Under the ADGT2 front fenders are a set of Nagisa fender braces. The functional stance is thanks to a set of Reinhart three-way adjustable coilovers.Ĭhassis stiffening is done by a R1 front strut tower bar while the rear is a KTS rear tower bar. ![]() These beautiful wheels are covered in sticky Bridgestone RE71R tires in 265/35R18 front and 285/30R18 rear. This FD sits on a set of Desmond RegaMaster Marquis Promada wheels in 18x9.5 +18 up front and 18x10.5 +18 out back with ARP extended wheel studs on all corners. With such a wide body, you need a new set of wheels that work with it. “I tried using classic car lights, glass motorcycle lights, but nothing seemed to match,” he said, “Then I finally messaged some RE Amemiya owners in Japan and they led me to the secret: it was a Ferrari F40 side marker.” The side markers just past the wheel arches were the hardest to source for Ben. The wider stance comes from the ADGT2 wide body kit. The headlights were converted to RE Amemiya Sleek Headlights with matching carbon LED tail lights. From here, the spec sheet is filled with the Japanese rotary specialist’s parts. The front bumper is a Mazdaspeed GT-C piece with an Exact Performance front splitter. Ben and a partner sourced parts from Japan to build a US version of a RE time attack car. Of course, if you’re building a rotary powered Mazda there is only one real source to take inspiration from: RE Amemiya. Since purchasing it in 2010, Ben collected parts to make it into the perfect car, one that would reflect his love of the FD and Japanese time attack. ![]() “I did it very slow, but I was learning at my own pace,” said Ben. This time, he would be the primary builder of the FD and installer of all the parts on his car. “It was sort of a blessing in disguise,” said Ben, “blowing both engines and my engine builder taking longer than expected to build them back up forced me to finish the RX-7.” In the past, Ben’s friends and teammates of the Hardtimes Racing crew would come over, helping him work on the car, then move him to the side to do all of the harder work. In 2016, those cars blew their engines and he finally decided it was time to finish up the RX-7. I promised myself that I would buy it before I was thirty and finally got this one when I turned 29.” The car sat in his garage for a while as he had an S13 240SX he was drifting and eventually road raced with as well as a time attack R32 Skyline GT-R. I had tried getting one when I was 21, but just didn’t have the funds. “It was always something I had planned on buying. “I bought the car ten-years ago as a roller with a blown engine,” Ben recalls on his initial purchase of his 1993 Mazda RX-7. ![]() However, he still draws influence from the car’s Japanese roots in the time attack domain. One could say Ben Mich’s 1993 Mazda RX-7 R1 is a breath of fresh air as it isn’t a modified rotary engine car with another V8 swap or even another drift build. Ben Mich’s 1993 FD3S Mazda RX-7 is Uniquely Original Written By: Louis Yio
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