Year: 1993
Make: Mazda
Model: RX-7
Price: $18500
Mileage: 175000
Color: Titanium Gray Metallic
Location (US State/Canada/Int): DeLand, FL


Well, I've had my FD longer than most, but I think the time has come to sell my baby. For some reason I feel like I'm going to regret this.

I've owned the car since Feb of 2000 and took it from stock to what it is today. This car IS NOT a cream puff. It has be taken to the road course/autocross/drag strip. I have pushed it hard and put plenty of miles on it. However, it has been lovingly and meticulously cared for by me, because after the first couple of years I figured out that most shops just didn't care about it as much as I do. I'm the kind of guy that wants the nuts/bolts/washers to go back to the exact same spot they came from, because Mazda had a reason for putting a particular type of nut in a particular place. That's the level of detail that the car was maintained to. And darn near every part on this car has been replaced since I've owned it, sometimes twice or three times (engines).

The car has been in FL for most of the time I've owned it, however it did spend a few years in Nebraska (never drove in the winter), I'm in the military, but I brought it back to FL almost 2 years ago now and it has been sitting, and then I bought an airplane...and well...Aerobatics > FD3S.

With that being said, I'll list mods, then some good and bad, then the last CarFax I got from 2008.

Asking $18.5k OBO. No trades.

MODS:
ENGINE:
Rebuilt motor with stock seals, intake/exhaust streetported to Pineapple Racing medium template. Dyno'd 402 RWHP at 15psi. 11.4 @ 123mph ¼ mi
Custom aluminum cold air box with K&N filter
M2 Racing Large SMIC
GReddy intake elbow w/ HKS SSQV Super Sequential BOV and IAT temp relocation
GReddy underdrive pulleys
UIM/LIM smoothed, polished, and port matched. All EGR/non-necessary ports removed/welded
UIM double throttle butterfly removed/cut out
T4/GT40 turbo from Phoenix Racing
Tial 44mm V-band Wastegate, dumped to atmosphere
Port matched Gotham Racing SS turbo manifold, header wrapped
SS downpipe and midpipe.
Tanabe Racing Medallion 3" exhaust with removable "silencer" (still loud)
OMP & drive gear removed (OMP shaft oil feeder plugged), premix only
Stock dual R1 Oil Coolers
Banzai Racing Oil Pan Brace
Apexi PFC and Commander
Datalogit, old laptop for logging included
Innovate Motorsports XD-16, wired to Datalogit
GM 3-Bar MAP Sensor
GReddy ProfecB Boost controller
Engine wiring harness completely rebuilt, all non-essential wires removed.
MDS Ignition with 2nd Gen Primary Ign Coil
NGK Spark Plugs
All engine bay fuel lines SS and AN fittings
KG Parts secondary fuel rail
Bosch 1600 secondary fuel injectors
Stock primary rail & injectors
Aeromotive FPR
Bosch upgraded fuel pump, wired direct from battery
Koyo Radiator
AST removed

DRIVETRAIN:
Koni single adjustable shocks
Ground Control adjustable coilovers w/ Eibach Springs
JDM Cusco strut tower brace
Jimlab suspension bushings
Widefoot sway bar mounts
Mazda OEM pillowball bushings replaced
M2 Racing adjustable toe links
Stainless steel brake and clutch lines
Titanium brake backing plates (front)
Recently replaced stock Mazda brake rotors
Exedy ZM022SBMC1 twin disc carbon clutch/flywheel. New carbon disc installed 2k miles ago
Stock Automatic Counterweight
B&M Short Shifter, metal Mazda Motorsports shift bushing
Low-time JDM transmission, replaced approx 20k miles ago, no syncro grind, synth oil always used
Low-time JDM manual diff, replaced approx 40k miles ago
PPF custom reinforced by master welder, doubler strap installed in common cracking point
Differential mounts replaced with solid steel machined "bushings"
Replaced stock motor mounts with 80A durometer urethane bushings

INTERIOR:
Recaro carbon/kevlar seats from JDM RZ model, excellent condition ($2800 value)
New custom floor mats, look identical to OEM
Refinished and polished interior plastic, gloss black
Reinforced passenger door handle
Dash defrost vents replaced
Odyssey PC680 battery, rear mounted with custom aluminum mount, circuit breaker
Eclipse CD player
Eclipse 8800 10" aluminum sub in custom enclosure, quick disconnects make removal a 5 minute job
Xtant 603X 3-channel amplifier

EXTERIOR:
Originally SSM, beautifully repainted TGM in '03 (glass/doors/bumper off, i.e. the right way)
JDM bumper (license plate mount smoothed), lights and wing from '99 RX-7
metal screens riveted in both oil cooler ducts for on-track debris protection
Stock taillights modded to '99 JDM style
JKL Race Engineering metal door handles
Functional brake cooling ducting to both front brakes
RotaryExtreme FEED style fiberglass side skirts
Shine RE Amemiya "street" rear diffuser
17x9.5 Enkei NT03 wheels, fronts have Yoko 255/40/17 and backs are Nitto 275/45/17 NT555R drag radials.

