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ErwinFenyvesi23
Posts: 721
Location: Japan Osaka Occupation: JDM Car enthusiast Age: 29 V$: broke |
#143630 2018-06-28 15:46 |
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Impulsive decision...
○ Hey guys , whats up ?
○ Sorry for not posting yesterday , but I had to go somewhere and do something which I will talk about later in the post. Apart from that , I managed to get myself some cool new taillights for the 180. I think they're dope , here's a pic :  ○ I bought these clear taillights plus the clear middle panel thing for about 250V$ from a friend. I've also threw on some stickers I had laying around. I really hope I wont break my taillights this weekend ...  ○ Well , thats kinda all for the 180. Lets get to the good stuff... ○ So , yesterday I decided to take a trip to a local junkyard. There were lots of good JDM cars but one caught my attention , and you know me , I'm impulsive AF and I ended up buying it... God damn it , I said that I'm not gonna blow all my money on cars and now I own another money pit... Don't get me wrong , I'm happy that I bought this car but I'm just mad at myself for being so impulsive... ○ Anyway , here is my ... 1992 Mazda RX-7 FD3S    ○ Well here she is. Isn't she pretty ? Well , the fitment is kinda gross 'cuz its still sitting on the factory wheels , but besides that , she's in very good condition ! ○ I'm so happy right now !!! I cant tell you how much of a Rotary fanboy I am. I wanted this car since I was a little kid , and here it is ! Its finally mine ! ○ So , she has quite a lot of history , so here's the story of the FD. ○ She was bought back in 1992 , which was the first year of production of the FD , so she's an old girl. Her first owner used it as a daily car for about 6 years when he sold it because her motor blew up. ( probably because of the Apex seals... ) The next owner took a N/A 13B and placed it into this thing and once again , he used it as a daily. After 5 years of daily driving it and 5 years of not moving at all , he decided to sell it because he didn't have enough money to modify it and as it turns out , I am the 3rd owner of this beauty. As you can see , she doesn't have the original front bumper because the previous owner changed it to this one after a little crash that destroyed the original bumper. If you're wondering , this is a C-West front bumper. It looks cool , but sadly the car doesn't have the full kit , it has the front bumper only... ○ She also has about 60000 miles ( 96000 km ) on the odometer. Quite low for a car from '92... ○ So , the weird thing about this RX7 is that it is Lhd , and I'll tell you why. This car was imported from USA from the first owner that the car had , so the second owner brought it back home in Japan and now she's still here. Cool , right ? Here are 2 pics of the interior :   ○ OEM as all hell. It still has the factory seats and rugs which I absolutely love ! It also has this amaizing Momo wheel which is in very good condition. This car looks fresh all around ! And she's a manual too ! God I'm glad that its not an automatic , I would've had to change wirind and the trans and that would've been a lot of work and a lot of money... ○ So , lets get to the engine ...   ○ There's the NA 13B I've been talking about , and it seems that it also has a Mishimoto radiator ! Thats great ! ○ I dont know what power numbers she's making , but I know a thing for sure. She runs !!!  ○ Well , she smokes like a train but at least the doritos inside spin , right ? ○ She also has these weird looking taillights that I never seen before in my life... If any of you know what taillights these are , feel free to tell me ! ○ Alright , so , besides the engine swap , the taillights and the front bumper , everything else is stock , which is amaizing. It kinda sucks that the prices for the '90 japanese cars go up constantly and I would say that I was really lucky to get this thing so cheap. I bought it for 5200V$ which is quite a bargain for an FD , and there's why I bought it. It was cheap , it ran , it didn't miss any important bits and most importantly , it was and it still is my dream car. ○ So , I'm gonnna have to put the RX-7 aside for now because I still have to finish the Supra , and once the Supra is done , we're starting the Dorito Project. ○ So , that is pretty much all for now , I'll be going to Bihoku this weekend with the 180 so stay stoked ! Shit's gonna be LIT AF ! ○ I'll see y'all around ! This post was edited by ErwinFenyvesi23 (2018-06-28 16:16, ago) |
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