Stock GTU bad motor = $600
turbo ii engine w/ transmission and ecu = $1600
lsd w/ half shafts= $400
Drive shaft= $50
Wiring harness= $60
Instrument cluster = $50
Fuel pump = $50
JL 500/1 amp= $200
Blaupunkt tha475= $100
Polk momo speakers=$300 (all 4)
Pioneer head unit= $300
Jl 12" w6 sub= $250

Parts I still need=$ (i dont even want to know)

So far ive spent almost 4k and it still isnt on the road. Its kinda depressing.

car: 88' tII $5000
Full rebuild: $3500
exhaust: $450
tune up, custom front mount, basically setting up the car$1500. (exhaust included)
stereo: $900 still not complete
2nd rebuild: $450

The smile on my face when I drive it: priceless!

omg I just forgot I even posted in this thread, but now that I look back I was too hopeful lol.

over 6 months later and I still haven't gotten my 7 running right, plus I dropped another $1500 or so into her with a BNR stage 4, s5 alternator, new half of a wiring harness, probly a lot of other random things as well.

I said 3k and running soon 6 months ago, now its more like 5k and running soon
/sigh

I'd be curious to know how much J-Rat put on his FC.

Spec.

im close to 16 with the car. tis not tuned, doesnt start, needs methanol, needs suspension needs tires, needs.......

13b-re $1800
GT40R $1900
Turbo manifold, downpipe and wastegate $1300
Mufflers, MSD coils, MSD 6a $800
Clutch, Flywheel PPlate $500
Turbo Drivetrain w/ 2 way LSD $600
Microtec lt10 $1200
Fuel system(not ordered yet) ~$1000
Rebuild w/ large streetport $2000
Coilovers $1300
RB sway bars w/ adj endlinks $400
Camber rod, front strut tower bar, steering angle kit and dtss eliminators $700
Mazdaspeed seats $500

I will have had the car for 1 year next month. Started as a bone stock s4 gxl.

Wow, I forgot about this thread. Seems it's gotten somewhat popular.

lol... yeah, I'm close to 16 also. Mine starts though... needs suspension, tires, and tuned.

I've had the TII fc a little over a month and have spent close to 1200 on it. By the end of the year? Between 7-10k. It's my track car and motorsports and cars are the only reason I care about how much money I have, pretty much the only reason I work, so basically money is no expense. I just spend money on it until the bank statement says I have around 100 dollars. lol it's sad I know.

Just for my turbo swap I currently have

1100.00 in parts
500.00 (for engine and trans not yet paid, cant get ahold of the guy that sold it to me)

I still have much more to go.. I did not count all the chemicals, tools, gloves, etc to do the job just the automotive PARTS

More then I thought honestly

Dave

Around $15,000 and I'm still on stock turbo's and no exterior or suspension modifications.

This first list of mulla I call the young and financially ignorant stage

4000.00 for FC
1000.00 first rebuild kit(blew engine during break in period)
1400.00 used JDM 13BT
1200.00 Greddy FMIC(so stupid to buy when I could of fabricated one)
350.00 hybrid turbo
260.00 HKS twin power
45.00 narrow band
100.00 air filter BONEZ
40.00 TID
250.00 Used tokico HPs
350.00 Blitz BC
200.00 fabricated Intercooler pipe/ HKS SSQV blow off valve
170.00 Denso 720cc secondaries
900.00 Racing beat Exh
200.00 HKS Fcon
200.00 RX7.com fuel pump
175.00 Fcon GCC
.................................................. ..Pop goes the weasel


Now for some smart shopping

700.00 fresh rebuilt race ported S5 13BT
120.00 ACT prolight flywheel
FREE exedy stage 2 clutch
100.00 BNR stage 4 turbo replica
100.00 RC 720cc primaries
300.00 SSR MK III's with BF Good Grid II tires(only sold in Japan). 16x8/16x8.5
210.00 AEM Ugeo windband
60.00 Oldschool HKS 60mm boost gauge
50.00 Cusco front strut bar
.................................................. ................Spin goes the rotor bearing


800.00 Apexi power FC
600.00 Turbonetics 62-1/ HKS tubular mani/ custom downpipe
180.00 AN fuel set up/ Aeromotive FPR
60.00 turbo oil lines
200.00 Competition clutches stage 4
675.00 complete rebuild kit

and still more to go. I am sure I missed quite a bit though. MAKES ME SICK

Now this is where it all begins boys. Hike up the price on our rx7s, especially down there in the states. I still can't believe you guys sell clean t2's for 2k-4k. Clean t2's are worth 6k here. Non turbos around 4k ... I say t2's are worth 8k and non turbos 7k all in mint condition.

hmm my post died.

