1990 Mazda RX7 FC HAHA New Daily!

I thought it was time I should give a full write up on my car.


Bit of a story behind this one. My friend bought it with 58K miles on it in 2007 at the same time when I bought a Fiesta RS Turbo (which was a cool car). As the years went by the Mazda was barely used, being a second car to an Audi S4 he had, it has covered an amazing less than 2000 miles since he purchased it. In that time it has had a new clutch and slave cylinder fitted at a cost of around £600! He also fitted an induction kit which seems to be of a good qaulity as it has mounting support brackets and it also has a powerflow exhaust system fitted. The number plate was also included.
Over a few months last year I was nagging him asking if I could buy it from him as he is planning on moving out of the UK so I knew he would sell up, he finally gave in and we agreed on £1800, It had no MOT or road tax and had been sat for 12 months since the last mot!
I collected it from his home and took it to my friends workshop, where I spent two days on it preping it for MOT (Needless to say it passed! :-D), cleaning it and getting to grips with the mechanical side of it.



Heres some pics of the car prior to collecting it, as you can see it was looking sorry for itself. I managed to get it running after fitting some new belts that had failed.











So I got it back to my Dads yard and set to work. Giving it a good rinse and T-cut, Mot prep work and general getting to grips with it









So at this point I had got it on the road. We gave it a Very good clean and all was well... for a while. The car started acting up, was running very poorly and was undriveable. I took the car in to get looked at be a specialist and got it back 6 weeks later. The OMP was failing and the fuel injectors needed refurbing in the end.

Heres some pics from late last year











As you can tell by this point I was very happy hence the cleaning session! I gave the car plenty of TLC and enjoyed it up untill november, aiming to take it off the road for winter and garage it at my friends place.



As the winter went by I gathered up a few bits for it, consisting of a Knightsports FCD, strut braces, headlight scoop and a Decat (Not yet fitted).



I got it out of the garage 3 weeks ago and re-taxed it for the summer. Ive modified the front numberplate holder and chopped the plate down too, keeping it within Legal specs yet looking much less cluttered at the front of the car.



The decat is the next item to be fitted, then its bodywork time. The wings need tidying up and rear arches before they start to rust.



Heres some pics of late. These were taken on my favourite local road through Nant-y-Garth. An enjoyable yet demanding road that complements any sports bred car. The sound of the turbo and rotary engine echoing off the walls/cliff faces send a chill down my spine.



















And Finally a picture to describe how my evening drive was. If a picture could say a thousand words, this would be it





I'm hoping to have more enjoyment through the summer weather in this car. As a winter fix to run alongside my daily car



(Golf V6 4Motion), I am considering buying an Mx5 as a more useable toy.



Thanks for reading. Mike.