315k on my ole 88 crx hf...they last forever and when maintained are very reliable daily drivers

 

RX-7 is a nice toy, but really not practical transportation. Sounds like a wise choice. Good luck with it. With something else to knock around in you will have plenty of time to fix the RX-7 up the way you want it.

Interesting factoid. I visited my old boss and he asked me if I could get him another oil fill cap for one of the Mazda MPV V6 service vans. I looked at the hole in the valve cover, walked over to my CRX, flipped open the storage compartment, grabbed my spare HONDA oil fill cap, and spun it right onto the MPV. So Honda and Mazda really have more in common than you might think.

 

Believe it or not, the Mazda Rotary oil fill caps are a different size then Hondas. I had a problem with my original '80 RX-7, the oil cap froze on. I ended up having to brake it off, and tried a spare Honda cap. No go. Same with the FC's and FD's... their oil cap is actually bigger. h:

Damnedest thing happened, I was supposed to look at the car today, but the dude never got back to me with his address. I might still be out of the Honda world for a bit longer.

 

Interior, Exterior and Electronics
Oil pressure and water temp gauges
Autometer dual gauge pod
Pioneer DEH-4300 head unit
Retapped custom shift knob
Fire extinguisher

:chuckles:

 

Shuddup, you!

If you knew FC's, you'd know the pulsation dampers have a nasty habbit of crapping out. When that happens, they leak fuel, and in a Rotary, the secondary fuel rail leaks directly onto the exhaust manifold. Instant CAR-B-Q.

Instead of seeing my car go up in flames, I drive around with a fire extiguisher... like many other FC and FD guys.

On that point, I already replaced my pulsation damper with a solid aluminum banjo bolt. It's a cheap, easy, and permanent fix to that fuel leak problem. I haven't driven around with the extinguisher for a while now... thanks to my friends doing everclear fireballs. That reminds me, I need to put that bad boy back in. Don't need no fires here.

 

Wow, RX-7's sure do shatter the stereotype of nice, reliable Japanese imports.
I kind of wanted on but I'm hestitant now, better try for an SW20 MR2, S14, or dare I say.......NA1 :drool:

 

The car is only as unreliable as the person taking care of it. Out of two daily driven RX-7's and around 75k miles, I've only been left stranded once. Most of the RX related problems are simple electronic annoyances that can be fixed with a half-hour and a soldering iron. MR2 = fun for people not used to a Mid/rear car. At least the RX-7 is nice somewhat nice tempered for a mid/rear car (don't argue with me on this, the RX-7 is considered a front mid engine car, whereas the MR2 is a rear mid engine car.)

The 240's are getting to damn expensive. They definately are the "next Civic."

Miatas are little and slow. It's like an RX-7 that never made it through puberty. :chuckles:

 

I didn't think many people were used to MR cars.
Is NA1 the code for the Miata's too? I was refering to Honda's divine machine :drool:

 

Stripped down cars huh? Consider the rust to be weight reduction.

 

There's a couple autocrossers that have figured out how to comfortably fit a 289 or 302 into a miata while keeping a very nice weight balance. THAT's my kind of car