FD3S Mazda RX-7 RE-Amemiya - Run With The Devil

Behind The Build

Name.
RE-Amemiya

Age.
Young, Jeezy

Hometown.
Flo-Rida (Chiba, Japan)

Occupation.
Gang Starr

Build Time.
Too short

Feedback.
www.re-amemiya.co.jp

Hobbies.
jockin' the b*thces, slappin' the h*es

Quote.
"protect ya neck!"

FD3S RX-7
Output: 400 HP @ 5,000 rpm, 340 lb-ft @ 5,700 rpm

Engine 13B side-ported engine; RE-Amemiya V-mount aluminum intercooler, radiator, piping, carbon fiber shrouding, Dolphin Tail titanium cat-back exhaust, aluminum pulley kit, oil catch tank, fuel-pressure regulator, braided fuel lines, oil filler cap, oil filter, Sports Catalyst, wire tuck; GReddy Airinx air filters; Odyssey battery; Apex'i Power FC; HKS EVC; M7 Japan electronic boost controller

Drivetrain RE-Amemiya Super Plate Clutch, Super Racing LSD

Suspension DG5 coilovers, custom-valved and sprung for RE-Amemiya; GReddy front strut tower bar

Wheels/Tires 17x9.5 +38mm offset Enkei GTC01 Racing Prototype wheels (front and rear); 255/40-17 Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 tires (front and rear)

Brakes Brembo F50 four-piston front calipers; Project Mu two-piece discs, pads, lines

Exterior RE-Amemiya Super Greddy 3 complete kit (fiberglass front bumper, rear bumper, front fenders, rear over-fenders, side skirts), carbon fiber hood, front canards, rear hatch, front lip, rear spoiler, Super Door Mirror, wiper arms, door handles, HID Type H11 headlight kit, Shark Fin antenna; custom bright-ass green paint

Interior RE-Amemiya white 300 km/h meters, boost gauge, column pod, carbon-look green trim, shift knob, leather shifter and hand-brake boots, carbon scuff plates; Bride Low Max bucket seats; Sabelt harnesses; Personal green carbon-look steering wheel; M7 Japan gauges (oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature)

Electronics Alpine MDA-W925JB head unit

Wild as its avant-garde styling was, Amemiya-san's predominant project last year was built for one practical purpose: to prove to the world that, 16 years after its introduction, the FD3S RX-7 should still be regarded as a contemporary, if not timeless machine. Its baby blue hues, dramatic widebody, controversial Lotus headlights, and atypical wheel covers gave it the appeal of a futuristic machine, but beneath all its show-stealing aesthetic beat a heart of performance.

This month's green machine was built strictly with performance in mind (OK . . . maybe there's a little flare mixed in), incorporating many of the power benefits developed for baby blue. The widened stance of today's Greddy 3-clad car matches that of the Genki 7's unorthodox re-body; the two cars' carbon-infused V-mounts and tucked engine bays look almost identical, aside from the obvious change in hue; even the Dolphin Tail titanium catback, carbon rear wing and Enkei rollers seen in today's car were present in the Genki 7 before it. But whereas the Amemiya team converted the Genki 7's stock twins to a single Trust TD07H-25G turbo, they elected to retain them in the new machine, for even faster throttle response and more plentiful low-end oomph. And why switch to an all-new body kit if the Genki 7's provided the same widened stance? Aside from the more traditional style of the Greddy 3, it was designed to unbolt in a hurry-perfect for Gunsai, where hitting the wrong pothole mid-turn might have you swapping intercoolers on the side of a very narrow road.