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One thing led to another and I pulled this motor out 20 miles after getting the car from Fritz.  Motor ran great (butt dyno from someone who's had 8 FD's and driven nearly 100k miles on them).  From an R2 so it's a manual rear plate not an automatic.    I personally drove the vehicle as did Fritz so we're not comparing it to some JDM import with claimed mileage that can't be verified.  Will share the VIN with serious buyers and email you the Carfax I ran before I bought the car.  Car hasn't even been registered in Texas ever since I took it apart so soon.

Oil pan seeps oil > went to add downpipe > broke a turbo stud > tried to pull turbos and figured it's easier with the motor out since I had to do the pan anyways and voila - here we are.   bought it 8/9/2018 and took the motor out 2 months later.  Been sitting around while I had my 2800 sq ft garage built and then this was like project #9 in line.  Finally repainted the car and want to build it up.  

I have multiple brand new motors so I'm going to put a new one in this car and build it with 3mm Apex seals with Rotary Performance for eventual single turbo.  Yep I'm tearing apart a brand new motor but I promised my son he can inherit the "family 3mm Apex seal motor"

Compression is very good turning by hand, and I can feel each Apex seal as I turn it over- obviously none are broken.  They all feel perfectly smooth.  Didn't burn coolant or oil.  I didn't know how to do a compression test and didn't care at the time since I knew it had full power so sadly I do not have compression numbers (wasn't expecting to sell it at the time).  I will absolutely 100% money back guarantee the apex seals are not bad and it has not gouged the metal.  You pay return freight only.

Link to this car (so here's what Fritz had to say about the car / motor) so you're taking someone else's word for not just mine.  
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...cheap-1127929/

He noted "sequential system works but response is slow" - turns out it was multiple cracks in the turbo manifold.

See side by side pic of the engine for sale and the new one taken yesterday.  In the first pic, it shows what the R2 motor looks like today fully turned into a short block.  In the second pic I hadn't torn it down as far, so it shows the exhaust manifold, oil meter, and some piping on top that is not included in the short block sale (just included to get another pic from a different angle).  What you're getting is a used version of exactly what Mazda would sell as a short block minus the flywheel unless you really want a used flywheel which I will include.  Can take a better pic tomorrow when I go to the shop again of just this motor from various angles.

You get the end to end block, oil pump, harmonic balancer and flywheel if you want it (it's not in the picture but I still have it).  Typical used flywheel not resurfaced.  Doesn't include oil meter pump, oil fill tube. exhaust manifold, tubes on top.  Does include oil pressure regulators since new short block included.

$2500 firm + freight shipping (give or take $200 depending on where, residential location or loading dock commercial location).  I will strap it to a pallet and drop it off at the DFW depot to help keep $65 off the freight price.  That way they don't have to send a truck to pick it up.  I've done this multiple times and it works out great.

New ones based on Google research today are:
$5399 (IRP) + around $200 freight
$5089.97 + $505 ground = $5595.68
$5100 PLUS $1000 core Mazda-parts.com + $65 shipping (just guessing that shipping price isn't accurate).

I can part it out for this much or make a coffee table out of it, practice speed rebuilding while drinking shots, or I can rebuild this one with 3mm seals and put the new one back in the box for another project.

If you're concerned about moving all of your stuff over, don't be.  It's really not that bad - took me 2-3 hours while painstakingly documenting it to get this massive amount of rats nest with LIM off the engine and it goes on even faster.  I took step by step pictures and can make you a document if you're worried about it.  Plus it's neat to pull that apart and remove the emissions stuff and plate it (if you are in an emission free zone for old cars like me).