Can anyone tell me how much it would cost to rebuild a 12a? I'd only do back to stock specs I guess,money is getting tighter,and I need to see if its wise to buy this Rx-7 right now.

 

Doing it yourself or having it done?

 

It depends,how hard is it to do it yourself? I have a number of people I can probably talk to about rebuilding one.

 

$1500 will get you a "professional" rebuild, even cheaper if you shop around. Doing it yourself under $1000 because 12a parts are pretty cheap, look on ebay you'll see what I mean.

 

A mazda Reman is about $1600 -1800 (you install) and they are well worth the extra money if you want piece of mind.

 

I don't know about the piece of mind thing, I haven't heard great things about mazda remans recently. I believe the problem is that they have contracted someone in the US to make the Remans, AC Delco (?) maybe, and they WILL reuse every part that is in spec including the hard seals. On the other hand you get brand new rotor housings most of the time, as well as lapped side plates.