How hard is it to get in with an RX-7?

I'm no expert but to incease your chances do NOT enter a German, Japanese or a big American car. Now we got in the first time with a Japanese car but it is a "bigger" one, a Nissan Maxima. I'm not saying you won't or can't get in with a Mazda RX-7, but chances are lower than if you entered something a bit more "rare". You better have a great theme and essay. Also posts have been made that the roll cages in previous race cars are no guarantee it will pass Lemons tech today.

Good luck

Your biggest problem might be that its a former race car.  A lot of people will assume its a cheater.

You've got to play the game. I've got a shop full of Miatas and RX7s, tons of them, and I can make them go fast for nothing... cheap as hell.    What are we racing in Lemons?   A V8 powered Volvo 244 and a clapped out Porsche 928 that has been converted into a station wagon...   Accepted and ready to race.. I know better than to bring a Miata as we're a well know Miata Race shop with national exposure..  If I bring a Miata, if it gets accepted (doubtful) it will be labeled mega-cheater and the penalty laps with be handed down in abundance.  RX-7s as well, we have a bunch and we race 'em.. Cheater street port or Swiss-cheese  motor, easy but boring. My next project- a 1954 Nash Metropolitan..   It'll most likely be accepted...      That's how you have to think...       RX-7 with way cool theme, possible acceptance..   Renault R-10 with a Pratt and Whitney R985 for power,  You're in!

I would disagree on the big amercian car part.  Sure, maybe not another late model Crown Vic but a 70s era eldorado or something would have no troubles getting in.

German, Japanese, and big American cars are just fine. We're just tired of seeing the same half-dozen car models over and over and over.

Whoah! We are not RX-7 experts. Yes, I have four in my driveway. Yes, I do have a bridgeport motor in one that somebody else built. I hoarded a bunch of junk in hopes of building a wicked RX-7, but then I got married. Do I know a lot about RX-7s? Yes, I drove a first gen for ten years. Yes, I have been a mechanic by trade for fifteen years. The other three guys on the team are electronics gurus with some experience dorkin' around with their own cars. None of us have ever raced or crewed professionally.

That said, we're going to build the RX-7 and try to find a second car to build. We can send in two entries, can't we?

Duly noted!

pulsar would be awesome, Peugot's are pretty much instant entrances, and Saturns aren't a bad choice, not as quirky as the others but no one would consider you a cheater.   Although if you want to stay with mazda rotaries, if you can find an old rx2 or rx100, even if you put in the rx7 drivetrain everyone would be excited to see those old beauties on the track, and you can look down at anyone who has an rx7 on the track.