My Rx-7 FD Type RB [Archive]

Cillian13

02-02-11, 00:01

NEW PICS Pg. 4

Well, here she is :P
I picked her up back in November after swapping my Accord Type-R for it, I definitly came out of that deal better off anyway.
The engine was rebuilt at 95k and is now at 116k so she's still going strong.
Mods :
17' Sparco Ns2 Pythons
Auto Exe Racing Dampers
Double Din Head Unit
Nardi Steering Wheel
Piaa Spots
HKS Turbo Timer
Mushroom Filters for the twins :D
Aftermarket Cat Back
Madza Speed Fibreglass Spoiler
It's standard besides that which is the best way to get them really.

The car is an animal it goes off the clock in about 12 seconds and is very tail happy :P Unfortunatly though it only does 200km to the tank (€100 to fill these days) So that's €1 per 2kms :D:D
But I have a starlet for everyday so it's all good.

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2099.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2077.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2065.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2052.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2055.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2043.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2051.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2039.jpg

Plans :
I have Metal plates at home which I must put on, the front one is a motorbike plate.
I'll be getting XXR 526 Wheels when they come in next month. (Nice Dish, Polished lip, black centre)
Alarm/remote start arrived post today and I'll get caddyshack in bandon to fit it if I can.
Snap off boss kit coming in the post soon.
De spoiler it
Spray the splitter black (eventually get a carbon one)
Get side skirts which will black/carbon too
Get a few stone chips sorted out
Hopefully get a set of Red Brides in the more distant future.
99 Spec rear lights
99 Spec front bumper and lights
2 new spots
Get rid of the reflectors on the side of the car
Clear indicators
Mabey a rear Diffuser in the more distant future

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/100_2057.jpg

Even more pics here : http://s607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/Rx7/#!cpZZ3QQtppZZ20 :o

dave_sr20

02-02-11, 00:06

dunno if its just me but the pics arent coming up

Cillian13

02-02-11, 00:14

They're showing up for me? They're linked from photobucket so should be ok? Anyone else having issues seeing them?

bohs

02-02-11, 12:58

They're showing up for me? They're linked from photobucket so should be ok? Anyone else having issues seeing them?

pic workin 4 me

twailbait

02-02-11, 13:16

Cool car! Looking forwRd to seeing some nic wheels on it! Although the ones on it aren't bad, maybe more low too!!

Coby23

02-02-11, 13:23

aw man sweet i love them cars, here whats the story with having to rebuild the engine every certain amount of miles, all i hear is rumours about it???

twailbait

02-02-11, 13:29

aw man sweet i love them cars, here whats the story with having to rebuild the engine every certain amount of miles, all i hear is rumours about it???

And all it is is rumors! People are just afraid of rotary, me inclusive, but I don't think there anywhere near as bad as people think, once there looked after that is!

Cillian13

02-02-11, 13:44

Deffo agree wtih ya there twailbait. They say you need to rebuild them roughly every 60k kms but there have been ones that have lasted 200k + without needing a rebuild when they were looked after properly. Most people are just afraid of them going bang so they stay away from them but they're fine when they're looked after and serviced regularly with the proper stuff.

I'll see how she sits with the new wheels and I'll see do I need to go lower after that. It scrapes on speed bumps now no matter how slow I go and there are lots of speed bumps around me:P

skinnynphats200

02-02-11, 13:47

And all it is is rumors! People are just afraid of rotary, me inclusive, but I don't think there anywhere near as bad as people think, once there looked after that is!

X 3 there man! Once looked after properly, there great cars

booster

02-02-11, 19:05

Nice car mate white is the best colour :)

Administrator

02-02-11, 22:31

Did I see this go through my estate in Bishopstown today?

Cillian13

02-02-11, 22:40

Very possible man, I'm in CIT :) and work over McCarthys/the loft so I'd be around b.town a good bit.

Administrator

02-02-11, 22:48

Nice one! Looked pretty smart from where I was looking from! Looks sweet in the pics there too, good work

Dozzler

02-02-11, 22:54

Glws, sweet rx. 19 posts? How ja get away with that?

Cillian13

02-02-11, 23:15

Glws, sweet rx. 19 posts? How ja get away with that?

Haha she's not for sale man :D:p

Darenm

04-02-11, 12:00

Sweet lookin rx there man new wheels and da carbon will make her her own best of luck with her

sponsor-a-panda

04-02-11, 13:17

sweet rex man, one of the lads has one they are an absolute animal to go!!

Cillian13

26-04-11, 00:13

Thanks lads. The clutch is after going in her :( so I'll be ordering a new exedy one over the next week or two.

david-capey

26-04-11, 01:22

mint car fair play

Romo

26-04-11, 08:44

I heard they were hard on the pocket alright!

