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Old May 26, 2018 | 04:49 PM
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I'm the owner of a beautiful 85 RX 7 12a. Stumbled on to the site to give it a try

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Old May 30, 2018 | 08:02 PM
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The rear end of the car looks sick!
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Old May 31, 2018 | 02:18 AM
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welcome to the forum. excellent find, too bad about the door tho.
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Old May 31, 2018 | 11:37 AM
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D.j. Nibouar, welcome to the RX7club. Totally LOVING the color and the hatch louvers. Where in Ohio are you? There's quite a few members in Ohio so you should be able to find a new door on the cheap, possibly in the same color too. When I needed a new driver's door for my 87 GXL, a guy in the same city I was living in at the time (Lancaster, OH) brought one to me for $75. Same Noble White paint and everything, I just had to swap over my window regulator because I have power windows.

Something I should point out is that you have the "beehive" oil cooler.
From Mazdatrix (Oil Coolers, Cooler Hoses, Fittings, and Catch Tanks):
"The water-to-oil coolers used on 83-85 12A's do not work all that well, and are not recommended for modified engines. The two small sealing "O"-rings under these coolers are very prone to hardening and then leaking. The visual symptom is a lot of oil under the cooler and around the rear top of the engine. Four of the "O"-rings (part number 10-1601-9954) are needed for the repair, which is reasonably straight forward, not all that hard, but very messy."

Before getting into significant modifications, swapping to a front mount oil cooler (84-85 GSL-SE style) would be a wise idea.
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Old Jun 14, 2018 | 05:35 AM
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thank you for tat helpful tip it is leaking just there
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Old Jun 14, 2018 | 08:33 AM
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Welcome!! Beautiful Tender Blue GS!!! What part of Ohio are you from?
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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 03:39 PM
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Cincinnati i worked at u pull and pay for 5 years and this was the only 85 that came in and i had to save it
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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 06:05 PM
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Good save my man!!
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