I might be something of a glutton for punishment, I daily drive heavily modified classic BMWs and I am a big fan of the FD RX-7. To me the FD is one of the most beautiful cars ever produced, and it's unquestionably a legendary sports car; one of the best to come out of Japan. FDs were out of reach for me when they were "cheap", and now they're at least no longer out of reach. I had been watching the market off and on for the past year and a half and when this one, configured as I wanted, came up for sale I bought it. I used to think if I ever owned one of these it would be LS swapped, but over the years I've shifted my stance on that, and I want to enjoy one that is basically original, but with some of the things that hamstrung it from the factory fixed.
The first picture I took of it when I got home with it, making my E30 look kind of big:
It's a completely stock 1993 in Montego Blue with no sunroof and a manual transmission. The interior is in incredible shape and the body and paint are in great shape, but not so great that I would be afraid to drive it and give it its first flaw. With 63k on the odometer, it drives nicely and hopefully this 13B has plenty of life left. Unlike my E30 and E34 which I purchased with the explicit intent of modifying, I do not have big modifications planned for my FD. First I'll get it to "stage 0" with maintenance, detailing, and things like worn suspension components and vacuum hoses, I want to know what these were like stock and sorted. Then I will install a downpipe to remove the massive heat source and inevitable failure point that is the pre-cat from the engine bay, and maybe some other bolt-ons like a SMIC, exhaust, and R1 lip, but that remains to be seen. Cosmetically, I really like these cars stock. When I see them they're frequently covered in cosmetic mods which just tend to make the car look worse. It's really hard to out-do what the designers accomplished with the FD. If you hate all things rotary, blame Northern for this thread, he encouraged me to make a non-E30 project thread for it
The first picture I took of it when I got home with it, making my E30 look kind of big:
It's a completely stock 1993 in Montego Blue with no sunroof and a manual transmission. The interior is in incredible shape and the body and paint are in great shape, but not so great that I would be afraid to drive it and give it its first flaw. With 63k on the odometer, it drives nicely and hopefully this 13B has plenty of life left. Unlike my E30 and E34 which I purchased with the explicit intent of modifying, I do not have big modifications planned for my FD. First I'll get it to "stage 0" with maintenance, detailing, and things like worn suspension components and vacuum hoses, I want to know what these were like stock and sorted. Then I will install a downpipe to remove the massive heat source and inevitable failure point that is the pre-cat from the engine bay, and maybe some other bolt-ons like a SMIC, exhaust, and R1 lip, but that remains to be seen. Cosmetically, I really like these cars stock. When I see them they're frequently covered in cosmetic mods which just tend to make the car look worse. It's really hard to out-do what the designers accomplished with the FD. If you hate all things rotary, blame Northern for this thread, he encouraged me to make a non-E30 project thread for it
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