Umm Id be saying upwards or 30K more like about 35K if I added everything

id say around 800-1g including the cars cost. lol. but i gotta swap in a running motor soon...

I've invested around 8.5k including the cost of the car itself. I've still got to lay down at least a good grand before I can get it running.

well let me think
car s4 t2= 600
rebuild kit= 600
3 inch cat back JASMA wit resonator = 160
radiator with e fan and stock t2 rims= 100 (came with some 16 in momo's)
s5 front bumper, fog lights, alternator, and turbo spoiler= 150
exedy stage 1 racing clutch and flywheel= 400 ( picking up this weekend)
corksport 3 in downpipe= 60 (on the way soon)
i think that is it for now, o yea, ive only been working on it for the last month or so, and it is already getting $2070 into it with this car

This thread is terrifying :scared:

'86 NA- ..........$1100

Starter- .........$~100

Clutch Master
and Slave
Cylinder-........$~110

and it needs much more

I've had the car for less than a week

i spent over 30k in euros so thats about 40k in US dollars... :crzyeye: :scratch:
not even had a rebuild or turbo upgrade yet!


Engine:
- Racing Beat 3” SS dual exhaust
- JT-Performance FMIC
- Greddy Compression tube
- Apexi air intake
- Racing Beat Sparkplug wires
- HKS SSQV blow-off valve
- Racing Beat oil baffle plate
- Racing Beat oil pressure regulator
- Racing Beat thermal bypass pellet
- Racing Beat steel braided oil cooler lines
- Racing Beat oil cap
- red intercooler hoses

Fuel:
- Greddy 720cc secundairy injectors
- Walbro 255lph fuel pump
- Sard Fuel pressure regulator

Cooling:
- Koyo radiator
- Greddy Radiator cap
- Flex-a-lite Black Magic fan
- Custom radiator panel
- Samco coolant hoses

Drivetrain:
- Corksport steel braided clutch line
- ACT Extreme Clutch

Suspension:
- Silkroad RM/A8 coilover kit
- Custom front and rear strut braces
- Racing Beat front and rear sway bars
- Racing Beat sway bar end links
- Racing Beat DTSS eliminators

Brakes:
- K-sport 330mm 8piston big brake kit
- Formel cross-drilled rear brake rotors
- EBC green stuff rear brake pads
- Corksport steel braided rear brake lines

Wheels:
- Barracuda Velvet 18” x 8,5J 25mm offset
- Barracuda Velvet 18” x 9,5J 25mm offset

Tires:
- Falken FK451 225/40R18 front tires
- Falken FK451 255/35R18 rear tires

Exterior:
- GP-Sports G-four Aerokit
- Border Headlight intake cover
- R-Magic mirrors
- full body respray, including engine bay

Windows:
- SL Llumar Windowfilm 35%

Interior:
- Autometer dual A-pillar gauge pod
- Autometer single A-pillar gauge pod
- Custom DIN 3-gauge holder
- JT-Performance steering wheel
- JT-Performance Quick release hub
- JT-Performance FC3S steering wheel adapter

Electrics:
- Greddy boost controller
- Greddy turbo timer
- Apexi AFC Neo
- Stri X-Line Boostgauge
- Stri X-line Oil temp gauge
- Stri X-Line Water temp gauge
- Stri X-Line Oil pressure gauge
- Stri X-Line Fuel pressure gauge
- Vems wideband controller
- Vems EGT sensor

ICE:
- Sony CD-F7750 headunit
- Pioneer 5100T 760W amplifier
- Polk audio 13cm speakers
- Polk audio 16cm speakers
- Polk audio 8” woofers
- 300W 12/220V DC/AC converter
- Optima Red Top battery

12-15K and still need paint, and rimms.

