My brother just bought a 90 TII from an auction for 450 bucks , the thing is that he wants me to sell my 88 GXL and buy his 90 TII cuz he needs the money , it doesn't have the airflowmeter and i don't know if the engine works well cuz it doesn't start cuz it need airflow meter, i really need ur help in this, any advice will be good, should i go for it?????

THX
MAX-IMAL

 

couldnt you put the air flow thats on your car on the TII just to see if it runs?

 

The AFM's are different.

You can do a compression check without the AFM. If it has compression and the oil and water looks ok, I'd buy it.

 

since i'm a newbie in this i thought that there was a difference between mine and his, thx gonna put mine in his car, always good to learn something new

THx

 

ok so are different that was what i thought.

 

nah, read felix's post...the AFMs are different...

 

How much money do you have to spend on the project, not including what you would get for your RX-7?

Is your RX-7 your only transportation?

 

o my bad learn somthing new everyday

 

LOL!

 

ok,compression,oil,an water check,if that's ok i might buy it, but what else should i check just want to make sure it work well

 

Yeah! that's my only transportation evil aviator, that's y i want to make sure first!

 

have 600 in my savings, i was gonna buy the bomex kit, and i'm selling at 1200.

 

OK, in that case you shouldn't buy it unless you can get it to work first. I realize that this is an RX-7 forum and you are probably looking for technical advice, but your financial and logistical situation always needs to be addressed when planning out a project. In your case, it wouldn't be very smart to give up your only good transportation in the hopes that the AFM is the only problem on that TII. It could also be that the engine is toast ($2,000), the transmission shot ($300-450), the clutch is slipping ($350-500), or any other number of problems. That's a pretty good price for a S5 TII assuming that the rest of the car is in good shape, but I don't think that it's worth the risk in your situation. Based on my experience with my 88 SE, I think that you will be much happier with a non-turbo RX-7 that you can drive vs. a TII that sits on jackstands. The idea is to own the car, rather than the car owning you. Your brother should have no problem selling it for that price.

 

Aight i'll consider it thx alot man

 

I would also check the turbo out, take off the intake hose which runs from the airflow meter (you dont have one) to the turbo. Check for play and see if it smins without binding. Theres a slight chance that a thrown apex seal could have bent the exhaust turbine, and messed up things royally. Either way, you want a nice, tight, free spinning turbo.