1994 Mazda RX-7 FD | I’d Buy One, Except…

[@tizodd6]

I owned a '93 FD a few years back. I now have a '22 Supra 3.0 (which I love), but I still get excited when I see an RX7. Such a timeless beauty😍

[@therealandrewwilliam]

Couple interesting facts about these cars: 1. this car is still listed in the internal MNAO (Mazda North American Ops) employee vehicle policy as not eligible. When new, employees could get one as a lease or demo, but many cars were written off with rear end damage from that 3-4k where the second turbo kicks in, and people lost it, especially on freeway on ramps. They they amended the policy. 2. there is only one US spec RX-7 Type-R. It was done by the corporate team who converted a 1994 US car with all Type-R parts. The parts were slowly shipped over by Mazda Japan in cargo vessels with cars for dealers. The team slowly did this in the basement of Mazda HQ in Irvine, CA over months. That car is LDH and has a sunroof which no Type-R had from factory, and was done for the U.S. VP of Sales at the time. Also....the factory steering wheel is a large diameter and my least liked thing about these. I am 6'2" and cant really heel-toe because of it. The JDM Nardi spec wheel is smaller and I am told solves a lot of issues. Same wheel on NB Miatas, and retains the airbag.

[@jubbalandcars]

Knowledge bombs 🙏🏻

[@Monstacheeks]

I currently own one…I’m glad that I have all the discontinued items to make this car Work!!!

[@DeathrowDC]

I discovered your page a couple days ago and I have been binging your videos. You give the perfect balance of car/driver enthusiast content and financial advice that I believe many of us who love cars really need.

[@jubbalandcars]

Awesome, thank you!

[@chrisplummer9639]

Get ready for one of the deepest POV review catalogs out there. Basically name it and this guy has given us 10 to 20min of a quality time behind the wheel with an enthusiast's lense.

[@DeathrowDC]

@@chrisplummer9639 yea he's really good. I don't like how he did my E34, but I'll get over it lmao.

[@redcarrot1148]

I am only 1 minute into the video and I have to say it is RX7 "mod" done right! No outrageous body kit to take away its naturally beautiful lean curve lines.

[@rocketboi336]

FD is my dream car! I'll hopefully be able to own one some day

[@mazdaspeedrx8]

Best car that I probably will not want to own unless I have unlimited money. Love it

[@jcrbama]

A friends dad had a new '94 FD back when we were in high school, naturally in that ever so 90's green / dark teal color. Yeah, we almost binned that thing a few times. The turbo lag around 4-5k was legitimately brutal. Also as they got older those apex seals are a real pain to deal with. There was a stretch there in the early 2000's, before The Fast and the Furious, that they got pretty cheap and I'd have liked to get one, but was in my early 20's and didn't have the money for a 2nd car. Also after that movie, the prices we're way higher than the value pretty much permanently.

[@Online_ToughGuy]

Same here bro! I’d buy one except… I’d need to make 20% more annually.

[@jubbalandcars]

😂

[@Online_ToughGuy]

I forgot a 0 in there

[@rushfactorygarage]

Always wanted an fd as a kid. But prices are still too high. You can get a decent higher mileage e46 m3 for the cheaper than most fd’s nowadays.

[@jamesreynolds4220]

I owned a '95 RX7, a little tail happy with the 225s. Fikse forged wheels with 235s up front and 275s in the rear solved that problem. The Ford 5-speed was clunky for a Japanese car - a PDK dual clutch auto (like my current car, Porsche Cayman) and a 3-rotor engine rather than 2-rotor would have made it a real supercar. I had a Porsche (VW) 914-6 back in the 70s. The RX7 and the 914-6 is why I drive the Cayman now.

[@thrasher10000]

You have to do the 300ZX TT now

[@dannyphamous]

Beautiful classic JDM

[@PatrickHenry-t1s]

Its not a maintenance headache owners just don't take care of them. My friend has a non turbo FC and its on a lot of original engine parts, but he also rebuilds it himself.

[@samgao]

Wow even type A spirit r bbs wheels!!

[@verdict1163]

I can't imagine my FD without power steering. It's already pretty heavy feeling, seems like without it it would be significantly harder to catch slides. Maybe I'm just a wimp, haha. They sell resistors that plug into the factory harness to turn the airbag light off. One came with my hub, Daikai S-601.

[@drtone]

Absolutely, deleting PS is beyond moronic ignorance, only nitwit who can't drive would do that.

[@rotarycomptech]

The engines for these cars both left-hand and right hand drive are the exact same I know I bought one For my left-hand drive FD3SRX7 So you’re a little incorrect on the air conditioning unit

[@jubbalandcars]

It’s not an issue of engine. Steering column

[@rotarycomptech]

@ I’m talking about the air-conditioning issue

[@ajaxman3430]

You should learn how drive a car with manual transmission 🥴

[@jubbalandcars]

I still don’t understand what that third pedal does! 🤷‍♂️

[@ajaxman3430]

😂