bouis

The consensus is that your car is worth "at least $10,000," but not to anyone who has $10,000 and wants your car.

Man, there goes my plan to fix up my car and sell it for a huge profit!

Seriously, what you need is another car. A Toyota Camry with a "my other car is a" bumper sticker.

85rotarypower

Your car is worth $10000 to someone that just wants a fast car. And don't try to say its not fast. Any turbo 1st gen is fast.

wwilliam54

++i drive a freakin colt for gods sake, slow and super ugly, but its cheap

ioTus

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yeah thanks guys... i have ALWAYS known that you won't get nearly what you put into it if you sell it..

After thinking about it all night and all morning, i've decided to finish up my current engine bay, get it tuned, and not spend any more money on it for a long *** time..

The only reason why i get so bummed about its speed is because i've never won a race. Every race i've ever been in i've got my *** handed to me by like 3 or 4 carlenghts.

But yeha. I think i may fix up my mountain bike again and start riding that everywhere, until i can save up and get a clunker and park the RX :-)

Thanks again guys i really appreciate all the input!

And to those who say my car is worth not much at all, thats a major slap in the face. You're telling me you would buy AJC13b's car for $2,000 because he put a fully customized and ported 13b-RE in his car that ran 10 seconds?? Well i got news for you. He sold his car for $20,000 australian dollars, which is roughly 13 grand U.S!!!


~Geoff

wwilliam54

id pay 10k but
1. i dont have it
2. id rahter do all the work myself

SERIES 1 XLR8

good to see u've come 2 u'r sences. just don't let your car sit forever, having 'that' car sitting around would just be a shame , start it up once a while

kettlman

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yeah.. i know. i would waste you in a race. glad to see that you realize it.lol. if you wanna feel good, i'll race you one day!

cpt_gloval

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to me that looks like a $3500-$4000 car. it looks great and all and i'm at least partially aware of how much works you put into it. but you can't put a price on sentimental value.

Metallic_rock

Well, dude, as much time and effort as We've put into it, if you ever do sell it, let me know. I'd sell my left nut to have that car.

You know what I think? I think it needs to be ported. I also think the sleeves in the exhaust ports should be removed.

Get that Intercooler and blow-off valve installed, and that car will be uber. After you do that, maybe upgrade to a bigger turbo. Right now, you are sitting on an un-finished masterpiece. Da-Vinci didn't freakin throw the Mona Lisa in the trash after he didn't like it the first couple of times he painted it! No, he re-painted over it and fixed it up. Same with your car. It's almost done... don't scrap it because it's not running excellently from only being finished 90% FINISH IT! I guarantee that car will be amazing when you've finished all of that stuff!!!








Another thing... you know what? If I had saved my first seven and spent as much money as I've put into all the other sevens I've owned, I'd have a car that was as good as yours. Instead, look at me. Sure, I know a ****-load, but what has it done for me? I don't even have a -7 right now!!! Keep at it, man, your car is what I look at to say "hey, that's what I could have had." I'd hate to see it go away.

SERIES 1 XLR8

once u get it tuned properly, it will run better aswell. and if u get a super tune job done, it'd boost the fuel economy of the car too! once u get it running good, it won't cost u a fortune, it should level out. then u can have it as a weekend car, cruising around, and also get a more stable car for the shopping runs and what not. or you can attatch a trailer to your mountain bike.......

What r u running at the 1/4 any way....i 4 get..... it wasn't slow thow, i can remember that. keep at it.

Directfreak

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Geoff,

Listen to me son. [/b]I know what I am talking about.[/b]

I had 7 first gen's in my life. 5 by the age of 23, when I sold my last "perfect" GSL-SE, only to hear it was stripped clean after the new owner left it out of the garage.

That hurt. All my time and effort into that car, thousands of dollars, all wasted for someone else, who didn't appreciate it.

I only sold it because I had a "new" car and barely drove the 7. I regretted it big time.

I got my latest 7 two years ago, at the ripe age of 29. I could afford a third gen, a supra, or other fast *** car, without the headaches.

But...

I wanted the one thing I never got to do to my SE. A Turbo (widebody) 1st gen.

My wife absolutely hates it. She tells me to get rid of it and buy an FD, or an RX-8, with free license to mod the hell out of it.

But...

There is more to a car than speed. Sometimes its just the connection we feel with it.

The key to having a modded 7 is (and *any* FD owner will tell you this) is to have another daily driver. This way your time with the FB is *quality* time.

Hell, I haven't driven my car in over 3 weeks, but I don't care. She's not for sale, and the fun is in the journey, not just the destination.

Get a nice slow, economical daily driver - and you will appreciate the twisted steel and sex appeal your seven really is.

