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I don't see an option to do this?

cheers

That was my first rotorstock and from what has been said in this thread possibly the last. Shame.
Won\'t even get a chance to show my FD once....

yet to receive my tickets....

This a few months old now, but how did you get on? any information on how the HKS twin power works would be great. some have said its just a capacitor in a box

cronoton@hotmail.com pics please

Thanks for all the advice.

Tyres are Bridgestone Blizzaks. Age unknown. Had near full tread however.

The wear pattern is very even, suggesting fairly good geometry and the car runs very straight no pulling.

Car had done 70K, really hope it\'s not the bushings as that\'s an arse to replace... don\'t you need some factory tool??

Break fluid does need draining and replacing I\'m a very naught boy on that point.

Thanks for all the replies and advice.

Handling wise it\'s bone stock minus the rear wing.

The handling is truly awful. My 2ton shed which was noted in for having sub-par handling in the motoring press grips so much harder. Today out of frustration I thought I would try and take a round about at 30mph off throttle and I just slid... Got left standing by an old 525 a few days ago too:(

I have not done anything about the rubber as I am saving for some 18x9.5 or 18x10s so don\'t want to waste money on tyres for the 16s.

I am worried about upgrading the wheels and tyres to such wide dimensions as they may make the wet performance even worse... add to that I will have to get performance coil overs to fit those wheels that will likely be harder and break loose even easier.

P.S I have removed the Alu brace just behind the main cat to fit an aftermarket exhaust though the handling was just as diabolical before that.

I\'ve owned my fd for two years. It\'s a 98 Bathurst bought with 75,000miles on the clock.

Every where you go, anywhere you search the Rx7\'s handling is famed but I\'ve never seen it. My car will slide at even 25mph in the damp OFF throttle at roundabouts. I\'ve covered 8000+ miles in it and it handles worse than my old mk3 golf.

It understeers, torque steers.... under hard acceleration the front goes so light any correction causes twitching that destabilises the car (less than stock power). The brakes are death traps too it goes sideways under medium pressure breaking and destabilises the car over 80 with any input.

I\'ve had two MOT\'s by rx7 specialists and they have said it\'s in decent nick. The first MOT it needed some pillow balls in the rear however.

the one issue I can think off is that its using winter tyres... but my other half\'s 115hp bmw 1 series uses winter tyres and grips far harder... why???

and omg the yaw..... I can\'t keep up with family saloons on country lanes. Women are living me standing in mini-cooper\'s . I take all bends off throttle just to stay alive and this was the case even when I was running with just the primary turbo working probably no more than 140rwhp and 8-9s 0-60s. Hardly fast.

Is there something I can do? check a certain bushing? Broken, bent parts that an MOT might have missed that could cause this? or is it just the winter tyres? ( which I find very hard to believe) Any silver bullets?  

P.S I\'ve read about power plant frames. Mine looks ok.