I'm most likely gonna this FD3S after thinking and researching hard on this.
http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/cars-for-sale/438738-rx7-fd3s-for-sale.html#post1064414960
Talk to the owner and he seems to have taken care of the car in a decent way. Gonna see the car soon as he's driving it up to Selangor.
I'll have a detailed look at it in terms of its engine, maintainance and how it rides.
If I do get it I would probably do the following upgrades to it:
- Carbon fibre hood
- Reduce exhaust size a little bit as the current one tilts the rear diffusor.
- Switch from single turbo to twin turbo
- Change the headlights to something like this
Mazda RX7 Headlights | eBay
- Any other engine related maintainance
Opinions & thoughts?
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Boss to be honest your description seems to be one of the most sensible of the lot that i've read on here. If I got the S15 it would be just for fun and maybe drifting. That car is a holy car in the drift world and one of my childhood dream cars to own. Although, I'm not that interested in drifiting. My one goal is to improve & go as fast as I can, be it time attacks, circuit & street runs, mountain runs, etc...
I just wanna improve my driving and I believe the FD3S would give me that oppurtunity to reach a much higher level. Not to mention i've done some research on maintaining the Rotory engine and it doesn't seem so difficult, despite what I've heard from people. Though i'll definately need the help of a Rotary specialist/mechanic to help me have a good look at it, and also for tuning. Don't get me wrong, in terms of cost it'll be really expensive cause of the petrol consumption, changing of oil every 3000km and the patience to warm it up from cold starts along with its cooldown. Though from the start I wanted to get a car in which I'd get lost into its driving, maintainance & upgrading. This car seems to have grasp all my attention.
All I can hope for now is that the car i'm gonna check out is in a good condition, doesn't have any oil leakage whatsoever and I have the patience to work on it week after week.