"FEED RX7" - 1993 Mazda RX-7

[Herblenny]

Well, here are some pics of my riced out RX7.







I'll post more pics and details if anyone is interested..

[Dr.DooM]

have you read the forum rules and regulations?

i suggest you do otherwise you can expect a large amount of hate.




However, I think this thing looks good, so long as its not just visual modifications. Which it would appear is not the case by the nice big FMIC

[Sir Tristan]

No interior?

Anyway for me it's fine even if the intercooler is just there to look badass. I like it, not riced IMO.

But probably not yours anyway, the pics look magazine-quality.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by Dr.DooM

have you read the forum rules and regulations?

I see... I just realized the Member's Ride rules..

If any mods are looking.. please correct this for me.

"Carname" - Year Make Model - "FEED RX7" - 1993 Mazda RX-7

Please ignore.. I realized I could correct that myself... unlike some forums.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by Sir Tristan

No interior?

Anyway for me it's fine even if the intercooler is just there to look badass. I like it, not riced IMO.

But probably not yours anyway, the pics look magazine-quality.

Here is my interior.. But updated pics will be taken today or tomorrow.



The IC is actually very functioning piece. I recently upgraded to this one but I have done my share of research. Also, I'm currently in the process of putting in a 3 rotor and this is to test fit to see if all will work with the new engine.

It is mine I also have 1994 SSM FD (converting to MS version) and something called Eunos Cosmo 20B.

Pics are taken by me..

[Tubaman]

Your gonna need proof...
Anyway Nice RX7.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by Tubaman

Your gonna need proof...
Anyway Nice RX7.

Proof?? Can you be more specific?

[Bl0cks]

Please provide proof of ownership. Details can be found here:

http://www.nfscars.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24048

Thanks.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by Bl0cks

Please provide proof of ownership. Details can be found here:

http://www.nfscars.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24048

Thanks.

LOL! Thanks for that info. I guess there are a lot of people posting other people's car?? Well, I'll try to get you that kind of 'proof' tonight or tomorrow.. I need to take some new pics of the engine and interior anyhow.

[Zpectre]

This car rivals Texhnolith's Silvia in coolness. Excellent ride!

[Herblenny]

By the way, for some proof that this car belongs to me..

I also own a rotary car only site called, www.RotaryCarClub.com You could go there and see that I'm one of the admin and founder.

Here is my car page.. kind of old but same car, just updated..

http://www.rotarycarclub.com/herblenny.php

Also on Modified Magazine site: http://rides.modified.com/ride/10022...x-7/index.html

Also on Superstreet site: http://rides.superstreetonline.com/r.../photos/2.html

My Cardomain: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/334687...rmingham-al-us

Mazda247.com ROTM winner last year (you could verify that with the admin Antione.. whom wrote with me and I introduced him to several people at 7stock): http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showt...h-%28August%29

Pretty much if you type in my SN: Herblenny and RX7 on google, you'll see that this is my car

[2-Edge]

I've seen worse. But if I would have RX-7 I definitely wouldn't go that far with exterior customization.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by 2-Edge

I've seen worse. But if I would have RX-7 I definitely wouldn't go that far with exterior customization.

I've heard that before...

Hence I have two and decided to make the other bit more aggressive vs this one..



My 36K miles, mint original paint, current project to all rare Mazda parts and Mazdaspeed parts.

[2-Edge]

You own oil company or something?

And now I really would like to see some proofs...

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by 2-Edge

You own oil company or something?

And now I really would like to see some proofs...

No oil company... just been a rotary car owner for many many years.

I'll provide with proof later on today.. I'm currently at work.

But if anyone reads Modified Magazine, I was on the cover of Jan 2010 issue with my 'other' car.

[3ni_2nr]

Cool. I think.

[Herblenny]

LOL!! Looks like I'm showing off but just trying to provide 'proof' what I can at work..

[Meastro444]

Proof it's yours?

[vette]

If this car really is yours, I am jealous. I love the Rx7, the rotatory motors are fun driving, but my friend put one in his Mazda 87 pickup, and its fast but a pain to work on.

[FOX]

Either we're getting trolled to hell and back or OP is infuckingcredibly rich. If it's the former, banhammer will be used.
There's been loads of fake members' cars so we won't give you a vote of confidence.
Proof that it's yours or say bye to this thread.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by FOX

Either we're getting trolled to hell and back or OP is infuckingcredibly rich.

