It seems like whatever kit they make (because it has to be a kit if so many people do it) to LS swap an RX-7 comes with aftermarket fixed headlight modules. You know, those really tacky HID rigs that look like someone molded some plastic over some flashlights?
Bader Mubarak parents came into my room i quickly shut the lid of my laptop and said i was watching porn cause it would be easier to explain than this
Finn Haze wow you'er so fucking original "haze" never seen that before just like that comment since you're so original try painting here i can help you call it the lisa mona no ones thought of that
I bought this car new in 93, a year later sent it to Peter Ferrell in Virginia to be "reworked". End result was 600HP. Not sure what he charges now, but back then it was extremely expensive, hate think what they charge now, if they're still in business. BUT, they did make an incredible insanely fast RX7. I sold it a year later to an Arab, (I lived in PA,he might have been the only Arab i had ever seen in PA) I sold the car with ALL THE WARNINGS needed. He shrugged it off. He totaled the car 3 hours later and then tried to sue me in court claiming he didn't realize the car had been heavily modified. Thankfully I'm the type of guy that insisted on him signing off on the notice he was purchasing a legit racecar and not a stock RX-7. Anywho, we got to court, his attorney made the most ridiculous claims, in the end they wanted me to reimburse him for the totaled car, and pay for his extensive hospital stay and medical bills (apparently the tree he hit while airborne nearly killed him)....i didn't have an attorney, but I did have photos and the signed paperwork stating he was aware of what he was buying. The judge looked at the photos of the car and engine bay and immediately threw the case out. Pretty much stating it was ludicrous to assume the man did not have knowledge of what he bought simply based on the photos of the engine alone. I miss that car, although it was bright ass yellow. I'll never forget sitting at a redlight right after i got it back from Peter, light turned green, I let out the clutch and within a split second was facing the wrong way in the middle of the intersection. Butthole puckered, aint gonna lie. I should have kept it, i'll never have another car like that. RIP RX-7 You're not forgotten.
Thomas yates When I had my stock RX8 you could literally drop the clutch and it would drift itself. I can't imagine that many horses pumping through and NOT puckering my butthole.
I honestly want one just so that I can keep it stock. Bring a 100% original 90's FD to a car meet. It'll probably be the most awed thing there, even over the 800hp GTR in middle of the parking lot.
Perfect. Absolutely perfect. I own and RX-7 and this sums up everything I have ever felt about this car. I bought it because it was odd and special, and it kicks me every time I mess up, but I always come back with a fresh mind and a problem to solve the hard way, the right way and the way it was supposed to be done.
Dirceu Corsetti Well no. Mine is a GSL-SE and my girl was more of a classic, chill girl rather then a Goth girl. She loved old stuff and had an old jazz vinyl collection, and she loved my GSL.
Valentin Filipov the car, not the girl. It's a GSL, not a FD and every so often something small goes wrong and I have to fix it properly. One time the seat adjuster broke mid drive and whenever I braked the seat would move forward and I would have to really try hard not to press to hard on the brakes with the seat moving, but when I got back home I spent all night fixing it to the furthest position back and making it absolutely solid, as the only good seating position was with the seat all the way back and down.
William Pritchard Not really, I own a FC and it mainly requires lots of specific knowledge that is available by talking to other owners. Preventative maintenance is key.
Those first few seconds of grunting felt like hours since my dad could only hear it in the other room but I couldn't back down and lower the volume to prove i had nothing to hide
Jeeps have to be simple to work on. If you take one off road further than the front yard, something breaks. They're great vehicles for people that love to work on vehicles.
The funny thing is with the stock twins it's not gutless at all. You have full boost by 2500rpm and with the 4:10 gearing outside of 5th you are going to move briskly.
Once you accept the triangles into your heart it's a commitment for life. People tell you you're stupid and say your engine is one road trip from blowing an apex seal but we don't care. We drive rotaries because there is something about revving out a rotary that you just don't get from a piston car. yeah you can drop an ls engine in it and make more power and be more reliable but nothing is more satisfying than beating the hell out of a rotary!
