I\'m veering away from the FD.....

[Frankie]

Tonight at the Wharf pub in Dartford, 8pm onwards!  There\'s a thread and directions in the mini-meets section and on the calendar.

A - there should be some 7\'s there; mine might even make a guest appearance if I\'mlucky!
b - most of us are fans of good cars and the eunos/mx-5 is a great car so you should be safe.

Also some of us will be down at Ace Cafe on the 4th April.

[Rich Cheung]

Been doing lots of start stop short journeys in the last few months where the engine never gets properley warm and never had it flood once.

Rich  :Thumbs-up

[muckyman]

cheers guys
I\'m feeling a little more reassured - and welcome too  :King

[sadgoth]

Anyone who is a fan of the rotary is welcome here! Go on, buy on, you know you want to!!!!!

[sadgoth]

wah hay, I\'m a member again! cheers Lisa!

[DarranJones]

I use my FD as a daily driver. Do about 20 miles per day. It\'s never flooded. I hardly ever have to top up the oil, and have never topped up the coolant. Most reliable car i\'ve had...and the fastest.  :Giggle

[nikp]

Most reliable car i\'ve had...and the fastest.

but when you listen to all the \'experts\' they\'ll tell you it\'s utterly unreliable, and the engine will throw an apex seal at exactly 60k miles, costing upwards of £6k!  :yes

[muckyman]

out of interest, what cars have you gone up against and been beaten by?
A friend of mine has a VX220 Turbo (stage 3 tuned) and it is frighteningly fast. Now, I know I won\'t be in that league with a standardish FD but what will surprise me when I\'m quicker than it?

I\'m just about ready to commit to FD ownership!
Happy days, here I come........ :InLove

[nikp]

but what will surprise me when I\'m quicker than it?

Depends to what speed you\'re talking! due to the rev and power band, the FD\'s time to 60, even in standard form, is impressively quick! Verging on many new ferrari\'s! With a bit of tuning, you\'ll be biting at the heels of supercars!

[iaint]

out of interest, what cars have you gone up against and been beaten by?

A friend of mine has a VX220 Turbo (stage 3 tuned) and it is frighteningly fast. Now, I know I won\'t be in that league with a standardish FD but what will surprise me when I\'m quicker than it?

I must say I tend not to get in many races but I don\'t remember anything beating me but I\'ve mullered a few scoobs and boxsters.  Got beaten by an M3 once but that was because I bottled at ~110 leptons.

Oh, actually did get a kicking from a Chim 500 (TVR) off the line but we both maxxed out at 153mph and he beat me accross the timing beams but 20-30 metres at Bruntingthorp.

The 220 turbo might get going quicker (or not depending on lag) but it\'ll top out sooner - with bottle it won;t stay with the rex unless he\'s changed the gearing.

[vxer]

The 220 turbo might get going quicker (or not depending on lag) but it\'ll top out sooner - with bottle it won;t stay with the rex unless he\'s changed the gearing.

I\'ve come from the vx220 camp (NA, not a turbo)...

Stock VXT is 200bhp, 930kg = 215bhp/tonne.
Stock RX7 type R = 280bhp, 1260kg(?) = 222bhp/tonne

So, stock vs stock the RX7 should win in a straight line. If you want to out-run a stage 3 VXT you\'ll have to beat around 290 bhp/tonne which mean you\'ll need around 365.4bhp...

Assuming bhp/tonne is a good indicator of straight line speed!

 :Thumbs-up

Cheers, Paul.

[Adriansturgess]

Back to reliability; I give my FD a dogs life, commuting daily to and from work 2 miles each way but it fires up every time no problem - it\'s got the heart of a lion! I would say though that proper warm up and cool down is part of my daily routine. I will usually switch the engine on for 3-5 mins before getting into the car and driving off. Certainly never flooded or missed a beat in nearly a year of ownership. Suggest you go for one with a recent rebuild and then treat it right. It should look after you  

[Adriansturgess]

For what it\'s worth, I drove a Supra (Non turbo though) before I brought the FD. It left me completely cold, It just didn\'t feel special - maybe it was just a poor specimen, but it made me even more set on an FD.  :cool

[Martiny]

but when you listen to all the \'experts\' they\'ll tell you it\'s utterly unreliable, and the engine will throw an apex seal at exactly 60k miles, costing upwards of £6k!  :yes

lol !   :-)))

[D2BBA]

Post a pic and the spec of the Turbo Roadster matey!  My bro has a NASP one of these and i\'ve only recently become a fan!

Back on topic...

The FD is a refreshing change to most high power Jap cars.  You still get the WTF! factor when pulling up at a garage!  The likes of the Skylines, Supra and Evo are all too common place now.  

If your located next to one of the specilaist vendors then you have little worries if you encounter a problem.  Failing that do a bit of research, like anything its a learning curve (take it from someone with a lot to learn!).

Good luck!
Chris