Enjoyed that and brought back a lot of memories. When my Dad lived in the States he brought one new with a Touring package. He liked it so much he brought it back to the U.K. with him. He kept it for a year or two in the U.K. but sold it and immediately regretted it. He ended up buying a U.K. spec car (Touring interior, R1 suspension) but that was not nearly as nice to drive. I’m sure the Touring package is the better choice for fast road driving the R1 being too stiff. In his lifetime my Dad owned 30 Ferraris and 14 Porsches but he always said the RX7 Touring was his favourite car to drive.
I owned that exact year, exact model, exact colors and loved it. One of the seven Mazda rotary cars I have owned since 1973. I had all three generations of RX7, stock and modified for racing. I wish I could have kept them all. I did keep my 2008 40th Anniversary RX8, but surely miss the FD RX7, it was just awesome on the road and track. Yes excellent FDs are fetching $50K and more at auction nowadays. Cheers and thanks.
The current values for a car like this is around $65k+. Mileage, condition, and originality being the drivers. Any adjustments that can be reversed are a non issue. 18" wheels look best on this body style. The difference between the R and Touring was an additional oil cooler, stickier tires, stiffer suspension, front and rear spoilers, and Alcantara interior. Overall not huge factors when considering feel and overall dynamics. But the s spoilers really do finish the looks nicely. When they designed these cars, designers were sent to the track to get a sense and feel of what a sports car should be. As you can see aerodynamics are throughout the car, not one sharp edge. Flows with air and water. 50/50 weight distribution and the sequential turbos to reduce wheel spin and lag at take off. There is nothing like driving a rotary engine car, espeically the FD. Great video!!
Sweet ride! kudos for doing the review while driving and covering the main points well... Only reason why I don't have one of these is that I'd have to give up my pristine FC convertible.
It sounds like you're inferring the car runs too hot with them on. Uhm that's not quite the case. A single oil cooler and the stock radiator are more than adequate to keep a street driven FD with occasional spirited driving nice and cool. A better mod is adding an FC Thermo switch as it turns on the fans at a lower temperature. Dual oil coolers are only a necessity when tracking the car, otherwise they go unnoticed. People replace the stock radiator not because it doesn't do its job but because the plastic end tanks have a tendency to crack and leak with age.
@@worldofthunder usually when you open an engine that had two oil coolers almost always have less carbon buildup, so frankly with all due respect I don't know what the f$#@ your talking about, ask any builder.
@@lagunacoronaEverything I stated is basic FD3S knowledge but as an FYI- I not only have an engineering degree but my rotary powered FD that I started from stock is now modded to the tune of ~500RWHP. In other words, I'm no stranger to what makes these cars tick and what causes what with these things. But I'm curious... So care to technically explain exactly how having dual oil coolers impacts carbon built up on the rotor housings? Noting that carbon buildup is a direct effect of igniting the air-fuel mixture in the combustion cycle.
@@worldofthunder to be honest I don't know, I just put 2+2 together.....I don't care what degree you have or how smart you are...by experience if I see more carbon buildup on single oil cooler cars vs dual...all the time then I made my conclusion. Put your ego away and be humble...
@@lagunacorona So you made your conclusion with zero knowledge of how it works and so you can't back it up... Yet you challenge those that do Sounds like a great strategy 👍 The best part is that you have the audacity to tell people to stay humble. Oh the irony. PS your conclusion is faulty and I have a pretty good idea how you came about it. But I won't tell you since you don't care.
