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Old 08-30-04, 08:51 PM
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First off I would like to say this is a great forum, and I've spent hours reading and learning here. I'm in a bit of debate, I have an 88 n/a and it runs fairly well, but not perfect. The exhaust and paint are not too great as well. I have about $3000 to drop into the car and I'm not sure whether or not to rebuild or TII swap. I can spend most of the money on the TII or I can rebuild and use the money left over for other things like paint, exhaust and a few other things. Just wanted an opinion on what you guys would do in my place that way I know the pros and cons of my descision. Thanks in advance.
Old 08-30-04, 08:55 PM
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I say stick with the n/a bro just my 2 cents
Old 08-30-04, 08:57 PM
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If I were you I would sell your current car and take the $ along with your $3k and get a decent T2
Old 08-30-04, 08:58 PM
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With 3 grand you just just buy a pretty decent T2, I paid like 700 for mine with 88k on it.

Ha ha beat me to it
Old 08-30-04, 09:03 PM
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Yeah, I say sell your car for as much as you can and buy a TII as well..
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Well I bought this n/a because its the only 7 I've been able to come across. So far I have never seen another one in my area at all. I have been thinking about selling it and buying a T2 but I can't find one.
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Look in newspapers, autotrader.com, ebay, etc.. I'm sure it's not hard to find one in California.. It only took me a month to find a nice one in CO..
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Yea, I probably should just sell it and get the T2. This is going to be my daily driver and I know rotaries are headaches, lol, so how much of a headache is a turbo'd one.
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mine is a headache, but it was completely reliable while on the road. My only problem was bareblocking it, doing the parallel fuel mod, and replacing a ton of old *** parts with new ones. It won't be too bad if you mod it properly and perform a ton of preventative maintenance..
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Well if I can find one I will get one. I will look around alittle more before I decide to do something with my current car. I am seaching the autotrader right now and no T2's within a 100 miles but I'll keep looking.
Old 08-30-04, 09:23 PM
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Search the online newspapers within 100 miles of your area. If you can find a decent TII within 300 miles of your area, it's still better than busting your *** doing a swap, I would hate to source out all of the parts for a swap on a 13+ yr old limited production car..
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If I end up keeping the n/a I'll just rebuild and maybe port it. But I'll continue looking for that T2 and drive this one for now.
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Look in:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=108
http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/forumd...?s=&forumid=12
http://www.nopistons.com/forums/index.php?showforum=24
http://www.thepartstrader.com/adlayo...0&Display=Full
http://motors.listings.ebay.com/Mazd...custoverrideZ1
http://autotrader.com/findacar/resul...used&x=21&y=13
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try the classifieds its works great for so cal; thats where i found my rx. Good luck finding a good t2 here, very hard to find for sale and if u find one its probubly been drifted the heck out of. Just keep looking and for sure test drive the car and for insurance bring a compression tester; people can be pretty dishonest at times.
Old 09-01-04, 05:42 AM
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yeah sell your car and get a decent T2
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