Mazda RX7 FD3S (Rex)

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Right, onto the next mods.....tyres so I could have the Volks back. They have been stored for the past year and a half collecting dust waiting for some new shoes !!!

Got the Toyo T01Rs from Blackcircle and had them fitted by Drayton Tyre and Battery (they are superb and have a new machine to take the tyres off which protects the rims and a new balancer that doesnt damage them either.

Anyway here are the pics, to say I am over the moon is an understatement !!!

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Next week the car is getting new Tein suspension from our resident APT chaps.

Then it will be tuning again (one day this will be done completely!!) for a major hesitation at 6k revs. A replacement gearbox as 2nd is becoming very crunchy !!!

Also on the lookout for these skirts on my favourite Rex at the moment, will buy when they are on the sites cheap enough !!
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But I aim to get it out on the track when the mapping has been done for at least a session or two this year !!!
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So much better looking with 'proper'wheels :)
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wheels definatly suit the car :thumb: looking good

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Post by john B »

Nice to see the proper wheels back on Gareth ! Look forward to seeing it when the new suspension is on then you might keep up with me on the twisty bits !

Anyway off to thrash round Castle Coombe on Friday hope you enjoyed the dvd of Donny !

Will right a post soon !

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Right, update with Tein suspension.

After putting up with my Buddyclubs the last couple of years and being thrown about, massive understeer and general vibration through the steering wheel from the left hand side of the car I decided once after saving a bit of money to go for the Tein Super Street suspension (with upper mounts). After going in Alexbs Rex (such a long long time ago now!!) I decided these were going to be good enough plus they came highly recommended by the Reworx guys.

The APT chaps were offering free fitting, as I fitted the last ones myself and what a pain in the arse job that was I decided to take Christian up on the offer and ordered the stuff.

It was fitted yesterday, took about an hour and a half / 2hours which involved a bit of head scratching (apparently RX7 suspension isnt the same as Skylines where you dont have to take the top wishbone off to get the strut out), general banter with both Chris and Gary and me cooing over whether the suspension was too nice to hide away in the car and in the bit that gets mucky :lol:

Few piccies as they came out the box:
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Plus a few pics straight after coming out of the APT garage:
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Once done and going out on the road near APT I was very impressed, the car had lost all its roughness and jerking around and was much smoother.
We went through some of the roads in Taverham that are pretty bad and the swallowed them up very well.

Driving last night to Snetterton was great.
Anyway the 2nd part was the 4 wheel alignment (again arranged through APT) by Autotest.
I gave the setup I wanted to the guys there, they came back with an initial reading and the toe on the front wheels were both pointing inwards. On the back the toe on that they were both pointing outwards !!! Needless to say when adjusted and driving down the road the difference is amazing !!! The car sits even better and the wheel doesnt have any jerks when going over bumps at all. Even on the country part to Horsford was superb.

Can you tell I'm impressed :D

Few pics from last night
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Post by ScoobieWRX »

That looks like it's sitting lovely. I do like this shape rex, nice one :thumb:
Buggers cancelled my op just a couple of days before it was due. Inconsiderate barstewards!! :rant:

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Waiting now for another execution date!!:headhack:

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Nothing to stop you getting out on track now mate :) Good work.

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ahh but now he needs to fix the boost issue .. lol ...
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...and something else, and something else - the list is seemingly endless ;)

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Bugger off you two !!!!!!
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