Mazda RX 7

[WESTY]

Hi fellas

back of mi hols now. What do you reckon to this:

1990 mazda RX7
90,000 miles
Bright Red paint work in mint condition
std alloys
12 months mot

£100.00

Bad point:

it will start every time without fail, except when the engine is swithed off ofter being on a long run it needs to cool before restarting. been told its some bushes in the engine thats worn down.

been quoted £200 inc vat for these parts, but so i belive its a rotary engine which are apparantly a b8stered to work on.

What do you think worth it or not to bother :confused: :confused: :confused:

[206xy]

I know the rotary engine needs rebuilding after a certain amount of miles but i cant remember how many and can cost about £2,000 - £3,000..

[Deacon]

get 3rd party insurance and drive it intill it blows up :)

[kirkster]

I have a friend who rebuilds these engines.....

Worked for Mazda for many many years, also worked for an RX7 tuning company.

Let me know if you get the car....

The (standard) engine should be built every 60k, but if you start tweeking it then this will reduce.

kirky.

[mattpayne]

id buy it... :) cant go wrong for £100 :D

rotary engines only have about 4 moving parts... :) so how hard caould it be to rebuild... :D:D :thumbs:

[WESTY]

cheers lads, im going to have another look at it this week and take it from there

:thumbs:

[Captain Muppet]

Let us know how it goes - I was damn close to getting an old RX7 instead of the S13. It was the MPG that put me off, but at that sort of money who cares?

[Johnny]

£100 ....... dude if it only lasts a week ... its worth it for that sort of money ...... very good fun !

[gaz.thomas]

I'm assuming it'd be the rotor tips??? but any ****el (hmm swear filter???) owners should have a better idea of this. I'd blat around like a hooligan for a while - for the sake of a ton they're a must-drive car.

Gaz
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[BanjoMaster]

Definitely go for it. For £100 you'd be crazy not too.

The story goes that although the rotories tend to need a bit more TLC slightly more often, the lack of moving parts mean that they're great for tuning. Less moving parts also means that there's less to repair and replace. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that you could buy a racing spec 13B for the same price as a decent Japanese SR20 stroker kit.

As you can tell, I'm a big FC3S RX7 fan :D I blame Initial D!

[johnny crossland]

You'll have to relearn how to drive a manual though:D

[WESTY]

No problems mate, its just like riding a bike ;) , then again i havent had a good track record with bikes (god damm walls getting in the way) :p :p

Johnny, u going to billing at the weekend, im seting off at about 7 ish on sunday morning.

[johnny crossland]

As it stands at the moment no, problems with the ex wife and the little boy. Will let you know if i am though.

See you later.