perfect_circle

well as some of you may know, i had some problems with my rx7, broke the suspension while trying to upgrade it, and i broke my bleeder valve, and it was all rusty as per this thread.... https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/i-could-really-use-some-inspiration-574590/ well some of you gave me kind words, which i appreciate, and someone said i should start looking for a clean shell, well i had already planned that, but things developed at a pace that is quite astonishing. i found this thread..... https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=574683 and within 3 days, i was on my way down to north carolina. nearly 900 miles each way.

i went with one of my bestest friends, mike(he's on here, but rarely posts) we drove down in my escort, which nobody thought was a good idea. and we took his gps, and im so glad we did, cause there was so much construsction. we left on friday night after i got out of work(my boss let me out early, how cool is that) at 9:30, and we made it there at 12:45 i took the car for a drive, and then offered him 1000 for it, then we were on our way.

my buddy had an aunt that lived in raleigh, and that was only like 45 minutes away, and he wanted to see her(had been several years) so we called her up, and she invited us to stay the night. she made us dinner and breakfast, and packed us a lunch for the road

well $180 in gas, $27.50 in tolls, 1900 miles, $1000 for the car, and 48 hours later, im the proud owner of this rust free 1984 mazda rx-7 gsl...

we didnt have any problems on the drive, the clutch on my escort started to slip again, but that wasnt a problem as it has done it before. and as long as your easy on her, she'll treat you good.

perfect_circle

heres some more pics...
here you can start to see some of the worse things of the car...like the terrible short shifter, and 170,000 miles.

FirebirdSlayer666

iTrader: (3)

Nice. The fart can isn't too attractive either but hey, it can be replaced LOL. Looks like a pretty decent deal though man. good luck

perfect_circle

here you can see the busted door handle. you can also see the sidepost battery, and the terrible wiring. as well as the bungie cord holding the battery into place. you can also see how the e-fan is held on with zip-ties. there is also a picture of what the terminals looked like after i stripped the wires and re-clamped it.

FirebirdSlayer666

iTrader: (3)

Definitely a project LOL. Good luck LOL

Rogue_Wulff

Don't let anyone rag on you about the fart can. My car has one on it, it was there when I bought the car. I get many comments about how good it sounds, before they realise it's a fart can.
That type of muffler certainly has a unique sound on a Rotary, and doesn't sound anything like a civic..........

FirebirdSlayer666

iTrader: (3)

When it's on the car when you buy it is one thing, but putting one on purposely is sacreligious LOL. I demand sound or video clips

perfect_circle

heres some more. one demonstrates how poorly the e-fan was attached, and the other show the missing aeropiece...i dont know the exact name of it, but the part over the rad.

the fart can actually is not as loud as you would expect a straight pipe to a can to be. i think its so quiet because of the stock manifold. kentetsu can vouch for this. but i have a mindtrain exhaust to go on, and when my carby get back from rob, that will be thrown on as well.

oh, and check out how they did the rats est delete...PENNIES!!!

perfect_circle

mine sounds good at the muffler, if i could just get rid of the tinnyness from the thin walled piping.

Rogue_Wulff

Yeah, at least the former owner used a heavy walled stainless pipe when they installed the muffler. Only thing the idiot ever done correctly.
I also have the stock exhaust manifold, for now, and they do tend to be much quieter than a header. Even with a SP engine, it can be kept at a fairly quiet tone, unless I open the secondaries. All bets are off then........

Rogue_Wulff

Here's a video of my car at the dyno. Throttle hung open, hit 8500RPM before I managed to get the key shut off....... http://rotaryrendezvous.com/forum/at...achmentid=1210
I have since fixed the throttle linkage. The former owner had that all fubar'd.

perfect_circle

how many ponies did you get?? and was that all gas coming out of the muffler?? seen as how you would be producing alot of vacuum when you cles the throttle plates at 8500 rpm.... i mean i dont know why it would be oil, i dont think 8500rpm would ruin a seal, and i dont think it would have pver heated.

John64

What was he looking for in price before you offered $1000? I think you could have bargined him down a hell of allot more with all the issues it has.

FREDDYGSL-SE

Guys
Great to be a new member of the forum
I have a mint 84 GSL-SE. Stock 96000 km. No modifications
I love it ...
Is it worth much ? To me it is and I know it is pretty rare.
See pictures
Thanks

gypsyvk

Nice job with the pics PC. I have to say I dont believe I've ever seen a "short" shifter like that. If the throw was as short as the shifter it would shift when ya reached for it. Looks like they didn't put the top on it.

Rogue_Wulff

The inductive lead wasn't getting a good reading, it jumped from showing 3700 RPM, to 6500. At one point, it read 96RWHP, and another 130RWHP. Who knows what it *actually* put out.
Throttle plates did not shut. The primaries were still wide open when I got the air cleaner off. I didn't risk a second pull, just unjammed the throttle, and unhooked it. The dyno had a tuning session schedualed, and the guy arrived a few minutes early, so I just cleared the dyno for them. Thankfully, it didn't cost anything except a few missed heartbeats.......

Rogue_Wulff

Nice car. The open market value of a mint GSL-SE with low miles is around $4000-5000 at the present time. Getting that much for one is not easy, as you would just have to wait until someone came along willing to pay. Perhaps the value will start to increase in the future, as the really nice cars get rarer.

perfect_circle

yea, i probably could have, but i have all of the parts to fix the bad things, and i didnt want to **** him off. plus i am willing to pay that much for a rust free chassis with a good running motor. 40k on the reduild

perfect_circle

yea, its just a stock shifter, that was taken apart and had a shift *** put on that. i hate it, its super notchy. i have a shifter to replace it...

Kentetsu

lol, you still have the numbers on from the race... Awesome!

Yeah, his car is loud but sounds pretty good. I was out front when he pulled up, and I heard him from about a block away and just knew it was a rotary coming. The thin walled tubing is the only downer, when idling and you're up close to it its like bees in a coffee can. If that part was fixed then it would be a pretty damn good exhaust for the price. But hey, the mindtrain ought to fix all that. I want to hear it when you get that on PC...

perfect_circle

well i think im going to put that new suspension you gave me on tomarrow, so that car should be drivable. ill see about getting it legal, then maybe we could arange a meet...