The Flying Turd

[mazdamart]

Owned this beastie for 22 years now......

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[mazdamart]

I'll upload this pic if it kills me...... Done it!

!981W registered in Indy Maroon (dont make me laugh, it's brown). Garaged from new. 2 previous owners.
Bridgeported 12A, Racing Beat inlet manifold, Holley 4 barrell carb on manual secondaries. Complete pig to start!
Custom stainless steel un-siamesed twin exhaust into Mazdaspeed straight through back box. Inordinately loud.
Lightened flywheel, 4.444:1 diff, Koni's on height adjustable platforms.
Roll Centre 6 point cage, harnesses, 17" wheels.
Prepared for Hillclimb/Sprint in 1990. All mech work by Pip @ WGT.
First (and original) ported engine suffered a slight seizure on the M56 a few years back due to oil light falure/lack of oil.
Took 10 months and 4 or 5 engines til WGT found one good enough to port again.
Usual great job. Dyno'd @ 150bhp to wheels with a quite staggerring 478 lb/ft of torque. Yes, lb/ft, not N/m.
Not used her for last two years which is a shame.

[MelloYello]

oh my lord

that car is giving me some pants action. she is lurvly.
you must drive it more often, tis a crime not too.

[mazdamart]

Some nice cars on the site, glad I found it. I'm not the only one then!
This all started with an NSU Ro80 I bought in1984! Success Through Engineering.
Wanted to do some Sprinting so got a Mini Marcos with 1275 big valve head. Decided that I'd rather go on track with something built in a factory rather than some guys shed though. Decided on either Mitsubishi Starion Turbo or an RX. Found the Flying Turd in Chorley; ladies shopping trolley for 8yrs. The rest is history. Worth the money I've spent on her just for the bangs and 3ft flames from the exhaust on the over run......

[syebba]

I don't know what came over me,now where's my kleenex!!

It's a peach..
ta stu..

[chc]

What a gorgeous looking SA - ah happy days.

Snap - what part of the Wirral are you? I'm Lower Heswall.

Cliff

[mazdamart]

Hi Cliff. I'm in Wallasey.

[chc]

We must meet up some time.
To my knowledge there are now 4 known RX7's on the Wirral - yours, I have two and also one in West Kirby.

You are very close then for parts @ Windsors. Many new body parts are nolonger available in the UK but can sometimes be sourced from Europe (as was the rear lower valance I bought for Goldie earlier this year).

C ya
Cliff

[mazdamart]

I'd like to see your cars Cliff. Not many old gidders like us left with Gen 1's! martin.dunlop1@btinternet.com

[chc]

I'd like to see your cars Cliff. Not many old gidders like us left with Gen 1's! martin.dunlop1@btinternet.com

That we shall have to arrange for sure - Happy New Year by the way.
Only have JAZ roadworthy currently and due to work load and family issues haven't done a thing on Goldie since July last year but hopefully that will all change later this year.