1993 Mazda FD RX-7 // 26 Year Owner Shares His Experience!

[@DanielRD-91]

Those 20 something minutes flew by in what felt like 2. I've loved the FD RX-7 from a young age. Absolute dream car for me! One day soon I'll have one of these in my garage.

[@mccgarage]

Thanks for the support and kind words! Glad you liked the episode :) make sure you let us know once you get that dream car one day!

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

Just found out my bank will actually finance one of these for me. A lot of people say I shouldn’t but dude… the days of getting one are running out imo and I will take this car to the grave. Great video man!

[@mccgarage]

Thank you for the support!

[@smoothgrover]

60% of all jdm cars are financed, of course they will, rx7s are cool and not worth it at all.

[@gav240z]

You only live once. I got my FD back in 2010. Wish I bought 2 at the time. Just buy a good 1 that's been well maintained. It will be good fun.

[@jo-qp7mz]

Unless your good at working on cars I wouldn't... get a evo 10... i love my 7 and my evo and my rx8... get a rx8 great starter car

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

@@jo-qp7mz i worked on cars since i was like 7, wanted this car since i was 9, and am a mechanic at a car shop, I’m going with the 7 as id rather not deal with emissions or any renesis problems

[@notaweeb4267]

Would of been cool to see some old pics of the RX7 or the LA scene at that time just because the conversation was about that. This was a really well done video though !! 26 years ownership is incredible.

[@mccgarage]

You know I meant to add some pics and forgot until you just mentioned it haha. He has a great post on the rx7 forums with all the old pictures I’ll find the link. Thank you for the support I really appreciate it!

[@paulclarkson2583]

That front end is Magnificent.

[@mccgarage]

It sure is!

[@williamsfam8]

Dang I couldn’t imagine going back to a twin turbo setup after going with a single turbo setup. My single setup is tooooo much fun!

[@SSDMRX7]

You know it's funny I've experienced less complications with the factory turbo setup then I did with a single. Likely because that was a time where I didnt feel comfortable enough to install and tune an aftermarket turbo on my own and was relying heavily on someone else with mediocre knowledge. On the current build I personally took painstaking effort to make sure all vacuum lines, pressure tanks and actuators were rock solid and I know precisely how everything is tuned because I'm the one behind every aspect. I love the low end boost and the ability to just follow the FSM for any issues is always nice.

[@SSDMRX7]

I had such a fun experience with you and Kimani shooting this footage, awesome to see it all put together. Thank you and so very appreciated!

[@mccgarage]

It was a great day and I’m so happy with how it all turned out!

[@jtspiky]

Hey mate is that the factory front bar you have on ? Or is it the feed bumper ? Or something else?

[@SSDMRX7]

​@@jtspiky The front fenders are FEED but the front bumper is from a kit called Burnout. The front splitter attached to the bumper is from a company called Racebred Components.

[@jtspiky]

@SSDMRX7 appreciate it man. Beautiful car and ownership.

[@RedBatRacing]

​@@SSDMRX7hey mate, what is powerfc dash? I still have the POS commander. BTW I bought my FD in '98 too, it will be with me till the day I die... maybe I'll get buried in it

[@Chris-jc2vf]

Yo I'm the sv650 guy from Bogus. Thanks for letting me get some pictures it was really cool to show my buddies! Asking about the car scene before F&F was a really good question. Especially cool to hear about it from an FD RX-7 owner, super interesting. Cant wait for the next video!

[@mccgarage]

Great meeting you! Thanks for the support I appreciate it!

[@HomeswithPedram]

The most impressive thing about this FD is that it has no interior rattles 🤣. Great interview!

[@mccgarage]

Haha it really does not rattle at all. Thank you!

[@kimaniharris7922]

top 3 interviews by far! great stuff

[@mccgarage]

Thank you! 🙏😎

[@RotaryMotoring]

Gorgeous car with a down to earth owner. He can actually fit 18x12 +30 315/30-18 front/back with bodywork he has done!