SPARES:
A set of streetported side housings that need to lapped, e-shaft, 1 usable housing, one good rotor, front cover. Miscellaneous other small engine parts from the JDM engine I bought and rebuilt. 2 extra 50% used Yoko tires included.

THE GOOD:
- Air conditioning works!
- Power steering works!
- No 5th gear syncro grind!
- Race car that you can drive on the street!
- The Exedy dual disk carbon clutch is magical!
- Sitting in RZ seats is the best feeling you can get with your pants on! (I never tried with my pants off, but if you buy it I'm not stopping you)

THE BAD:
- The Exedy dual disc clutch discs are really pricey (+$700 each)
- Front bumper is pretty well rock chipped along with an area of spidered paint. Needs a bumper repaint if you care; I was taking it to the track so I didn't.
- Back corner of one side of the hood is mangled a little from the hood popping of the hood brace on a windy day that I was working on it.
- Front left corner of the bumper lip was torn off from a track "departure" at Mid America Motorplex. Reattached with a couple of rivets and some aluminum backing, can't tell from 10' away.
- The '99 JDM "brake cooling duct" on the front left side (small undertray infront of left front tire) was also "removed" during that departure, I never got around to replacing it because the oil cooler ducting was still perfect.
- There is a small whine from the diff under deceleration
- There is some suspension squeaks from dry JimLab bushing, they need to be greased (a small PITA) or replaced (a bigger PITA).
- The Koni shocks have around 70k miles on them, they could use to be refurbished or replaced.
- Driver side rear view mirror control is intermittent
- Airbag light illuminates intermittently, I think there is a bad sensor


That's about it, thanks for looking!

 

Last CARFAX I got from 2008: JM1FD3316P0201643
03/23/1992 NICB Vehicle manufactured and shipped to original dealer
05/19/1992 236 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Jacksonville, FL Title #63449058 Odometer reading eported
05/28/1992 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Jacksonville, FL Title #63449058 Title issued or updated first owner reported Loan or lien reported
03/05/1993 14,000 Florida Inspection Station Jacksonville, FL Passed emissions inspection
03/18/1994 31,000 Florida Inspection Station Jacksonville, FL Passed emissions inspection
04/08/1995 47,000 Florida Inspection Station Jacksonville, FL Passed emissions inspection
07/07/1995 50,682 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Jacksonville, FL Title #63449058 Odometer reading reported
08/30/1995 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Jacksonville, FL Title #63449058 Title issued or updated Loan or lien reported
05/14/1996 Florida Inspection Station Jacksonville, FL Passed emissions inspection
05/30/1996 Dealer Inventory Jacksonville, FL Vehicle offered for sale
08/27/1996 59,565 Dealer Inventory Jacksonville, FL Vehicle offered for sale
09/06/1996 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Gainesville, FL Title #63449058 Title issued or updated
New owner reported Loan or lien reported
12/24/1996 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Gainesville, FL Title #0063449058 Title issued or updated
12/24/1996 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Gainesville, FL Title #63449058 Title issued or updated Loan or lien reported
08/01/1997 65,709 Alabama Motor Vehicle Dept. Auburn, AL Title #21421468 Title issued or updated
03/12/1998 Florida Police Report Case #528573880 Accident reported Involving a front impact with another motor vehicle
08/28/1998 80,568 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Orlando, FL Title #74210817 Odometer reading reported
09/02/1998 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Orlando, FL Title #74210817 Title issued or updated
01/14/1999 83,423 Inspection Co. Florida Vehicle inspected Anti-theft device present at the time of inspection
07/15/1999 Florida Police Report Case #552544990 Accident reported Involving right side impact with a fixed object
02/08/2000 90,035 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Deland, FL Title #0074210817 Title issued or updated Loan or lien reported
11/10/2000 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Deland, FL Title #0074210817 Title issued or updated Loan or lien reported
02/04/2002 129,594 Inspection Co. Florida Vehicle inspected Anti-theft device present at the time of inspection
12/04/2003 140,365 Service Facility Vehicle serviced
12/30/2005 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Deland, FL Registration updated when owner moved the vehicle to a new location
10/24/2007 172,439 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Bellevue, NE Title #0074210817 Odometer reading reported
01/08/2008 Florida Motor Vehicle Dept. Bellevue, NE Title #0074210817 Title issued or updated Vehicle color noted as Silver
01/19/2008 Mazda Motor of America, Inc. No recalls open for repair





A picture from a few years ago before the cold air intake and 3 Bar MAP





And here is a link to a friends video of me at the drag strip, he didn't appreciate the rotary roar, or that my car was faster than his turbo S2000.

Thanks for looking!

Fitz

 

Seats are about to be sold, then price will be $16000

 

Sold!!