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Car Of The Day: September 20, 2010; Maisto '86 Mazda RX-7 FC
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Topic Started: Sep 20 2010, 01:11 AM (657 Views)
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NoirGuru
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Sep 20 2010, 01:11 AM
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Today's car of the day is Maisto's 1986 Mazda RX-7 FC.

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The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car by the Japanese automaker Mazda. It was produced from 1978 to 2002. The original RX-7 featured a 1146 cc twin-rotor Wankel rotary engine and a sporty front-midship, rear-wheel drive layout. The RX-7 was a direct replacement for the RX-3 (both were sold in Japan as the Savanna) and subsequently replaced all other Mazda rotary cars with the exception of the Cosmo.
The original RX-7 was a sports coupé. The compact and light-weight Wankel engine (rotary engine) is situated slightly behind the front axle, a configuration marketed by Mazda as "front mid-engine". It was offered as a two-seat coupé, with optional "occasional" rear-seats in Japan, Australia, the US, and other parts of the world. The "occasional" rear-seats were initially marketed as a dealer installed option for the North American markets.

For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_RX-7

Got this one in a trade from a local friend who kinda lost his passion for diecast. Ironically he bought the real car a year later as his first owned car during high school.
Hastily painted over with 2003 Honda Odyssey White touchup paint, this cast was crookedly detailed to match the Mazda RX-7 FC3S featured in the Initial D craze at the time.
This was during the time when I just started Sharpie detailing, so a lot of it is very hasty.

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The second generation RX-7 ("FC", VIN begins JM1FC3 or JMZFC1), still known as the Savanna RX-7 in Japan, featured a complete restyling reminiscent of the Porsche 944 or Porsche 924. Mazda's stylists, led by Chief Project Engineer Akio Uchiyama, focused on the Porsche 944 for their inspiration in designing the FC because the new car was being styled primarily for the American market, where the majority of first generation RX-7's had been sold. This strategy was chosen after Uchiyama and others on the design team spent time in the United States studying owners of earlier RX-7's and other sports cars popular in the American market. The Porsche 944 was selling particularly well at the time and provided clues as to what sports-car enthusiasts might find compelling in future RX-7 styling and equipment. While the SA22/FB was a purer sports car, the FC tended toward the softer sport-tourer trends of its day. Handling was much improved, with less of the oversteer tendencies of the FB. The rear end design was vastly improved from the FB's live rear axle to a more modern, Independent Rear Suspension (rear axle). Steering was more precise, with rack and pinion steering replacing the old recirculating ball steering of the FB. Disc brakes also became standard, with some models (S4: GXL, GTU, Turbo II, Convertible; S5: GXL, GTUs, Turbo, Convertible) offering four-piston front brakes. The rear seats were optional in some models of the FC RX-7, but are not commonly found in the American Market. Mazda also introduced Dynamic Tracking Suspension System (DTSS) in the 2nd generation RX-7. The revised independent rear suspension incorporated special toe control hubs which were capable of introducing a limited degree of passive rear steering under cornering loads. The DTSS worked by allowing a slight amount of toe-out under normal driving conditions but induced slight toe-in under heavier cornering loads at around 0.5 G's or more; toe-out in the rear allows for a more responsive rotation of the rear, but toe-in allowed for a more stable rear under heavier cornering. Mazda also introduced Auto Adjusting Suspension (AAS) in the 2nd generation RX-7. The system changed damping characteristics according to the road and driving conditions. The system compensated for camber changes and provided anti-dive and anti-squat effects. The Turbo 2 uses a turbo charger with a twin scroll design. Engineered to cancel the turbo lag at low engine speeds is the smaller primary chamber. At higher revolutions the secondary chamber is opened pumping out 33% more power then the naturally aspirated counterpart. The Turbo 2 also has an air to air intercooler that has its own intake on the hood.
Though about 80 lb (36 kg) heavier and more isolated than its predecessor, the FC continued to win accolades from the press. The FC RX-7 was Motor Trend's Import Car of the Year for 1986, and the Turbo II was on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for a second time in 1987.
In the Japanese market, only the turbo engine was available; the naturally-aspirated version was allowed only as an export. This can be attributed to insurance companies penalizing turbo cars (thus restricting potential sales). This emphasis on containing horsepower and placating insurance companies to make RX-7's more affordable seems ironic in retrospect. Shortly after the discontinuance of the second generation RX-7's in 1992, an outright horsepower "arms race" broke out between sports car manufacturers, with higher and higher levels of power required to meet buyer demands. This rising horsepower phenomena arose from the US CAFE standards remaining stable while engine technologies marched forward rapidly.
Mazda sold 86,000 RX-7's in the US alone in 1986, its first model year, with sales peaking in 1988.
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Swifty
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Sep 20 2010, 01:20 AM
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Very nice- this is my favorite casting of the secong generation RX-7 in small scale. The Tomica is lacking in my opinion.
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Sep 20 2010, 02:25 AM
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I never knew Maisto had done this one.
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James
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Sep 20 2010, 03:09 AM
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- james_autos
- Sep 20 2010, 02:25 AM
I never knew Maisto had done this one. I had never seen it either, Maisto goes further then I had though. Looks nice too, I probably wouldn't pick one up, as it is out side my collecting habits, but it is a nice casting
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Sak
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Sep 20 2010, 05:28 AM
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It was originally an MC Toy. I repainted one, and I think I gave it to Jon...
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Sep 20 2010, 11:26 PM
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...aaaand I gotta have this one too!
Also, look like your lense/sensor needs a little cleaning :/
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Sep 21 2010, 12:41 AM
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- jedimario
- Sep 20 2010, 11:26 PM
...aaaand I gotta have this one too!
Also, look like your lense/sensor needs a little cleaning :/ Yeah, I posted about my condition of my pictures a week or so ago.
It isn't as bad as it was earlier though!
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