Newbie with FC from North Wales (Near Chester)

Started by XRMike, August 01, 2011, 06:52:14 PM

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XRMike

Hey im Mike and Ive recently purchased an RX7 FC Turbo II.
 Bit of a story behind this one. My friend bought it with 58K miles on it in 2007 at the same time when I bought a Fiesta RS Turbo (was a cool car). As the years went by the Mazda was barely used, being a second car to an Audi S4 he had, it has covered an amazing less than 2000 miles since he purchased it. In that time it has had a new clutch and slave cylinder fitted at a cost of around £600! He also fitted an induction kit which seems to be of a good qaulity as it has mounting support brackets and it also has a powerflow exhaust system fitted. The number plate was also included.
 Over the last few months I have been nagging him asking if I could buy it from him as he is planning on moving out of the UK so I knew he would sell up, he finally gave in and we agreed on £1800, It had no MOT or road tax and had been sat for 12 months since the last mot!
 I collected it two weeks ago from his home and took it to my friends workshop, where I spent two days on it preping it for MOT (Needless to say it passed! :-D), cleaning it and getting to grips with the mechanical side of it.
 
Some pictures.




Lacey

Greetings and welcome to MRC AWESOME looking FC you have! White is the best colour ;P
SuperCripple!â,,¢ & Co-Owner of JapGirls.
Happy owner of a constant work-in-progress, Red-Interior[COL

B.Martin

Awesome man, that\'s a good buy! Welcome to the club and do keep us updated!

GeenIdee


TiddlesRX7

Nice one. Welcome to the club. The car looks familiar, has it been owned by someone on here before. I\'m sure I\'ve seen that Reg number before.

Ade
I don\'t need to upgrade my stock turbo to beat your ass!

Get your finger out, get it on the road and start driving it then!!! (B.Martin 25/2/12)

XRMike

Many thanks for the warm welcome. It may have been on here in the past, im aware it was from the wirral area before my mate purchased it.
 Im loving it so far, though im trying to get to grips with the engine and its workings. Ive had lots of cars (and still do!), but a rotary is new terrority.
 Thanks again. Mike.

Skifledanabit

mmm... thats one sexy FC, even as stock... white is one of the nicest colours... I hope you\'ll be joining us for Rotorstock?
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grinder



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Skifledanabit

Quote from: grinder;779571the reg does sound familiar to be honest

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wheelynutz

That looks like a very nice and clean Turbo II there mike.
Our fc is the first rotary we\'ve ever had but i\'m used to it now. As long as you take good care of her and service her regularly then all should be well
And also welcome to the club  :Thumbs-up

grinder

silly question , did it ever live near alton towers ??


1990 Black Turbo II ( Updated 24th October 2006 ) : Click Here !!
1991 Turbo II Cab ( Updated 21th May 2009 ) : Click Here !!
Piccies >>> July 2004 / August 2005
My Feedback Thread: Click Here !!
Official Mazda Rotary club Tight A$$ :King (So tight only dogs hear him fart)
MRC Bargain Hunter 2005/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14 :god
Inventor of the 96p car cover:D
**Special award for services to tightness**
Lifetime achievement award for services to tightness
The tightest man on earth
:Giggle

XRMike

Thanks again guys for the warm responce.
 Im slowley getting used to it, I tend to do my research before I purchase a new car so I know where I stand. Its due a service so thats next on the list.
 Im not too sure of its where abouts prior to my friend owning it, all that I know is that it came from the wirral area.
 If anyone can shed any light please let me know :)
 
I will be going to Mascrat Manor on monday to the Jap meet which should be fun!

marcusd666

Welcome to the MRC. Hope you enjoy it and have some good fun driving it.
marcus

'92' RX-7 FD3s type-R Black
'04' RX-8 231 Winning Blue (sadly missed)
'10' AUDI A5 S Line Convertible (Daily Drive)

XRMike

Ive was enjoying it untill it started to play up. Im having major running problems with it now. Once started from cold, it will not rev up and wants to die. I changed the spark plugs last night but with no luck. Im going to try and drain the tank and change the fuel filter. Not impressed really as I wanted to go to Mascrat Manor monday night :(.

grinder

what plugs did you put in her ?? and did you put the leads on the right plugs ?


1990 Black Turbo II ( Updated 24th October 2006 ) : Click Here !!
1991 Turbo II Cab ( Updated 21th May 2009 ) : Click Here !!
Piccies >>> July 2004 / August 2005
My Feedback Thread: Click Here !!
Official Mazda Rotary club Tight A$$ :King (So tight only dogs hear him fart)
MRC Bargain Hunter 2005/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14 :god
Inventor of the 96p car cover:D
**Special award for services to tightness**
Lifetime achievement award for services to tightness
The tightest man on earth
:Giggle