Neither.. I wish I was "infuckingcredibly rich", but that's not the case. Just a hard working middle class man who's passion is rotary cars... that's about it.

Anyhow, here is the proof.

[Allure]

Congrats on the RX-7s.

[GreedyTurbo529]

Does the name Elite Driven or Lextasy mean anything to you? lol

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by GreedyTurbo529

Does the name Elite Driven or Lextasy mean anything to you? lol

LOL! I do know those names

[Herblenny]

Well, here are my mod list for the "FEED RX-7"

Exterior


Engine Bay


Interior



Engine:

-Petite Polished AST
-Koyo N-Flow Radiator
-Custom Carbon Fiber Cooling panel
-Fast acting Airtemp sensor
-Remote Start/pager/alarm/turbo timer
-BNR Stage 3 Twin Turbos
-Ported 13B-REW engine
-Custom Grounding kit
-polished Efini-Y pipe
-Polished upper intake manifold
-Polished 90mm Rotary Works Throttle body
-Polished Greddy elbow w/injector ports
-Apexi GT Spec FMIC
-Custom polished pipings By: www.BNRSupercars.com
-Constant tension T-blot clamps for IC pipings and Intakes.
-HKS seq. BOV
-HKS twinpower ignition amp
-Tanabe Catback
-SS Petit DP
-Apexi PowerFC
-Racing beat ignition wires
-FEED oil filler cap
-FEED coolant filler cap
-Added R1 Dual oil coolers
-Braille light battery
-Braille Verticle mounting kit
-FC Datalogit
-Unorthodox Alternator pulley (red)
-Unorthodox Power steering pulley(blue)
-Exedy Hyper Single Clutch Kit
-Simplified seq twin set up
-polished hardline intake pipes for secondary intake.
-Ported JDM Upper Intake manifold and polished by David Garfinkle. Also all the misc. vacuum ports have been welded shut and clean up and polished for cleaner look.
-Pettit Racing water pump pulley
-2 x 4 blade fan set up for better cooling
-HKS RS intake with KN filters
-Tweakit Racing tensioner pulley kit

Suspension:
-M2 launch kit
-Coilovers (About to install FEED coilovers)
-Racing Beat sway bar brace
-Racing Beat sway bars (front and rear)
-Garfinkle Motorworks Engine torque brace
-FEED front strut tower brace
-RZ larger front and rear brake calipers
-Hawk HP+ pads front and rear
-Newly sandblasted A-arms and other suspension parts
-Custom Garfinkle Motorwork cross drilled RZ rotors
-Braided SS brake lines
-Racing Beat sway bushings
-New Delrin bushings for all suspension parts
-Transmission brace
-Dragon's diff brace
-WORK XD9 18x10 +38 with 15mm spacer front and 20mm spacer rear
-Michelin PS2 255/35 front 295/30 rear
-Raceshop rollbar with much stronger rear strut tower brace.

Interior/Stereo:
-Converted Black interior - including, door panels, rear panels, head liner, seat belts, and black main carpet
-RZ floormats
-Rare moon roof interior cover
-JDM rear seats with panels, seat belts, and special rear carpet
-added R1 rear speaker pods for 7 speaker system
-Prosport boost, A/F, Fuel, Oil temp gauges
-Prosport center speaker pod
-Bride Exas III seats with Bride rails
-Nardi shift knob
-red leather stitching shift and ebrake boots
-LED interior lights
-Rare red stitch Nardi wheels
-Custom install of Protege cruise control to the Nardi wheel
-RE steering column pod with 52mm Prosport boost gauge
-JKL Engineering Carbon Fiber Gauge cluster, hood AC panel, shifter,etc (not overlay)
-JVC 7inch AV system
-New EL PowerFC commander and holder
-RE-A speedo cluster gauge
-FEED Carbon fiber rear trunk add on.
-Base model hatch cover
-added OEM fog light switch to turn FEED HID driving lights

Exterior:

