends up faster than 14.9 :P
14.9? Layla even went 14.7 :hick:
*cough*
22. Aerobird Motorsports - 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, 2.3T/T5, SC50 and bolt-ons - 14.767@92.06 (2007)
*cough*
I bought the RX-7 to autocross and road-race. You know, racing, only with corners :hick:
One of these days I'll slap the 401/5-Speed in something to drag race. I found a cherry 68 Rambler 2-door post (straight-6, 3-on-the-tree!) but it was in Maryland (ugh). Oh well, I have nothing but time anyways.
I race to have fun with my friends and family, not for any kind of internet fame! (If I wanted to do that I'd be broke and living in a van down by the river instead of getting my degrees and paying a mortgage lol!)
It's like this: The toadstool juice fires through the unicorn injector into the fairy dust chamber, where the tiny wizard does his secret work...Then a gang of keebler elves get hopped up on the crystalline byproduct of the wizard's tinkering, (they smoke it) and then the elves push the spinning triangle through a series of dimensional portals to a final realm codenamed the "exhaust port..." At least that's my undersanding of rotary sorcery.
I stole this but whatever nice 7. Put a V8 in it.
I like oldraven's explanation, spinning pizza slices!
This one is too clean for a V8. There was a 2nd gen at the track last night. 100% stock with a 100% stock 2000 LS1/T56 in it and 275 street tires on the back. Even had the stock LS1 airbox and stock RX-7 rear end. 12.92@114!!
A 2nd gen with my 401 would be a LOT of fun at the drags...