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Old 05-09-06, 07:59 PM
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Working With A Automatic (RX7) .......

Hey everyone , I just needed to ask a few questions as im a little lost right now.

I have owned my 7 for a while now (its a 1986 Mazda Rx7 GXL). For the last little while I have tried to sell the car time and time again with a lot of low ballers (no one actually even having cash).

The car has been stored so it is in excellent condition body / mechanical and what not. I honest to god really dont need the car however after spending the day washing her / waxing etc etc. I really have to say it looks damn good for a 20 year old vehicle. I even had my cousin who has an RX8 compliment the vehicle.

Now .... What to do with her, the main reason I really dont have a thing for the vehicle is beacuse its automatic transmission. Lets be honest anything automatic is boring as hell

Should I just keep the car and work on the exterrior / interrior maybe throw a bit on a beautiful paint job / body kit (some rims) make her look excellent . Possibly throw a sound system in.

Or should I just not waste the money on the vehicle ?

Any suggestions would be helpful as to what to do with the vehicle ...

Thanks I appreciate it
Old 05-09-06, 08:47 PM
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I think the first mod on your list should be a manual swap.


Followed by Aluminum Flywheel with a good clutch and pressure plate.

That will really bring the car to life.
Old 05-09-06, 11:11 PM
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Swap in the manual, right now I bet 4 clicks in the f/s section could net you everything for under 300 bucks, and it should only take 10 solid hours to do, start to finish, with all the fab work.
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Yeah the fab work sucks....I'm doing this swap right now. I cant believe they used a different floorpan for the auto cars. Now I have to weld up a new tranny mount....grrrrrr.
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Swap it! I had an 85 gsl with auto and it sucked. Switching to a 5spd made it a totally different car.
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