10k alone on shipping! :0)

so far

600- s4 gxl
1300-s5 turbo engine
80-n332 ecu
180-waterpump
60-gaskets
80-front cover
80-omp
40-turbo return tube
50-rebuilt radiator
70-throttle body
200-different mounts filters etc
still not even close to done, fat money pit, lolz

1990 GXL 5-speed - 300.00 (very good condition) black, and fully loaded =]
S5 89-91 Turbo II motor and trans - 1350.00 (shipped)
HKS mega flow reloaded intake kit - 120.00
HKS FCD - 120.00
Greddy Type RS BOV Kit - 225.00
5Zigen Catback (factory size) (2.5), 2.5 Test pipe (temporary untill i sell my eclipse, then im going front mount and 3" from turbo back) - 200.00
Custom Driveshaft from Mazdatrix 325.00 (too much)
OEM drilled and slotted disk brakes and racing pads - 230.00
Khumo Escta's factory 205/60R15 - 250.00
GTU LSD and Halfshafts - 200.00
Walbro 255 LPH Fuel Pump - 100.00
1.3bar Greddy Radiator Cap - 20.00
RE-amemiya Oil Cap - 15.00
Greddy Positive Charging System - 30.00
Idemitsu Rotary Racing Oil (i dont remember the weight lol) Nippon Oil filters, RP Fuel Filter, NGK-R Plugs and Ignition Wires, Mobile 1 Gear Lube - 175.00
Duel Gauge Pod Pillar - 25.00
N374 ECU - 65.00
Factory Turbo II Radiator (i think i paiddddd, ummmm, like) 45.00
Custom Full Operating Computer, (Striped apart labtop, donated from my bro lol) Touch mouse pad is in the center consol, monitor is mounted on the left side of the glovebox, on a swing bracket to face me, and the brains of it all is in the storage compartment behind the driver seat. ;] (who needs to replace the orginal 1990 CD player when you can have 1,000's of songs on your custom in-car computer ;-D
Im sure theres a few more parts, but i cant think of them right now, but ive spent around 4,000.00 over all, maybe alittle more. =]

And im looking for a S5, or even a S4 Turbo MAF!!! PM please! =D

2300 for 87 t2 6 months ago .. 6k now ,, wife ready to rid of the both ,,,,,10mm

Between too little and too much!

about 6k and loving it LOL
TwEaK

The amount of cash is dwarfed by the amount of time spent.
I now consider junkyarding to be an aerobic exercise.

87 TII - 1200
gaskets - 20
orings- 3
vac hose - 10
Block off plates and LIM - 50
omp delete kit - 30
coolant and oil - 20
clamps - 5

Ha! i felt the same way when i had my 240sx.
Now with my car.......sigh*
I will be spending around 3200 and shes still not moving yet( haven't had time to work on it, I've been collecting parts like mad!)

I try not to think TO much about how much I spend on my car. Every once in a while you wake up and go wtf is wrong with me? I get that atleast once or twice a week. It especially sucks when your money goes into a car that often bites you in the ass. I haven't driven my car in 7 or so months. The build is still commencing.

It goes beyond these prices, shipping and the all fameous duty tax that canadians get raped on. Some of the prices are off the top of my head.

1987 T2. $5000. Purchased bone stock with 134k km's, and rebuild at 124k km's.

Performance:
Racing Beat Rev T2 Exhaust. $900
BNR stage 2 hybrid. $500
Greddy FMIC. $700
Koyo Rad. $300
Rtek 2.1 ecu. $500
Tungsten T3 Palm. $100
Apexi spec ii bov. $150
RC Engineering Injectors, 750cc, 1000cc. $450
Walbro. $80
$3680

Visual:
ShineAuto Aero body kit. $900
S5 tails. $200
S5 mouldings. $75
S5 Mirrors. $75
$1250

Footwork, suspension:
Mazdaspeed MS01 Wheels. $1000. Refinishing $700. Total $1700
Falken 452, four 225/45R17. $600
Falken 452, two 245/40R17. $300
Tein Super Street Coiilovers w/ pillowball upper mounts. $1000
Cusco rear strut bar. $150
$3750

Electronics:
Greddy profec b spec ii. $200
Defi blue racer boost gauge. $200
PLX wideband. $250
$650

Interior:
RX8 Shift knob. $100
Momo race steering wheel. $150
Momo hub. $100
Kenwood head unit. $300
Din panel. $100
$750

Misc:
Optima red top battery. $200
NGK spark plugs. $75
Ceramic coated intake manifolds. $200
Fuel pulsation damper. $75
Mazdaspeed oil cap. $40
Oil injectors. $100
New calipers. $400
Corksport short shifter. This one I really cant remember. $200
Corksport SS brake lines. $100
Gaskets, estimated. $100
$1490

Total: $16570.
My chest just sunk when I typed that total. Wow. I could be in a 3rd gen. Including all the shipping and bs round that up to $17k+ atleast.