I had two Hondas that had their timing belts snap and destroy the upper half of the engine. The engines were removed and cleaned, then put back together and placed back in the cars. I didn't do the work and the cars were driven normally, not raced. Rotary engines only have like 14 moving parts, and replacing the apex seals, side seals, and springs isn't really hard. You just have to remove the engine to do it. I have 87k miles on my RX8 and compression is still good. I had another RX8 that had the same amount of miles when I had to sell it, and it's seals were good. I had worse luck with my Hondas and their timing belts, which sucked because they failed at 20k miles or so.
***** "We drive rotaries because there is something about revving out a rotary that you just don't get from a piston car." You must have not driven a proper Honda.
90'-2006ish japanese car design is the golden years of car design. R34 skyline, Toyota supra, e46 m3, EVO 8, RX7 FD, GTI, Bug eye WRX.... and the list can go on forever.
I love the AU Falcon for it's performance and don't think the XR models look half bad, but it is universally recognized as the ugliest Falcon ever made and this comment was about beauty.
RCR is the Spiraling Shape Put out your hands and you fall through the window And clawing at nothing you drop through the void Your terrified screams are inaudible drowned In the spiral ahead and consumed in the shape
+RegularCars reason why it says 261 HP is because back in the 90s it was illigal for Japanese cars to make 300 HP and over but Japan basically said screw you and lied about the HP rating in they're cars like Nissan did with the GTR it has 314 HP to the crank, Mitsubishi GTO also lied about it it had 318 HP to the crank and all the Japanese companies did this until it was lifted in 2004
All jokes aside, you are an incredibly talented writer and an equally proficient orator. Congratulations on being the only channel I actually check for new content.
I can understand why people do it, as I love the LS engines and how easily they make power, but I wouldn't want to ruin the handling balance of the car. That being said, the aluminum block LS engines are around 450-550lbs, so it's not too crazy.
This channel turns the ideals and emotions placed behind cars and their following and turns it into a dynamic experience. Every single episode, I feel encompassed by new points of view and compelled to experience all these vehicles, regardless of quality of rating. Cars can act as time machines, not just demonstrating the technology available at their period of production but also the social and economic attitude of the time. Many praises out to Mr. R and THE Roman, another week, another entertaining masterpiece.
Just buy a trashvette c5 for half the price and be on your merry way, the people who swap the rx's just want straightline speed and thats what the vette is good at it.
+Mikael K "Making 300 horsepower to the crank, which is 59 more than it was rated for which was 261." It's impossible to argue that he didn't just say 300 is 59 more than 261.
I found as soon as you replace your exhaust/downpipe with a mandrel bent stainless unit and go high flow catylitic converter it cools the engine down ALOT
I think this is one of the best reviews of the RX7 I've ever heard. It seems like the point of this car is simply missed by many people and the only thing it has going for it is the high RPM limit... Which isn't even that big a deal in today's world but you have exposed that it is so much more than that and I hope other people start to see this too. Not to get everyone on board with it but just to accept it.
hershtian vxv I would not recommend that at all I have a friend who did that and it was bad you'd be better getting something like a 944 or 924 porsche about the same price too or a decent ls powered camaro it would be a lot more budget friendly and a lot faster too
The way you combine a delicious gonzo presentation style with a truly interesting and informative technical/historical/cultural analysis of these machines is in my opinion genius. I love your reviews.
The FD is one of my favourite cars of all time (thanks, Initial D), but I don't think I'd ever be able to bring myself to own one. The reason is I knew a guy who owned one and his ownership story is just a lot of maintenance. The car is rather reliable for everyday use, he never raced it, but like all 20 y/o enthusiasts he drove it hard. He drove it hard to school, he drove it hard for milk, he drove it hard back. And it's constant maintenance, cause if you don't maintain it, the car doesn't drive hard anymore. Not by the driver's standards anyway.
