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Yes, ok, that's what I suspected but thought I'd check with those more knowledgeable!

Cheers 

Hi

If fitting a high flow cat to a JDM Series 8 RX-7 (1999), will boost spike and need controlling, or will a high flow still provide sufficient back pressure to prevent overboost/creep/spiking?

Many thanks.

Thanks for the info everyone.

I'll go with the Cree H4 units, the group buy looks good but this RS is a track car, so seems a steep investment for a car who will only get driven at night on the way home from the circuit.

Prob best to get them set up correctly on a beam setter so pointing in the right direction.
Then upgrade to led with higher equivalent ratings. The bulb is a h4 standard fit and Cree do some amazing upgrades.

Thanks for the info. So can I buy any H4 set and fit it? Does that include both high and dipped beam bulb types for the car?

Hi

I have both a 1999 RS and RB and I am wondering if any one could give me a recommendation on a good HID light kit for these cars please? Great cars, but full beam is probably weaker than dipped on my Merc, not helpful when trying to dispatch my favourite B road in dark!

Thanks.

I now have my RX-7 RS, 1999 model (as well as my RB!).

This is Jon Powell's old car. It has 71,000 miles on it quite and clearly needed a rebuild, which has just been completed by Tim White of RX Motors, am running it in right now.

The car needs a respray as it's very tatty, but other than that it's in good shape. I always wanted an RS, the RB was a stop gap, so I am pleased to have found one. That said, the RB I have is superb, with compression of 8.9 odd, so clearly just rebuilt also, plus Goodwood Motors did all the bushes etc, so it drives incredibly well.

One thing about these cars is the headlights are a bit err, faint. Perhaps I spoiled as my day to day car is a 2015 Merc AMG Line with the LED intelligent lighting system, but I can hardly tell the difference between full beam and dipped on the RS. The RB is somewhat better actually, perhaps on account of the RS full beam appearing to be pointed about 3 feet in front of the car! I guess there's some sort of adjustment inside the pop-up units?

Does anyone out there have any recommendations on HID kits for the 1999 onwards RX-7s please?

That device looks perfect, thanks for the heads up!

No NCB as it's a 'modern classic', so on agreed value terms. All my NCB are on my daily driver anyway, so not an issue in my situation.

Today I asked them to quote me for a new Merc (daily driver) so will be interesting to see what a normal policy is like from Need to Insure, with my full NCB applied.

Insured my RB under Need to Insure, great company. Probably going to start moving some of our other cars over as their policies expire:

http://www.needtoinsure.co.uk/

For myself, my wife, fully comp, breakdown and 5 track days p/a included was only £400 on a 1999 RB.

Great people to deal with also, quick to respond and clearly know about the cars.

Whats the best way to remove the Japan imposed 112mph speed limiter on a 1999 Rx-7? Not into a new ECU, car is totally original.

  squicker, one word---------------Stunning 

Thanks Clive, it arrived yesterday and drives every bit as good as it looks. Goodwood Sportscars did a superb job of prepping it, including new bushes, so it drives better than any others I have looked at to date.

Looks like the last opportunity for a while however, snow inbound!

Here's my 1999 RB, arriving Saturday.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/squicker/albums/72157663481787635

Ah yes, pics do help ;-)

Here's the RB, arrives next Friday:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=8FA47CADC166A816!115375&authkey=!AIsOqIRpBVicrts&v=3&ithint=photo%2cJPG

I'll wait for the RS to be resprayed as it's a bit tatty at the moment, but it's also Mica Blue.

Hi

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year.

I completed the purchase of Jon Powell's 1999 RS yesterday. It's gone straight in for a rebuild and a few minor items, and will be resprayed once its run in. I guess it'll be ready in a month or so.

I also have a 1999 RB arriving next Friday. I'd been looking for an unmodified RS for quite some time, on and off for 3 years in fact, and had given up and put a deposit on a freshly imported '99 RB, and literally 3 days later I saw Jon was selling his RS! As I was already committed to the RB I decided to go ahead with both purchases. I'll probably sell the RB at some point but it's also a nice example with great compression figures and also entirely resprayed, as the Japanese owner had done some 'interesting' paint mods, such as a gloss black roof. Not that tasteful ;-)

Fingers crossed for continuing mild weather so I can  get out and about in the RB next weekend.

Welcome to MRC Ben 

We look forward to seeing your Rotary collection!

Thank you.

It's not a rotary collection, it's mainly American classics. Finally got my finger out to get a RX-7 after thinking about it for years, got an 1999 RB arriving in a couple of weeks but got my eye out for an RS...