[@mccgarage]

Thanks for the comment and couldn’t agree more!

[@SSDMRX7]

Thank you appreciate the comment! You can absolutely fit that size with a 30 series sidewall but I always thought it had a bit of the rubber-band on a wheel look, especially in the rear so I try to keep the sidewall at 35 for a bit more beef.

[@lpvgs-817]

that intro is great! you guys looking at like WTF....

[@mccgarage]

Haha thank you! Thanks for the support!

[@DinoPwn]

Great production quality. I'm surprised this channel only has 307 subs. Guess I'll be 308

[@mccgarage]

Thank you so much that means a lot!

[@DinoPwn]

I bought a 96 RX7 FD in 2009 when I was living in Japan for 6k from a dude who was getting stationed back in the US, and needed to sell it quick. It had a bunch of miles on it, and eventually ran into some big problems with the car overheating and coolant exploding after 10 minutes of driving it. It was too much of a pain to try and ship it back when I was getting out, so I gave it away to a friend who had the money to repair it. Sucks too though, because it had a lot of aftermarket parts including some rare dry carbon fiber JDM exterior mods

[@mccgarage]

Wow! What a car that would have been to have back here or at least the parts. Does the friend still have it?

[@DinoPwn]

@@mccgarage nah he got sent back stateside and bought a STi like me lol. We both had RX7s and now VA STIs

[@mccgarage]

Aww man!

[@bamfkn_fd]

That is a clean FD.

[@mccgarage]

It definitely is! Video can obviously hide things but even in person it’s one of the cleanest and most well done examples I’ve seen

[@SSDMRX7]

Thank you!

[@jamesdaly64]

So good to see another FD still running sequential twins and making respectable power, owner seems like a good guy too, love your work!

[@mccgarage]

It’s a beautiful car in person and he is a great guy! Thanks for the support make sure to subscribe!

[@swilleh_]

You swap the rotary with a piston engine - you committed a sin.

[@mccgarage]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@Nicatlotus]

How tall are you guys? 😂 I’m 6’2” and looking at getting one but never tried to sit in the car. Is it too small for bigger guys?

[@mccgarage]

Ha! Chris is probably 5’ 9”? Maybe 5’ 10”. I’m 5’ 7”. I’d say you could fit probably. I found it had more room than an s2000

[@Nicatlotus]

@@mccgarage ya I fit fine in an S2K so that’s reassuring.

[@SSDMRX7]

I'm actually 6 foot and have plenty of room above even with a helmet on, you should be good as well at 6'2. Somebody also makes lower seat brackets for really tall people.

[@mccgarage]

Dang I guess I was just hoping you were as short as me😞

[@ricepony33]

The owner and I must be the same age, FF was such a joke when it came out. NOPI was having its neon phase and the whole scene had just devolved. So interesting to see the generation sea change that FF brought to so many.

[@mccgarage]

It’s one of my favorite things to talk about with Chris when we get together. I was a preteen when the first movie came out. So I remember some of the car scene but obviously didn’t have a car or hang around it a ton. So it’s always super interesting to hear from him about it

[@ARPorganics]

Ls? More like Does it have a k24 with turbo in it!?

[@mccgarage]

Haha

[@wallyy6223]

Owner sounds so dead but so much experience gained 💀

[@mccgarage]

Well we started the day at 5am for sunrise rollers which means he was up at 4am so we were a bit tired by the time we got to the interview 😂

[@wallyy6223]

@@mccgarage that makes sense!

[@JDM_PLUS]

28 years of maintaining a rotary wil do that 😂

[@RyanZavilenski]

BS. You were not making 450hp at 14lbs on twins.

[@mccgarage]

I’ll let the owner answer you himself but I know for a fact he was. I’ve also seen B series Honda motors running over 500hp at 14lbs on a single turbo.

[@SSDMRX7]

Yep absolutely let me clarify, that was not on the stock twins, I was going back to what I had just said previously about running the twins at 340 and maxing out. No way I'm making that power on HT-12's lol