Yet more to come, within the next couple months... Microtech, act flywheel and clutch, new hydraulics, and a dyno tune. Still have yet to install the body kit, and get the car resprayed black. Estimating all this done at $5k.

Worth bumping this one up...

Just did some quick math on mine:

Chassis: 1250
Struts/Springs: 500
Brakes (pads/rotors/lines): 650
Bushings: 400
Custom Rear: 750
Engine: 3500
Transmission: 2000
Clutch: 500
Driveshaft: 250
Harness: 250
ECM (with tuning software): 1250
Gauges: 1000
Cooling system: 800
Fuel system: 1250
Interior bits: 500
Wideband: 250
Turbo + kit + coatings: 4500
Wheels + tires: 1200

That's $20,800, and I do (almost) all my own labor.

That's just the big shit. There is a few grand in other small things, at least. Not to mention the previous 3 transmissions and 5 engines I've played with in the car over the past couple years. Ouch. Car still needs a bit of paint work, a better clutch and probably 2-3k in other details. Jeebus.

Better make sure the wife doesn't see this...

-rust-free S4 n/a base with blown engine: $500

-good condition S5 n/a shortblock + UIM: $705 shipped

-S5 n/a flywheel, LIM, BAC, fuel rails, some other small stuff: $179 shipped

-flywheel resurfacing: $30

-Gaskets from Mazdatrix: $73 (that $40 LIM-to-engine gasket is a killer :cursing:)

So that's $1487 in hard parts so far. With all the various little stuff (cleaners, chemicals, supplies) I'd say it's at a solid $1600 by now :shocking:, still have a few (several?) hundred to go before it's ready :squint:

'big ticket' items still to come:
-clutch
-engine/trans mounts
-Oil pan brace
-2 summit RPM switches + electric air pump for VDI and 6pi actuation
-Possibly a full round of brake master cylinder and clutch master+slave cylinders

little stuff, such as:
-OMP/ACV/sub-zero block off
-fluids (trans, coolant, brake fluid, plan on hitting the rear end as well)
-Engine bay paint+prep products
-Probably some more sand blasting
-Still researching zinc plating for brackets and bolts and stuff
-Wire looming supplies

Then I'll have to come up with some kind of decent suspension...

sigh...

Looking at some of the $15-20k+ build sheets makes me feel a little better, though :lol:

And the other rust-mobile probably has around $2k wrapped up in it over the space of 2 years.

I bought my 1990 Vert, garage kept all its life for $500 off my boss, who bought it from a retired marine. He could have easily sold it for more.

Car=500
OMP=700

And in a week, on april 19th...

Engine overhaul and porting + transmission overhaul = $5500

Im not going to list because its too long, and keep in mind parts and these cars are more expensive over in aus

Im at......... $45000 including buying it.

To edit that though, thats paint, suspension, engine, interior bits, driveline. So my car is close to done.

The words of anyone after serious power! *facepalm*

I seriously had a very good count...until about 2006...and I've never really thought about it since.

Yes, you could be in an FD...but why switch, when you're the owner of the world's only six-tired, two intake-manifolded FC?

haha. The fd will always be sexier in my eyes. To late now!

The list has already grown since I wrote my list. :lol:

It's like an addiction, you just can't stop! Better than throwing your money at cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs. The way I see it.

1987 Turbo II. Paid $600 for the car with no motor, radiator, maf, engine harness, etc. The car already has brand new tires on factory slicers and KYB AGX struts all the way around. When it's all said and done I'll have roughly $2000-$2500 in parts when it's done. That's including the clutch kit, flywheel resurfaced, injectors cleaned, full exhaust, rebuilt 13BT with mild streetport, radiator, maf, engine harness, turbo manifold, misc hoses, block off plates, Mazdaspeed motor and trans mounts, Tanabe GF210 springs, short throw shifter, FCD, boost gauge. Probably forgot a few but that's about it. Just can't wait to get the motor put together and get it fired up.

Well this a tough one without making a spec sheet & off the top of my head I would say somewhere between 25 & 28k from the start to now on my blue 7. The car I originally got for 5k, 1986 GXL that only had 60k on the car & the rest just kept adding. LOL one of my other RX7's so far only 4k.

shit, looks like i have to post again..........
i was around 5g on my last 7, that i totaled
current shell-200
replaced the tokicos, 250
replaced halfshafts-250
motor mount, tranny mount, misc odds and ends-500
NOW
brew-2350
bout to buy the haltech, gt35r, vmic, odds and ends~ 5g
god, i dont want to think about this stuff

Lloyd

lets do some math here for a sec.. owned rotaries for half my life... I currently own 7 of them..
I have a shop to play in.. I have a rotary car lift... on the shelves I have over 30k in parts.. I'm building 3 cars at the same time... id say im at least 100k deep in this addiction..

