- 426
- Texas
- Exitist_8
Well. I officially own my dream car. Or close to it. Picked up a 1986 Mazda RX7 (FC) GXL in beautiful condition for a 1800 bucks. She had a cracked center plate causing antifreeze to leak into the combustion chambers, but fortunately all rotors, rotor housings, eccentric shaft, etc were still in good shape. 81k original miles. Paint and interior are near perfect: overall she is incredibly clean for a car going on 30. Dropped her off with Kyle the Rotary Doctor for all new seals, center plate, and viton fuel injectors. Bought the car already equipped with a full exhaust system from Racing Beat, and a K&N performance air filter. She also has 17" Tuscani wheels which I will soon be replacing with OE size 15x6.5 (looking at a set of Enkei or Focals) or possibly a 16x7 set from BBS.
My plan is to keep the FC mostly stock, but will be making some small performance improvements as I go.
Just ordered:
- Koyo aluminum radiator to replace the heavily corroded stock rad (car had been sitting for quite a while before i bought it)
- Racing Beat radiator hoses
- Cusco front strut bar
- new fan clutch from Atkins
- custom fitting performance billet pedals from PerformancePedals
- S5 tail lights
- Dual sheave alternator pulley to run 2 belts to the water pump (Racing Beat exhaust conversion delete the air pump removing this)
Future planned additions:
- Exedy stage 1 clutch kit
- Racing Beat aluminum lightweight flywheel
- (still debating coilovers)
- Cusco rear strut bar
- Turbo II hood (if i can ever find one!!)
And now some pics:
In the school shop next to a gorgeous GT350 (which sadly is an AT...)
Fellow rotary owners feel free to use this thread to post your own rotary rockets! I will continue to update thread with the FC's progress
My plan is to keep the FC mostly stock, but will be making some small performance improvements as I go.
Just ordered:
- Koyo aluminum radiator to replace the heavily corroded stock rad (car had been sitting for quite a while before i bought it)
- Racing Beat radiator hoses
- Cusco front strut bar
- new fan clutch from Atkins
- custom fitting performance billet pedals from PerformancePedals
- S5 tail lights
- Dual sheave alternator pulley to run 2 belts to the water pump (Racing Beat exhaust conversion delete the air pump removing this)
Future planned additions:
- Exedy stage 1 clutch kit
- Racing Beat aluminum lightweight flywheel
- (still debating coilovers)
- Cusco rear strut bar
- Turbo II hood (if i can ever find one!!)
And now some pics:
In the school shop next to a gorgeous GT350 (which sadly is an AT...)
Fellow rotary owners feel free to use this thread to post your own rotary rockets! I will continue to update thread with the FC's progress