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Old 08-03-04, 01:36 AM
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My new purple 1980 RX-7

I have finally got myself into pure logic, and bought myself a first gen RX-7 !
It`s painted pink alu, and the 12A engine has only gone 94.000km.

The owners estimate is about 150+ horsepower, the interior and the engine is a little bit out of shape so I`l make a little project freshing it up.



I`l update you guys with more pic`s and vid`s on the car, the paintjob is awesome !

Btw, anybody know a racing beat reseller in europe ?? close to norway ?
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Purple rx-7..... And it's really posted..not a joke thread...lol.. nice car.
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my girl really likes your cars color and she want s you to post more pics of it ... she is trying to figure out what color to paint her fb..... thanks... looks great by the way !!!
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New pics comming up later today
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can anyone tell me what hood that is? Is that some kind of aftermarket scoop that you can cut into the hood, or do people buy those that way..
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HOW is that a 1980???
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Looks great! How does the system sound? What size sub is that? It looks big
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believe its tha mariah hood scope
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Originally Posted by rx7_dren
HOW is that a 1980???
The front and el. mirrors have been replaced with 1981+.
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Did I see that car for sell on Ebay once??
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Originally Posted by Mezzano
Did I see that car for sell on Ebay once??
Dont think so, owner said that he only used the norwegian site autodb.no.

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Looks great! How does the system sound? What size sub is that? It looks big
Don`t know much about the speakers yet, i`m not an audio guy
It`s velocity speakers all around, 15" bass, and two clarion amps in the back.
With a audiobahn headunit, new pics comming up as soon as i finish cleaning up the car inside.
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Pics i took washing the car

Pics of the interior/speaker setup comming up.
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I like the color.

Nice car all around :-)

Does it still have the SA taillights?
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Nope thats not a mariah hood scoop. The mariah hood scoop is only one central triangle. But they could have used 2 light scoops on the hood that would work with alittle fiber glass and alot of hard work. Oh ya nice car...frigen huge sub11!!
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Originally Posted by enigma32
I like the color.

Nice car all around :-)

Does it still have the SA taillights?
Jupp

Thats why you never see pic`s of it from behind

Any bolt on rear lights that can fresh the car up ?
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What`s up with the boinger`s telling me that my engine will only last 100.000km.
In the last couple of days, I`ve been told by various nutcases that wankels only last 100.000km i know that this is BS but where do they get theire sources from ??

Btw, when the engine is cold, and often when it`s varm too, the engine dies when its idling.
It`s pretty irritating, cause when the car begin idling i always gotta have my foot slightly on the gas pedal.

Any thinks to check out ?
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sa taillights are ugly, you should do an fb taillight conversion, but that would require welding and body work and ruinining that pretty paint, so nevermind that idea.. lol
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very nice all round
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recently waxed my car
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dude, the SA tails are SO much better than the FB tails, the FB tails look tacky to me.



Originally Posted by JokkVahl
Jupp

Thats why you never see pic`s of it from behind

Any bolt on rear lights that can fresh the car up ?
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Yeah, i agree...those tailight looks very cool. I like them.
Congrats on the car! The color is awsome!




Don't listen to the boingers! They don't know wankels! .......plus they are gelous!
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