Now an FC RX-7 owner... (with pics)

[posam]

hmm.. exhaust has been replaced from downpipe all the way back.. including cat removal.. but I guess the people that did it just looked at it and thought.. huh.. better leave it in...
 
Will have it up on the ramps sometime soon and have a proper look...
 
Update on the bulbs.. I think they have made an improvement.. and I think the main problem now is actually alignment.. as now I can actually see the light that\'s being produced, I\'ve found I was lighting up the top half of trees and road signs really very well indeed.. but couldn\'t see the curb at all..
 
will have to take the shrouds off and have a twiddle with the screw tomorrow evening.. well as long as the predicted snow doesn\'t cause my enthusiasm to die a dramatic death...
 
I also think removing the remains of the continental beam reflectors have helped brighten things up a bit.. they were a dirty grey in colour where the sticky stuff had been left behind and right in front of the main part of the lens...
 
ah well.. we shall see.

[posam]

Is it possible to get a boot cover thingamy from anywhere... ?? Would the car have come with one as standard.. and it\'s just got lost.. or did they just not bother..
 
Oooh... like the one on this turbo..

[KenD]

Glad you\'ve identified the problem on the lights...
They did come with the boot cover, although I purchased mine in 94 and it was broken then, and has deteriorated ever since...finally got rid of it 5 years ago.  I haven\'t looked for a replacement myself, so whether they are available I don\'t know.
By the way, is it an original engine or rebuild..?  Hows the oil consumption and pressure?
Ken

[grinder]

you get get the boot cover from any TII - but you will need the rear speak covers as these have the mounting brackets on them

[posam]

seems to be original & un-rebuilt.. oil pressure is steady in the middle of the guage... and oil consumption seems ok so far.. I\'m not sure how much oil it\'s expected to burn but checked it the other day after filling up and it was still between the lines..
 
Any particular recommendations for oil/ any brands better than others for the rotary ?? I guess looking at the manual I should be using 10w/30...
 
fuel consumption at the moment I\'m still not sure if it\'s quite right... I\'ve done about 80 ish miles to half a tank.. does that sound about what you\'d expect ?? It pops a hell of a lot when you come off the throttle.. would that indicate that it\'s running too rich.. and if so is it easy enough to lean it out.. or is that just a bad move which will cause the magic revolving thing to destroy itself ??

[dthebuk]

your probably going to get alot of mixed opinions for the oil

but i hear castrol gtx is good

[Kron]

fuel consumption at the moment I\'m still not sure if it\'s quite right... I\'ve done about 80 ish miles to half a tank.. does that sound about what you\'d expect ??

Thats definately not right, If I\'m good I can do a 60 mile trip from Bristol to South wales on 1/4 of a tank and thats in the Turbo II.

[dthebuk]

petrol guages arn\'t always linear are they?

[doddy]

I ended up replacing both headlight units last year as the reflectors on the originals had got so bad I really could not drive safely when it was dark!

hey Ken - did you buy OEM headlight units? I had to get those myself in the end: two hundred snoops :2Mad

[TiddlesRX7]

Thats definately not right, If I\'m good  I can do a 60 mile trip from Bristol to South wales on 1/4 of a tank and thats in the Turbo II.

Agreed but it does depend on what sort of driving your doing. Motorway/duel carrigeway I agree but round town its considerably less. Plus when you first get a new car espically something like an RX you always step on the loud pedal alot at first!

[doddy]

Thats definately not right, If I\'m good I can do a 60 mile trip from Bristol to South wales on 1/4 of a tank and thats in the Turbo II.

When I took my TII back home from London (London -> Holyhead) I was super careful with the loud pedal, even downshifting to fourth for slight gradients on the M\'way, and always keeping the boost gauge in the negative.

I was chuffed to return about 38/39 mpg for the trip.  Not getting anywhere near that now though and a 200 mile trip at a constant 50 is your theoretical maximum mpg anyway.

What really annoyed me was when I did the same sort of trip in my 135bhp 2.0i Accord Coupé: it also returned 38mpg :Hammer

[Matts-gen2]

I was doing about 50 - 55 mph back from santa pod (120 miles), most the way, and used just over 1/4 tank.

I read somewhere that 56mph is the optimum speed for mininmal fuel consumption.

I had my Egi for just over a year and its a complex relationship, sometimes we disagree and she breaks, sometimes we drift around roundabouts and understand each other, but im glad it was the first jap / rear wheel drive car ive owned.

[TiddlesRX7]

I was chuffed to return about 38/39 mpg for the trip. Not getting anywhere near that now though and a 200 mile trip at a constant 50 is your theoretical maximum mpg anyway.

Are you sure. Thats amazing. Wish mine would do that.

[pdtaylor18]

mine is less than 20 (TII) but i blame the knights beat ECU as that overfuels,lights up the sky after the odd boot and then de accel.
You say its been de-catted so I dont think you need that 3rd exhaust.  this was the same on my old Mk1, This can be be got rid off way back to the engine if not blocked off at the engine.  I just brought a block off kit for that reason.
if the hot air is not getting through check the two hoses at the rear of the upper manifold, they go into the bulkhead, if they are hot then its a fault with the matrix or logicon unit.  I have both if you require them.  Its all electrically actuated so it could be the actuator bit as well, let me know if its that and i will send you one. (fits to the side of the heater matrix)

[posam]

hmm.. ok I may have been a bit unfair on the poor thing.. it\'s still indicating half a tank and I\'m up to about 110 miles now... must just be me getting used to the guage.. will stick it out and do a full tank and work it out when I\'m down to the empty mark....