Hello, I'm new to the rotary world and looking for some help. My Grandpa felt the need to drive his 83 RX-7 450 miles to my house and leave it here... so I've been blessed with another semi-functioning car. It's in pretty good shape, 57k miles and no leaks/rust of any sort but the alternator belt squeals insanely loud at anything over about 3500 rpm. I'll tighten it and it will go away for a few miles, but always seems to come back... just wondering if this is a common problem with these cars?

 

wellcome you will learn alot on here. do you have any pics?

 

The squeal is common... it's probably from the waterpump pulley. Those usually squeal more when the engine is cold. Run as short a belt as you can fit and it will improve. Gives more belt wrap. Use a high quality belt too. Otherwise there are more expensive ways to fix it. Most require you to strip your engine down to the bare essentials.

 

Welcome to the forum and the Darkside.

Can't beat a free car, particularly with such low mileage. Old belts get hard and tend to slip/aueal. Simply replacing it with a new one may solve the problem.

Since the car probably hasn't been driven much, do the full 60K service outlined in the FSM, it's due anyway.

Newbs are required to post pics of thier new rides and you get the usual sig line I post for new members. It has a link to the online FSMs and other assorted manuals and info. Be sure to read through the FAQs and forum rules, many don't unfortunately.

 

Hey, welcome to the forum. Check out everything stated above and you'll be good. Definately post pics of your car. Does it have power windows, disc brakes in the back? If so, you have a GSL.

 

Welcome to the family.

Now post pics.

 

wow dude if it really has 57k and is clean sell it on ebay!!
you'll get 3-5k for it.
for real man, thats what you do with it, that what id do with it and i love 7's the most.

 

The ville? whould that happen to be louisville? O and welcome to the darkside! hahahaha

 

ANYTHING you need to know, you can find it here...Or it can be shortly answered by Trochoid or some of the other Bad Asses on the Forum...PICS

 

welcome, post those pics!

 

dont sell it, keep it. it was a gift. and besides, when are you going to get such a good deal on a low mileage first gen? pics are a must.

 

yea but 7's are cheap, think of the car you could build with 5k.
or you could have a nice stocker...

 

kepp it you will either love it or hate it

 

Pics coming soon... agreeing with mazdaverx7 here... as much as I would love to rid myself of this car (don't really have a practical place to keep it, it was born the same year as me, and it has skinny-*** 14's from a boat trailer on it), gramps would definitely be pissed if I turned around and sold it. Seems to have been hit in the rear at some point... gonna need to take a closer look to judge how bad it is (paint is spidered but barely noticeable)

 

we eagerly await the pics.

 

post dem pics up! And if you are indeed from louisville, post up on louisvillestreets.com, there's a few rotary owners on there who can point you in the right direction for shops.