first post here, My name is Lucas and i'm 16. I've been working on Hondas sence I was 14 and currently own 2, a 90 CRX HF which is my soon to be track **** and a 90 Civic Standard which is now my parts car becasue it got hit by a snow plow the other day I build honda motors for people in my spare time. I have quite a extensive backround in cars and I started working on car with my dad back when I was 6. I also goto a auto tech program through our high school. Now that i've introduced myself onto the questions

Hondas are starting to get old becasue I seem to know everything about them (according to my friends ) and I've always wanted a FC3 ever sence I saw a local with one a white 90 Turbo II. The other day I noticed a very clean N/A 91 RX7 down the street from school for $3995 obo. I'm going to meet up with the guy tomarrow and check out the car (and try to talk him down to at least 3k so i can afford it). Now, being a rotary noob what exactally should i look for when i check the car out? I read through a link I found on here saying what to look for but some of it is over my head. I know what to look for with the Interior and Exterior but what should i look for with the engine? I'm going to take it for a test drive for sure but what should I look for to make sure it's in as good as condition as the guy clames? I've gathered, ask the owner about oil consumption, check the tranny for a 1st-2nd grind, but what else? Is there anything that would instantly point out somthing like a blown apex seal... etc?

Thanks for reading all that I really hope this car is in good condtion becasue I want a FC3 bad

 

Please read the FAQ for Fc sticky thread at the top of this section. There are a couple links on what to look for when buying a 2nd gen RX-7 there.

Yeah the engine wouldn't run (or would barely run- simular to your hondas only running on two cylinders.

 

ok thanks for the help, i'm still trying to grasp all this rotary stuff. the whole idea of like 47 moving parts is just a weird concept to me

 

There are only 3 major moving parts not 47

 

like i said i'm a noob i guess i head wrong, though that was on some like mazda commercial or something