I just bought a 1986 GXL for only $350. The engine has a broken apex seal with 165,000 miles on it. I have about $4500 to spend making this car nice. I NEED a new exhaust, springs, and wiring harness other then that how should i spend the rest of my money making my car nice?

Please make a list of parts and prices.

Oh and im going for all performance parts, im gettig a free paint job for it already.

 

rebuild kit $800 up

 

my neighbor has a ported out engine he might sell me for 1k. if not im looking for a new engine i dont want to rebuild an engine with 165,000 miles.

 

i think you going to want to switch your mentaity to to "what should i do to make my car run right once i get a rebuild" its hard to say what you car needs and what it doesnt need, 1st thing i wqould do is look at the fuel pulsation dampener, is it leaking? of so get a new one, check OMP, see how much its pumping out and see if the amount it pumps is within spec, it lists the specs in the FSM. theres much more but im in a hurry, some other fellow members can continue.... hope this helped a little, -alex

 

the car was running fine until the apex seal broke. He even put a new set of $400 only 100 miles ago. The guy i bought the car from didnt want to take the time to fix the car so he sold in too me. As far as i know everything else works fine

 

$400 tires that is, and i only paid $350 for the car

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by glick
[B]my neighbor has a ported out engine he might sell me for 1k. if not im looking for a new engine i dont want to rebuild an engine with 165,000 miles.
$4500 is not enough for a brand new engine-165,000 on a rotary is NOTHING, unless it was severely abused

 

How much is a new rotary engines? If soo how much are used engines with less then 100K miles?

 

1200 for a remanufactured motor

 

From what I have heard, Mazda Remans arent as good as ones that are done by other rotary specialists. You can get a very good rebuild with porting for ~2500. Im not sure if there is anyone near you to do it, though.

 

And that's cutting corners...