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Title: 1982 RX7---Elford
Post by: ElfordRX7 on March 23, 2004, 01:43:42 AM

Hi! I am new to the club and am researching the Elford designation on my RX7. I bought the car from my son and put it in storage 12 years ago. I liked the way it drove and handled and felt it would be a classic in the future. It has lhd,pepperpot wheels and does not have turbo.{yet} Any help greatly appreciated!

Title: 1982 RX7---Elford
Post by: ScuttleRX on March 23, 2004, 02:05:51 AM

Hi, and welcome :wave

Cant help you much myself but in last months Japanese Peformance there was a feature about elford\'s which you might find interesting :) although with jap performances reputation it might not all be fact, but still worth a look;)

Title: 1982 RX7---Elford
Post by: ScuttleRX on March 23, 2004, 02:09:57 AM

doh! just noticed your in the states :) heres a link to the website if you wanted a look:

jap performance (http://www.chpltd.com/japanese_performance/index.html)

Title: 1982 RX7---Elford
Post by: MikeLMR on March 23, 2004, 12:13:12 PM

The Elford designation comes from the dealership in the UK that created and sold all sorts of bits to uprate the 1st gen 7. By far the most significant of these was the elford turbo.

I think the dealership was owned by Vic Elford who had a fairly big racing career at the time (?)

Mike

Title: Still wanting turbo
Post by: Don Pamponi on March 23, 2004, 08:04:50 PM

Are Elford still going?

Title: 1982 RX7---Elford
Post by: MikeLMR on March 23, 2004, 08:13:18 PM

i think the dealership is still going in name but I\'m betting they stopped selling turbo kits around 20 years ago

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Cars by Model Type => 1st generation RX-7's => Topic started by: ElfordRX7 on March 23, 2004, 01:43:42 AM