Feature: Franklin's Twin Turbo 1st Gen RX-7

I was topping off my ever decreasing oil at the auto parts store when up rolls my favorite build I've done a feature on so far. I said, "Huh, that surely looks nice". A white and black 1982 Mazda RX-7; vintage rotor power. Nothing gave away that it was a beast. I thought it looked really nice and I expected a clean engine but not what I saw.

What caught my eye was actually the detail. This man, Franklin (a pleasure to meet you!), had fabricated a windbreaker for the roof rack and it's unique things like that that make a car stand out. The whole car has little details everywhere. I know he must have put a lot of time and effort into Bassrotor - the name of this beastly vehicle. I didn't want to bother him for an hour going through it all!

My favorite part about the build is that Franklin did it himself. Okay, let's talk about the motor first because I know you guys are itching. He put this together. Let's see...

Holy crap. What do we have here? Well, a rebuilt motor with two turbos. The main 80mm Garrett turbo is powered by a secondary 70mm turbo, also by Garrett. I'm sure that huge second turbo helps a lot with turbo lag! (Sarcasm.) I'm joking about it but I shouldn't because it will probably throw a half inch chunk of tire at me if the car gets mad and does a burnout.

Edit: Silly me. Because of some miscommunication, I thought this was a twin turbo build. Franklin informed me today that it is indeed "only" one turbo. Only one 80mm turbo. Just one lonely huge turbo boosting only 10psi, surprising because of the 350whp.

Franklin, want to come over and do this to Lexi?

The car makes 350whp. Yes, wheel horsepower. Actually, can I call it zebrapower? Cause the car is black and white and probably can't be tamed! Ba-dum-chi.

The way everything is put together is top notch!

Here are some details about the engine and other components. This is a 12a turbo engine. The car runs Racing Beat exhaust and suspension. The exhaust does have a cat and muffler unless I understood him wrong. The man does the tuning himself.

It has a Mariah body kit and a whale tail. I have no idea what that means because although I really like RX-7s, they're not really for me. I personally don't know much about them. Suffice it to say, however, this car has had an amazing amount of time and effort put into it. It just reeks of character. Bassrotor is not just my favorite car I've featured but one of my favorite modified cars of all time.

There's so much yet so little to say about the engine. I mean, look at it! It's a work of art. And it's so clean... Damn. Again people, Franklin did this himself! I'm sure he had help here and there (maybe) but this is not a car built by a crew. It's amazing. The quality is off the charts.

The owner apparently owns some other RX-7s. I want to see those...

The owner taught himself to do upholstery so he could do his own seats. That embodies the spirit of this website. It also inspires me to hurry up and do mine... 

Let's go to the interior for now. The man reupholstered his seats. When he told me that is basically when I fell in love with the build. You guys know I'm teaching myself upholstery so I can do the same thing! Bassrotor left me inspired. It literally made me feel like I can do better when it comes to my own car and because of this, I'm going to do my seats very soon.

He did a good job. Unfortunately I didn't ask if he did the stitching by hand or not but that's a lot to do by hand anyway. But completely worth it when you're done. Yes dear readers, I am re-upholstering my seats soon. I figure I can keep the covers on when I take the original leather off until I can put the new leather on. I'm stupid excited.

Thank you for reading. I know you enjoyed this amazing build. Bookmark this website and come back sometimes. We always post new tutorials, reviews, and miscellaneous things. Happy wrenching! Scroll down for a couple more pictures.

True tuner. Laptop hooked up to the ECM.

- Rokas K.