Oh I'm a bad man
So I'm buying a 1985 Rx7 GS this weekend...Streetported rotary 12a, brand spanking new rebuild, runs beautifully, no rust, 5 spd 112xxxmiles...1500bux
I know I shouldn't but man, I need to drive something, so much work on the miata and no payoff, well yet atleast. Still to wintery to drive her anyway, not to mention working on it in the cold... Not much left yet so its just a matter of some warm weather and a couple weekends. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...6/DSC03137.jpg |
it's got a big fucking dent in it and a rotary under the hood. RUN
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lol, they are a pain, but they are pretty sweet.
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how is that more winter daily then a miata???
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Originally Posted by turbopezz
(Post 87018)
how is that more winter daily then a miata???
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Originally Posted by dc2696
(Post 87020)
Miata is on jackstands...rx7 wins that challenge lol
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dude i cant even trust a FD rx7 let alone an older one. One of my friends had a 94 or 95 i think... they all have heating problems vacuum leaks and problems left and right. Selling it was the best thing he did on that car
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Originally Posted by mxv
(Post 87021)
haha. all the ones i hear around here are about to fall apart.. dont think i have heard one with a rebuilt motor.. must sound good. all the ones around here sound like cans rattleing in a muffler.
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take the 1500 and put it towards your miata.then it ill be off the stands.
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Originally Posted by krayzrac3r
(Post 87024)
dude i cant even trust a FD rx7 let alone an older one. One of my friends had a 94 or 95 i think... they all have heating problems vacuum leaks and problems left and right. Selling it was the best thing he did on that car
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everyone i know with a rx7 roach,fc,fd, are all getting rebuilds right now.
yearly they have to fix there motors. |
hey but good luck,i hear the 12a are the goods..
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N/A rotaries are pretty reliable apparently... but they're also slower than shit.
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Slow, and dirty. Have you ever seen a rotary emissions test result?
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older rx's are more reliable than boosted ones. and I'd love to spend that money on the miata but like I said I can't drive it now anyways, its still winter up here and I need a new DD.
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I should add this is only temporary guys, summer comes rotary is gone
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the old NA 12a's were pretty reliable. things fall apart when you apply boost though.
As for the FD's, they are just too complex to troubleshoot. The vacuum diagram is an absolute nightmare. http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...sediagram2.jpg :eek: |
Dude, if you really need a DD, just buy like a CRX or something.
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You bought a Rotary as a winter car?!? Bwahaha ... good luck getting it started if it get's really cold again :) And god help you if it get's flooded!
Seriously though, if I could find a really nice clean one, I'd be all over it it. With a big assed carb they can be quick as snot. Who'd you buy the car from? |
Buy a honda..lol Nothing like sliding in snow banks bouncing off the rev limiter....:gay:
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Rotary... RotaGAY
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I for one will congratulate you on a badass car :)
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take out the 13b and put a ford 302 in, it'll scoot then.
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Originally Posted by Philip
(Post 87133)
take out the 13b and put a ford 302 in, it'll scoot then.
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Originally Posted by supersaiyan93
(Post 87060)
the old NA 12a's were pretty reliable. things fall apart when you apply boost though.
As for the FD's, they are just too complex to troubleshoot. The vacuum diagram is an absolute nightmare. http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...sediagram2.jpg :eek: http://www.roadraceengineering.com/p...sonallhose.jpg |
My brother just bought a POS 88 rx7. Every couple days I need to help him fix it, I hate it already. Mostly because I fix all its problems for no benefit of my own....and he wants to be a mechanic:td:
I will say congrats though. Its ALOT nicer than my winter DD, an 88 honda accord. I say play with it and have fun:bigtu: |
converted to a single turbo the vac lines are greatly simplified.
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yes that's why people go non-sequential or big single on FD's....
12a's are easy though..... not too many problems to speak of |
First off I already have a 96 ek with a jdm b16a2 in it so no more hondas allowed. secondly the rx7 has a 12 not the problematic 13b's. And this will b the first carbed vehicle I've ever owned, how do those things work again? I can't find the ecu???!!! lol
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Originally Posted by jayc72
(Post 87071)
You bought a Rotary as a winter car?!? Bwahaha ... good luck getting it started if it get's really cold again :) And god help you if it get's flooded!
Seriously though, if I could find a really nice clean one, I'd be all over it it. With a big assed carb they can be quick as snot. Who'd you buy the car from? |
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