Ok, I own a GXL. Not a bad car, I love the Rotary and the value of the whole package. However the car I have, while I picked it up cheap, and its rust free, has some issues.

It needs lost of small things, bushings, inner-shift boot, windshield, dampers, sunroof is stuck and a whole host of other various small problems. This is not a big deal in its self, seeing I would just fix as I go and one day have a mint car, however its' 5th and 6th port are froze shut. That and the air-pump squeeks like crazy.

So really, after all my "minior" problems are fixed, I'll be out over 3gs more likely. And even then, I will be left with a car worth not much more then I paid and still not that quick.

So the question is, would it be better to find a good codition TII, with out all the minor problems which add up to big $$$? Can I find a "Clean" rust free car for $4,000. Or is this just wishful thinking, sure I'll find a clean TII, however I'll still end up spending another 1-2k on it.

 

bushings,- most expensive thing on here
$50-150 depending on brand and type

inner-shift boot, -junkyard
free-10 bucks

windshield, -junkyard
take some solvent with you and put it around the silicone while pulling other parts, -40-80 bux

dampers, ?pulsation? suspention? sound? either way, its not nessissary or a cheap fix

sunroof -junkyard
30-60 bux

5th and 6th port fix your self
pull your manifolds and free them if wd 40 wont do it

air-pump
pull that **** off anyway

if you have a friend with a parts car almost all of that is free
and on the fourum id say 400 bux max for everything

id keep the car personally but its your call

 

Can't pull a windshield, they car from what I'm told. Its $180 to have someone do it. I don't have the time or space to yank the manifold and airpump. Dampers, as in shock-absorbers, which would run for about $250. Buschings are a total PITA from what I know. Inner-shift boot is $50.

er, forgot the big $$, I need all four new tires.

 

Tii Ftw

 

If you buy a TII, you're going to have a new, BIG problem.. it's called a turbo. :P

Either way you're going to be spending some money on a '7.. it's just inevitable. Of course, in the long run, the N/A will be cheaper.. but the TII would be a lot more fun while it lasts.

 

T2

i have never heard a T2 guy say they want a NA unless it was a 3rotor or a p-port engine....

but then they would say they would want a turbo 3 rotor and a turbo p-port engine....

you will get addicted to boost if you go T2

and you are right if you find a clean one around 4k like i did you will still spend around 2k in maintenance and getting everything in tip top shape. can you afford that? the car i found was around 4k but i mainly bought it cuz it had mods i was already thinking of getting, plus had an engine with 105 compression on both rotors, perfect seats, and working ac..... I already knew that i was going to spend around 2k on getting things in the right running order.

 

I say you stay na

I am working on my na 7 project now(engine is almost in)
I am almost done and I have spent about 7k(I am doing everything the right way with all brand name parts)

You can do it for a lot cheaper but I want my 7 to be in tip top shape.

 

i would say stay na but the trade of is too great if you kept a t2 stock it halls *** the tranny is almost bullet proof the rear end you can do hole shots all day its just that if you kept a t2 stock it would last a long time and the added performance i did a jspec conversion and it idles beutifully runs like a bat out of hell and almost reliable in other words i can go on long trips and trust ill make it back, i upgraded bushing fuel pump brand knew injectors a must on a almost 20 year car so i would say go for a t2 or if your feeling adventurous like me do a conversion if you can find the parts cheep i loved my gxl but my t2 theres no comparison