Wanker memes aside, why would you want an RX-7?

oh yeah sure rotary motorcycles could totally beat 2-strokes in life expectancy

>rotoray car
>BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP, BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP, BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP, BRRRRrrrrr
>rotary motorcycle
>BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
>can't hear it anymore because the rider is fucking gone

>MOOOM MY CAR IS DOING THINGS AGAIN

Motorcycle engines operate at higher RPMs than car engines, and rotaries need to be revved out to stay healthy. Do you understand now?

Weight, balance, chassis, that sweet engine noise

cons are finicky and maintenance eater.

Still worth getting

And motorcyclists rev the shit out of things beyond what they need. By all means, their engines can last, but not if the riders will have any part of it.

Also take a motorcycle engine out to rebuild is much more easier

honestly, the fc is the car that made me like cars.

But this fucking board is making me ashamed of this.

As if an RX is that hard to work with

Don't be ashamed of cars you like...

Except the PT Cruiser - FUCK that ugly piece of shit!

Why are there no modern day rotary bikes?

A half sized Renesis engine would be perfect.

WHY NOT

...

200hp, 100lb-ft, 299lb. Nice. That's greater power:weight than a One:1.

Wonder why they don't drop it to 500cc. It'd still compete with literbikes then.

I like the car a lot, but even with them being affordable (even cheap) where I live, I am sure that maintenance would fuck me up with my current income.

Maybe in a couple of years...

I love my rx7 fc and its for a lot of reasons fools that just only post about cars on image boards instead of ever driving any cars to the limist and actually seeing the small attributes that change drastically from car to car. The fc being as that the engine block and transmission weigh the same it gets some almost perfect weight balance, then the engine being so small and compact means it is seated lower and farther back in the engine bay giving is the lower center of gravity and a more front mid than just front engine placement that mix beautifully with the light weight and perfect balance. Also for the power you get from a rotary its much nicer to have that small thing that weighs much less than some v6 that makes similar power.

I'm going to import fd in next month, because they are too expensive in my country. And improving reliability is fun job for me...

The fc is a great car it's cheap fun good feedback through the wheel and seat pretty quick for something with 200hp yes you can do skids with little effort but who cares the upkeep of it isn't bad just oil changes Alot of them and spark plugs a lot of those not a hard engine to work on just make sure you don't overheat it. Oh the rotary sounds great imo and people's faces when you throw out fireballs

Um i guess because it's the best japanese sports car?

Mazda didn't sell 800k RX-7's, 800k of a sports car, because it's not great.

What other sports car has sold that many over 24 years?

a mustang if youre willing to classify it as a sports car

It's a Muscle car

The Mustang is not a muscle car.
It's a GT car.

I guess it has an alright chassis, and I like the styling, but fuel economy and oil economy are poor.

yes it is

>buys racing shitbox
>worried about fuel economy
mfw

FB looks great and light weight fun
FC is cheap and good for V8 swaps
FD is great all around out of the box

They stopped making muscle cars in the 70-80s. A muscle car is somthing with a engine that looks like a creatine clydesdale, no power anything, lipservice brakes and a camshaft so hyperphallic the motor can't idle properly

FD's got some sexy curves

The styling, the engine, and overall driving experience. Smoothest revving engine I've felt. Super easy to work on as well.

Man, I miss my FC.

I would love to do an lq9 swap, but fuck it's so time consuming and finding a 6.0 new or salvaged is hard as fuck where I live

A 2jz fits innit

I want one because I think they look great and are interesting to me. That's a good enough reason for me.

I've been looking around for one for years but the rust belt has killed off everything worth getting. :(

probably one of the worst swaps you can do to an FD

I love the look of the FB, I'd love to buy one that's shit the bed and fix it up. Probably one of the best looking coupes of the late 70s-early 80s period.

Because it's the Japanese Corvette and GTR's are just all too common in Canada...

How does the rx7 compare to the miata?

>ITT
No one knows anything about RX7s

Not sure, that was another customers car.

I drove an RX8 recently

Everyone tells me "you don't want that bro, the mpgs bro, the seals, bro!"

