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Old Sep 8, 2011 | 06:14 PM
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Smile Finally bought an RX-7 ~ Minnesota, USA

Hi, I'm Miles from nowhere MN.
I've always had an affinity for these cars, FB's and C's mainly.
Mine is an 81' GSL, 114,000 Original miles, Manual, completely stock now except for the radio going in. No real plans, except eventually (maybe) going one inch lower on springs, new struts, and some basic engine work, etc.
For the last few years I've been over at Sixthsphere.com (Saturn Community). Which was abrasive as hell.
Anyway, Besides a general understanding of the fact that I know nothing about the rotary engine itself, I'm decent with DIY work. I'll probably be popping up here and there when I need help Diagnosing a problem, or sourcing parts.

Straight off the bat, I've been using this car to drive to College (30 miles) currently.
My radio had no FM, so I pulled the stock unit and was going to put in a new pioneer. Low and behold, none of my dash wires seem to be the right color, although I can tell they are original. If anyone knows a thread (i searched a decent amount) about reusing the stock harness to install a new head, please let me know. I had the base radio with no tape player.
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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Really nice man
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Old Sep 15, 2011 | 10:52 PM
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congrats on the purchase.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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congrats on the old school RX7.
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 12:22 AM
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Congrats and welcome
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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Nice purchase good luck with the car
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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Thanks everyone. Ended up wiring the radio from scratch. Other than that, changed the air filter and picked up (This confused me) 4mpg. Old was a K&N, new is Wix.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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Dang, 4mpg!!! Im gonna change mine tomorrow!! But hey, welcome to the community. Ive only been on here a short while and I'm also in Minnesota and using my 84 GS to get to college and work.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 12:31 PM
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Good Job! - I too am a new owner of a RX-7. Mine is a "84" GSL-SE and i'v been driving it to work for 2 weeks now - what a fun car to drive - I'm in Foley MN so if you find a mech-a-nick up here, let me know and i'll do the same. There has to be a GURU somewhere in this state.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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Nice find!!!
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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A guy I know in little falls used to work on rotaries, he sold all of his spare motors (a few ported 12a's and two 13bt's) to a local guy who runs RX-7s. Don't know who though. I'll try and find out next time I see the mech.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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thanks miles
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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Hell of a car mate!!!
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 12:18 AM
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Nice ride. White looks nice.
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 10:07 AM
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Looks like alot of clean 1st gens comin out of minnesota.nice car hope it comes along well for you and welcome too the club
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