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  • Stanced, drift 1990 RX7 'vert - Oxford, UK

    I'm sorry this is my first post, but I've been a browser on the forum for quite a while, and thought it'd be a great place to advertise this as it's pretty stance focussed, but more than drift capable!

    The car is a manual 1990 RX7 TII (turbo) cabriolet with 91K on the clock. MOT'd till March 2012 and taxed until Sept 2011. The car is used daily though, so mileage increasing all the time. Proves how reliable a rotary can be though!

    Spec:
    R-magic ECU (caters for 0.9 bar boost, filter, exhaust, FMIC)
    HKS mushroom air filter
    2.5 JDM catless downpipe, decatted straight through exhaust to some subtle backboxes - sounds quite interesting for a rotary, very quiet on idle and a nice purr, but sounds great when you come onto boost.
    Cusco front and feed rear coilovers (feeds have adjustable damping)
    Rolled and pulled rear arches
    Rolled and badly pulled front arches
    Luisi leather mildly dished steering wheel
    Big proper+ gear knob
    Almost mint leather seats - even the drivers bolster is very good
    Tinted rear lights, front and side repeaters
    No front ARB (makes car less snappy, but included)
    TII front lip, satin black (not standard on 'vert)
    Electric mirrors and roof
    Boost, water and oil temp gauges (car has good oil pressure gauge as standard, the others suck)
    Panasonic headunit
    Airpump disconnected
    Dual alternator belt pulley (needed for safety if airpump disconnected/removed)
    Magnecor KV85 HT leads
    Welded diff

    Other good points:
    Not rusty - we had to do a reasonable amount of welding to get her on the road originally, now nice and solid
    Rebuild engine at 73K - receipts etc to show, and in the last year she's not flooded once, unlike most rotaries
    LOTS of history
    The roof can be run as a targa, which is much nicer for motorway cruising. The wind deflector built into the 'parcel shelf' is the best thing ever!

    Bad:
    Drivers door has a big dent in, but I have an imperfect replacement that I was going to restore over summer. Still owed money for this as it happened when I lent the car to a friend
    Paint peeled on the edges of the front arches from rubbing/rolling, no rust though
    The rear half of the roof is shagged, leaks and needs replacing, but I figured it could wait till after the summer as I drive it with the roof down most of the time!


    Comes with:
    Very lightened flywheel - these retail for lots normally!
    3" catback exhaust - with the decat this is VERY loud, hence not running it atm.
    Spare passenger cloth seat (I have it fitted atm, but I'm keeping the bucket seat, so you can have both leather seats too)
    Any interior trim that isn't fitted
    Blitz MFCS - plug and play multifuel computer system that fits in next to the standard ECU and allows you to adjust fuelling. Best run with wideband monitoring or similar.
    Spare red front and rear bumpers and TII sideskirts. The vert doesn't come with sideskirts from factory.
    Goodridge braided brake lines
    Equally, but different damaged replacement door.
    Standard ARB
    New standard front and rear brake pads

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    The switches in the centre console are for the headlights, due to the switch not working properly - although I have a spare, untried one of these too!

    I can sort some deals out here on price depending on what people want:

    EVERTHING for £3000

    Bottom price (£2000) on original 15" 'vert BBS's (illegal tyres atm, will be changed) and with leather seats, but without:
    Banded steels
    Any of above mentioned extra's (except the replacement, damaged door)
    Luisi steering wheel
    Proper+ gear knob

    OFFERS or interesting swaps/part ex's WELCOME.

    Or various prices inbetween depending on what people want - I have Mitsubishi Starion wheels, and a pair or panasports I could also do deals on. This is running a certified 222bhp at 6900rpm, with potential for a lot more very easily.

    Atm she looks like this: (note the one of four 'Lowlife' stickers down the windscreen, due to me being one of the 4 exclusive members see http://www.lowlifeuk.com )

    New bonnet fitted. Small ding in the front and some tiny stone chips, but otherwise great - the aluminium ones are very hard to get hold of! Photo is just to show the colour contrast and the ding!







    Interior:



    And the dent + more interior:



    At stanceworks UK:



    Engine bay:



    Nice random shot from RetroRides 2010:


  • #2
    A lot of potential! But I like it. I've always been a sucker for BoB whips!
    • 1213 AFFINITY
    - NITE GRIND TRANSMISSIONS | GRIPSET | NASTIE GARAGE | CALI LOVE CLOTH. | EPH 2: 8-9
    • 1213 AFFILIATION
    - JDMKIDS | CALI LOVE | AS1 FAMILIA | FittedTho! | WYMC | STAYCLASSICK | Humble Squad | Upncominwhipz | THE ELITE | PRAXIS | NRTG

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    • #3
      just out of curiosity...what are the specs on the black wheels in the last picture?

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      • #4
        Same rear wheels in all the photos, they are 17", 9.5J ET0. Running 225/45's, rear arches pulled about 1" either side. (or literally as far as we could go with an arch roller on standard suspension)

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        • #5
          they look sick. ive been looking for some new wheels, what kind are they? I haven't been able to figure that out

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          • #6
            Dodge calibre steels, banded by 3"! Banding steels is really taking off here in the UK, and I've got a mate who does them - it's nice to help set trends

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            • #7
              This interests me. I will have to do some research on this banding you speak of

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              • #8
                i was looking around, and the caliber wheels here are 5x115, but my car is a 114.3. Did the wheels work on your car or did you have to re-drill any?

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                • #9
                  They appear to be 5x114.3 - they certainly bolted up fine, all bolts lined up! I'd call bull on whoever told you that tbh! (since I can't imagine they have a 1mm stud pattern difference in the states to here)

                  Centre bore is BIG, but I'm not too worried - I do them up tight and they're all good!


                  I don't know what you've found out so far, but banding is basically chopping the outer lip off, and very neatly welding a band of steel in (probably 4mm), then welding the lip back on. Gives you dish, doesn't affect back spacing.
                  The guy I use does the welding with the wheel on a rotisserie, it is really, REALLY neat welding. I still cover the joins in sealant though - better safe than sorry.


                  I'm pulling the car from being for sale though - managed to sort my boost problem, so now boosts from about 2000rpm! Just need to stop it cutting. It's odd, I have an R-magic ECU fitted, but it still appears to be cutting. Discussion is happening on MRC (worth joining since you've got a rex):

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                  • #10
                    this whole banding thing seems really cool...and really different. now its time for me to try and find someone on this side of the water that does it haha

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