ha i'm 16, and i own a 90 Honda Civic (parts car), 90 Honda CRX HF and a N/A 87 RX7 as of next week i dont know if anyone has delt with them before but www.osakajdmmotors.com has 13BTs for cheep

 

Just curious, how the **** do you have an RX-8?

 

haha sweet red rx8 ya me 2 cept its my moms car...... o well i got my 7 i like it better anyway

 

If the car is rusted out or is just in terrible condition, I advise not taking it as it could become too much of a hassle if you don't have a lot of money. On the other hand, if it seems mechanically sound, I say take it, because hey, it's a free car.

 

Even if it is rusted out, you could still part it out and make some money to put towards a good one. Or if nothing else tow it down to the local wreckers and get a few dolars for scrap metal.

 

Osaka used to be good, from experience. They suck now their motors are hit or miss, from experience. www.flashoptions.com is an excellant site, from experience.

 

These aren't Hondas, if you want a turbo you buy the turbo engine. A turbo engine plus a rebuild is within your budget.

 

My dad saved up $40,000 for my college tuition since I was born, but when i got a full scholarship he gets to keep that money so I just told him to buy me an 8 and I'll be happy.

 

Thanx for the info guys, I'm going to see it today and If I can find a camera I'll take pics..

Till then.

VRB

 

well, i read in your profile you have the four speed automatic, right? THATS why its slow. you really really really really REALLY need to learn how to drive stick if you cant before you consider building anything fun to drive.

 

Automatic or stick wasn't my choice but the 7 IS stick so..

 

Ya they got the 13B-T 5spd tranny for 650 which is pretty damn cool. The thing is the other site was selling the whole package, now I have to buy intercooler, and wiring seperate..

 

so... GET IT!

 

try ebay...there's always someone parting out their rx's. i got a tII stock ic for 50 bucks..and it's in really good shape. and a turbo for 150. look into that and u may be surprised. as for the free fc...TAKE IT!!! and just do your reseach here and you'll see it won't cost s much.

 

i agree, stick is more fun. but not only that, the auto rx8 is the 210hp 4-port and the stick is the 240ish hp 6-port. hence the auto is slow.

 

i say you take it buy a cheap n/a engine pull it apart learn to rebuild it yourself and port the crap out of it. set up a direct port nitrous setup and youve got yourself a fast car for cheap. just my 2 cents though

 

wow, since you can get the FC for free, it has NO motor and you only want to spend $3000 to make it haul ***, you should drop in a chevy V8. the LT1 V8 can be had with a 6 speed manual tranny and there are mount kits to make this a drop in affair, easy enough for a 17 year old to do, no joke. the LT1 has a forward facing throttlebody so you wont need to cut the hood like on an oldschool carb'd v8 swap setup. you could buy a wrecked '93-97 impala or camaro/firebird and sell off the junk you dont need then you'll end up getting the LT1/T56 swap for dirt cheap, like $1000 total, seriously. mount equipment and a driveshaft plus some cooling/fuel system stuff will be another $1000.

checkout the "other engines" section of the forum, there is a good bit of into in there on this type of swap. its tough to beat this approach to get over 300 whp and 300tq without risking reliability.

 

I saw it today and it was in absolutly %100 HORIBBLE condition! I even had to borrow a friend's camera to take pics of it to show you guys.. I had to slap my cousin for getting me excited about it..

 

so whats wrong with it then

 

Missing inner door pannels, gearbox is gone, seats are got mirrors are gone one door is missing a window the one with a window doesn't have a motor, bumper on it is white(The car is black) and is falling off front suspension looks a bit off the inside of the car is filled with junk from the engine that he could not sell..Again I have to get my friend to e-mail me the pics I took to post it on here.

 

Its free still.

 

I'll take it.

That doesn't sound that bad.

 

Btw, what would you expect out of a free FC? Can't complain alot.