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hey, i have a wide body celica. and i am sellin it and think about an rx-7. i dont a bit of reasearch and know the hp and all taht and how the rotary works... but i have afew questions. how reliable are they? (i know about the electrical) how fast or quick are the n/a's? are they carborated???(might be a stupid question) is there anything i should look out for when buying one??
thanks, i know its alot of questions, feel free to flame.
thanks, i know its alot of questions, feel free to flame.
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Very frequent question. Here are past replies:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=78894
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=buy+rx7
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=new+rx7
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=78894
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=buy+rx7
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=new+rx7
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Reliability isn't a HUGE issue if you stay regular with maintenance. N/A's aren't insane-fast, but they're definitely strong and peppy. No carburetor, only the 1st Gens had them (and only till a certain year). As to buying, Aaron Cake's got a good writeup on that.
http://www.aaroncake.net/rx-7/buy1.htm
If you want more power, but a bit less reliability, go for the TII. Good luck, and welcome to the family!
http://www.aaroncake.net/rx-7/buy1.htm
If you want more power, but a bit less reliability, go for the TII. Good luck, and welcome to the family!
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You're better off doing it yourself than paying a shop to do it....a whole lot of places don't have the slightest clue what to do with a rotary, and it is done a bit differently. Go get a comp guage tester. Connect it to the top spark plug hole. Pull the EGI fuse(under the hood--there are two of them) and turn the car over. It is important to remove the check valve from your comp tester, as this will only show the high reading. You are looking for three even bounces on the guage. If you don't have three even ones, tell us what you get. Also--the bounces should be above 85-90 like someone said, or the comp is too low. Once this is done, do the same thing for the rear chamber--top hole, and record those results.
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