Trust me.

nekky

I think about this **** all the time too. My "new" beater should be on the road this week. I can't wait to not have to drive the SE every day. I know exactly how you feel, Geoff. But I think the whole thing about sitting on it is a good idea, providing you can afford it. I'd like to have the money for school, so I think my dad is gonna buy it, but I'm also pretty sure that I'll end up buying it back one day when I have a real job and time to dedicate to making it into what I want. It's nice to chirp about what you would like to do to your car, but how practical is it to spend this big wad of money now while you can barely afford it? Go on a trip instead of spending that paycheque on your car! I used to think that memories were worth nothing compared to a nice set of wheels n' tires. Turns out I'm wrong, I think. You'll be surprised how fulfilling some other things in life can be once you quit thinking about what you can or will do to your car next. Trust me. Why not get your other **** together, get a great job, make a life for yourself and then maybe start thinking about the "finer things in life". Cars are just cars, guys. I think a lot of people forget that fact (including myself!) far too often.

I constantly battle with myself about whether or not I should sell the car. I'm in almost your exact same situation, Geoff, although I haven't spent quite as much. That isn't to say I wouldn't have if my dad hadn't told me not to. I'm the same age as you, we're only 20. We're young. You'll still be able to pick up chicks with a nice car when you're 25 and have a great job and an education The "jist" of it is to get your **** together and then worry about material things. You'll be happier in the end. I hope I helped a little bit at least.

Zac

RotaryRevn

I still can't understand how someone could think a turbo fb was slow???

slashdawg00110

Walk away from it for a while. Ride your bike, concerntrate on other things. You will regret it at some point if you sell it.

ioTus

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ever been beat by a CRX, a nissan 200sx, and an SRT-4?? that hurts.. (of course they were all custom turbo cars, but still... so is mine)

Nekky, i totally hear what youre saying, and i appreciate it a lot.

All of you, i really do. I hear ya Alex ;-)

As far as getting a beater... by the time i get the beater running well and insured and licensed, i might as well have just payed for all the gas for the RX7.

So i'm just goign to get it in perfect tune and stop buying stuff for it. Time to move on :-)

RacerX7fb

Slow is relative... my SE does 10 seconds flat...........................



in the 1/8th mile
but what a joy it is when apexing on an open road... I dont have one care in the world then.

My last 3 ReXs were wrecked... Id rather have my current one go out that way on a track than selling it, nothing has been done on or to the car in about three years, til now because Im getting it ready for
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Sevenstock 7... Geoff, come on down and attend. (Think of it as the biggest and badest concert youve ever been to, with the 787B on the stage )
Your perspective may change, if anything youll garner a stronger rotary spirit.. at least from my way of looking at it

88IntegraLS

Dude, why don't u figure out why the damn thing is running a 15 and fix it? That's stock TII time, and a TII is an FC, which is a boat, right? Something is up with ur setup. Get someone experienced to look at it and fix it. Shortshifters wont make the car fast. Intercoolers and tuning will.

RotaryRevn

Just get a cheap daily driver and drive your seven on weekends. If you sell it you will regret it! I'm still kickin myself for selling my rx3 a few years ago.

FirstGen7

Awwww, I love how everyone's coming together in this thread. Brings warmth to my heart.

My '82 RX-7 is my first ever, just-for-me car. I love the hell out of it. To be honest though, I don't care what I go through, I don't care how frustrating or confusing it's going to get...I will NEVER sell her. Maybe she'll be handed down to my children after I get married and settled down...but until then, she's mine, and no one else's.

There's an aura about first generation RX-7's that just SCREAMS "Hey, look at me! I wanna be loved!" That's what's great about cars, they have their own personalities, and sometimes I swear they're alive.

With all the work you've completed on your car, I would agree that it is a part of you. Think about having what was posted earlier happen to you. You sell it, only to find out it was totalled or the owner gutted the thing and threw in some V8 or riced the hell out of the poor car. How would that make you feel?

I haven't don't NEARLY as much work as you've done to your car, and even that sounds like a nightmare scenario.

But I guess I'm not saying anything different than what everyone else has already said. I'm just putting things in my own words, but hopefully they've helped you out. You seem to have already done a lot of the helping yourself, and I think your plan is a good one. Get yourself to a good stopping point and just take a break from the '7. Spend time with friends, go out and screw chicks (just watch out for the diseases associated with that), play some video games, take walks, go outside...

I think you get the point.

And on the topic of how much I'd pay for your car, I wouldn't buy it. Why? Because I wouldn't let you sell it. I couldn't drive it away from you. I already felt horrible driving my RX away from it's previous owner...and I think that he's probably cursing himself now for selling her. I could tell he was getting nostalgic when I backed the car out of his driveway...

So don't be that guy.

All this, and I don't even know you!

jays83gsl

Time for my two. I'm new here, and don't have a clue on what you've gone through with your car. I don't need to, though.

