When I get my heart set on something It's all I can think about, and right now all I want in the world is a FC. As soon as I sell my shitty *** honda I'm buying one as quick as I can, hell I might buy one before I sell my honda. I'm new to rotaries, I spend a lot of time this last summer working on the civic which was the first car I've ever bought with my own money, I learned a lot buy working on it but its time to get a real car. I check the classifieds on this site multiple times a day dreaming about when I can get my hands an FC, N/A Turbo II It doesnt matter as long as it runs and its got a stick I'll be happy.

Well actually I need it to reliable because its gonna be my DD but I figure I'll slowly build it up- maybe take it to some NASA HDPE events but probably not turn it into an all out race car. I'm learning how to fabricate things in school so a few years down the road hopefully I can put together some nice custom things but for now I'm pretty noob.

 

I just realized that my grammar in the title is horrible, thats embarrassing.

 

Good luck with your future projects.. Learning to fab your own things should help you!

 

Yeah, it should. Hopefully at whatever my job ends up being I'll have access to a machine shop like I have here at school.

 

I found a clean 86 N/A with only 50k miles and no rust for $1700. No mods, phone dial rims. This seems like a pretty good price to me, anyone have any comments?

 

have fun with the car hunt. took me 1 year to find the perfect nissan 240 for me.

 

Not bad. Good price but you'll be suprised at how many other good deals exist when you take your time.

50k is awesome for mileage and it's non turbo..hmmm. What's your budget? What style/aesthetic do you like most when envisioning your ideal FC?

 

Word.

 

I resently moved to new york an since i was 6 wen i started fixin cars wit my dad the only cars that were in my family was mazdas all the way. an the 1 i fell in love wit deeply was the rx7's doesnt matter if it was a 1st gen 2nd gen or 3rd gen, as long as there is a rotary engine in it i want it. i been reading alot on them an rite now there is no engine better than that i dont care wat any1 says, so wat? because its only a 1.3l all my friends dont hav any respect for them so i set of on a lil quest wit my dad at myside to get 1 an fix them good. rite now am in skool, i went through mechanic skool an am now workin in an auto shop an i intend to buy 1 very soon, it doesnt hav to be turbo, i will deal wit that afterwards by takin my time an get it where i want it to be.

 

Best of luck to you with your future project and make sure to post pictures so we can follow along.

-Bryce

 

As soon as I buy one I'll post pics, I'm looking to spend under $2k. As for style/aesthetic my favorite is a white FC with the turbo hood, but honestly the number one thing I'm looking for is reliability and not much rust. As much as I'd really like more powerful car like a S5 TII, I'd be perfectly happy with an N/A S4 especially because if I ever take it to a track etc the best way to become a better driver is to drive an underpowered car.

I'm going to try to buy the S4 mentioned sometime this week but the biggest problem I'm having is actually getting to it, it's about 75 miles away, my current car doesn't run, the owner works 7 days a week and none of my friends have cars. No trains run out that way, hopefully I my f***ing distributor will come so I can get my honda running and get out there.

Pics of the car I'm looking at:





Back seat! Those things are absurd.

 

FC is the best

 

Kodarren, wanna drive me out to buy this beast? I'll pay for your time and gas money.

 

i dont think anyone on this forum could fit in there lol

 

wat the hell were those things created for? passenger gnomes?

 

little itty bitty Japanese children

anyway Muad' Dib that S4 looks like a good deal if really only has 50k on it

here are some thoughts to consider

be prepared to spend the next year getting all the little things taken care of;
-brake pads, rotors, lines fluid
-spark plugs and wires
-belts
-trans fluid change, upgrade to something like Redline MT-90
-coolant flush (radiator still original?)

Since it sounds like you're going to drive it more than race it don't get carried away with performance goodies.

Look into what your local NASA group offers in the way of autocross before running out to do their HPDE's.
What's nice with the autocrosses is that they are usually pretty close by, not overly hard on your car and you'll quickly find where the weak points on the car are - also do your first one completely stock so you know what your starting point is.

A good set of springs and adjustable struts will be WAY cheaper than a set of coilovers - which would be overkill.
An extra set wheels for the racing tires (tires are your best/cheapest upgrade fotr the amount they will improve your times) - you should be able to fit them all in the car on race day and change them at the track
Set of strut bars and sway bars with adjustable endlinks

and leave it at that for year or two

 

I see. Pretty much what you have in my opinion is a solid FC. Looks great and the best part is that it is unmolested. No upgrades, stock everything....and again excellent mileage.

Take your time with it, and definitely frequent these here forums. It's a good outlet in seeing how other owners manage their cars and awesome for generating modification ideas too. You said that this would be your daily driver so my suggestion would be to keep close watch on oil levels and coolant. If extra money is available, invest in a good tune up kit....plugs, spark plug wires, oil filter, fuel filter...and all the other necessary parts. I think this FC would look great with a 5 lug conversion ( if not already 5 lug) and even some S5 Turbo 2 meshies, some lowering springs and your set....not too agressive but a definite upgrade from the phone dial wheels it's rocking right now as well as current ride height.....just my .02!

 

Thanks for the advice, I did an HDPE event over the summer with my civic and had a blast, it was a little pricey though so I was going to look into autocross. I learned very quickly from working on my civic that doing anything beyond struts/springs tune up is not currently worth it. But what you are suggesting was essentially my plan.

 

nice find hope u buy it, btw it seems most of the fcs here in california are up for sale...

 

all I can think about is FDs

 

To the OP, im in the same boat you are, my first and last three cars were hondas now i find myself wanting an fc so bad......the hard part is finding one that is in good shape and truely worth the money!

Good Luck with hunt..

 

+1
there is a whole lot more available out there with the 5-lug conversion
but I have seen one set of phone dials I actually liked
the guy polished them till they looked like chrome, they looked phenomenal

OP see if www.edgeracing.com www.tirerack.com or www.discounttiredirect.com has any wheels you might like
and I got my last set of Tokico Illuminas from www.shox.com for a very reasonable price

 

FC's can be loads of fun but be careful. They can also eat up loads of money in no time!

 

haha ^^^^ your not lien man once you start you cant stop haha but there fun.... thats a clean *** car man i hope it works out and you get it .... i was thinking about putting back seats into my 90 but now that i see those i think ill stick with my bins haha good luck man

 

.yep..good deal if is has 50k on it..IF you are gonna Keep it STOCK.Otherwise if you have the intention of Taking the Motor out or doing some Mechanical modifications to it,you would be better off getting a Shell...and all I can think about is All the freakin Money that gets Blown on My FC..I "should"have bought a Honda!..But then again,Nothing Drives like a Rear wheel drive Sports car(RX7!)!!.