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1981 Mazda RX-7 - Butterflydrifter

"Wide Body Rex"
Owner:   Butterflydrifter
Year: 1981
Make: Mazda
Model: RX-7
Est.Horsepower: 389
Under The Hood: 13B 4 port Turbo II motor, big street port, Rajay T4 Turbo, Stand alone management, etc.....
Outside: IMSA GT Widebody with Arctic White paint
Inside: Mainly stock/gutted
Stiff Stuff: Full poly suspension with GSL-SE upgrade Fr/R
Rollers/Stoppers: BBS Racing 15" wheels with Pirelli PZero 10" front 12" rear, upgraded brembo
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Comments: 26 Comments
Ratings: 48 votes  
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About my RX-7

This is an actual ex-IMSA GT race RX-7 that won several races in Carson City, Nevada back in the 80s.  I bought her and my husband put in an updated 13B 4 port with a monster street port job.  Future plans call for some interior work and updated 18" rims with the same deep dish effect.  I noticed there seem to be a cult of "splaturn" that are rating some real nice rides with 1s when they deserve 4s or 5s.  That's pretty sad guys, you can rate me low, I could care less because I know what I have.  But you should grow up and rate cars as they should be, not low because you feel impotent in your little splaturns.  LOL  

 

Comments On Butterflydrifter's RX-7


ac66bronco
ac66bronco | New User
Posts: 7 | Joined 07/10/07
Posted: 10/06/09 12:22 PM

you got a bad ass car bro i love it and wish i had it. and would rate that nothing higher that top marks all the way accross

and i own a saturn.
af1master692
af1master692 | New User
Posts: 3 | Joined 07/21/09
Posted: 07/21/09 07:37 PM

stop bashing saturns you ***
Hemken
Hemken | New User
Posts: 29 | Joined 07/09/07
Posted: 01/18/09 05:19 PM

Holy crap I have never seen such a gay looking car.  WTf IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Rotorhead37
Rotorhead37 | New User
Posts: 3 | Joined 10/09/05
Posted: 01/03/09 11:09 AM

Nice widebody, I thought about going that way with mine, but in the end, didn't. Looks good, keep it up.
vettepunk
vettepunk | New User
Posts: 13 | Joined 11/23/08
Posted: 11/23/08 06:55 PM

wow, that looks awsome, great job.

mike
sliding
sliding | New User
Posts: 6 | Joined 11/11/08
Posted: 11/17/08 04:36 PM

Damn. Thats hot. I know people get intimidated just by looking at this beast.
sallysolara1
sallysolara1 | New User
Posts: 48 | Joined 10/12/08
Posted: 10/14/08 05:24 PM

wow! I never seen an rx-7 like that. 5 stars
davexzero
davexzero | New User
Posts: 13 | Joined 10/06/08
Posted: 10/12/08 04:29 PM

Wow man, nice 1st gen Rx7.  4 port 13b, thats the truth for a badass turbo build.  I bet this car is a handfull when the boost comes on.  1st gens rock, *** a bunch of haters.  Your car would smoke 99% of the cars posted in this "readers rides" section
907DC4
907DC4 | New User
Posts: 6 | Joined 08/08/08
Posted: 10/07/08 02:29 AM

thats pretty crazy lookin...never seen one that looks like that...one of a kind in my book!!

you should peep my ride and rate it...i rated you! :-)
dontay2467
dontay2467 | New User
Posts: 4 | Joined 09/26/08
Posted: 10/02/08 03:42 PM

that rx-7 is really a bad ass ride u no that    
sleeper92
sleeper92 | User
Posts: 123 | Joined 08/21/08
Posted: 09/27/08 04:18 PM

Hey,ill roll with ya.I cant stand over rated cars that dont deserve it.Whats this world coming 2
benos
benos | New User
Posts: 4 | Joined 09/13/08
Posted: 09/13/08 10:58 AM

crazy aero! you have one sweet car there!
sleeper92
sleeper92 | User
Posts: 123 | Joined 08/21/08
Posted: 09/12/08 11:23 AM

Hey 7 totally agree you can count me in those saturated are a joke.No pride just cheaters  :
pnyk33
pnyk33 | New User
Posts: 10 | Joined 07/02/08
Posted: 09/11/08 06:22 PM

one of a kind bro great car u got. peace man
Ocho-Cinco
Ocho-Cinco | User
Posts: 156 | Joined 08/27/08
Posted: 09/11/08 06:44 AM

I agree with u, its nice to finally see cars that deserve to be on the front page, half those saturn's are stock with 16's on em, an on top a that there still saturns.  
Ocho-Cinco
Ocho-Cinco | User
Posts: 156 | Joined 08/27/08
Posted: 09/11/08 06:29 AM

haha..yea i can walk all over spalturns all day. thanks for the comments. this is a pretty sick car you got here, i've never seen a widebody on that year rx7.  looks good though keep up the good work!
Butterflydrifter
Butterflydrifter | User
Posts: 50 | Joined 08/29/08
Posted: 09/10/08 10:44 PM

Hi guys, anyone reading this, you need to go find a few of the 4 and 5 star rated "splaturn" saturns and rate them with 1s.  That's what they do to everyone else, lets just return the favor.    
Butterflydrifter
Butterflydrifter | User
Posts: 50 | Joined 08/29/08
Posted: 09/10/08 10:24 PM

Thanks for all the comments and votes guys.  I'll post some new pictures soon, just haven't had time lately.  Time to do some splaturn hunting. LOL        
sleeper92
sleeper92 | User
Posts: 123 | Joined 08/21/08
Posted: 09/08/08 04:13 PM

Man I like the car and alot of work seem to have gone into the car.Real nice  
crazy-dice
crazy-dice | User
Posts: 93 | Joined 05/24/08
Posted: 09/05/08 03:26 PM

nice ride, and i agree with your comments        
suprakid
suprakid | Guru
Posts: 1196 | Joined 04/01/08
Posted: 09/04/08 01:06 AM

looking good  
Speed Racer 47
Speed Racer 47 | Enthusiast
Posts: 494 | Joined 05/21/08
Posted: 09/01/08 11:20 AM

Very different looking 7. But looks good. Keep doing your thing.
rdmndrifter
rdmndrifter | New User
Posts: 9 | Joined 08/26/08
Posted: 08/31/08 10:34 PM

Go FD3C go!!
Lol nice car tho, very clean
g_racer
g_racer | Enthusiast
Posts: 600 | Joined 11/13/07
Posted: 08/30/08 06:23 AM

So what can I say. Somehting completely different hits up here. Very sick ride man looks very cool.

Keep it up      
sleeper92
sleeper92 | User
Posts: 123 | Joined 08/21/08
Posted: 08/29/08 05:56 PM

Hey,old school thats nice.Roll with it bro

 

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