It lives, I bought a '85 GSL for $400.00 from a mechanic at work who had given up on it after replacing the engine witha used engine and not being able to get it to rev up.
I asked on the forum and was told the cats were plugged I checked and they seemed ok but I remembered something about putting atf in a motor that hadn't been run in a while.
I plugged all the open vacuum lines and added about 100 ml of atf to the rotors and started it up.
While after the smoke cleared I had a fine running RX-7. The car hasn't been on the road in 7 years so once I rebuild the clutch cylinder it will be back on the road.
Not bad for $403.75.
Thanks guys.

Vic

 

Take it easy on the car for awhile, alot of people get an old rotary running, and take it out to beat the **** out of it, and drop an apex seal...

 

Congrats on the awesome buy!

I still yet to try out the ATF on my '84 GSLSE purchase.

Now you can cruz up to your mechanic friend and wave, "Nany nany naaaannyy."

 

an advice for you from experience

BUY A REBUILT CYLINDER; don't get the rebuilt kit, it won't last you long.

that's my 2 cents

 

Be prepared to rebuild the carb and clean/flush the entire fuel system. Have extra fuel filters on hand just in case. Same thing goes for hydraulics, brakes and clutch. They may work fine for a while but will soon fail. If the engine is good, even after replacing the above mentioned parts, you still got a good deal. After you've changed all the fluids, thermostat, full tune up, etc., add a can of Seafoam to the tank.