Lovely car, will look a lot better when ya change the wheels ;)

Aidan Hogan

26-04-11, 13:09

Some pull from these engines :eek: 1 of the lads in work has an rx8 that he bought brand new in '04 and he's supercharged it and all and never needed a rebuild , sweeeeet power !!
Lovely car ya have there ;)

Cillian13

27-04-11, 13:54

Thanks for the comments, ya I can't wait to get new wheels on it now. I'll have to sort the clutch first though. I'm looking at the bones of €500 to have a basic enough exedy clutch delivered.
@Aidan, holy fook I'd say it sounds mental, a super charger and a rotary engine :D .
I'm going to have to look into getting more powers out of it over the summer because it's starting to feel slow now that I'm used to it. Still quicker than the starlet I'm driving now though :mad:

Cillian13

13-10-11, 01:11

Bit of an update.
Finally got the clutch in:
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3659.jpg
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3660.jpg
Got myself a snap off boss kit :
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3654.jpg
Then I got the front bumper off and removed the number plate bracket and fogs and it'll be going for a respray soon along with the headlight covers, the orange reflectors will be going too:
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3643.jpg
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3662.jpg
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3663.jpg

Also got the wheels off for a good cleaning which they really needed and I have a CF front splitter on the way too.

Picked myself up a good alarm with remote start ect.
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/DSCF3661.jpg

Cillian13

13-10-11, 01:15

Almost forgot, I got myself this too

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/cbr.jpg

Kruizer

13-10-11, 07:12

Get yourself a 99spec front bumper and rear lights fella, would suit her down to the ground...

http://www.rx7partstrader.com/images/products/rx7_99_spec_bumper.jpg

jamieae111

13-10-11, 07:20

love these :)

Cillian13

13-10-11, 11:47

Get yourself a 99spec front bumper and rear lights fella, would suit her down to the ground...

http://www.rx7partstrader.com/images/products/rx7_99_spec_bumper.jpg

Forgot to mention, I did the 99 spec rear light conversion as well. It came out fairly well I think. I almost bought a feed type 2 front bumper a few weeks back but decided not to in the end. I'm not sure if I want the 99 spec bumper now.

Next plan is to find C.F Feed side skirts, de-spoiler it, drop it another bit and I really need wheels. I'm thinking Work Rezax 18x11j rears or something along those lines.

Kruizer

13-10-11, 14:06

Instead of Rezax, what about these with the right offset :

http://timtamtan.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/bulletproof-re-amemiya-fd3s-rx-7-24k-gold-re30-1.jpeg
http://timtamtan.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/bulletproof-re-amemiya-fd3s-rx-7-24k-gold-re30.jpeg

or

http://jaydeemmm.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/gtf71.jpg

Love 7's.... Never should have sold mine...

silverbullitt

13-10-11, 17:05

The Rx-7 is probably the most beautiful car to ever come out of japan.
It has a body shape that lends itself to so many different styles ,that it is also one of the most versatile cars when choosing a base car to shake a modifying stick at .
The Speedhunters 7/7 meet they had in japan was absolutely amazing to read about

Cillian13

14-10-11, 01:24

Brendan, what are the wheels on the 2nd rx7? They look absolutely mint.
I'm going for a low and wide look so something nice and dishy would be great:P
Didn't realise yours was after selling, did it stay in the country?

Ya Ed they're a great looking car and can be made even nicer with some monies put into them. You really have to get the wheels right though. I'll have to have a look at that speedhunters meet.

eoinl4529

17-10-11, 13:21

looks good cillian

ken red 180

17-10-11, 14:25

i"ve a load of spares there for one of these if ya interested bonnet oil coolers vellside rear spoiler all black leather interior gearbox and shifter cat centre section of exhaust all the heating matrix ect.ect, for 300 quid

nice car too by the way

Kruizer

17-10-11, 14:47

ANDY6150

17-10-11, 17:13

great car:) miss mine now

rico180

17-10-11, 19:21

sweet rx, sell me them sparco centre caps????:)

Cillian13

30-10-11, 03:49

Thanks for the comments.
Im ok for parts anyway Ken
Kruizer, I found out what they are, Rays volks GTFs and I also found out that there are none around :(
You can have the centre caps Rico, if you buy the wheels too.

Leebo

03-11-11, 21:00

Very nice man, very nice indeed :cool:

Cillian13

19-12-12, 06:32

Few updated pics
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/IMG_0827_zpsd85750e4.jpg

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/IMG_0825_zps439211dc.jpg

I got the work done in Full stop Auto in cork who did a great job at a good price
Their showroom:
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/IMG_0829_zps8ac1e9c8.jpg

And here's one of my latest purchases
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/Cillianburke/IMG_0286.jpg:eek:

seanie R.33

19-12-12, 08:58

Passes ya in balincollig fews ago lovely car!

JayoM

19-12-12, 11:15

Beautiful FD man, pretty much perfect!

Where abouts in Cork is that spot?

Hakosuka

19-12-12, 15:13

you need to step up your wheel game dude!

Other than that though, this car is pretty cool

D1SL

19-12-12, 15:28

Nice car man well ware.

Cillian13

19-12-12, 17:13

@Seanie, ya I saw you in maxol lastnight I think? Car looked savage. Are you living near by?

Beautiful FD man, pretty much perfect!
Where abouts in Cork is that spot?
Thanks man, It's in by Penrose wharf across from the Bus sation.
They do everything in there, think they built James Deans Rx7 and he's working in there himself too.

you need to step up your wheel game dude!

Other than that though, this car is pretty cool

110% agree with ya. It's next thing on my to do list. Hopefully santy will be good to me.

haydn itr

19-12-12, 18:04

jus saw this in eden hall. damn u for making want a cool road car again :(

seanie R.33

19-12-12, 18:18

Ya lad only by applegreen that maxol hand wash is great value if you bring a sponge,2€ washes my car there