Honestly I feel the same way. I love the rx-7 and had at one point considered buying on to play around with, however I didn't(and still don't) have the time and patience to commit to the car.

 

i know that a lot of the rotary bashing is blown out of proportion but there probably is a bit of truth somewhere in there (even though I think most of us can agree that most rotary engine bloodbaths occur because of shit tuning).

the thing that bugs me is that most of the issues that a rotary engine may have can be solved by anyone decent with a wrench. maybe this forum is a little higher on the vehicle scale but I for one am not above working on a car and virtually any affordable car that is worth modifying (read, ideal for road racing not just a straight line car) will require an engine swap or some major engine work to make a significant amount of power. i've never been afraid of that so why should operating on an engine with a handful of parts bother me?

i guess what I am trying to say is that there are no reasonably priced cars that I can think of that of that can compete with the rx7 without the strong possibility of a bunch of wrench time anyway.

maybe the conclusion is "rx-7. not for pussies"

There are many cars I like more than rx-7's but few that come close in price. if they were a little cheaper I'd probably own one. at their current price, i'd rather have an s2000. If i got an rx-7 I woudn't have any misgivings about their reliability but I also wouldn't be scared away. you have to pay to play.

 

Now it sounds more like a muscle car than sports car.

 

 

LS or a NA 3 Rotor for me please

 

how can you guys call the rotory trash. the fd is actually very reliable its just because with twin turbo system and other things it causes lots of heat in the engine bay and the lack of knowlodge people have about the motor. you also have to remeber you are talking about a car thats like 15 years old so you cant expect the original oem parts to be in the best of shape. im considering buying a rx7 fd i have been researching them for months and they are a amazing machine. And because living in canada you can pick up a nice clean jdm one for under 10 grand.

 

2007 Zx-10 what is your thought on the fd? is it a reliable daily driver if taken care of? i always get mixed results on this question

 

I would agree you have to be willing to work on the car (or have enough $$$ to pay someone else to do everything), but what seems to be even more critical is who you have build (and tune) your motor...the rotary engine represents is an extremely steep learning curve for engine builders, and there are so many fly-by-night hacks who do a piss poor job, which in turn contributes to the poor reliability reputation, it's a snowball effect

then there are guys like this

http://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=156

but the rotary is always unreliable, right? at least that's the knee jerk comment you always get from the blog pundits....no, it's poorly understood, with precious few builders and tuners out there who know what they are doing

 

[quote name='murdertank' date='Jan 23 2009, 05:41 PM'] 2007 Zx-10

 

btstone84, keep up the OT bashing if you want a suspension, otherwise post on topic and stop name calling.