Snowblind113

^ ive been pricing out parts for my car and that seems to be the trend, if I look for a bit I am usually able to find it at the least 30 bucks cheaper from their site.

Mahjik

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$30 isn't a big deal if you end up waiting for months for some of those parts. Keep in mind that most smaller shops just "drop ship". i.e. you place your order with them, then they in turn place an order with their wholesaler. So, you might incur a delay in getting your item where as a larger shop like the RX7Store/RX7.com/GothamRacing will stock common parts for immediate shipping.

Snowblind113

ill keep that in mind thanks : ) Picking her up in the morning, going to work on getting all of the mandatory/ reliability mods first, i just hope it doesnt need a rebuild since its been sitting for a year in the guys garage. est cost so far is roughly 1k (700ish + the stuff that unexpectedly needs replacing.) of course not including a rebuild...

fendamonky

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I would have to disagree with you on rx7store having items in stock... I just cancelled an order from them the other day that I had placed in November. They never shipped it out to me and I had to call them up about it. That was not the first time I had them charge me for an item they did not have in stock. This was after I had spent over $6k over the course of a couple months, at that point I would expect a little bit of honesty and integrity on the merchant's part.

So as not to be completely negative I would say just take advantage of the phone number posted and call the merchants before you order. This ensures that they know your order is coming, and also gives a bit of accountablility ("Yeah, I talked to Joe two weeks ago and he said he would drop it in the mail that afternoon... what happened??")

Mahjik

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No shop will have "every" part in stock. There are many items which the public does not buy often or ever. It's expensive to keep stock so places are only going to keep the most sought after items around. Given that, I would say that a Fluidyne radiator is most likely going to be in that category.

However, even then, they can and will run out of part and have to wait for their stock to be replentished at times. It's just not always that simple. Some friends ran a business http://www.dpeweb.com/ , and I got to hear and see the issues first hand. The fact that places like the RX7Store have lasted this long is a testament to their business.

What item did you order?

fendamonky

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The tripower 2 pod gauge mount that I ordered was never shipped to me (I was told several times that they had it and had shipped it to me already, only to find out later that they never sent it, and didn't have any in stock despite charging me for them, and telling me they had them.) The modified primary fuel rail I ordered never got sent, (they did send me the wrong rail, which I had to return) even though I was told several times that they had shipped it my way already (finally told them to cancel the order and refund me for the rail and gauge pod). Almost everything I ordered from them took WAYY too long to arrive (if I can order something from Summit a month after placing an order with Jason, and have the bit from Summit arrive a week or two before Jasons...) Half the time I needed to e-mail or call back to remind them about things I had ordered, prompting the shipping well after I had paid for the items. I needed to go directly to Bryan for updates on my BNR's (and hound Jason to pay him for them long after my core had arrived, and my account billed), Bryan told me that parts weren't on the shelf and they were otw, that was not a problem with me at all! And I told him that waiting for the better part was totally cool. Good communication made up for the time delay. Just bad business ethics from rx7store in general, based on my experience that is.

I totally understand not having items in stock, and needing to order them. What I don't understand is telling a customer that the part is there, and being sent their direction, only to come back later and admit that they were still waiting for them to come in from the supplier, or hadn't stocked them for years.


I didn't want to hijack the thread to flame on Jason though, I know that he has MUCH more experience and knowledge than I can even hope to claim, and plenty of people respect him for it.

I'm just trying to say that it would be best to call the merchant you are ordering from, as opposed to just placing an order on the website. You get a more personal experience, and up to date accountablility for what is, and is not, currently available.

broulir32

ok thanks for advice but 2 things :
money im not worry about
and engine i will get from japan i travel there quite offten ( i ship cars and engines) i just never (before) were interested in rx7 my passion are Skylines.
so pleas dont think that im new to racing or etc. i work on modifying nissans for 6 years. ( and i really dont like supras i respect them but don like em) i know VW AUDI PORSHE NISSAN thats is my passion.
everybody i know say that rx7 its a different ball game
thats why i rather ask then f u c k i t up.

Mahjik

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I've been on this forum for years. You have to understand people like you come and go. They ask a bunch a questions, then disappear as they find a new interest (i.e. the shiny object syndrome).

If you are really competent as you claim, you would be doing more research and searching rather than more asking. Over the years here who are able to complete the large projects either:

a) Have a competent shop do the project for them. Not a bad thing if you have the money.
b) Aren't the ones asking questions. They are the ones doing their own research to figure out exactly what they need.

So, if you have been around modifying cars as much as you say, then I'm sure you been on other forums besides this one. I would suggest using the forum functions like the search to find opinions and options on different setups. Then based on what performance you want, make your own "informed" decision about what to do with your car. To be honest, it doesn't sound like you have even attempted to do research on your own. You are posting ambiguous questions expecting everyone else to fill in the blanks. That's not the best way to go about it.

broulir32

Mahjik thanks for response. , i know this is not the " Macho " way of doing stuff , but we know that Rx7 is not the most reliable car specialy after mods, by the way
i did research this forum, and i did spend hours reading (i ask question before i start searching ) , so when i get responds its always nice to talk to somebody who did them already , and there are people here that never did squat (if they even have rx7) and they respond in allmost every post there is. And if me asking question its a problem thats ok (whats the purpose of this forum, u got people here for 2 3 years and all they do talk **** couse we anwser that question million times) just dont read this thread or dont anwser thats ok too.

Mahjik

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The main concern is that you are asking questions which either:

1. Have been covered in the FAQ thread
2. Have been done, talked about and there are MANY threads about

No disrespect, but when I start researching a car, I rarely asking questions up front. I'm on many forums like NSXPrime, FerrariChat and a few others which I frequent regularly because I'm deciding what car I'm going to by next, yet I have zero posts on those forums. That's because I can do my research to my an informed decision. Just because you ask a question and get an answer doesn't mean you'll get the "right" answer. I can point you to several threads here where the wrong answer is given (and all too frequently). This is why you do your own research.

You asked a question about the 20B, did you visit the 20B section on the forum here yet? Probably not.