After 120K miles with a remanufactored engine would the motor/car be a good weekend car??? also its a TT dunno the year 93-95 forgot... please help.. I found a project car that runs and seems okay since i dunno jack **** about turbos and rotary motors. But its comepletely spray painted black (now all faded) and its original color was red, some dumb *** kid did it, now a shop is selling me it for $5200 it has 120k miles needs mirrors, headlight lids, rear middle light center , rear bottum lights and umm carpet, shift ****, middle section of the steering wheel. but it comes with a 99+ bodykit + 99+ front signal lights, thats un mounted and un painted......good deal for a project??

 

also has a greddy intake/manifold and a cold air intake, also a apexi dual exhaust. Its also missing the side vents ...? anybody know where i can buy oem stuff like mirrors ,side vents etc..... ebay???

 

sounds like you'd be way in over your head.

buy one thats complete, one that runs and has a solid boost pattern.

oh and read the FAQ, like, right now.

 

that car's worth like...crap

I wouldn't touch it..

Basically:

"jack ****" knowledge/experience + motorless FD + missing body components = hell of a time.

Basically, I agree with the guy above me.

 

its up to you...It will cost u a lot to get all that fixed...just read some other threads...people with decent car still pull their hair out over thing...these car are a love/hate relationship type!! Just think really hard about this--do you have a passion for this car or do you just like it? Just some food for thought!

 

what he said ^

 

with the cost of all that body stuff awry you might as well just go buy a nice roller but yeah its a fair deal. it would be a good project.

 

You can buy OEM Mazda parts from Ray Crowe at Malloy Mazda, 888 533 3400.

Those 99 spec parts are worth quite a bit, ~$3 grand if it comes with the real spoiler.

 

Rich,
Do you work for Ray now? Be honest with this poor bastard-kpkicker16, if you buy this car you'll be broke in a year. They are ver expensive to own...let alone fix.
John

 

My $.02:
If the engine runs well, has good compression, no blue or alot of white smoke from the exhaust(some white smoke on startup is ok), then I think $5.2k is a steal considering it comes with the 99 spec parts. If you're mechanically inclined, you should be able to replace the miss parts and any turbo issues. You'll probably be able to find most of the parts in the forums classified section. Try to find out how many miles are on the reman.

BUT the first thing you should do is read the FAQ sticky at the top of this forum THOROUGHLY. It'll give you alot of info on what you're getting youself into. FD's are great cars, but they'll suck your wallet dry.

 

Considering a new paint job would be $4k+ (for a GOOD job), I think it's a terrible deal.

If the previous owner was stupid/cheap enough to spray paint it black, who knows what else has been done to the car! If you truly want a project car, then offer less money and get it. If you are trying to get an FD for "cheap", then I wouldn't recommend this one. And read the FAQ please.