So You Want a Mazda RX-7

what do what do our sevens sound like is there something that sounds like an rx-7 but isn't an ro [Laughter] [Music] [Music] so you want an rx-7 well I mean that's a really great idea I know they're exciting cars they look really nice I mean when you when you look into it and the modifying and this really cool car everybody loves them a couple things you probably gonna want to take into account before you go ahead and just go pick one up I'm an electric fitment industries and don't forget to subscribe we'll start suspenseful ministries.com the whole plug thing let's get into it so like if you aren't familiar with modifying a normal car with like pistons and such you probably shouldn't just like jump right into an rx-7 trust me I had one they're a bit like they're a bit touchy you know like you have it seems like like you're gonna run into some oil issues and then everybody's gonna make fun of you for having a little issues and you're gonna have to rev it a little bit more aggressively than everybody else and people are gonna judge you because they think you're trying to show off when you're when you're not trying to show off in an FC rx-7 because it's only like 87 horsepower but there's a lot of things that can go wrong with an rx-7 and that's pretty much just how it is because it's an arc seven the arc seven got it to start way back in 1978 with this first generation 2f be the arc seven has always been a small lightweight and relatively pretty compact car they're just little guys you know they're just these little long guys they had all those like small pop-up headlights that everyone loves and they've always been like a fun affordable car that you pretty much just couldn't really hate I mean if you look at the face you can't be really like angry about it it's like a Miata they just look really nice and it's good it's a good thing the rx-7 had a second generation which was the FC which came around in 1986 but it's most notable classic the timeless the the like George Clooney of rx sevens the FDR x7 which debuted in 1992 was like the bomb rx-7 that everybody loves you know the one that I'm talking about it's a Miata the front for tourists in the back Tokyo Drift looking thing but it's awesome and there's no denying that the FT is especially a timeless classic and I know it sounds cliche but go ahead and try and find another person that I genuinely hate SEF DS because you just can't because the moment you do bag on any FD or an rx-7 in general you're pretty much just going to get like shot nobody really makes fun of arc sevens because you really can't but don't worry because the community of rx Evans will probably just hate each other because you have this corner the purists and in this corner the swappers and you know what they sometimes they just don't get a lot my opinion if you want to take the Wankel engine out of your rx-7 you might as well talk to me a little side of Disneyworld while you're at it because you just I mean you just don't do that I mean you can cuz like there's some pretty good LS swaps out there I'm not gonna sorry I'm not gonna judge Andy you've got a nice r7 I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt your feelings but it's perfect for a lot of people expect for those that just kind of want to watch the world burn and or want more reliability than the LS swap it don't get mad at me I'm just a messenger but the amount of LS swap dark sevens or just swap dark sevens out there is insane and it's undoubtedly one of the most popular cars to swap an engine into no matter what kind of owner you are there's one thing that you can both relate to them the rx-7 community which if you've been in a community before like a certain four-door sedan turbo four-cylinder sometimes the it's not that good but the rx-7 community on the other hand is without a doubt one of like the most helpful communities that you can be a part of because they're going to want to help you because it's kind of like them against the world like you are in running a car with an engine that not a lot of people like and that a lot of people like to bag on so they kind of like group together they join hands they Red Rover the like the automotive community except they Red Rover with like 350 pound dudes that know everything about their car and they probably know more about your car than their car which is insane because you just can't argue with the guys you just not gonna win Dark 7 community is like one of your closest friends I mean they're gonna be there for you when times are tough and when things aren't going right they're also gonna be there to slap you on the back of the head and tell you that you're being an idiot because they know a lot about their cars so what are some of the cons of an rx-7 I don't want to turn the comments section into a frenzy so I'm gonna be very careful with what I say but if you're looking for fuel efficiency you've come to the wrong place if you're looking for reliability in a general sense you probably also have come to the wrong place not saying that they're terrible they're just finicky there just a little bit special and that's okay APEC SEALs have always been a huge issue in the rotary engines because you know and to read of things which produces a kind of heat and then wears down the seals and you got to deal with all of that which is where a lot of the general reliability concerns come from but there are changes that you can do such as