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703-785-5554

But get it from Tomsn if he has one now, good guy to deal with, I've bought parts from him before. My 2 cents on this: I buy OEM parts from Ray, especially engines. Because adding resellers into the mix presents two problems. 1: You're beholden to the middleman for warranty, parts status, and problems. 2. With Ray, you're dealing directly with a Mazda USA and their dealer network. You can read the horror stories in this forum regarding the issues of using a third party to order the same thing you can buy yourself directly from Mazda. Not all resellers are bad.

 

^ in addition to that, Ray knows the part number of practically every FD part off the top of his head. Even if you don't know the past number or proper name for something, just describe it to him and he'll most likely know exactly what it is and the correct part number for it.

The man is absolutely invaluable!

 

quite a few years ago maybe ….
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thanks for the wise insight there, and contact <3

 

That's current price.

 

spoke to him today, its 5200+ shipping, and takes about a month to get

 

That’s the correct pricing from Ray, I didn’t order from Ray tho

 

do tell ^.^ did you just contact nucar in DE?

 

No, you contact Ray Crowe and order it through him. Ray charges you through their account and ships it through their shipping center.

 

it looks like Motorsports lowered the racer price back to $4,900

but I suppose that begs the question of whether you’re in Japan, or if you ordered it from Japan then how much was the shipping cost?

because in the USA $4,200 seems like less than wholesale cost. I’m not entirely sure though, or if you’re a Mazda employee and qualify for special pricing?
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you were not kidding! suggested retail went from $7282.94 to $13,546.89. i guess someone doesn't want to sell these anymore!

 

Unfortunately I wasn't. N3G1-02-200 is no longer available to order on Mazda Motorsports either as of today. Maybe a new part number with the new price?

 

that would be nice. it looks like it happened like today, so its too soon to see if this is USA only, or everyone

 

In the past USA has been given the lower price compare to everywhere else in the world even in Japan, now looks like we have to pay the same. Glad I ordered more before this happen, thanks Chris for the heads up!

 

That's gunna suck for the folks waiting on an engine from IRP.. that's one HELL of a price jump! Especially hard to swallow for somebody that already paid upfront a few years ago and hasn't received their engines yet.

 

Just confirmed with Ray, his sales price is now over $9k.

I just got off the phone with Mazda Motorsports and they are not selling them any longer.

 

Jeez. Do we think engine parts are next? Time to stock up on housings/etc?

 

ill be curious how this shapes up for other parts.

 

glad I bought all the major parts separately earlier this year

the only problem now is the engine guy is in the same boat and not taking any new orders

so clearly we still haven’t peaked wrt the post-covid impact reality, now with the political impact reality ramping up, the next 12 - 18 months should be concerning to anyone not living under a rock …
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time to abandon this dead platform and swap to 2jz, at that price you have to be a fool...

 

why are you on an rx7 forum? If the rotary is dead because an assembled engine costs $13k, then the 2jz is also in the same category. It’s not exactly a common swap anymore unless you are a drifter, and even then it’s becoming less common.

 

the main issue here is that you will do 4-5 rebuilds in the lifespan of one- 2jz, maybe even more, trying to make the same power that a 2jz does on stock block.... Also the transmission is light years ahead of the 13b's in terms of capability and upgrades. And the scope of people who can work on these because its a piston engine is much greater, and we are not forced to deal with shady companies.. Also, billet by pac exists, and if we are going to these price levels then billet will soon become a topic of conversation, i am a financial analyst and I could tell theres a problem occuring in this sector, when i posted originally was the best time to buy.

For the record ive just sourced each part individually, if it costs 13k for a basically reman from mazda titled as "New" but has burnt exhaust ports and showing signs of use, then buying all the parts individually, only costs about 8k and you know its BRAND NEW and assembled to how you want it

 

If you build and tune it right, you will not go through 5 motors within a JZ lifespan. No need to spread useless misinformation here, there is already enough of that.

Also, you show your lack of knowledge by saying the 2j transmission is "light years" ahead of a 13b. Both engines have been paired with multiple transmissions. There are at least 8 different trans that came attached to a 2jz.

If you are speaking to a 6 speed gertrag, it is stout, but it's old technology so "light years ahead" is just nonsense. And $10k for a used transmission? no thanks. Much better options available in this century.

And not sure what you are calling "questionable". I think it's actually a good thing that Mazda tests the engines before shipping. "Burnt exhaust ports", give me a break.

 

Do all the supporting mods and tune it right and it will last A LOT longer than you expect.
i am on my 11th year now with tons of power at ~30 psi and thousands of track miles and street miles

 

Wish it was misinformation, there's no amount of mechanical or electrical tuning that can make these engines hold as much, or, for as long as a jz in power or torque at the same build levels, at a full blown peripheral port, your making around 700, the jz does this without changing any internals...

I use previous racers like Len bacon , pac racing, and mazdas own racing team for inspiration and data... In terms of raw power its simply not the same, and the powerband is much different, a peripheral port isn't street-able, where as a 600-800hp 2jz , most definitely is and your biggest concern would be traction.