redturbo

My car wont start i am not sure if the engine is blown, but let's say it is how much can expect to get if i were to sell my car as is .My car is a 1988 turbo 2 it has leather interior and antilock brakes ,it is stock no modifications of any kind . Thx

Go48

iTrader: (7)

IMO, it depends completely on the condition of the rest of the car. Assuming it is in near mint condition--i.e., good paint, no rust, all other mechanicals in good condition--you may get around $2-3K AT MOST from an enthusiast. Most non-enthusiast, potential purchasers will not buy a car with a blown engine. If the condition is only fair or poor, expect to get less than $1K. Of course, this is only one opinion.

redturbo

Thx for the quick reply go48 , i would say it is in very good overall shape. I will post some pic's of the car later on to see what u or anyone else thinks,i might be selling it i have no mechanic skills.

clokker

iTrader: (2)

This situation presents you, the seller, with two problematic options.

As it sits now, you're not selling a car, you're selling a rolling chassis.
Regardless of condition, the market for such a thing is miniscule...you either need someone who is planning a swap and doesn't care about the motor/transmission or an enthusiast who is not scared of a motor in unknown shape.

Far easier to sell would be a car with a freshly rebuilt motor but that would require you to shoulder the financial burden of the rebuild until the car was sold...and even then you'd have to hope to recoup your costs.
Again, you'd have a fairly small pool of potential buyers.

Although there should be no shame attached to having little mechanical ability, it does make things more difficult when dealing with a niche market car.
I'd think you're best bet would be to find a rotary specialist and buy a diagnostic so you can get some sort of idea what's going on.

arghx

iTrader: (3)

if it's got a blown motor and you can't easily/inexpensively rebuild yourself it you'd be better off just selling the rolling chassis. if it's in good shape it might go to a rotary enthusiast, if it's in bad shape it will likely have its soul ripped out

Spectrum24x

The best financial decision might be to part it out, as stated before if its in poor condition you can expect under 1k... However you could sell the blown motor by itself for about 400, the complete drivetrain for around 1k if its in good condition, any salvagable interiror parts I.E. leather seats could go for about 200, then when its stripped, you could still sell the naked rolling chassis to an enthusiast for about 400 bucks...
If your up to the challenge that's gonna be the best profit...

If you do this btw, i call dibs on the drivetrain and leather seats =)

Spectrum24x

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hurleysurf24

iTrader: (3)

Under 1000 if its not mint.

st1llet0

iTrader: (2)

It depends on how long you can wait.
I blew the engine in my 89 GTU, with crappy, dirty interior, flaking white paint, and a crushed drivers fender for $1000 in a week, but it did come with brand new falkens on stock wheels.

It's all about how long you want to sit on it.

redturbo

here are some pics pf the car,in one of the pics u will see wires on the floor and the plate that covers the radio and the baskets are not in the car my brother was in process of installing a stereo for me and was looking to get the rear wiper working and also the radio antenna .The car ran great drove it home 1 day parked the went to start it 2 days later it would not start.I will post it on craig list for 1,500 see if any one is interested.

redturbo

A few pic's

BASTARD

iTrader: (4)

put some plugs in it and fire it up

jimmy_trader

iTrader: (4)

What makes you think the engine is blown?
You might want to consider checking a few simple things before you sell it.
Otherwise somebody might show up with $1500 and $20 worth of spark plugs and drive away with your "blown engine."
At least get a compression test done before you write it off; It might just be flooded.

redturbo

If anybody here is interested or has any questions let me know, the car is located in Queens ,NY.

need RX7

iTrader: (4)

You could probably get 1k for that car with a blown engine. Looks likes it's in pretty good shape.

farberio

iTrader: (7)

try to deflood it first. It is a clean car, wish you were closer.

DBookatay

iTrader: (1)

I'll give you $800 cash as it sits....
I'm in CT and can be there tomorrow with a tow truck and take it off your hands@

barnett87rx7

iTrader: (1)

only worth what someone is willing to pay you for it

Hypertek

iTrader: (3)

get it running.. non-running rx7s arent worth a dime because of how the rotary engine has a bad reputation to people who dont know about them.

RTRx7

iTrader: (2)

An enthusiast would know better than to pay that much for a car that will require a $2500 rebuild. When you buy something, you don't give the seller the offering price of a best case scenario. You start by assuming the worse and they meet you in the middle.

There are plenty of half done turbo IIs on this board going for more than 2k. They have been on here for months, and they will sit here until the sellers decide to meet someone at a fair price for a rolling shell.

Like clokker said, an experienced buyer is aware of the market value of an rx7 that doesn't run. No one cares how much you put into it or how little you would have to do to get it running. All that matters is the last fact, it's not running.

redturbo

Thx for your advice,jimmy trader and faberio and this site i was able to get the car running with my brothers help..The car was really flooded and the spark plugs still need to be replaced my brother just cleaned them of with some fine sand paper for now.one question i want to replace the plugs , are the plugs for the turbo rx7 and naturally aspirated rx7 the same.For any noobs like me i downloaded a pdf file on unflooding that i found online there were 2 methods easy way remove fuse, and the harder way removing the plugs witch was the one that worked for my car.

redturbo

THX jimmy for the advice my engine is fine was flooded like u said.