Papercup's RX-7
Discussion
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.
I'll post here when i know my plans.
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.I'll post here when i know my plans.
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.I'll post here when i know my plans.
Car not ready right now anyway, still being prepped for the year. Just had the Tein EDFC kit fitted; i can now control the dampers with a little electronic push button doohicky; very nerdy
Also has gearbox rebuilt (was getting very noisy; bearings) and a few other bits and bobs.
Next it gets geometry setup and i want to get an MSA log book this year as well. First outing is probably that Lydden sprint.
Andy
jaik said:
Watching you effortlessly blitz past me and then Darren before screaming off round a bend in a blur of rotary Japanese fury was one of the highlights of the Millau tour and a real lasting memory for me I hope that fuse is behaving itself
Hi Mate I hope that fuse is behaving itself Nice to hear from you.That fuse was the damnedest thing in the end. It turns out its had a few intercoolers and a fair bit of the front panel removed to accommodate them over the years. Someone left a dirty great self tapper stuck through the front panel with the sharp end pointing inwards. The loom on a Rex goes down one inner wing, across the front panel, then back up the other wing (with bits coming in and out all the way along). So that screw had been rubbing on the loom for years and years (god knows how long, but several of the wires were exposed and corroded green , which should tell you thats its been a long while). That horrendous bumpy road on the way up that mountain was the final straw.
When we got back i went to the garage that look after it. With the key in the ignition and bonnet open we were just talking and suddenly POP the fuse goes right in front of the mechanic and smoke comes out the front bumper at the exact point. We just took the bumper off and it was plain as day; nice easy find (it had the feel of something that was going to be a sod to find in France didn't it?). Replaced several sections of wire and taped it all up; not a peep since.
How you doing; still got Celica? (was that you, or the Capp?)
Sorry, awful memory....
Ahhhh, that explains it all! There was definitely an air of it being one of those ugly issues that would rear it's head every month or two at the most inopportune moments, glad you got to the bottom of it.
Celica indeed... still got the MR2, finally got the vile heatshield rattle sorted out. When I got home I went to unbolt the loose one to figure out why it had lost a bolt and found out it didn't have anything holding it on at all, it was just resting on the manifold. The kicker is that it made no difference when I took it out, the rattling one was down on the cat where they're just tack welded on at the corners and one of the welds had given up, possibly from the same bumpy road.
Celica indeed... still got the MR2, finally got the vile heatshield rattle sorted out. When I got home I went to unbolt the loose one to figure out why it had lost a bolt and found out it didn't have anything holding it on at all, it was just resting on the manifold. The kicker is that it made no difference when I took it out, the rattling one was down on the cat where they're just tack welded on at the corners and one of the welds had given up, possibly from the same bumpy road.
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.I'll post here when i know my plans.
Next it gets geometry setup and i want to get an MSA log book this year as well. First outing is probably that Lydden sprint.
Andy
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.I'll post here when i know my plans.
Next it gets geometry setup and i want to get an MSA log book this year as well. First outing is probably that Lydden sprint.
Andy
http://www.twmc.org.uk/allcircuit/index.html
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.I'll post here when i know my plans.
Next it gets geometry setup and i want to get an MSA log book this year as well. First outing is probably that Lydden sprint.
Andy
http://www.twmc.org.uk/allcircuit/index.html
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
papercup said:
HighOctane91 said:
hugh_ said:
Any plans to go back to Lydden? I'll pop down for a gander if you do because that looks stunning. I found Lydden superb in the BEC Fury, does the Rex get on ok on what is ultimately quite a small, slow circuit?
Theres some trackdays coming up at Lydden, if he's taking the RX-7 I'll pop down there.I'll post here when i know my plans.
Next it gets geometry setup and i want to get an MSA log book this year as well. First outing is probably that Lydden sprint.
Andy
http://www.twmc.org.uk/allcircuit/index.html
Practice @ 9, and on the half days its all over by 11.
