hi as some of you know my rx7 isnt feeling very well and shes giving sighns of rebuild time. i have been looking into doing the rebuild then selling her but as im un employed at the moment jiro wont cover even the cost of a rebuild done buy myself right the car its a 1995 rx7 fd3s special edition type RM the car is running 320bhp with printouts genuine mazda speed body kit apexi power fc twin apexi airfilters kit apexi multi porpose lap timer turbo timer blitz water tempreture gauge blitz boost gauge blits temp sender fc hand commander V-mount intercooler uprated alloy radiator samco hoses hks dump valve hks coilovers (very nice) hks camber adjusters 3 1/2" jp exhaust 3 1/2" jp downpipe exedy twin plate clutch (nearly new) exedy light waight flywheel (nearly new) cusco 1.5way diff diff power brace toe adjusting arms on the rear alloy skelerton that runs allover the underneath of the car (chassie supporting mod) brake master cylinder stoper front braided brake lines rear braided brake lines twin oil coolers up rated ARB's new ngk racing plugs rays gram lights toyo t1-r all round probably more but i have forgotten this car is mint theres no damage or rust or anything like that its better condition than alot of new cars and could be a good buy for somone who can do the rebuild them self since the car still works and its very low miles and has been rebuilt in japan i would imagine all you will need is seals and tips. now im not sure what to ask for her since when it was working 100% i wanted £6500 so im thinking £4000 since i could easy get that in parts but just dont fancy braking. pics {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} many thanks Matt
Why does it need rebuild? thrown a tip or water seal failure? Is it currently running? Also, do you have the light covers for the front lights? Please send me as much info and more pics to tr1cky_1@hotmail.co.uk Cheers
yeh its running fine just starting to get difficult to start and it pushes all of its water out the overflow tank. it doesnt smoke or anything like that, you can drive it for about an hour before the water needs toping up. it didnt have the light covers when i got it the lad i got it off said one cot cracked. it has loads of mot on it aswell like 10 or 11 months or somthing like that and about 2months tax.
wel if worst comes to worst dibs on power fc, commander downpipe and oil coolers please....... but im sure youll get someone for it! plus bump for a very honest owner you could well have shifted her on and said nothing fair play!
thanks dude i have bought the odd lemon now and agen and i know how upseting it is when you find out you just bought scrap for the cost of gold lol matt
would you not just take the car to someone who specialises in rotary or even rx7 and see whst the problem is ? just saying it would be worth your while rotary engines are a diffcult engine and it could be something simple
i would and i wouldnt even mind rebuilding it myself i know i could do it but im super broke at the moment with the lack of work and i cant afford to even have it looked at. i understand im loosing a couple of grand but hay ya win some and ya loose some lol and no theres no mayo atall in the oil
yeh i thought so but thats why....from what i have read now is the best time to rebuild because if i was still using her and a tip snaped then the costs go up alot. it has receipts for rebuild in japan and its on 70,000 somthing kilomiters and miles combind, also has receipts for miles conversion so can get the actual miles but iirc its around 50-60,000 so all the bearings and stuff should still be very healthy so you can maybe get away with just doing the seals and tips i have a compression test with all the paperwork done by WGT the day i got the car so 2 or 3 months ago and the rear rotor is slightly low and i mean slightly. if i could keep her and afford to i would give her a rebuild because this car is pretty amazing i havent been in a rx7 that feels like this its very well set up. its one of them cars you should just keep forever lol and im not just saying that i have had supra tt skylines allsorts and the rx7 isnt the fastest but it for sure the best. super cheap to insure i pay a grand, my supra was £1800 and its faster than that. petrol is the same as my old standard s14s slow or fast and as you know there cheap as to tax. it really is pound for pound the best car allround matt
took her for one last drive today before i stop the insurance and it fired up straight away with no difficulty and no smoke drove her 40miles and you wouldnt even know shes broken it still drives fast slow anything
my last fd had the same prob i was sure it was time for a rebuild, it turned out to be a focked rad cap,
I still dont think it is broken tbh matt... ammount of time it was stood i wouldnt be supprised if the smoke was just shite in the exhaust and a airlock....
is she still losing a bit of water or has that stopped since you bled it? i think it was just because it was sat... mine is gaining water at the moment... damm roof started leaking lol