A friend and I took a road trip to Houston. This little gal followed me back home. I guess I'll keep her.
I actually ran across an ad for this Mazda RX-7 online, rented a truck and trailer, and brought it back. It's a 1993 R1 with a bad engine (if you know anything about rotary engines, you know it's quite common), but seems to be in pretty decent shape otherwise. Over the next few months, I'll be removing the ICE (internal combustion engine), along with its supporting systems, to convert it to an EV (electric vehicle).
Although it makes perfect sense to me, the thought of converting such a high performance sport car to electric left a couple of my gearhead friends perplexed: "It's one of the best handling cars, you know you're going to ruin it" ... "But you can build a 500 HP monster for way less" ... "Can't you do that to a cheap Honda instead?"
Well, I think Doc said (eh, sort of said) it best:
Marty: You built a EV... out of an RX-7?!?Doc: Yes, the way I see it, if you want to build an EV, why not do it with some style?
