Hi - New Member

[Dominic]

Hello everyone. Finally got around to joining up after spending a long time checking out the forums. Mad about rotary stuff :god and after years of drooling over rx7\'s I found a nice tidy first gen mkIII last year. Had some minor work done at Rx Motors to get her running smootly. This year I\'m doing a fuel injection conversion, many more plans in store for the engine but I want to keep the rest of the car original wherever possible (might get rid of the TWR front bumper). Anyway, here are some pics, glad to be part of the club.

Dominic

[banned advertiser]

Nice find, looks pretty clean, hope you have fun.

[Adriansturgess]

Welcome to the club. Always great to see new members with interesting projects.  :cheers

[peterwolds]

welcome have many happy trips to the petrol pumps
Pete

[mullins]

Nice series 3. I\'d be interested to hear you experience(s) with RX-Motors.

[Dominic]

Thanks for the comments. I was very pleased with the condition of the car when I went to see it, apart from the odd paint bubble here and there it is pretty much rust free and has definitely been well looked after and garaged. Has had a front end bump unfortunately though (didnt notice this until i\'d bought the car!) but it has been very well repaired. Shortly after buying the car the radiator popped and sprayed the engine bay a nice brown colour. RX motors were the closest specialist to hand so I left it in the good hands of Tim for a few weeks. Tim fitted a new rad, MkII steering box, new clutch slave and master cylinder, and Koni adjustables at the front. Was very happy with the service and the car is driving very well now. Always enjoy visiting RX motors to see the latest evolution of Tim\'s drag mobile. :3gears-lh

[robedwards99]

Welcome to the forum Dom... and a lifetime of empty pockets!!

[alban1973]

Welcome Dom,  Hope you enjoy the Rx-7.  a  lot of  good advise and help to be had in the club...

[mpk490p]

Sounds good how do you find the steering now?
mark

[Dominic]

The steering remains very heavy, not helped by having a smaller steering wheel too, but the MkII steering box is a great improvement, Tim dialled out most of the play so I no longer cross lanes inadvertantly on the motorway :eek .
Ideally I\'d like to change the steering to a rack and pinion type as its a shame to be driving a lightweight car that feels more like a train, noticed a very tidy conversion by THE rotary gurus down under in NZ, if interested check out //www.kiwi-re.com, great website.

[mpk490p]

Thanks i will take a look, nice car by the way my project should be finished soon, its good to see more and more series 1\'s turning up in good condition i have too many rotten ones in bits here!!
Mark

[oldone]

Welcome to the club bud...good to have the ol schoolers on the increase.... :cool

[Don Pamponi]

Whats this? another blue C reg with rubbish steering?
Must be something to do with the colour....or perhaps I\'m just a wimp & should buy a nice Micra with power steering.  Maybe I\'ll try fitting a rack before I throw in the towel.

[Don Pamponi]

couldn\'t find the steering rack on their site.  Where is it?  More to the point : how much is it??

[daverey]

Welcome to RX7 ownership, Dominic and silly grins on your face every time you drive the car
Daverey