Mazda RX7
My pride and joy for 10 years and I have simply just run out of space having moved up north.
Many modifications, but mainly in the interest of reliability/safety.
Fresh rebuild (May 2012), run in and then subsequently mapped (mapping by "Blitzboy").
MOT and Tax to March 2013.
Full, one off, leather interior including panel trimming as well as usual seats. Cost a packet but I wanted the car to be more a luxury sports than a race type layout (hence boost controller hidden away etc so not to have hundreds of aftermarket dials!).
Spec includes..
Engine:
Engine rebuild this May/June (2012). Rebuild required due to mechanic error when installing turbos rather than engine failure!
Engine mapping this June (by known RX7 mapper Blitzboy)
1680cc Bosch Secondary Injectors with KG Parts fuel rail
New Fuel Pressure Regulator
New leading coil
Extended street porting (intake & exhaust)
Permanent non-sequential conversion including porting of manifold
Inlet manifold porting/port matching
Throttle body porting and secondary flap removal
Brand new GReddy front mount intercooler system (installed this year)
GReddy type elbow
Brand new uprated radiator (installed this year)
Turbo replacement this year (had oil leak so had both turbos replaced with quality used)
New small battery (for FMIC installation)
DM Motorsport sump brace
Uprated RAIT sensor (for quicker reaction to air temp changes)
HKS Twinspark
HKS EVC Boost Controller
HKS turbo back exhaust system (downpipe, mid pipe and tail pipe)
Direct feed to coil and ignitor safety modification
Walboro fuel pump, with rewiring to fuel pump and secondary feed to ensure no loss in power supply on high demand
Strut brace
B&M type short shift
Polished caps
Underdrive pulley
Air pump removal
Filler neck modification to remove AST (common cooling system fail point)
Apexi PFC with commander
ABS
Central Locking with 4 keys (originals + copies)
Thatcham Category 1 alarm/imobiliser (with installation certificate) with 2 alarm fobs
Power steering
Electric windows
Exterior:
Rare CWest bodykit
Fold away number plate
Clear front indicator lenses
HID upgrade, with crystal lens upgrade
Despoilered
Full respray 5 years ago
Veilside hand polished Andrew Racing alloys, with Michelin Pilot\'s on front/Nankang\'s on rear
Bilstein shocks (yellow) with Tein springs
Goodrich brake hoses
Tinted side + rear windows
Clear side repeaters
Interior:
Full black leather retrim (seats, dash, door cards, instrument console, side/boot panels, rear storage bins etc etc)
Rear storage bins (rather than usual rear seats)
Rear strut brace (leather covered)
6x9 speakers installed in parcel shelf
Huge amplifier powering speakers, hidden in space saver wheel well
Touch screen DVD/MP3/Sat Nav/Bluetooth stereo system
RMagic commander holder (leather covered also)
Original toolkit + jack etc
Other:
I\'ll also throw in the following..
Spare, unmolested parcel shelf (incase you want to remove the 6x9s and go back to standard placement speakers)
Aquamist water injection system (was installed on the car until the front mount went in this year. Just hadn\'t got round to reinstalling)
Air conditioning rad/evaporator/etc (again, removed this year for front mount install but all components kept incase refit required)
Apexi twin air intake (again, removed for FMIC install but could be fitted back)
Spare differential (one on car is ok, but have a spare from a breaker just incase!)
Rear "crystal" lights (common rear light replacement but just looks "chavvy" in my eyes so went back to standard)
4 original RX7 wheels (with tyres - believe still legal) for those who want wheels for drag/drift etc
Original space saver (bald, but it\'s there if wanted to be put back)
Electro-lumecent dial kit (to convert the dials to white sport dials)
Exhaust bung for those moments when you feel a need for quieter times!
Set of NGK 10s spark plugs (currently running on 9s all round but have a set of 10s for if you feel the need to crank the boost up!)
Bad Points:
There had to be some...
Paint job is showing it\'s age. A good clay/wax/polish should pretty much sort it out though.
Rear tyres are very low in places. Got through it\'s MOT but could be close next year.
I would also recommend getting 4-wheel allignment done (hasn\'t been done for a few years now and on these cars it can make a huge difference to drive & feel).
Otherwise, it\'s a classic car (so say the insurance company so it\'s £230 per annum insurance!), and is registered (correctly in my eyes) as a 1.3 with the DVLA so £115pa car tax.
For those into "power", this car has been mapped before the engine upgrades this year to just over 400bhp on the Austec Racing dyno. It was reeled in due to ignition issues (hence new coil pack and rewire) to 365bhp. The latest mapping on the new rebuild has not been dyno\'d so have no idea on the power. It was mapped to 1.2bar, but is restricted by the HKS EVC to 0.8 bar for road use.
Any questions, I\'m happy to answer. I\'m sure there\'s much more to this car I\'ve forgotten to list! I have stacks of paperwork, including back to all import documentation and thatcham alarm installation certificate.
As an additional note, I also have a nearly new expensive made to fit car cover for anyone who would want to keep it outside (currently garaged though - hence the cover is hardly used!) so if you wanted this also, please make me an offer for it.
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Price??? :)
£7,995 (reduced from £8,995)
Sorry, nicked the wording from my pistonheads advert which has the price elsewhere!
Hi Aceman,
Is the car still for sale ?
I\'m just over in Surrey (near Guildford) and currently torn between a 350z and an RX7. Although it has to be said that I\'m a wee bit scared of continuous repair bills (which may just be paranoid bs from hearing other\'s views) but the looks and performance is stupendously tempting.
Many thanks :)
Ah I\'ve just noticed the PH ad, which says you\'re in West Yorkshire and not Hampshire.
Hiya,
Yes - West Yorkshire (I haven\'t updated my MRC account since moving a couple of months ago!).
Nice reminder to do so now though!!
You\'re welcome to come and see it, but yeah, it\'s about a 260 mile slog up the M1 to get to me these days sorry!!
Now up for bidding on ebay!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-Mazda-RX7-Black-Type-R-/200839734295?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ec2fb2417 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-Mazda-RX7-Black-Type-R-/200839734295?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ec2fb2417)
I\'d buy this from you in a second if I had the cash right now!
Quote from: Metalorama;839650I\'d buy this from you in a second if I had the cash right now!
Cheers dude!
Would take a diesel fiat 500 as a part ex!! :-)
Quote from: Aceman;839705Cheers dude!
Would take a diesel fiat 500 as a part ex!! :-)
If I had one I\'d trade it. I\'ve got a BMW Mini Cooper S track day car that I need to sell to get cash for an RX, unfortunately nobody wants to buy something like that during winter so I have to try my luck in the spring. If you still have it then, probably not, then I\'ll be taking a trip down for a look!
Relisted again, with further price drop..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stunning-Mazda-RX7-Black-Type-R-/200843024247?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ec32d5777
Just out of curiosity, which company did the leather interior work ?