Philip Sohn

Philip Sohn has always had a passion for rotary engine cars. He believes the third generation Mazda RX-7 is one of the best rotary-powered vehicles ever produced, and has owned at least ten of these beauties over the years. He has owned this particular RX-7 for the past twelve years and has been tracking it for the past couple years. Some modifications included in this RX-7 are a custom bumper designed by Sohn himself, Defi iPad cluster set-up, 13B-REW combined with Cosmo 13B-RE upper and lower intake set-up, and Volk Racing TE37RT wheels wrapped in Toyo Tires R888. He also has plans to add a Borg Warner EFR 8473 internal wastegate and convert to a single turbo setup.

Owner: Philip Sohn

Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Vehicle: 1993 Mazda RX-7 FD3S

Horsepower: 380 hp

Club: Rotary Car Club

Social: Facebook, Instagram

Photography by Larry Chen; SpeedHunters, Ryan Lopez; RL Photography and Denis Korol; DKinterieor.

Video by Philip Sohn.

ENGINE & PERFORMANCE:

13B-REW block matched to 13B-RE intake

13B-RE intake manifold

13B-REW polished adapter

EXEDY twin disc clutch

Chase Bays coolant over flow tank

Samco Sports Camo intercooler couplers and coolant kit

Injector Dynamics 1300s for primary and secondary

Full Function Engineering; Fuel Rail Kit, Fuel Kit (lines, fittings, and fuel filter), adjustable motor mounts, oil filter pedestal

Radium Competition oil catch can

BNR Stage 3 twin turbos with ported wastegate

Pettit AST

IR Performance stainless steel oil filler neck

Koyo N-flow radiator

Carbon fiber cooling panel

Air temperature sensor

Custom Grounding Kit

Efini Y-pipe

Rotary Works 90mm throttle body

FEED elbow

Apexi GT Spec FMIC

Custom IC pipings

Constant tension T-blot clamps for IC pipings and intakes.

HKS seq. blow off valve

HKS twinpower ignition amp

HKS RS intake with KN filters

FEED oil filler cap

FEED coolant filler cap

SS Pettit downpipe

Sakebomb Garage spark wires

SakeBomb Garage Setrab 25row Dual Oil Cooler Kit

Braille light battery

Braille Vertical Mounting Kit

GReddy alternator pulley



EXHAUST:

Ganador titanium cat-back exhaust

FEED stainless steel resonated mid pipe

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS:

Davies Craig EWP 150 with digital controller

Turblown EWP Kit

Adaptronic Plug and play specific for FD3S RX-7

Radium fuel surge tank with Bosch 044

HKS Twinpower ignition amp

DRIVELINE:

Carbon fiber drive shaft





WHEELS & TIRES:

Rays Engineering Volk Racing TE37 RT wheels - 18x10 (f), 18x10.5 (r)

Toyo R888 tires - 255/35 (f), 295/30 (r)

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

Stance USA Super Sport and coilovers

PowerFlex Black Series bushings for all suspension parts

M2 Launch Kit

R-Magic fender braces

Racing Beat rear sway bar

Tri-Point Engineering front sway bar

Cusco strut tower brace

Transmission brace

Raceshop rollbar

BRAKES:

SakeBomb AP Racing Big Brake Kit with Ferodo DS2500

Racing Brake Rear Brake Kit with Hawk HT10

Braided SS brake lines

EXTERIOR

Custom front bumper

Vented carbon fiber hood

Carshop GLOW LED taillights

FEED; carbon fiber side skirts, carbon fiber gas door, front fenders, rear wide flares, door handles

R-Magic HID headlights

Rotary Extreme hood dampers

Carbon fiber rear bumper signal covers

RE-Amemiya carbon fiber side mirror covers and rear differ

Back Off 3rd light flasher

ShineAuto carbon fiber rear taillight lip

Carbon exhaust shield

INTERIOR:

Grip Royal steering wheel

FEED shift knob

Works Bell; short hub, quick disconnect, hub lock

Converted Black interior

Custom painted interior plastic

RZ floormats

RZ Recaro carbon kevlar seats recovered in grey suede

Defi BF gauges

Custom Defi interface iPad cluster

Carbon interior plastic panels

Carbon FEED door step

FEED carbon fiber rear trunk add on

Red leather stitching shift and e-brake boots

LED interior lights

Custom 60mm center speaker gauge pod

Davies Craig digital EWP controller display

AUDIO & MULTIMEDIA:

iPad

COMPETITION EVENTS / CLASSES

N/A

FAVORITE MODIFICATION:

Sohn's favorite modifications are the iPad and Defi Sport integrated speed/gauge setup.

SPONSORS:

Toyo Tires

Adaptronics

Exedy Clutch USA

Powerflex USA

Samco Sport

Stance USA

Takata USA

Rays Engineering

Defi - Nippon Seiki

Grip Royal

Full Function Engineering

DipYourCar.com

BNR Turbos

Borg Warner Turbo

Stay Fresh

SHOPS:

IR Performance

Addicted Performance Unlimited

Turblown

LC Racing

Neira's Auto Upholstery