But my dick has been incurably hard since I drove it. I NEED ONE
So fucking satisfying, so smooth, so small, so much power, so much brap

Worse mpg than a v8, and the power of a 4cyl.

Look dude, I had two Rx8s. An s1 and an S2 R3. If you must, get an S2. But really, don't.

>so much brap
the RX8 has no turbo tho..

>and the power of a 4cyl
13:1 p/w ratio? Whatever man
>than a V8
Yeah, your're right, but if I wanted MPGs than I'd get a fucking hybrid.

Look, show me something more fun and smooth and as good looking in the price range and I'll let you make my decisions for me

Oh, and

I'd like to correct my statement to "not nearly enough brap"
That was foolish of me
It's kinda unsatisfying desu

>show me something more fun and smooth and as good looking in the price range
MX-5 NB with a turbo.

>MX-5 NB
>looking as good let alone better than any gen RX-7

>Miata engine
>smooth
They are horribly unbalanced engines.

Would you look at that, an actual answer. I'll compare later, thanks.

He's comparing to the RX8. Which, to be fair, I adore The Styling of the RX8 but I understand that I am very much the minority.

>>looking as good let alone better than any gen RX-7
Then it's a good job I'm not comparing it to any RX-7 then, isn't it?
At least the NB has design cues from the FD.

>no 4 pot brakes
>floppy chassis
>short wheel base
>engine vibrates like mad
>no brake coolers
>no power
Its nothing like an RX7

i like the way it looks

NB would be great if it had different headlights and the ass wasn't lifted to the sky at stock ride right/the rear bumper doesn't cover enough.

Who wouldnt

Sick body kits bruh

This but only Re-Amemiya.

Anything else on a RX-7 = kys

>not knowing re amemiya
Wew

>$2000 mirrors

If it's on the fenders, those are the best mirrors, can't dispute.

This is a fact.

>not spending live savings importing jdm tyte Re-Amemiya SUPER GT body kits and advan wheels
>tfw no RX7 FD3S Type RZ

Because an 87 N/A FC was the first car I ever bought with my own money, and nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Despite the lack of power it was incredibly fun to drive. I wouldn't mind a Turbo II

>tfw will never own a Re-Amemiya RX-7 or Ridox kitted Supra or ever race down the wangan

why even live man, why even live....

A miata is way better

The engine is awesome and sounds great. Plus it can shoot fireballs. Wankel wanking aside though the body style is great on every model. I own an fc and would own an fd if i could afford one. The car was built with performance inind and it shows. It handles like a dream even on my worn out stock shocks. The seats hug my fat ass like they were made for me. The shifter is positioned perfectly for your arm, and the instrument cluster has almost everything you could want stock. It has pop up headlights and a switch to pop them up without turning them on. Its a great car and all 3 models of rx7 are considered classics for a reason. Also its a car I've dreamed about since I was a young teen.

The only downsides are the mileage, the fact that my fc has no cup holders, and the rice tax on fds are outrageous. Also n/a to turbo conversions are a pita and you would be better off just swapping the drivetrain from a turbo II in or buying a turbo II and selling your n/a.

sheit that almost tricked me into thinking it was an FD from the thumbnail

I've always liked how they look like mini c2 corvettes. One of the few post 74 cars I'd buy.

Looks

FCs are sex

Vis has a decent bumper.

Does anyone sell decent Turbo II replica hoods

The hood scoop is aerodynamically really really really terrible. Don't use it.

>RX7s are fantastic cars to drive, i love driving a stock 13btt and its is no slouch, but the love of rotaries is what they become with big ports and bigger turbos.

I sold my 7 to focus on my other projects, but its always nice to have a best friend with 2 FDs so you can go cruising together and not have to pay for rebuilds (pic related)

Not him, but would you mind explaining why?

It's an iron i6 that needs a turbo to make power. Completely ruins the weight balance for pretty much no benefit.

>motor that needs a turbo to make power
sounds familiar
I6s should only be put in cars built around them though.

Already got one niggers