-One off Feed Carbon Gas door (Shine Auto)
-Feed Type 2R front bumper
-Feed Carbon fiber canards
-Feed Carbon Fiber side skirts
-Feed wide front fenders
-FEED rear wide flares
-RE-A Carbon Fiber N1 hood
-Rotary Extreme hood dampers
-R-magic oil cooler ducts
-FEED front tow hook
-RE-Amemiya Carbon rear diffuser
-99 rear spoiler base
-AutoEXE carbon fiber rear spoiler deck
-MS replica 99 undertray
-Custom LED tail lights
-Odula carbon fiber 99 spoiler covers
-Custom rear bumper CF covers
-FEED head light cover
-rare glass moon roof
-SportTuner HID projector head lights
-LED signal lights in FEED signals
-HID FEED Signal lights
-Spirit R fender badges
-Efini front are rear badges
-Carbon look rear bumper lights
-Carbon fiber FEED gas door (one off made)
-APR Carbon Fiber side Mirrors
-Custom front canard add on
-Carbon Cooling panel (custom, made by me)
-LED bumper strip
-FEED signal light covers
-FEED door handles
-Carbon back of the door handle covers.
-Back Off 3rd light flasher
-ShineAuto rear tail light lip
-Feed bumper guard
-Custom rear tail lights

[t3ku]

Yaaaaaaaa I consider myself middle class and my Z is still a NA with various issues and 20k invested, I see at least double that in your FD lawl

Btw being a Z owner you know I have to say it, is it reliable yet? lol
Already had two posts this month on a local forum of an FD's tranny self destructing.

Anyyyyycase, awesome looking FD and impressive mod list. I assume you have videos on youtube including a dyno run or three? I would love to see em. All joking aside, the RX7 is one of my favorite cars in the tuner scene, don't see enough of them sadly(damned 240s).

[Allure]

Whoa, that mods list is huge. It's probably one of the best rides around here in this site.

Loving those interior bits with carbon fiber, the rims too and also the color. It looks so sinister, so evil. Glad to see someone with such passion in cars, all that hardship. To be quite honest with you, never been a fan of tuning in general. Been mostly either fully-stock/factory condition-oriented or with slight cosmetic additions. This one is incredibly awesome though. And I know you're gonna take good care of It, but I'm throwing my 2 cents on that one.

Really, congrats, man.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by t3ku

Btw being a Z owner you know I have to say it, is it reliable yet? lol
Already had two posts this month on a local forum of an FD's tranny self destructing.

I've had no issues. There is that stigma that FD's are not reliable... but like most cars, its all about maintenance, what mods, and tuning. I do drive hard on these and these cars are made to drive hard.

Regarding your friend's tranny, Unless your friend is launching, these tranny should be fine for track days. Drag, they tend to not do as well. I'm bit more of a track vs. drag strip. But that being said, I am not a professional driver nor would I ever be.

Originally Posted by t3ku

Anyyyyycase, awesome looking FD and impressive mod list. I assume you have videos on youtube including a dyno run or three? I would love to see em. All joking aside, the RX7 is one of my favorite cars in the tuner scene, don't see enough of them sadly(damned 240s).

Thanks. No video nor dyno. Type of boost I'm making, I tune it myself on the street and doesn't really require a dyno. I am however recently got my 3 rotor built and when that goes in, I'll be either tuning it or get someone to tune for some power. At that point, car will go on a dyno. But honestly, number doesn't do much for me... but my guess is that its making about 300 at the wheels.

Here is a picture of my built 3 Rotor (D series, all new internals).

Originally Posted by Allure

Whoa, that mods list is huge. It's probably one of the best rides around here in this site.

Loving those interior bits with carbon fiber, the rims too and also the color. It looks so sinister, so evil. Glad to see someone with such passion in cars, all that hardship. To be quite honest with you, never been a fan of tuning in general. Been mostly either fully-stock/factory condition-oriented or with slight cosmetic additions. This one is incredibly awesome though. And I know you're gonna take good care of It, but I'm throwing my 2 cents on that one.

Really, congrats, man.

Thanks for the kind words. I am and still also a purist for these cars. My SSM FD will remain a purist car with some rare goodies to be installed (only 2 aftermarket parts, RE CF diffuser and Feed CF sides. Both very suddle pieces). Honestly, My MB FD is replaceable in many ways as all the bolt ons could be purchased at anytime. But my SSM, I have already spend far more than what's in the MB on rare mazdaspeed and mazda parts... Including Spirit R seats, MS IC, MS hood, MS CF intake, MS suspension parts, etc. Its fun to have a purists car and also something all aftermarket. Again, I'm not a rich guy.. Just been buying and owned these cars for over 10 years...