My first car was a 1987 Ford Escort Pony. I was THIRTEEN.
Yeah, thirteen (God Bless NM, where cops don't pull over the kid who can barely see over the dash, because he's probably a little old mexican man)
I lost to a little chevy sports car. Damn if I remember what kind. Probably a Cavalier. Sure, the 'Scort had seen its days already, but I felt bad. So, I started looking through magazines, talked to my father, tried everything. We found a company called Cosworth, out of Britain, if I remember right. They sold a kit to convert it to a 'rally car.' Had no freaking clue what rally was
Saved up for a couple of years, and, thankfully, Cosworth was still selling the kit for my model car. Apparently, my little 'Pony car' was the most popular body model for Cosworth to work on.
I installed that tranny with my father's help. Installed the brakes myself. Installed the V-6 (originally a four banger), the supercharger, the tires, the fuel injection, everything. It took almost three months, since I was doing most of the work with only a Haynes book and some vague instructions from my dad's friend to help me (and my dad helped with the tranny stuff )
I drove her until last year. That means I drove that car for FIVE YEARS. Did she EVER break down on me? Hell no. She needed maintnence, of course. Had to do a lot myself, since I couldn't rightly drive her into a shop, being too young to drive. After 15 it was better, of course.
I took her into the mountains a few times when there was snow. She treated me just as well as I treated her.
Now, to get to the point.
I went away for a couple of months, and told my dad to take care of her.
Turns out that the timing belt had gone out again, and he drove her on that.
Almost as soon as I got back, I lost my job. Therefore, I had no money for the timing belt. It's been a year, and there's carbon lock. I was told that I have to get rid of her to keep the Mazda that I just bought. All the offers I get for her are under $100.
I'm about to give her away to a guy who just bought an 87 pony Escort.
But, the funny thing is, I've been 'about to give her away' for almost a month now. I can't let go. I'm gonna have to have a friend just tow her over to the guy's house pretty soon, because I know I can never let her go.
She doesn't run, but that isn't the point. It's the fact that after all the work I put in on her, after all we've been through, I feel like she's a family member. No, she IS a family member. And I'm giving her away. For free. The kit cost around 10K alone. That was six years ago. All I can hope is that the guy treats her as well as I have. I tell you, I'm hurting driving a pickup truck, but she's the best pickup evar! Maybe I get too attached to cars? I'm just afraid that the guy won't treat the 'Scort right. Everynight I'm thinking stuff.
"What if he doesn't change the oil every 2500? What if he doesn't check tire pressure every couple of days? What if. What if." It sucks. Trust me, never sell your car unless you ABSOLUTELY have to. Problem is, I'm already attached to the Rex too. Damn me, lol

r0tary noob

I feel tya on the firsat car bein hard to get rid of, I have an 88 sentra on blocks, and every day I think, I can Probably get the money to put a new engin in her and use it as a dd, but I know all my money is goin to roxy, still I love my sentra and cant let her go

SERIES 1 XLR8

if u can only get $100 for the scort then what the hell is the point in selling her if u love her soooo much. $100 is not enough to buy the memories from you, so why even concider it. what would u do with $100 anyway, fill the tank twice and be back to square 1?

jays83gsl

Problem is, I need to get rid of her to keep the Mazda. And, to tell the truth, the FB has always been my dream car.
That pretty much settled it.

vipernicus42

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Geoff,

When my starter and clutch blew that night after the car meet, I spent some serious time wondering if all the time and effort that I had put into my car was worth it. Three thousand dollars, three years, hundreds of hours.... and still it couldn't idle, it lacked power and it now needed almost another thousand to get going again.

So I towed her home and let her sit for a few weeks. I didn't touch the car or even really visit the forum much for a while, while I tried to decide if it was worth spending the last dollars of my summer co-op on my car. I found myself thinking about it more and more, and eventually decided that this car has meant so much to me for so long that almost any price would be worth it. I don't *need* it to be running, I have buses and parents' cars for that, but I *want* it running.

So I'm back on my project. The ACV block-off plate goes on today, starter replacement happens soon (I've got a spare, imagine that!) and I'll probably be ordering the RB clutch and pressureplate some time in August.

I, personally, think that you should stick with it. Just think of the feeling you get when stuff that you've worked on starts to work. Knowing that your hard labour has built into something that's uniquely yours.

Your car is awesome. Even with most of the "fun stuff" done, I'd still pay an arm and a leg for it if I had them to spare.

Keep workin' at it. So many people have left their sevens only to eventually come back and say "I wish I had never sold my 7". Enjoy your car, or as Carl said, your "Journey"

Jon

kettlman

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you all know. i'm gonna write a county song with all this in it. gonna be rich. thamks iotus!