I do all those things with this car, drive to get groceries, to get gas, to the mall, to get gas again, and also during Autocross events. So far it's held up pretty well, although I think my diff bearings are on their way out. But that's a pretty normal thing for a higher mileage car regardless of rotary. If you take good care of them (like most things) you should expect average to modest maintenance. Driving a rotary "hard" (I.e. Revving it high frequently) is actually good for the overall health of the seals, whereas always putting around town can be more harmful overall. 👍
Mark Lee There's nothing wrong with owning an FD. They can be quite reliable. A friend of mine had a bridge port FD that was boosting 1.5 bar on a T04 60-1 for four years. The only reason that car stopped running was because a freeze plug rusted out. The only problem is that they're not idiot proof like a lot of popular cars are.
koopatroopa187 Problem with japanese cars is they spoil us in that sense. Provided you don't slam it, a Civic will run forever and a half. Rotaries introduce a lot of compromise to the equation, hence why I think it didn't really catch on. I think it'd add an interesting touch to Back to the Future though, if DeLorean came through with the idea of a rotary in the DMC-12.
The intro is nothing short of amazing. I'm probably going to keep it burrowed at the back of my mind for the rest of my life just for it to suddenly pop up in my head at the worst possible time.
Regular Cars just became my favorite RU-vid channel with one video. Hahaha I've been debating on buying an FD RX7 and then I found this video. Amazing.
for thoes who have yet to become aware of why people like the rx7 here's a run down. -incredibly light for the power output. -very small rotating mass means you can have a very light clutch and the gears just slide into place. -you can... no, you must rev the s*** out of that thing because a rotary has very little power in the low end and it has twin turbo. -red line at 8k rpm means it screams. -even stock it rides like a well tuned sports car set up as a daily driver. and yes it is unreliable, fuel hungry and honestly not very fast(compared to a v8 in a rx7). but if you brought a rx7 because you want practical you have the wrong reasons. the rx7 is all about pure driving pleasure.
I love these. I think they are so beautiful too. The technology seems super fun too, but I'm just not sure I want to take on the responsibility for rotary engine care. Even if I never own one, I will always appreciate them.
If you have the money to buy an RX7 you have enough money to buy and maintain an RX8. Or you can get the 7 anyway, it will be slightly more reliable, more baddass, and probably bankrupt you.
Robert Rowley "yeah, but it really wasn't that iconic." So, winning numerous awards including C&D's car of the year every single model year it's been in the U.S, numerous racing victories with the IMSA GTO 300ZX keeping an unbroken bonneville salt flats speed record and being probably the best selling 90s japanese car "wasn't that iconic"? You really wanna try revising history because F&F culture is blowing up a car with not nearly as much allocades? Really buddy?
I like rotaries for an infinite amount of reasons. But the main one is that they can take any beating. I don't think any piston engine can survive at 9k+ rpms all day at the track. Just take care of it and it'll do whatever you want it to.
@@sieravirs1107 most aren't designed for that high of RPMs, but that wasn't the statement made, the statement was any piston engine. Next off the Honda S2000 engine can hit 9k and that is a street car... so his statement is still invalid
@@sieravirs1107 and most rotary engines don't crank out high RPMs on the street either if you just drive it. Yes rotary engines rev very high, but they are a proven failure of a engine overall.... and I like them a lot, but the engine is not worth it in my book.
I hid it (barely drove it) for two years at one point when I was finishing up school... It hurt me inside. This car is meant to drive, otherwise it's resting inside, Covered 👍
Deniz Pamukcu You bet. Sweet wheels. I looked them up and noticed they cost a grip though. LOL! Now I'm debating selling my 2000 Gibson 1960 Reissue Sun burst Les Paul so I can pursue some of those. Eh, it's not like I play guitar anyways. And I still have my Strat if I wanted to. Well thanks.
I love the FD RX7. The design is so... simple yet smooth. I think its one of the best examples of 90s car styling. On another note. It looks like a big brother to the NA miata. Which is sweet.
I know this comment is 8 years old... If it wasn't for the pop lights, I would say much closer to NB. All the body shapes are there, especially with the hardtop on, just more subtle. It may be copium though, because I have an NB.
Just recently bought a Yellow RX7 FC S4 with 132,000km original engine and apex seal. Everything is stock beside downpipe, dual exhaust and bodykits. Daily it with no problem. Turning heads everywhere she goes :)
The brake booster bracing isn't exclusive to just rx-7s. I've done it on an 05 mustang, and it really helps to firm up the brake and clutch feel, especially under hard driving