Greetings from Raleigh, NC - '84 Rx-7 SE
 

Greetings to everyone,

I'm from the Raleigh, NC area, and have an '84 Rx-7 SE, info which an astute reader would have gained from the title. :)

"The rest of the story" is that the car has been parked for about 25 years (I am the original owner), and I'm trying to determine who in this area might be able to get it back into "road-shape" so I can talk with them to come up with a budget for getting it back on the road in good (NOT showroom) condition. And this seemed like a good place to find some knowledgeable people.

I'll go through some of the forums and see what I can find out there, but it you have any suggestions, I would appreciate reading them.

Thanks for having a resource such as this.

73, (best regards in ham radio talk),
Curt

welcome. if u can post some pix. any history on it and reason it sat for so long?

I'm in the triangle area myself. I can recommend a great facility that appreciates RX-7's and rotary cars in general for what they are. I'm notoriously distrustful of anyone touching my car, and I was in a situation where I couldn't work on my car myself and took a leap of faith with them, and they have never disappointed. Feel free to PM me and I'll share the details if you'd like.

Welcome to forum

Welcome to the forum!! Would definitely love to see pictures of the car!! Glad to have another original owner here!

It's not very photo-genic right now. It's been parked in a carport with no cover.

I never planned on parking it for so long. I have a history of speeding tickets, and with an Rx-7, that became more of a problem. And auto insurance costs became even MORE of a problem! So I parked it for a couple of years until my driving record wouldn't inflate my insurance costs so much. Meanwhile life happened and life happened and life happened and my plan to get it back on the road in a couple or three years turned into now.

And that's where we are now.

I'm thinking of either selling it for someone else to fix up, or having it repaired for me to drive again. As for the engine, about 15 years ago I called an auto mechanic on the radio, and his advice for that (and he knew the make/model) was to change the oil and put in fresh oil with a healthy portion of it being "Marvel Mystery Oil". Then disconnect the plugs so it wouldn't start and just let the starter turn the engine over for a few minutes to distribute the oil and let the "Mystery Oil" do its magic. That's about all I remember from his advice.

Although I have done some mechanical work on my cars, including the Rx-7 (replacing an alternator is the main thing I remember), even though I studied mechanical engineering in college, unlike some people suppose, there are no classes in automotive mechanics for MEs! (Also, the university does not train electrical engineers in TV repair, which nobody does anymore anyway.)

As I said when I started doing more of my own auto mechanic work, I'm not particularly good at it (I'm fair, I grew up working on machines, just not auto engines), I don't particularly like to do it, but I was paying high prices to get lousy work done on my cars, and I can do lousy work for free! :-)))

So advice, education and encouragement are solicited.

Welcome to the forum! I am new as well. Would love to see your FB.

Photogenic or not, im sure the car is still beautiful! If I were closer, I would definitely lend a hand in fixing the car. It sounds like it has a ton of potential!