My FC Rx7 HAHA

XRMike · May 19, 2012, 02:14:56 PM

Hey im Mike and I purchased an RX7 FC Turbo II last year.

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 (which 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 Â£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 a few months last year I was 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 Â£1800, It had no MOT or road tax and had been sat for 12 months since the last mot!
I collected it 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.

Heres some pics of the car prior to collecting it, as you can see it was looking sorry for itself. I managed to get it running after fitting some new belts that had failed.

So I got it back to my Dads yard and set to work. Giving it a good rinse and T-cut, Mot prep work and general getting to grips with it

So at this point I had got it on the road. We gave it a VERY good clean and all was well... for a while. The car started acting up, was running very poorly and was undriveable. I took the car in to get looked at be a specialist and got it back 6 weeks later. The OMP was failing and the fuel injectors needed refurbing in the end.

Heres some pics from late last year

As you can tell by this point I was very happy hence the cleaning session! I gave the car plenty of TLC and enjoyed it up untill November, aiming to take it off the road for winter and garage it at my friends place.

As the winter went by I gathered up a few bits for it, consisting of a Knightsports FCD, strut braces, headlight scoop and a Decat (Not yet fitted).

I got it out of the garage 3 weeks ago and re-taxed it for the summer. Ive modified the front numberplate holder and chopped the plate down too, keeping it within UK Legal specs yet looking much less cluttered at the front of the car.

The decat is the next item to be fitted, then its bodywork time. The wings need tidying up and rear arches before they start to rust.

Heres some pics of late. These were taken on my favourite local road through Nant-y-Garth. An enjoyable yet demanding road that complements any sports bred car. The sound of the turbo and rotary engine echoing off the walls/cliff faces send a chill down my spine.

And Finally a picture to describe how my evening drive was. If a picture could say a thousand words, this would be it

Im hoping to have more enjoyment throught the summer weather in this car. As a winter fix to run alongside my daily car

(Golf V6 4Motion), I am considering buying an Mx5 as a more useable toy.

Thanks for reading. Mike.

wolfie1 · May 19, 2012, 11:15:35 PM

thats a nice fc

Timmyc · May 19, 2012, 11:34:29 PM

looks mint mate!

B.Martin · May 20, 2012, 12:04:05 AM

Awesome stuff ad white is possible my favorite colour for FC\'s, welcome to the club

bidoucrx · May 20, 2012, 09:21:20 AM

your FC looking in good condition !! :Thumbs-up

XRMike · May 20, 2012, 06:07:32 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome. I will post some more updates soon, Mike.

XRMike · June 05, 2012, 01:45:14 PM

Small update with some random pictures.
I went to a friends birthday celebration the other night and ended up parking next to this very mint Supra

Heres a picture that I randomly took when I was driving though town. Thought it was quite cool

Heres some pictures of the retro interior. Showing the Rare JDM steering wheel fitted from when I bought it. Also showing the rotary switch gear and general retroness.

And lastly a picture of the engine may. Showing the Air filter and Strut brace. Its quite dirty under here as an alternator belt was shredding itself into black tar/dust.

Brett · June 05, 2012, 05:33:06 PM

Nice and FC and nice pics

Scary to think the interior now counts as retro :Giggle

grinder · June 05, 2012, 05:39:42 PM

this car loooks soooooooooooooo familar

did it ever live near alton towers

samfc3s · June 14, 2012, 10:14:01 AM

it looks like one of the white FC i had before....hmmm.....but i really couldnt remb the reg number as i had about 2 other white FC before my japan FC.....

grinder · June 14, 2012, 06:53:09 PM

the reg really does sounds familiar to be honest ?

samfc3s · June 15, 2012, 03:18:39 AM

well i couldnt find any documents with that car now as it only owned it for 7 months....but i think it is one of the FC i owned before....small world

XRMike · August 18, 2012, 11:44:55 AM

I can PM you the Regs its had in the past if you want. The car is currently off the road as the MOT has ran out. Needing 4 tyres and a few bits of TLC its going to be at least 4-6 weeks before I sort it :-(. Im needing a workshop really to sort it all out (Decat to sort blowing CAT, dent on wings and rear arches). Will update soon.

haywes · January 23, 2013, 08:11:05 PM

Interested to see how this FC\'s coming along, looks pretty tidy! I\'m possibly looking for a white FC myself as well.. Just throwing that out there.

L18M · January 27, 2013, 04:08:32 PM

Quote from: haywes;848608Interested to see how this FC\'s coming along, looks pretty tidy! I\'m possibly looking for a white FC myself as well.. Just throwing that out there.

how about mine? :evillaugh