1980 Mazda RX7 12a rotary (6 port)

Summary:

A timeless classic

Faults:

I have only had the car for a short period of time, so am yet to find any real faults.

- Air-con stopped working. New fuse fixed this.

- Electric Antenna motor doesn't work. Came like this when I purchased the car.

General Comments:

My car is the Series 1 RX7 but it has been custom made into a soft-top convertible. It has been very well maintained and looked after, paint has been resprayed and looks almost brand new. We paid an unbelievable low price of $3200 for this immaculate example of an RX7.

This car is a load of fun, handles great, decent acceleration and performance. This car loves the higher RPM's, power really picks up around the 3,600 mark - all the way up to about 6,800 (I'm not keen to take it any higher out of fear of blowing up the engine). It's not the quickest car on the road by any means, but will surprise quite a few off the lights.

I am averaging roughly 270-300klm's from a 45 litre tank (running Premium), which isn't too bad I suppose.

The interior is great, I was intrigued that this 1980 car had features such as a boot release button and a few others.

Warming the car up and cooling it down is proving to be a bit tedious, I plan on getting a turbo timer installed (my car is not turbo) so I can walk away while it cools itself off before shutting itself down.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 23rd December, 2003

11th Aug 2008, 02:46

No need for cooling down non turbo rotaries. Warming up at 2,500-3,000 RPM for the first 30 seconds, and then driving at low to medium throttle below 3,500-4,000 RPM is all you need to do for any RX7 till normal operating temperature is reached.

Cooling down of turbo (below red hot) is so the oil in the turbo isn't fried/carbonized etc when the oil flow is stopped. For more info visit www.ausrotary.com and use the search feature.