370Z... modern day FD RX-7?

[damascus]

Originally Posted by edeeZee

No way, the flip-ups are gorgeous! At least the FD does it gracefully. Yes, the sign of times deems that flip-ups are 80's-ish.

But yeah, the FD was one of my dream cars during high school. I had a friend who had the R1 brand spanking new, the red one. It fell apart easily from what I remembered i.e. the paint chipped easily, it overheated, it consumed oil too fast (I understand that rotaries consume oil), and had poor gas mileage.

I was about to buy either used S2000 AP2 or a FD prior to my 370, but I wanted to ask, are FD's really mechanical and tuning nightmares? I'd like to pick one up in the future because they're so gorgeous.

great comments from all... the poor paint issue was resolved for the '94 & '95 model year - the '93 also had inferior interior trim pieces. rotaries do run hot. most of us have addressed that fairly easily with larger intercoolers, radiators, etc. no problems now. oil consumption? you bet! they actually have a 'OMP - oil metering pump' that sends oil into the combustion chamber to assist in cooling the motor!