[Allure]

Originally Posted by Herblenny

Holy shit.

Originally Posted by Herblenny

Thanks for the kind words. I am and still also a purist for these cars. My SSM FD will remain a purist car with some rare goodies to be installed (only 2 aftermarket parts, RE CF diffuser and Feed CF sides. Both very suddle pieces). Honestly, My MB FD is replaceable in many ways as all the bolt ons could be purchased at anytime. But my SSM, I have already spend far more than what's in the MB on rare mazdaspeed and mazda parts... Including Spirit R seats, MS IC, MS hood, MS CF intake, MS suspension parts, etc. Its fun to have a purists car and also something all aftermarket. Again, I'm not a rich guy.. Just been buying and owned these cars for over 10 years...

Yeah, now that you reminded me on Mazdaspeed parts, that's quite original, aftermarketing with the same brand's parts - makes It stand out from the others as more performance-purist and visual-purist with slight same marque additions. Truly great.

[Tubaman]

Dang dude...Thats an impressive mod list.
BTW there is a dude on my block that has 3+ 1st gen RX7s

[Ark-X Stylizer]

Thats a nice machine you own.

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by Allure

Yeah, now that you reminded me on Mazdaspeed parts, that's quite original, aftermarketing with the same brand's parts - makes It stand out from the others as more performance-purist and visual-purist with slight same marque additions. Truly great.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by Tubaman

Dang dude...Thats an impressive mod list.
BTW there is a dude on my block that has 3+ 1st gen RX7s

Thanks. I've had pretty much all the rotaries except, Cosmo Sport (one day), R100 (going to buy one), and RX4 (just ugly).

I actually got rid of FD, RX2, RX3, and my RX8 to get this one..



1 of 4 street legal Eunos Cosmo 20B and only one in USA with black interior.

[3ni_2nr]

Now I can fap to this.

Nice cars mate. <3

[TruePro]

It's not riced. After I saw the modifications you did, not just to the exterior, I was impressed. Nice ride man!

[Killua]

You own two FDs and a Cosmo? I want to be like you when I grow up.

Sweet, very SWEET cars, man. I must say that I don't like the whole package of the FEED aero parts (I think it looks a bit overloaded), but overall, that RX-7 is done perfectly even down to the smallest detail. Congrats for your cars, you should feel proud. And rotary engines have a such a nice music...

[RedTwentyFour]

Originally Posted by Herblenny

Thank you!



Thanks. I've had pretty much all the rotaries except, Cosmo Sport (one day), R100 (going to buy one), and RX4 (just ugly).

I actually got rid of FD, RX2, RX3, and my RX8 to get this one..



1 of 4 street legal Eunos Cosmo 20B and only one in USA with black interior.

you had an RX8??

[Herblenny]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.. Its been a long journey to get to where the MB is..

Originally Posted by RedTwentyFour

you had an RX8??

Yep. I had an Yellow Mazdaspeed RX8 that I used to track with.

[vette]

How did the Rx8 compare to the 7? And how was the RX8 against the GTR and the 300sx(?)

[Herblenny]

Originally Posted by vette

How did the Rx8 compare to the 7? And how was the RX8 against the GTR and the 300sx(?)

Stock 7 to stock 8, I would say 8 handles better. But what lacks in the 8 is the power... but with the power that came with this car, I never felt lack of control in any condition (that picture was taken in down poor track day). I drove this 8 for about 2-3 years daily/track and it was a great car... just lack the straight line power. On any corners, car felt stable and VERY neutral. RX7 in turn better tuner car as potential to set it up as a track car is limitless and more of an enthusiasts car. My FDs put smile on my face when I get in or when I look at the car. Its a timeless machine and one of the greatest japanese car ever made. That being said, I'm not a season veteran track junky nor professional driver. But I do have many track day experiences over several years and have owned many different cars.

GTR and 8s are in different league. Initially, I was par with those R35s. But as soon as those drivers got more aggressive, they were FAR faster than my 8 (remember, I lack about 300HPs and all the fancy computers). But I was very impressed with GTRs. Those cars literally drive themselves.

[Texhnolith]

nice Rex!
Properly riced out aswell

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