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"56k allowed beware"Price guess for my car. How much would you pay?

Old Feb 23, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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have you thought about saving money and buying a larger (i.e. 80's caprice or crown vic) $500 beater? i could never part with my 7's, nick. i understand that you're young and governed by your parents but i'm just suggesting some other options here to help you. the rx-7 hold up well in a lot of accidents. you have a lot of front and rear metal to crush before you're effected. the only weak side i see are the doors. other than that, WEAR YOUR SEATBELT and don't drive like an idiot and everything should be fine. i'm a police officer and i've seen a couple fatalities that could have been prevented if the driver of the vehicle had been wearing their seatbelt. here in ohio, the law mandates the occupants in the front seats must wear their seatbelt or its a violation of the law. i hope you can keep your car and if not best of luck in the future.
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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all 79-85 N/A 12a rotors have the same compression ratio, but 79-82 are heavier than the 83-85 ones.
Could it mean the engine is lacking compression and is on it's way out?
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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I don't think he's done a compression test (correct me if I'm wrong) he was just told (incorrectly) by the previous owner that it had low compression rotors, they probably meant the earlier, heavier ones.
Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the compression ratio on N/A 12a's was 9.4:1, not 9.5:1 as someone stated here earlier....
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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Sorry to see you selling your 7. I know I've been a pain in your *** at times, but that was my way of getting you to learn more and make better and more relevant posts, which I must say, you have made good progress in doing such.
You have helped me out through almost everything. That's all I ever asked for when I started on the RX-7. Without you I would probably be stuck wondering what a rotor was.





Originally Posted by mazdaverx713b
have you thought about saving money and buying a larger (i.e. 80's caprice or crown vic) $500 beater? i could never part with my 7's, nick. i understand that you're young and governed by your parents but i'm just suggesting some other options here to help you. the rx-7 hold up well in a lot of accidents. you have a lot of front and rear metal to crush before you're effected. the only weak side i see are the doors. other than that, WEAR YOUR SEATBELT and don't drive like an idiot and everything should be fine. i'm a police officer and i've seen a couple fatalities that could have been prevented if the driver of the vehicle had been wearing their seatbelt. here in ohio, the law mandates the occupants in the front seats must wear their seatbelt or its a violation of the law. i hope you can keep your car and if not best of luck in the future.
I have many times believe me.





Originally Posted by 82transam
I don't think he's done a compression test (correct me if I'm wrong) he was just told (incorrectly) by the previous owner that it had low compression rotors, they probably meant the earlier, heavier ones.
Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the compression ratio on N/A 12a's was 9.4:1, not 9.5:1 as someone stated here earlier....
I just remember people telling me that the 79 12a engines had lower compression so they were better for boost. I don't know it was not my choice.



Thanks for all the responses. I will try to post up some high quality pictures of the spare tire well and stuff. Any little nit picking thing I can find.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:11 AM
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https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=627427
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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How about locally? Don't they have a craigslist forum for where ever it is you're at? A newspaper? A type of auto trader publication? CarSoup.com?
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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maybe ebay.... although, i haven't had the best luck with ebay.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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