Good morning everyone. I am new to the site and was hoping to get some info on my 10th AE. I recently inherited the car from my Aunt who purchased it new in 88. It was parked in her garage over a decade ago with just under 30k original miles. After sitting for such a long time, I am not sure what kind of shape the motor and turbos are in as well as everything else on it. I see that the value of theses is pretty low and I was wondering if there is any benefit to keeping them completely stock. I know there are a lot of paint issues with these and it doesn't look to be too bad currently, but I am sure it will start presenting issues after I get it cleaned up. The tires are flat and the door moldings are falling off, but the interior is almost pristine.

I plan on keeping it white, but I am sure it will need a paint job. What kind of depreciation would I be looking at if it wasn't the exact factory color? Are performance mods not worth it on an AE?

My first car was actually an 88 non-turbo RX-7 which I absolutely loved and she used to let me drive the AE on occasion. I remember it being pretty darn quick at the time.

Any suggestions? Should I bring it back to stock condition and just have fun with it? Or should I upgrade the turbo, suspension, exhaust, etc. and make it a rocket ship?

Thanks,

-Ben

 

Hi Ben. My personal opinion, being a 10ae owner, keep it as stock as possible since it was a one owner, unmolested car. Many of these cars are like my own, it was obtained with nearly ALL the 10ae stuff missing/damaged besides the flaking paint and vin number. Nothing wrong with doing some tasteful mods, IMO, but I wouldn't go full out and mod the hell out of one as complete as yours.

Also, it's a single turbo car, there are no "turbos"

 

Thanks for the response. I wasn't planning on doing much other than cleaning it up and likely swapping the wheels (obviously keeping the originals). My vision included a fresh coat of monochromatic white with black BBS LM or CH style wheels.

I was mainly interested in performance mods since it will need a good once over after sitting for so long. I figured if I was going to have most of it apart I might as well improve where I can (keeping it a simple as possible without breaking the bank). Stuff like a turbo upgrade if the original is seized up, less restrictive exhaust, etc. Nothing crazy or super expensive.

As far as the turbo(s) go, I haven't looked at anything RX-7 related since the mid-late 90s...I always thought it was a twin turbo setup. Now I feel stupid lol

 

Welcome BEN..
Being that this is an INTRO section I ask that you direct your Questions to the TECH section.
Good luck and as stated up top in the rules this thread will now be closed so you can do that.