bought my first rx7
 

hell my name is Austin I bought my first RX7 its a 1982 FB. Decided the forums to try and learn as much as I can about the car, and maybe gets some help if I need it with my car. ^_^

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Howz it goin I have the same car I'm bout to do a conversion to 13b turbo

I'm doing alright. The car I picked it up for $1800 a little while ago, it just has allot of electirical issues and some minor mechanical issues. It seems like the guy didn't care about properly wiring anything. And I guess the paint isn't the best in the world either lol. But I'm hoping I can clean it up, and make it work right. I'll be posting pics today of the car I think.

Oh yeah nice where abouts are u from?

Id like to see some oics of your new toy

welcome!! post some pics of your FB:icon_tup:

Here's some pictures of the Rx-7.
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Like I said before some electircal problems, and there is a few tubes blocked off.... so I gotta figure it all out lol. It runs fine but, I want it to be setup how it supposed to be you know what I mean? And, vistra, I'm in Mesa, Arizona, USA.

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Yeah nice I have same few problems with mine that's why I'm doin a conversion. I live in Brisbane australia. We should intouch since we have same car? Help each other out when we can

Bro I think you should download and print a wire diagram because at the shop a customer brought in an Fb and it had ah few wire problems plus more and I was stuck just like you until I said fuck it lets stop trying to find the problem without educating myself about the car and after that I had the car out of the shop by the end of the nite with damn near ah fresh wire harness done by myself. Trust me don't be afraid of the old school wire harness rumor just know its less wire then the new generation. lol

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Well the wiring problems it has are mostly with lights, and left over wires from a stereo system that was in the car, and some other random wires he decided to attach on lol. He also has what looks like to be a capacitor on the car, which I don't know why that's on there other than maybe he didn't upgrade the alternator. Oh, and it looks like I'll have to replace the fan on the car since its constantly running, I bet the clutch fan thing locked permanently in the on position. Then the vacume lines he blocked off, I really, really don't know what they are, or what they go to. I have the RX-7 haynes manual but.... I can't find em. So I'll probably have to post pictures up of the vacume hoses that are blocked off and see what people think.

And vistra if you want you can add me on a messenger of your choice, and we can stay in contact if you want. I think it would be a good idea since we have similar cars. I just hope I can allot of this work done so the car can drive how it supposed to lol.

AllAroundJDM, I'm not really stuck as of yet, I just got the car a few days ago, and its over 100+F outside, I only work on it few hours here and there, since its so hot in Arizona. I do have the book , which has diagrams in it, I'm not the best person with electrical but... I'll have to learn it or pay up to someone that does lol, or get help on here for it. ^_^

i also had wiring problems with the fb i had before i sold it .it was a mess and it was a widebody done crappy..

I am in the same boat.. but my car is super clean for the year (1984 GSL-SE) thank God and no electrical problems..

I hope to learn a lot about Rotor engine here in the forums...

Jose

Nice Car! Welcome to the forums. Hope you learn a lot!

Still remember my first car. It was a beauty. Fc3s, it was just a gxl model but everything worked and the car fans solid with minimal problems. I hope your able to learn and enjoy the car man.

Congratulations! Old skoooool

what kinda carb you run?

That's a good looking car my friend. Jealous of those Arizona cars. I just bought an 85 FB for 1100 and the body is ROUGH. Yay for the RUST BELT.

carb
 

I believe its a stock carb. I really want to get a holly carb but they cost like a $1000.

wow looks really nice

Awesome bro!

Lookin good

I keep toying with the idea of buying a first gen. I had one way back when and wouldn't mind another one now.

nice u have the same name as me haha but welcome to the forms