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Is this 1988 Rx-7 a good deal??

Old May 7, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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yes you can do it for under 10 grand if you cheap out on alot of things...... of course im talking ab out upgrading all the correct parts (drivetrain, ecu, ect....) not just slapping a 20b engine and ecu in it and hoping it runs ok
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Old May 7, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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well i am still makeing camaro payments, so I do want to fix this rx7 up right. tho it going to take some time.
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Old May 7, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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Where can i buy a good rebuild kit?
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Old May 7, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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Old May 7, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by White87FC
thanks for the help, i found a guy that is going to sell me his rotor motor from his rx7 for cheep, around $400. I am going to rebuild both of them and try to make them in to one 4 rotor motor, if not at lest a 3. this car also needs a whole new exhaust system, and breaks.
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Old May 7, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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umm thats gonna be hard... just get a 20B if you're dead set on more rotors.
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Old May 7, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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Wow! we sure are ambitious. I would suggest looking at the 20B section of this forum to see what it is U think U want. We all WISH we could put a 20B 3 rotor in our cars!! Good luck 2 ya! I wish SOMEONE would actually manufacture the needed shafts & housings to make all our dreams come true for cheap. but alas....we are only relatively few in number while the piston-heads R many. Pray to the Rotary-God Wankel & pray that U can find a 20B for less than 5X what U paid for the rest of the car & THEN realize that the rest of the car will fall apart from the stress & age. It would be a long & torturous road I think. I wish I could do the same with my '88 SE. Better luck finding the Holy Grail I think...Maybe it's the same thing. At least for us ROTARDS.

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Old May 8, 2005 | 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by White87FC

$1,000 for a rebuild kit that can not be right wow
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Old May 8, 2005 | 01:24 AM
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Just put a LS1 in it, much more reliable, powerful, lighter, and better gas mileage than a 20B.
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Old May 8, 2005 | 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Impreza2RX7
Just put a LS1 in it, much more reliable, powerful, lighter, and better gas mileage than a 20B.
no thanks on the LS1, if i got a ls1 i whoud juyst put it in my camaro. I am going to do the rebuild kit, then I am going to replace the whole exhaust and breaks. once i get that done it shoud run like a rx7 shoud, o i am going to put in new rotors too cuse i think these ones are shot. once i get all that done then i will start looking in to ways to make it faster to about a 8sec 1/4 mile car. then i will work on body kits and custom paint jobs. going to cost and lot and lots of time, but hey no problems I have time to save since it is not my main car. this will even give me the time to do it right. I think i am going to keep my 13b tho, from what i seen they can take two turbos nicely.

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