1989 Mazda RX7 - Chris Anderson

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1989 Mazda RX7

Chris Anderson

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My name is Chris Anderson. I’m 31 years old and from Ocean Springs Mississippi. It’s about an hour from New Orleans LA. I’m currently in retail and also a vendor for Nitrous Outlet on the side (hit me up). Usually, in my spare time, I like to throw down on my grill or smoker. That’s if there are no automotive-related activities to do. I also like to take my 7-year-old son karting. 

I've always been into cars since I was young, what little kid isn’t? But as cliché, as it sounds, the first Fast & the Furious movie really got me into modifying cars and more specifically imports and racing.  I think I was around 11 when that movie came out. So I really didn’t know what was real or fake in the racing world. I think that what makes the movie so much better is when you don’t know any better. It really was a great time tho, after I really got into MaxBoost comics and car racing games like Gran Turismo.

Then I found Initial D, the show as well as the arcade game really launched me deep into touge racing and drifting. I learned more technical info or driving techniques as well as a greater appreciation for the older JDM cars. After spending a TON of tires trying to be a drifter, I gravitated more towards street racing and drag racing. I think in the long run it wasn’t any cheaper lol. Just more palatable for a high school kid with a limited budget. But back then I drove an NA FC RX7 so not like it was making a ton of power needed to do giant burnouts before drag races.  

I chose the RX7 because at the time it was a pretty cheap option. I picked it up for around $1500. It was rare and of course, it was on Initial D. It really needed up being a good entry-level car because it had a ton of aftermarket parts available and forced me to learn a lot about the mechanical side of things. Nobody really around me knew about rotaries or worked on them. 

After years of playing video games of customizing cars and finally having one of my own, I couldn’t wait to customize mine. I think I started out with the basics almost everyone does. Wheels and Coilovers then intake and exhaust. It didn’t make a ton of power or anything but it was mine to tinker and play with. It really was fun adding small little parts along the way. Such as a short shifter and different CD players and speakers. I was making it “my own”

I love owning this car. I've been all over the US with it. Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma, Florida & Louisiana. Usually, when I go somewhere people recognize the car from online or back when I used to go to TX2K and be considered decently fast. People would see my car on 1320video or different places like that. It’s just a cool feeling getting to know people and seeing them at the same racing events and seeing their cars get faster over time. Now to be competitive at most of these races and events you need 1500+ HP to be a top dog. It’s wild how far cars have come. They can be so fast yet tame at the same time.  My car feels more like a WW2 kamikaze dive plane. 

There really isn’t a TON of FC RX7s around. I think what makes mine unique too is that it’s LS swapped but the exterior still has all those JDM-looking add-ons to it. I’m not running around on Weld or CCW drag packs. I’m just having the car the way I wanted it to be. I originally wanted to have a built rotary motor out in. But back in 2010 when I was ready to spend money on the motor.

No place around me really was confident in building the one that I wanted. I wanted 350whp and it was going to cost me an arm and a leg to do that rotary plus no one was able to tell me what the drivability would be like or the reliability. I didn’t want to shell out over $5000 just to have a motor blow up at any time. I ended up going LS, made the 350whp I wanted plus great reliability along with being able to pick up parts at Auto Zone if I need something like an alternator or water pump. It really just made sense at the time. 

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Spec List

Engine:

• LS1- Frankenstein Heads, 
• Nitrous Outlet plate kit, 
• LNC2000, 
• RPM3 cam, 
• Long tube headers into an HKS Hi-Power exhaust. 
• FAST intake, Tuned by Futral Motorsports. 

Exterior: 

• Full Shine auto lip, 
• CF side-skirts and half bumper, 
• CF hood scoop, 
• LED converted OEM taillights. 
• SSR wheels from the 1990s wrapped in Mickey Thompson drag radials. 

Interior: 

• Nardi steering wheel, 
• Old school Recaro seats, 
• BOSS flip out head unit, 
• Alpine speakers, 
• Recaro shift boot, 
• Nitrous Outlet double bottle mount, 
• ProSport AFR/Temp/Volt gauges, 
• Battery relocation kit, 
• Cusco Roll cage. 

Suspension: 

• Stance Coilovers, 
• Cusco sway bars

Mostly some friends and I have worked on the car over the years. And by me I mean I provided beer or dinner lol. We’ve had the engine in and out a few times for various upgrades and changes over the years. Motor work really isn’t my speciality but I have no problem swapping parts or adding things. I usually try to have good friends with me tho, it makes it more fun.  

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Future Plans

The car is still rocking the same motor it has for years. Cars have gotten so extremely fast these days. I plan to eventually have another motor built by Futral that’s got a lot more HP. Maybe do a turbo or pro-charged setup. I also picked up another FC RX7. I plan to keep it a rotary since it’s a 10th-anniversary edition. 

Advice/Tips

Prices have really gone up over the years. But it really just depends on what you want to do. They are getting older so make sure it hasn’t been wrecked bad, check for rust. The. Just make sure all the bones are there for what you plan to do with it. If it’s a drift car it really can be a POS. It’s a very versatile chassis so it can do just about anything.

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Shout Outs

Don’t really do the whole car club thing. But really a big shout out to Cars & Coffee Biloxi in South MS. It’s the biggest meets we have in my area. 

Iv made a ton of friends through cars. Meet some really cool people and got to experience some really awesome cars. Do a ride along in a Formula D or Clutch Kickers drift car. It’s the most fun you can have! I can also look back on all the frustrating times working on my car. Hated it at the time, but have had some of the columnist's moments with friends working on cars or being stranded somewhere. 

Dream Car

That would be an R34 Nissan Skyline GTR. I’m not sure what it is about them but they are beautiful beasts. They are the ultimate machine in my opinion. Maybe it’s because they are illegal in the US. Other than that I plan to eventually get an FD RX.

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