It's pretty hilarious to see the disparity across FC owners...

Investment... 1500, 2500, 3500...... 25k, 30k, 45k...

LOL. Not a lot in the middle.

Ok, lets see....
I paid 3k for the car, but it was totally track prepped and had tons of work done to it. It also had a bad engine and I was a newb and didn't know it. So then I spend 4k on a new engine because I didn't know any better. That lasted for a few years before it died (freak catastrophic oil seal failure). I rebuild that myself and more than offset the cast by parting out a wrecked RX7 I bought for cheap. When that finally gave up last month I decided on a full j-spec turbo swap.
J-spec engine, tranny, diff, chromoly flywheel, exedy stage 1 clutch, haltech E6X, etc, etc.
I stopped counting a 4k, its probably edging towards 5k now. And its not even running right thanks to a wiring harness botched by the person I bought it from. I have plans on a upgraded turbo and meth injection so add another 1500 or so for that in the near future.

I would say with everything I've done to it including the car I've got 14k or so invested in it. And I just died a little when I typed that.... Thankfully a lot of the early stuff was funded by my parents and payed back in endless tech support and building projects.

550- 86 rx7 base model
1600- turbo 2 swap
500- aluminum drive shaft
200- 5 lug conversion
500- motegi 18in staggered rims with nitto 555 tires
100- short shifter
240- gauges
???- misc parts

so in all Id say 4000 counting who knows how much in misc parts

I built a car or 2 (not RX) and got tired of being broke all the time.

So I let one of YOU freaks BUILD the RX and I bought it!! hahahahaha!!!

90 GTUs $4700
safc: $125
cdi ignition: $150
PLX: $250
Cooling (coming soon): est $300

so I'm at a bit over $5500 not incl. maint, but including the car!

And I have a RELIABLE STRONG RUNNING GTUs with fresh motor, a/c, suspension, fresh tires, nice paint, etc etc etc

Sorry but I had to brag a bit. Now watch, it'll get hit by a meteor or something to even out the karma field :(

Honestly though, this is the way to do it. Figure out what you want and look for someone selling it! then do a few small mods to make it 'yours'

cheers all.

over 25K..... EURO's :lol:

since i bought my car last year in july for $2400, ive spend a little over $3500.... and thats not including the gas LOL

I Stop counting after i bought the 20B motor..

10AE w/ 55k miles- 5500
RB Rev ii exhaust and fcd- 1000
intake- 50
plug wires- 75
Greddy RS BOV- 280
Mazdatrix 300+whp rebuild including everything- 12000
5Zigen fn01r-c- 800
lug nuts- 110
Momo steering wheel, NRG quik release, and short hub- 250
tint- 130
headunit- 220
kicker cvr 12", ported box, kenwood 1000w amp, and 1.0 farad capacitor- 350
rest of stereo- 125
gauges- 50
RB springs and tokiko illumina shocks- 450
Performance brake rotors and pads- 400

Grand total comes to $21,790 including car and $16,290 without :bigeyes:

Still to come in the not so near future-

-Reupholstered seats
-Possibly coilovers (only if I can find good streetable ones, I don't mind harsh but parts do, my interior pastic is cracked from my headunit already)
-Possibly a simple 4 point cage behind the seats
-And to complete the package a - "Fu*k your lane hogging clean air vehicle" - sticker:lol:

i feel pretty lucky after reading the previous posts...
1987 turbo 2 COMPLETE with under 10k on rebuild- $1000
Battery $80
Kirker Single Stage Urethane paint $67 shipped

I still have to get a headlight bulb, one door trim piece, radio surround, alternator belt and some odds and ends, but overall I got a steal...Its currently inspected and runs great just as she is for less than 1200...people compliment the car all the time.

I think the key is waiting for the right deal. I had 4 different (crusty) rx7's in a 3 year period before I waited about 4 years to find this gem. Oh and when you see it on Craigslist, get in your car, go to the ATM, and head to they guys house ASAP at about 120mph to make sure someone else doesn't get there first... I LOVE MY RX7 :)

I lost count after 9k... and that was 3 months ago... too Damn addictive.