Arrr....  I´ve never seen so a nice Seven. I must travel to Japan and live there vor the rest of my live

miguel i think its time to update your pics on the neweraimports.com site otherwise people might think you drive a skyline:confused:

Yup, I totally agree - I haven\'t owned a Skyline for a year now, almost!

It\'s time to update the entire website!!!

...we\'re working on it...lots of new developments are coming!

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Went to my local tuning shop, Nishiki - to ask they start trying to source a low mileage late used gearbox, got talking - as there\'s another track day coming up....11th Nov. at Tsukuba.
 
They have a Bilstein Shock Dyno and make all their shock absorbers to people\'s specifications - their younger mechanic knows a lot about suspension, so we got chatting about that...I\'m always looking for ways to improve cornering speed / progressive handling further.
 
Apparently, despite the larger ARC Anti Roll bars my car now has, in addition to Ohlins Suspension kit, it still rolls a bit on some corners, making me lose traction earlier than it could..... Although RX-7\'s don\'t roll much as standard, it\'s all relative. There\'s little body roll and even less body roll, which is where I\'m heading towards...
 
Was told that 10-14kg harder Springs will be better for the back, 10kg or so, on the front - still need to discuss this futher - for what I really want...For info - have got Mazdaspeed under body braces fitted on the car too, plus harder engine (Re Amemiya) and diff mounts to go with the large metal brace connecting the gearbox to diff (Mazdaspeed upgraded item). The car\'s getting stiffer all the time. At the moment, it feels marginally more vibey on idle, plus perhaps a bit more raw when reving - due to the stiffer engine and diff mounts, but at least it won\'t crack the support again, I hope. Also a little better against axle tramp when wheel-spinning to provoke a slide.
 
One of my Ohlins shocks is starting to weep a little bit and could use a rebuild, so now it looks as if I\'ll be upgrading the bump/rebound too - to stiffen up the ride and increase cornering potential. On the longer sweeping corners, against purer track prepared RX-7\'s I do find they\'re harder and a bit faster than mine, which starts to slide a little earlier, perhaps.
 
Interestingly, I asked if I should upgarde the Torsen Differential for a Cusco LSD, to improve drifting potential, for when I want to slide - they said the standard diff on a Rex is fine - and to leave it as is. Guess I will then...
 
I\'ll update when I get round to changing the suspension and the trade off between ride comfort / handling improvements. The Ohlins is fairly softish now, so it could get a bit harder without making my fillings fall out!
 
I don\'t use it except for fast road / track use any more these days anyway - although I draw the line at stripping out the interior.
 
Driving this car tends to leave the adrenalin pumping for a few good hours. Who needs drugs when you can have this much fun behind the wheel!
 
To be updated.
 
Miguel.

See also:

 Racing News, Track Days, and Mini-Meets > Tsukuba Battle Videos from Miguel 18-June-2003

There\'s videos of my Rex in action, also more info on spec.



Miguel.

Hey Miguel what about some shots of the underside of the RX

Miguel,

My Cusco LSD gives better control thru high speed corners, but at the expense of the messy clunk-a-clunk, <10mph  stuff, it\'s also adjustable, rebuildable and stronger.
Torsion had impeccable/progressive street manners and was easier to drift, the cusco\'s rear grip being harder to break free and requiring more power input, but that\'s the way I like it

Regards
Phil

Great car Miguel. I was amazed by the defi gauges with the stock lighting and the pod that fits on the center speaker place. Who makes them? Do they come as a kit from DEFI?

Racer, send a PM to Henning as he gets them in from the US.

Dan

Beutifull car there.....onlt thing i dont like are the wheels....dunno why. Love that bonnet though.

I still long to own an rx7 =/

I\'ll try to remember to take a camera the next time it\'s up in the air....Got lots of shiny red braces underneath, and the diffuser, which actually seems to produce significant downforce at speed.

Shouldn\'t be too long till it\'s in the air, if I can get a near new gearbox.....Will hopefully hear about this tommorow!

Henning can get the pod for the Gauges, they\'re around £90 each. By far the tidiest way to fit gauges, I\'ve seen. They\'re a part made in the States by a design company called Tri-Power, I think.

Cheers for the compliments, guys. Nice to know others aside from me also like the results of the research I did to get the car into this condition / spec.



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Miguel, are the nice red braces the Auto Exe braces?

Dan

Yup, a full set of Auto Exe Braces, red Mazdaspeed uprated gearbox/diff brace plus some beefier Anti Roll bars. Have also fitted RE-Amemiya uprated diff and engine mounts....A tiny bit more vibration, but almost not noticable....Hopefully it won\'t break the gearbox/diff brace again.

Nishiki Tuners have found a 54,000km 1999 gearbox for 69,000 Yen, but I still want something a little newer.. Now they\'re finding out the price of a rebuilt exchange unit from Mazda...if not a lot more, I may go for that....We\'ll see.

Other news:

Had a phone call yesterday from a Malcolm Halls, who was asking for advice - as he is about to buy a 2000 RX-7 RB from a Mazda Dealer in Nagoya, for his own personal use in Japan. Looks as if the club is about to grow with another English person based in Japan...

We got talking and he mentioned he had to sell his 2002 Honda Fireblade with only 900km on the clock. Honda in Japan were offering him near half of what he paid for it 12 months ago - so we got chatting....Result: I have just purchased a Blade to play with - Travelling by Bullet Train & picking it up from Nagoya on Sunday and riding it the 300km back to Tokyo.

Was a biker before I came to Japan 5 years ago, it\'ll be great to have 140 bhp between my legs - Haven\'t been this excited since I got my FD.....:cool

WOW!! Very very nice car my friend.

Well done

Just a question to Mr. Nice Admin Bloke :wave , how do you get your pics as thumbnails like that on the first page? Is it a feature of vBulletin or an extra feature you have added in? The reason i wanted to know is another forum im on is thinking of doing a gallery section and that type of layout would be perfect.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Ryan