1986 Rx-7

[RevvRX-7]

First off I would like to say that I am a newcomer in the world of sports cars. Just recently my dad officially said that I can have his car ('86 RX-7.)
And im like, wow kewl. Its been sitting in the garage for god knows how long, but we took it down to the shop just to make sure things were all good on teh car and what not. My dad showed me how the gears work and on my first trys I of course stalled out the car several times. Need to work on babying the clutch and applying the gas so that the car actually moves. Yeah, im really slow at it but im goin out pretty much every day to nail it. Oh and you can't really pop it and !go! with this car, can u? Why is that? and can the car out run many other sports cars?
Ive also been reading on this rotary engine the RX-7 uses that other cars don't. Really interesting stuff even though I didn't understand the half of what I read about the engine. :\

Anyways, I hope you guys can have some input on here and its great to be apart of the family ^_^

[DevoutWankelist]

Congrats on a great first car, You can't "pop it an go" mostly because stock FC clutches suck squirrel nuts. As far as outrunning other sports cars, nope sorry, the rotary has a strong aftermarket though, if that is what your looking for.

[RevvRX-7]

Can you tell me the ups and downs about this particular car?

[MBTN]

You need to pamper it:
Check oil every 500 miles and add any if necessary.
Change oil every 2000 miles (that's the way I do it, see what others recommend). Only use non-synthetic (I use castrol GTX 10w30)
Assuming your car isn't turbo, put ONLY 87 octane in (regular gas).
Always let it warm up before driving it.
Be sure to rev the ever loving shit out of it Rotaries love to rev!

You will notice also that this car guzzles gas. You will also notice people in silly honduhs giving you strange looks.

[RevvRX-7]

Yeah I love the way she purrs and the reving of the car. I just got back from filling her up. Indeed this car is a fuel hogger. Also there was this one problem I forgot to mention about the car. Before the coolant icon keeps being highlighted and this constant buzzer sound came up.There was plenty of coolant in there. My dad took it down to the shop. They didn't really find the problem..just added coolant and changed the radiator cap and thats it. Now when I just came back the same thing happend but only this time the buzzer just keeps going on and off every now and then. Really annoying...my dad thinks that a coin slipped into the dashboard opening on the edge and its just messin with stuff back there. Do yall know what else could be causing thing?

[STINKINLINCOLN]

YEA THERE IS A SWICH THAT SITS INSIDE OF THE RAD THAT OFFEN GOES BAD WELL AT LEAST MINE DID CHECK THAT IF I RECALL IT IS AT TH BOTTOM OF THE RAD NOT THAT SURE BUT CHANGE THAT AND THE BUZZER WILL GO AWAY

[DevoutWankelist]

Originally Posted by STINKINLINCOLN

YEA THERE IS A SWICH THAT SITS INSIDE OF THE RAD THAT OFFEN GOES BAD WELL AT LEAST MINE DID CHECK THAT IF I RECALL IT IS AT TH BOTTOM OF THE RAD NOT THAT SURE BUT CHANGE THAT AND THE BUZZER WILL GO AWAY

1. Lay off the meth buddy
2. People CAN read letters in lower case
3. Grammar=Good
4. Punctuation=Good
5. Following bad posts with smileys will only make people laugh harder. . .
6. Kudos on containing pertinent information in your post, you should work on your format though.

[flex339]

agreed, but I like to use smileys.

[DevoutWankelist]

I said bad posts

[STINKINLINCOLN]

Ok sorry just trying to have a little fun

[DevoutWankelist]

It's all good man

[STINKINLINCOLN]

OK IN THAT CASE

[RevvRX-7]

What upgrades do I need so the car will sound loud?Cause I took it down to my girlfriends house and revved the engine out infront to see if she would come out..Gah! So I had to get out and get her..and she was like.."oh I didnt hear your car" and I was like...... :\.....I really love the sound on the car but I was wondering if there was anything I can do to make it even more -RREEEEVVV!!! -

[dayna240sx]

thats what a horn is for

[flex339]

I need a header, mufflers, and take out your presilencer. This is what I have a it's almost to loud for me, but the car came like that.