pre-mixing things to kind of make the whole thing last longer there's a lot of technical stuff that you can do to just essentially elongate the longevity of your rx-7 motor however you have to get comfortable with the fact that you're gonna be tearing into it a little bit more often than your buddy that just owns a WRX basically the main fault in the car come along with just owning a rotary in general so if you already committed to that you're more than likely already prepared and you've already done all your research and joined other forums and you're ready to rock and roll but if you haven't done that already you're probably gonna want to take just a little bit more time to make sure that this is the car that you actually want because just like a lot of old oil cooled cars and things like that they're more owned because of the difficulty it is to own one rather than it just is for a driving experience it's something about just creating a memory with something that is like older than you and you get to enjoy something different while everybody else is enjoying their you know super nice cars that are brand-new in completely stock you can say you know what though mines unique it may be broken but it's unique if you're looking for an FB it'll probably cost right around $4,000 fc's are like eight to nine super clean and fda is probably right around 20 yes depending on what type of FD you actually get considering the price of supers nowadays that actually isn't half-bad because our exceptions are almost always commonly compared to that car the arc 7 was introduced in the massive spawn of the JDM being introduced into the u.s. which was a massive like benefit to the car itself that was when most of us were kids and our parents were also getting into the rx-7 Datsun days and they absolutely loved them and then we started loving them too I mean we saw them in the Fast and the Furious movies they were toys we saw them in magazines it became very apparent that they were an extremely popular tuner car and a lot of people absolutely love them they're kind of like a really cool older brother that moved away when we were young we got to see pictures of them on the beach on MySpace and you're like wow I want to go to the beach and now you're older and you can go on vacation and take requests off as long as it's in two weeks and you've notified your supervisor for six months in advance so that you can also go out and go on the beach and take pictures and post them on Facebook now instead of MySpace all jokes aside the rx-7 is a great car if you know what you're doing with a rotary they're easily modifiable and you can slap a turbo on them you know if the size of the moon and then just shoot fireballs that make kids cry and people yelling parks for no apparent reason and just do hood wretch and the rest of your life and it's gonna be all good the engine can handle itself a lot of stuff the rotor iyanya actually is an extremely unique interesting and very like sweet motor as long as your engine as long as you're willing to like work I know motor engine people get angry that you're just gonna have to put up with but if you can learn everything that there is to know about the platform you're gonna have a ton of fun there's a bunch of supporting mods out there there's a ton of maintenance that you're gonna have to put up with but the potential is there something that you're gonna have to keep in mind with rx Evans as you go into it is that you're gonna want to keep as much cooling as possible with rx Evans cooling is probably the biggest thing that you could possibly do to help in rx-7 just kind of stay alive but at the end of the day I got it I said it I'm sorry okay I'm sorry it's just a really good way it's it's just transition judge my attempt at providing humor and entertainment on YouTube okay but at the end of the day the rx-7 sounds spectacular like there's just something about it that no matter what if you hear one tune with two steps you're just your heart it just beats something different right like things get warm in odd places because it just sounds so incredibly good that our sevens or by far one of the best sounding cars that you can modify in JDM like heritage out there and I mean why wouldn't you want to do it I mean it's an unreliable car it looks really good it sounds really good when you modify it it's super fast when you want it to be and really I mean it's cool and that's the coolest thing about rx-7 you could still see one roll by today and be like damn that's nice because they are nice cars and if you're willing to kind of put up with the somewhat temperamental attitude every once in a while you will always have at least a little bit of attention somebody will always be coming up to you at the gas station and everybody will always be asking why you're buying so much oil it's gonna be a fun adventure so if you have an rx-7 or you thinking about buying an rx-7 drop a comment below let us know what you want us to talk about next I'm Alex from fitment industries you can check out wheels tires and suspension in fitment industries comm don't forget we got all of it you know how it is we got the stuff like Cain and I've a coil overs air suspension airlift accuAir wheels anyway you get the point it's probably there I'm Alex and fitment industries we will see you later peace [Music] [Music]

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Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 23 2019