VagaBond-X

Year: 1987
Make: MAZDA
Model: RX-7
Model Detail:
Price: $1,250
Mileage: ------- km
Date Posted: 11/15/02
Ad Type: Private

Comment: Great engine, recent brakes, clutch and tires, no rust, e-tested Jan. 02, $1,250 obo.




so thats in canadian dollars...I'm gonna call him soon...just wanna get your inputs on it....seems like a good price

1,250.00 CAD (Canada Dollars) = 788.992 USD (United States Dollars)

Jurrell

not bad!, If its a lemon, you could sell it for a profit

itzkcatz

I think its a nice project car.. but not a daily driver . The front looks modded with a ugly vent kit or something get it strip it throw a 13b turbo in it and race it like a maniac ..Jon 93 lx/gtr

THEGOLDPRO

thats not a vent its a front bra, well piece of one. it looks like the base modle, from the rims. how many miles??

VagaBond-X

290,000km
at 190,000km, new engine

so about 100,000km on new engine


one problem is that he lives an hour away (closer to hour and a half away)

think its worth the time to drive down and ge it

especially consdie5ring all the damn snow we got up here in the toronto region of canada

itzkcatz

Ur right thatis the bra i would take it if i were gonna make it a race car .. jon

THEGOLDPRO

whats that in miles like 90 thousand miles?? at like 100 thousand miles the apex seals are in need if changing. so you might wanna think bout that. over all it looks good depending on any body rott. and dents. but for that price you cant go wrong. i would buy it and fix it up if it was me. in my opinion. i had a 1986 rx7 gxl, same car it was a blast. fast as hell!!!
Ben 99 lx.

redrims

I think its a pretty good buy.

VagaBond-X

everthing is in kilometers

yeah i might get it.

or wait abit...and save up for a turbo II for next summer

plus i don't wanna buy it now....winter coming...and i won't be able to drive it...well I don't wanna drive it in winter.

so next summer for a 1988+ TII
preferably a S5 so 1989+ TII would be cool....i should have enough for it then

I wou;d have gotten it...but its just a bit too far away...and driving 1 and a half hours in this snow is just too much

my dad was looking for a quick cheap car...so I suggested this...but he got another cheap *** GM for $600...which he just wants him to last through the winter

itzkcatz

We are looking for a Turbo 2 rx7 and they are hard to find and expensive 4500 plus for a good one. Im not sure but i would think it would be easier to engine swap use the same tranny and get a haltech e6k ..Jon

superdave

Can't use n/a tranny with a turbo - unless you like to baby it and NEVER drive it hard . Especially if you have mods inc. an e6k, no way the tranny would stand up. If you swap to a turbo tranny, you must replace drive shaft, diff, and half shafts. Even then on this four bolt model you still have shitty brakes, wheels, etc etc.

Also: To the guy who said the seals go around 100k. On an n/a this is far from true, heck even TII's. 13B-rew's even usually go past 120k miles. I have 3 n/a engines running with more 130k miles.. the highest being ~160k miles. Maintainance is the biggest thing with a rotary.

THEGOLDPRO

yeah well my experiance with them , they go at 100k. i had an 86, and around 100k they go. i also was friends with a guy who built them for racing, and he too told me they usually go at 100k. but im no expert. just a guy who experienced it.

itzkcatz

If they are run hard they will go at 100k im told ..Jon 93 lx

superdave

No. If you don't maintain them they will got at 100k. If you DON'T drive them hard they may go at 100k. The best way to keep a rotary going it to maintain it properly, and actually drive it hard - otherwise secondary ports strart to stick closed, and carbon builds up. Once a chunk of that carbon comes lose, bye bye apex seal.

People that say they normally go at 100k don't know jack **** about these engines. Not saying it isn't possible, and doesn't happen, but that that is normal? riiiiiight. Thats why of the 4 I've owned they ALL had well over 100k miles on the original engines....

Elchulo

DO IT!