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Old Oct 31, 2020 | 08:29 PM
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New member - purchased 1982 RX7 today

This is my second RX7; I no longer own the first one. It got totaled in 2006; Ported !2A with Racing Beat Holly and Rotary Engineering exhaust; Racing Beat suspension. Looking forward to adding performance parts and fixing this one up. It has only 57K on the motor. New to forums so I have no idea what to do here.
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 05:10 AM
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Welcome to forum. Would like to see photos of your RX7
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 06:10 AM
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Welcome!! Do you know any of the car's history? Would love to see pictures of the car!
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Old Nov 1, 2020 | 09:11 AM
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welcome. quite the list of mods. any idea who did the build? how's it run? pix would be great too.
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Old Nov 4, 2020 | 11:09 PM
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Old Nov 4, 2020 | 11:15 PM
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Bone stock 1982. The 1983 with the performance mods was totaled; Dave Atkins build the 12A

I just got this one. Eventually I will do a ported 13B swap. For now I will work on upgrading to RB springs and anti sway bars, Tokico struts and shocks, new seats, carpet, steering wheel. I'd like to find some 15inch wheels for the 4 X 110 offset. This is harder to find than I thought.
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Old Nov 5, 2020 | 05:56 AM
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Looks like an S model with the rare steel wheels!!! Thats a huge score!
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Old Nov 5, 2020 | 03:03 PM
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Got it for$2200.
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Old Nov 6, 2020 | 05:50 AM
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Thats a great price for the car!!! How's the interior?
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Old Nov 9, 2020 | 05:28 PM
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Not great. Steering wheel is bent. I ordered new Luisi wheel. https://classicgarage.com/vepostwh.html

Seats are shot. Just ordered new Corbeau Evolution seats in black. https://corbeau.com/sportline-evolution/

New wheels are on the way https://www.carid.com/konig-wheels/r...m_source=email

Also ordered new front brake rotors and brake pads from RB

Next, I need to save for RB springs and antisway bars and shocks

Eventually, I will do a 13B swap
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