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yes your being Daft... remove the Add and learn to fall in love with the car.
are you sure you dont have a boost leak on those turbo\'s?

Quite sure I don\'t, thanks.  The car pulls extremely well and holds level boost, I just absolutely hate the transition from one turbo to the next.  If the car doesn\'t sell, I\'ll definitely be converting to non-sequential for the time being with the view to converting to a single turbo in the future.  

Hi buddy I think the more you drive your car the more you will love it.
I have had my car about 4months now. You have to get used to it.
Now I can\'t wait to get in my car. Love it

It\'s possible I haven\'t driven it enough to fall in love with it.

The car will remain for sale for the time being and I\'ll consider offers over £4k, though that doesn\'t mean I\'ll be taking £4,000.01.

Any interest guys?  I\'ve just got some new ds2500s for the front and EBC reds for the rear.

Sorry to see your waning to sell up dude... its a nice car...
out of interest what is it about the car thats not gelling with you?

Sorry to hear you have to sell up, how is the car a little to no compromise, it might be a problem that is easily fixed allowing you to enjoy owning a rotary powered car.

It\'s a few things really.  I can\'t fit my family in the car at all.  This is something I knew when I bought the car and I thought it would be okay, but in reality it means I only drive it about once a month for half an hour.  I\'m not suggesting that I\'ll hammer it around with my two kids in the back, but I certainly would like to drive something more interesting than my wife\'s Zafira on a regular basis.  I could live with this if I was absolutely in love with the car, but I\'m not at the moment.

In the past I\'ve found the Tein Superstreets to be okay for UK roads, but the last time I drove the car I found them to be too much.  Obviously, I could change them for something more comfortable, which I probably will if the car doesn\'t sell.

I absolutely loathe the sequential turbos.  I\'m sure others disagree, but for me they are so bad I\'m not sure how Mazda let the car out of the factory like that.  The power is unpredictable and it\'s quite possible to stall the turbos.  I should just convert to non-sequential really, it probably transforms the car.  I guess if I do this, I\'ll have to take it in to have the map tweaked.

Then there\'s the £2k - £3k 13b rebuild warchest I probably should have, but don\'t.  Am I being a big girl about this?  Probably....

As I read this, I think I probably am being a bit daft and am getting increasingly tempted to take down the ads.  I did order new brake pads for it yesterday....

Thanks Ed.  The market is pretty slow at the moment.  Should it not sell, I don\'t have a problem keeping it and perhaps sorting out some of the things that big me on the spring.

Yup, I\'ve had it since May.  It\'s a great car, but just a little too "no comprise" for me and we\'re not gelling.

The car is located in Upminster, RM14.

I have for sale my 1992 RX-7 which features the following:

Rebuild by WGT 8k ago with receipt for £3k+
Remapped by WGT to 341.7 BHP with print-out
Power FC with Commander with receipt for fitting by WGT
Tein Superstreet coilovers
Re-Amemiya wheels
Buddy Club exhaust
Turbo timer
Uprated radiator
Uprated intercooler
Metal AST (not yet fitted, but will be included in the sale)
SARD intakes
Lots of history

I\'ve just had the car compression tested with the following results:

Front rotor: 7.8,7.7, 7.9
Rear rotor: 8.0,7.7, 8.0

The car always starts first time from hot or cold and this combined with the compression results indicates an extremely healthy engine.  The odometer shows 134,000 km, which equates to around 83,000 miles.  

Apologies for the quality of the pictures, the car could do with a clean, which it will get this weekend with new pictures.  The wheels are in much better condition than they appear in the first few pictures.  Bodywork wise the car is in pretty good condition, though the rear spoiler could do with being polished and the roof has a bit of lacquer peel.  The front splitter is a bit scraped on the right hand side (left as you look at the pictures).  The car really is good for a 20 year old car with original paint.  

The interior features the standard Mazda carbon fibre effect seats.  There have been a few changes since the interior picture.  The steering wheel is very similar, though now black instead of silver and there is no longer a head unit fitted.  I am happy to include the one in the picture, though sadly my two year old broke it by leaning on the screen.  Perhaps you\'ll be able to get hold of a replacement fascia.  Also fitted are the following after-market gauges:

Lambda
Oil temperature
Oil pressure
Boost
Water temperature (sensor not connected yet, though the rest of the gauge is wired in, I was going to do this when fitting the AST)

I\'ve just given the car an oil change and have will supply the car with the new metal AST, deionised water and the appropriate coolant so the new owner can do a coolant change while fitting the AST.

The price is £4,900, sensible offers welcomed.  Please email me on alex.n.desousa@gmail.com or send me a text/give me a call on 07740 343 052.

Don\'t suppose you could post a link for the part you bought please

Dc

I can\'t find it on their site, but I always see it in store when I go.  It\'s a blak and white non-return valve in the aquarium section.  If I\'m there again soon, I\'ll get a picture for you.

Hi buddy. Very nice car. I have FD my first one two really love it.  had my one month now
Really pleased with it.  my FD has water seal gone we think. .
But running ok constant 85 when running but me and arnie going to do rebuild arfter
Xmas. You might see me my son around Thurrock.
My FD is silver with a blue c west bonnet. His 8 red with skirts carbon bonnet n boot
Used to be piston head till he converted me glad he did loving the rotery now.

I\'ll keep an eye out for your son. . I was around Lakeside yesterday evening as it happens.

It\'s not very difficult.  I removed the air intake and corresponding hoses as well as the black box (air tank).  The check valve that had gone wrong was under here and I replaced it with an aquarium valve from pets at home.  I also replaced some of the vacuum hoses and intake pipe couplers while I was at it.

Got it done by Ed (Ed RX7 Parts) and yes it was at 250 RPM.  I have pictures, but didn\'t think they were vastly interesting and they also contain my chassis number, so have to tweak them before posting.  I\'ve got a two year old and a two week old, so hardly any free time at the moment.  As part of a deal struck over the new one\'s middle name, I\'m permitted some car time in the future though.

Got a compression test done yesterday.  

Front: 7.8/7.7/7.9
Rear:8.0/7.7/8.0

Pretty happy with that.

Hi dude as someone very local to you, welcome to the club I am just down the road from you so would love to hook up for a chat and look over your car.
Also your welcome along to the local meets nearest being Dartford on third Tuesday of the month.
Nice car, just been to look at one to tonight myself

Wow, you really are just down the road from me!  I drive through South Ockendon fairly regularly, so you may well see the car at some point.  You\'re welcome to come over to have a chat and look over the car one evening, though I\'ll have to negotiate that with my increasingly pregnant wife.  Feel free to drop me a PM and we can sort something out.  

What time is the Dartford meet?

Welcome to MRC :wave

I am sure other members will be along shortly to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks very much.

After many years of wanting one and being distracted by other cars along the way, I\'ve finally gotten my first FD.  It was a bit of a surprise as I didn\'t think I\'d get it for the price I paid, so I still had my E36 M3 Evo at the time and the wife wouldn\'t let me keep both, so away the M3 went.  After some initial problems with the second turbo not spooling (solved with a replacement check valve) an oil change and some rust treatment and sealant underneath the car, it has been great.  

The engine was rebuilt around 13,000 miles ago by WGT and is running a Power FC that has been mapped for 341 BHP.  I love the handling of the car and definitely the pace, though at the moment I\'m not overly enamored with the sequential turbo setup, my main problem with it is there seems to be a spot at which it is possible to get no boost from the second turbo on a downshift.  My plan for the time being is to give it a full service, new pads and discs and then start collecting the bits for a single turbo.  Some fairly rubbish pictures:









If anyone recognises the car, please give me a shout.