I’ve been waiting for this all week! Finally!

Well said! I’m new to jalopnik but find it full of stuff I’d rather not read and not related to cars. Bikes are ok every once in awhile but the article should have at least some depth about techinicals or more pictures.

Interesting factoid: cars can do the dragon much faster than sport bikes. I did’t realize this until I was running through it with a sport bike on my tail as I was coming from TN to NC. After a few minutes I kind of lost him and didn’t see him until after I had pulled in and parked at the dragon resort on the NC side.…

I plasti-dipped the bra on my RX7 because real bras fly off at a high rate of speed. Its been like this for 4 or 5 years now.

I’ll be there for DGRR, whats your excuse?

Seems reasonable at first but then you have to address the nitty gritty electrical details to convert the power source to match whatever the cheap lights need and add a harness to boot so its easy to plug and play. I could see it being a few hundred compared to over $1000.00 but no way can you match the price of an…

When I was in college I drove my 73 pinto from St. Louis, MO to Orlando, FL to visit my sister on my springbreak. Oh, and the alternator light would randomly flicker on and off on occasion. So I added some extra brushes in case it blew them and headed down. Got there 20 something hours later with no issues, stayed the…

Wheres the rotary love at?

Come to Charlotte C&C (once we get our new location nailed down, again). Theres all kinds of wild stuff that shows up plus some late model mustangs and camaros that you have to live with.

Had a 93 Mazda Navaho (Ford Explorer Sport equivalent) that had 274,000 miles on it when I DROVE it to pull-a-apart in 2012. It lived most of its life in PA so lots and lots of rust and it went through 2 slush boxes (mountain home and towing a boat) but overall kept on running. I junked it in 2012 because I kept…

This is a steal at $4,000.00 for a rare early 78 build series 1 RX7. The running issues are likely easily solved and are just the usual blahs from sitting too much. These go normally for anywhere from 5 to 10K depending on mileage and condition. This guy is asking a really fair price.

And put a rotary in it and call it the RX9!

I grew up there and 270 has always been a race track. This kind of crap happens all the time, except this time one of em flipped their car. I also don’t see the brake check as the cause. I think the Cobalt retaliated and failed which caused the accident. Both parties are at fault.

A long time ago, I worked this rally as a a volunteer for a couple of years. It was always a blast. Looks like it was fairly good weather this time. I remember Millen driving a 4wd 1st gen RX7.

Wow! Just came back to look at something else I commented on and, wow. Thanks for the complements.

I understand your angst. I get the same raw urge to choke people when I’m on a certain auction site and a rotary comes up for sale. Some tool always, always pipes up with a “what about the apex seals” comment and then proceeds to call the rotary unreliable.

My niece had to have a grand wagoneer a few years ago. She ended up getting one that looked exactly like that second picture, an 89 I think it was. I was the one that “restored” it by making sure it was drivable and everything worked as it should. I fixed the brakes, added an efan, modified the ignition, and rebuild…

I’ve had my 80 RX7 GS for 34 of its 37 year history. It definitely has that “soul” about it. Has 130K on the original chassis and engine.

Meh, I think this can be done with a stock rotary running a tuned exhaust and rich mixture. Like in this video at about 0:40 into it:

So its got a bit of rust, the hard part to find on these cars is intact interiors and other small bits like almost good chrome bumpers. NP all the way.