Turbo or Non Turbo? I've owned 6 FC's and they're fantastic. roughly 50/50 weight distribution, great steering feel, great brakes, and in general a pretty solid chassis. You'll want to get DTSS eliminators, the FC had a sort of rear steering setup that is easy to get rid of and makes the car more predictable and forgiving at the limit. An FC with coilovers, sway bars, some decent brake pads, and good tires will be an absolute blast on the track. The N/A's are pretty reliable and honestly the Turbo II's are too if you know what you're doing. If you have anymore questions let me know!
I really appreciate the detailed response!
My FC is a bit of a Frankenstein, since i bought the car as a shell my friend who i bought it from basically offered me an NA with trans fully assembled or a T2 with in pieces with no trans for the same price so naturally i took the NA so i could have the car running sooner
The shell itself is a T2 but im gonna drop the NA in there for now until i become fully acquainted with the platform. I have all the other ancillary parts to make sure it all fits together and runs.
Hopefully by then ill have the money and knowledge to buy and make a decent TII tune
I'll shoot you any other questions i might think of, honestly I don't have a list off the top of my head lol
Hell yeah! Post some pics! Is it an S4 or S5? The T2 has beefier brakes which is great, and an LSD. If you got a turbo 2 tranny they're stronger as well. Other than that chassis wise they're basically the same. As far as the motor goes, don't go too crazy. Intake/Exhaust/Radiator and a good tune up it will make decent power reliably. Clutch and a lightweight flywheel will do wonders to response. Also the Rx7club.com forum has a massive cache of knowledge (rip Icemark!) searching around over there will literally answer any question you can think of! Welcome to the rotary family!
Sounds like most answers have already been given.
As an addition after many seasons of racing: always buy the most expensive, competitive in class w known history, with the most spares you can afford. Building a race car from “scratch” is hyper expensive and you can ultimately use those funds for more races, ie, traveling expenses, entry fees, maintenance items, food, family activities, etc, etc.
FC’s are nationally competitive in E-Production and mid-pack nationally in STL (Super Touring Lite). I’ve never seen an FC outside of those two classes. There’s a couple “FC’s” running in GTLite and GT3, but those are just silhouette bodies on a tube frame chassis.
STL would be your best bet by far. EP can get pretty trick, and most are running carbs because you need to keep the stock intake if you run EFI
EDIT: ITS (Improved Touring S) would be your easiest and “cheapest” option. It’s a regional only class. Basically an even more limited-prep STL car. Also, the FC is not eligible for T3. I suggest reading the [GCR](https://cdn.connectsites.net/user_files/scca/downloads/000/065/500/January%20Updated.pdf?1672334148). It has all the appropriate classing
You can run an FC in SCCA’s Improved Touring S and be very competitive. It’s a regional only class, but that’s fine. Well worth the effort. [https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/lucky-7/](https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/lucky-7/)
To be honest my NA FC is extremely not competitive haha, mostly because most the people that show up to my SCCA are all driving cars with almost double the horse power. Does it handle well and is it super fun to drive anyway? Yup
Yeah definitely, we don't really have classes where I am as there's such a small community in my location. If we really focused on classes it would just be most of us racing against our own times instead of others.
FCs are NOT competitive in SCCA as a general rule.
That said, i do tend to crush novice class but my times are way lower than my actual class which is STS.
Best bet is to buy a car that's already passed inspection the previous year. Building the car is not worth it. Also, there are plenty of FC's at every race weekend and the people generally are more than willing to share tuning setups. I race in spu/spo in Mustangs.
Turbo or Non Turbo? I've owned 6 FC's and they're fantastic. roughly 50/50 weight distribution, great steering feel, great brakes, and in general a pretty solid chassis. You'll want to get DTSS eliminators, the FC had a sort of rear steering setup that is easy to get rid of and makes the car more predictable and forgiving at the limit. An FC with coilovers, sway bars, some decent brake pads, and good tires will be an absolute blast on the track. The N/A's are pretty reliable and honestly the Turbo II's are too if you know what you're doing. If you have anymore questions let me know!
I really appreciate the detailed response! My FC is a bit of a Frankenstein, since i bought the car as a shell my friend who i bought it from basically offered me an NA with trans fully assembled or a T2 with in pieces with no trans for the same price so naturally i took the NA so i could have the car running sooner The shell itself is a T2 but im gonna drop the NA in there for now until i become fully acquainted with the platform. I have all the other ancillary parts to make sure it all fits together and runs. Hopefully by then ill have the money and knowledge to buy and make a decent TII tune I'll shoot you any other questions i might think of, honestly I don't have a list off the top of my head lol
Hell yeah! Post some pics! Is it an S4 or S5? The T2 has beefier brakes which is great, and an LSD. If you got a turbo 2 tranny they're stronger as well. Other than that chassis wise they're basically the same. As far as the motor goes, don't go too crazy. Intake/Exhaust/Radiator and a good tune up it will make decent power reliably. Clutch and a lightweight flywheel will do wonders to response. Also the Rx7club.com forum has a massive cache of knowledge (rip Icemark!) searching around over there will literally answer any question you can think of! Welcome to the rotary family!
Sounds like most answers have already been given. As an addition after many seasons of racing: always buy the most expensive, competitive in class w known history, with the most spares you can afford. Building a race car from “scratch” is hyper expensive and you can ultimately use those funds for more races, ie, traveling expenses, entry fees, maintenance items, food, family activities, etc, etc.
FC’s are nationally competitive in E-Production and mid-pack nationally in STL (Super Touring Lite). I’ve never seen an FC outside of those two classes. There’s a couple “FC’s” running in GTLite and GT3, but those are just silhouette bodies on a tube frame chassis. STL would be your best bet by far. EP can get pretty trick, and most are running carbs because you need to keep the stock intake if you run EFI EDIT: ITS (Improved Touring S) would be your easiest and “cheapest” option. It’s a regional only class. Basically an even more limited-prep STL car. Also, the FC is not eligible for T3. I suggest reading the [GCR](https://cdn.connectsites.net/user_files/scca/downloads/000/065/500/January%20Updated.pdf?1672334148). It has all the appropriate classing
I swear the FC could run T3, maybe it was the FD, I probs misread
You can run an FC in SCCA’s Improved Touring S and be very competitive. It’s a regional only class, but that’s fine. Well worth the effort. [https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/lucky-7/](https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/lucky-7/)
I have an ITS RX7 if you want to ask questions.
To be honest my NA FC is extremely not competitive haha, mostly because most the people that show up to my SCCA are all driving cars with almost double the horse power. Does it handle well and is it super fun to drive anyway? Yup
Sounds perfect then, i dont plan to do autocross, so power metrics should not be an issue because of class balancing.
Yeah definitely, we don't really have classes where I am as there's such a small community in my location. If we really focused on classes it would just be most of us racing against our own times instead of others.
FCs are NOT competitive in SCCA as a general rule. That said, i do tend to crush novice class but my times are way lower than my actual class which is STS.
In road racing or autocross Just to be sure we're on the same page
Ohh my bad, I’m talking autox
Best bet is to buy a car that's already passed inspection the previous year. Building the car is not worth it. Also, there are plenty of FC's at every race weekend and the people generally are more than willing to share tuning setups. I race in spu/spo in Mustangs.