In the last month I've had the Tein EDFC kit fitted, which allows me to electronically change the suspension from within the car. I have a +/- button for front and rear and little motors on the suspension tops. Nerd delight!
There are also three pre-sets so you can change front and rear from one extreme to the other in about 3 seconds. Clever stuff.
I'll get a few pics of this soon.
Andy
There are also three pre-sets so you can change front and rear from one extreme to the other in about 3 seconds. Clever stuff.
I'll get a few pics of this soon.
Andy
Then this years' suspension setup continues. First we corner weight it as is; the fronts are spot on left to right but the rear has a 40kg difference! I want it lower as well this year so to start I drop the ride heights to 25inches from the floor all the way round, as recommended by a guy in the states. The fronts are high; they come down by almost an inch!
Once they are all the same, with the front slightly lower than the back, we start corner weighting. After several hours of jack car up, take wheels off, change suspension height, wheels back on, lower car, find out its not right yet - its done.
Final results:
weight: 1186kg (with half a tank of fuel)
front left 299kg
front right 299kg
rear left 294kg
rear right 294kg
How spot-on is that?
Left to right balance: 50% exactly
Front to rear balance: 50.4% front, 49.6% rear
Cross (diagonal) balance: 50% exactly
This is with me not in the car; while my sprints are done alone, all trackdays end up with a passenger, as does using the car on the road mostly. So there'll be that balance in place.
This Friday its off to Wheels in Motion to get the geometry done. Similar settings to last year I think, then tweak from there after using it a few times. This year i want a little less understeer, but i do want to keep it on the 'safe' side of things.
Car is almost undriveable at the moment; with the drop in ride-height at the front its given the front wheels MONSTER camber; its hunting for ridges in the road and almost tearing the wheel out of my hand!
Andy
Once they are all the same, with the front slightly lower than the back, we start corner weighting. After several hours of jack car up, take wheels off, change suspension height, wheels back on, lower car, find out its not right yet - its done.
Final results:
weight: 1186kg (with half a tank of fuel)
front left 299kg
front right 299kg
rear left 294kg
rear right 294kg
How spot-on is that?
Left to right balance: 50% exactly
Front to rear balance: 50.4% front, 49.6% rear
Cross (diagonal) balance: 50% exactly
This is with me not in the car; while my sprints are done alone, all trackdays end up with a passenger, as does using the car on the road mostly. So there'll be that balance in place.
This Friday its off to Wheels in Motion to get the geometry done. Similar settings to last year I think, then tweak from there after using it a few times. This year i want a little less understeer, but i do want to keep it on the 'safe' side of things.
Car is almost undriveable at the moment; with the drop in ride-height at the front its given the front wheels MONSTER camber; its hunting for ridges in the road and almost tearing the wheel out of my hand!
Andy
Altrezia said:
Can you use them daily?
Yes, there are many people who use them as daily drivers. Apart from the horror stories about engine rebuilds every five minutes, they are actually a reliable car with no real issues. Altrezia said:
Can you put a baby seat in the back?
I have no idea, though i would guess not as the rear seats are utterly laughable (and some models had no rear seats, but 'storage bins' instead, with lockable lids). I'd ask on the www.mazdarotaryclub.com forum if you want advice from people who use them daily. Altrezia said:
What are these like to live with
Not bad at all. Mine's never let me down, though its hardly what you'd call a daily driver. There are many who say that they came from other jap cars and found the rex the sweetest handling of the lot. Not a surprise; it was designed as a racing car and has very good suspension design, excellent balance and weight distribution, and is significantly lighter than Skyline or Supra. With the sort of work mine has had i meet very little that can keep up over a lap of a circuit.Andy
papercup said:
Altrezia said:
Can you use them daily?
Yes, there are many people who use them as daily drivers. Apart from the horror stories about engine rebuilds every five minutes, they are actually a reliable car with no real issues. ETA- I'm genuinely interested- & it's not meant to come across as a sarcastic comment
Edited by ol' dirty on Wednesday 4th March 17:05
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