Purchasing an FD
07-17-06, 12:19 AM
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Purchasing an FD
Hello, I am new to this forum I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on this FD that I plan on purchasing RX7
what is a reasonable price for this car?
what is a reasonable price for this car?
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07-17-06, 06:44 AM
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i'd guess that the motor is on the fritz. T-88? Gotham bridgey? Haltech? RE-A cage? fuel cell? (authentic???) MS Widebody kit? Patience young grasshopper. my advice: STAY AWAY from this car!
Do yourself a favor and search for a high mileage chassis with a fresh rebuild and stock (or close to it) power. You're going to drop 15k into this, and one of a few things will happen:
1) It won't run right, you'll get frustrated, and sell it off
2) The motor will pop, you won't have the money in the bank to get a new motor (a new bridgey 13b from Gotham, i'm going to assume will run 4-5k, depending on the number of new parts that are required), plus a new turbo because your seals will most likely eat the current exhaust turbine when they go through it.
3) It will be too much car for you and you'll stuff it. Not saying that you're a bad driver, but from what I've read these are not forgiving cars, espiecally if it's running 500-600 hp like this one is capable of doing, if it's tuned and running right.
Do yourself a favor and search for a high mileage chassis with a fresh rebuild and stock (or close to it) power. You're going to drop 15k into this, and one of a few things will happen:
1) It won't run right, you'll get frustrated, and sell it off
2) The motor will pop, you won't have the money in the bank to get a new motor (a new bridgey 13b from Gotham, i'm going to assume will run 4-5k, depending on the number of new parts that are required), plus a new turbo because your seals will most likely eat the current exhaust turbine when they go through it.
3) It will be too much car for you and you'll stuff it. Not saying that you're a bad driver, but from what I've read these are not forgiving cars, espiecally if it's running 500-600 hp like this one is capable of doing, if it's tuned and running right.
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07-17-06, 10:30 AM
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That car has also been on autotrader for 4+ months. So i'm assuming, that in that time, some knowledgable rotary gods have looked, and passed judgement on the car, or else it would be sold ages ago for that price.
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