Ok i read all of the things to look out for when buying a Rx7.
Drove the car a short distance and everything seems fine, everything electrical works. Car has a rusted out sunroof and the rear hatch by the glass (usual stuff from what I've read)
The lady's asking $1500 for it. car has about 180k on it and im not sure if its orignal or a rebiult engine.
Anyway I really wanna pick it up cause I've always wanted a t2 rx7.
Iwould just like to hear a little reinforcement from people who are more knowledgable with these cars. I seem to read alot of threads about people frying these motors.
Anyways, I will be wanting to drive this car hard and often, maybe build it to like 300 whp. Is this a good choice or should i continue smashing my head against my prelude?....sry for long post. TIA

 

#1 Compression test it. I would assume a rebuild at some point with that mileage.

Search around some, I believe there is a very good what to look for when buying thread stickied somewhere that goes into great detail.

Before pounding on it you want to make sure everything is in good nik first off.

 

I read that thread about what to look for, it was a good read
Everything seems to cheack out good. didnt compression test it, but at the price i could afford a rebuild down the road in a few months.
My main question I guess is would this car w/ proper parts and tunning make a good daily driver at around 300 whp, and be reliable?

 

If you put the money and tiem into any car it could become 300Hp and reliable .

 

Fair enough

 

i think 1500 for a running , t2 is pretty fair . i paid 3000.00 for mine and i popped the engine a month later( actually the engine was still in great condition,. i had freeze plug corrode all the way through) and the car was in excellent condition. But if you wanna hit 300 on a relaible car. spend the 1500 for the car. fix what you can your self. get a rebuild. i think after im donewith the rebuild. ive put about (with the price of the T2 included) about under 5k . and before i had my rebuild i was pushing 240 to the wheels. and since. ive upgraded injectors,r-tek chip, ported waste gate, streetport. so im hoping to safely run about 285 to the wheels and thats for all about 5k

 

180k miles for an original motor is going to let go REAL SOON.
If you're going to modifying it for more power, it's even more important to get a rebuild soon.
Most likely the housings are all junk at that kinda mileage.
You're lucky if you can reuse all the major engines parts.

If they can't prove the engine was replaced, haggle the price down to $1,000.
Explain that the engine needs to be replaced very soon no matter what, and a rebuild is going to cost $3,000 for all new Mazda parts and labor.


-Ted

 

Thanks. That was the info I was looking for.
Rebuilds gonna cost me around 1500 to 2000.
Is it something that can be accomplished with the rebuild video, some books, and a fairly good understanding of mechanics?

 

Yes you can accomplish it yourself. But you will need all the right tools and lots of time and patience.

 

Thats cool because that was one of the things that makes me want one of these.
I can give up the rest of my life and be busy building back-up motors...lol (I'm kinda joking)