Philip Sohn

Philip Sohn 1993 Mazda RX7 PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds

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.

PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Competitor Philip Sohn: 1993 Mazda RX-7

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

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EXHAUST:
Ganador titanium cat-back exhaust
FEED stainless steel resonated mid pipe

PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Competitor Philip Sohn: 1993 Mazda RX-7

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

PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Competitor Philip Sohn: 1993 Mazda RX-7

WHEELS & TIRES:
Rays Engineering Volk Racing TE37 RT wheels - 18x10 (f), 18x10.5 (r)
Toyo R888 tires - 255/35 (f), 295/30 (r)

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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

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BRAKES:
SakeBomb AP Racing Big Brake Kit with Ferodo DS2500
Racing Brake Rear Brake Kit with Hawk HT10
Braided SS brake lines 

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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 

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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.

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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

PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE Competitor Philip Sohn: 1993 Mazda RX-7

SHOPS:
IR Performance
Addicted Performance Unlimited
Turblown
LC Racing
Neira's Auto Upholstery

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