History Of The FC3S

I have owned a few FC3S's and this is how it all started and what cars i have had.

How It Started

I had just returned from holiday in the summer of 2002 and my next door neighbour had this red wedge shaped car on his drive and i had no idea what it was

After chatting to him he told me that it was a Mazda RX7 - at this point i had NEVER heard of them

He took me for a quick spin in the car and I was smittened - I had always wanted a car with pop-up lights and this fitted the bill

So the search started .......

My 1st RX7 - The EGI

I came accross the EGI from the old mazda yahoo groups ( i think ) so after many emails between the seller and myself I headed down to Northampton to buy it ( about a 340 mile round trip )

The car was fine and had appeared as a test car in a magazine ( click here for the article ) , so I took it for a test drive .. i wasnt sure how to drive the car so i got the seller to take me for a spin in it. Thats when the fun started... he took me for a warp speed trip around the local B roads and that was it - I had to have it.

Money was handed over and i was a proud owner of my first RX7 ..and thats how it all started.

My 2nd RX7 - The Turbo II

It was Jan 2003 and i found out that I was going to become a dad , so the EGI had to go. As soon as the seller took my car away i was on the hunt for the next one.. i couldnt stand being without my RX7.

The yahoo groups was still in operation and i stumbled accross a 1990 Black Turbo II that fitted all my requirement. After many email between seller and myself I took the trip to Leicester to pick the car up ( a bit closer this time around at only 300 mile round trip ).

The car looked superb and i wanted to test drive it straight away. I shot off in the car for the test drive and WOW what a car - it was great - i had to have it. The deal was done and i was a proud owner of the car.

It came with full service history , a recent rebuild and was in pretty good condition.

The car was purchased on the 4 October 2003 and my daughter was born on the 6 October 2003 - so it was very very very good timing on my behalf !!

This is the car that slung shot me into the world of being a RX7 owner..........

My cheap car had turned out to be just that - it was a rot box - no offence to the previous owner - but it really really was rotten. I was checking the front wheel bearing for play and managed to dent the floor pan , from this I found another 5 small holes around the car and thats when it came apparent that this car was held together with rust ( see the Rusty Rex section for information and pics ).

I did a few mods to this car :

01 - Fully De-catted Exhaust
02 - Induction Kit
03 - Water Temp Gauge
04 - Oil Temp Gauge
05 - Oil Pressure Gauge
06 - Boost Gauge
07 - Air Fuel Ratio gauge
08 - Battery Voltage Gauge
09 - Fuel Cut Defence
10 - Uprated Clutch
11 - Rear DTSS bush elimation
12 - Clutch Master Cylinder was rebuilt with new seals ( and braided clutch hose )
13 - Blitz Bov
14 - Magnacor Plug Leads
15 - Megan Racing Front Strut Brace

During my time of modding the car - i became a very active member of europes largest mazda rotary internet forum ( www.mazdarotaryclub.com ) and i was invited to become a super moderator - im still very active on that site and visit it about 20-30 times a day !!!.

My 3rd RX7 - 1987 JDM Convertable - Auto

After spending many a waking hours on MRC I came accross a White JDM ( Japanese Domestic Market ) Convertable. It was the right price for a project car - so i bought it. The better half wasnt pleased that i would have 2 RX7's on the drive - but I didnt care - it was cheap and I have always wanted a "drop top".

The car was purchased from Warwick ( closer to home this time at only a 250 mile round trip ).

The car was trailored to my house as it wasnt really in running condition and it sat on my drive for about 12 months before it was sold on.

A member of MRC bought the car and he did a full engine swap and auto > manual conversion before selling it on again to another member of MRC.

My 4th RX7 - 1991 JDM Convertable - Auto ( and current car )

At the back end of 2006 ( Septemeber ish ) I stumbled on another RX7 on MRC and i really wanted it - many weeks worth of emails went back and forth between the seller and myself and once we reached a agreed price I bought the car.

The car sounded great - it had done about 5000 miles on a full rebuild , came with after market wheels with new tyres , a brand new tannue cover , turbo timer , braided brake lines , uprated front brake pads and had a very rare tan leather interior.

The car was trailored to my house from Durham ( not too bad distance wise - about 240 mile round trip ) the car was bought as a non runner and i bought it purley on price ( if you visist MRC im well known for being cheap ). I thought it would be a simple fix to be honest and i thought it was just flooded.

The car cause me no ends of problems and lot and lots of head scratching. After checking most of the engine bay electrics I couldnt get the car to run, it was only when the ECU was checked and was found to have been sitting in about 4 inch of water that the light at the end of the tunnel could be seen.After sourcing a JDM ecu from Austrailia I go the car running. Only then to find out that the water had ruined the ABS ecu aswell - so I had to swap that out aswell.

There we more probs with the car as I found out as I went along, i needed new headlight switches ( these were again sourced from Aus as they HAD to be jap switches ) and it needed rear back boxes ( which were bought along with the car).

I then found out that i was going to become a dad again - so i made the choice to sell the 1990 Coupe and keep the Cab as my car ( this was a very hard choice ). I advertised my car on MRC and was bought by a good friend of mine - so that made the choice to sell it a little more bearable.

The Cab was prepped for the MOT in April 2006 and passed first time ( I was very very shocked to say the least ) , the car was taxed and insured and is now my new weekend toy.