I guess this brought a lot of information together! I'm just goin to take my chances and buy a 93 off of a private guy

 

The smartest thing you can do is have the car thoroughly inspected by a highly respected rotary specialist in your area. Basically do your homework and make sure you know everything there is to know about the car PRIOR to purchasing it. A good solid car shouldn't give you too many problems... A lot of the problems forum members face (I'd even argue the vast majority) isn't b/c of the cars...it's b/c we're all trying to save a buck or two here or there and are trying to do the work ourselves...so it's either half-assed, cutting corners/costs, or simply not the best due to lack of experience - specifically w/ FDs.

I'd also venture to say that most FD's built by professional shops/builders have little if any problems despite being nicely modded...

 

ie; if you don't know what you are doing or can't afford to fix the car, don't buy one

 

buy mine sucka

 

you neglect me

 

All you need to do is find one for about a grand, put in new battery, change the plugs, and change out the fluids and don't worry about it.
That's what i did.

 

WTF did you find a an Fd for $1k. If you can tell me where you found an Fd for $1k & I can get one too, Ill hire a stripper to go over to Va & give you oral.

 

I kinda lucked even more, I'm getting inspected this week and it turns out needs new front brake rotors, fortunately the PO gave me a new set of rotors (still in their boxes) with the car - I did have to go out and buy a new set of front pads though

 

You still didnt answer my question.

 

PURE LUCK
the GF is a system admin for a telecom company, she was updating computers and found an RX7 folder on one of the engineers computers, asked him about it - 2 months of him dicking around later I bought the car
it had sat in his garage for at least 3 years
she was a bit moldy - white vinegar rub down and time in the sun fixed that
I had towed home swapped the battery over from my 325is to see if it would crank over and the bitch fired right up
then right around Xmas I got to the bottom of the 3 year old gas and fould the plugs
this past weekend I put new plugs in (after much cursing and bleeding) and changed the oil and cleaned and reoiled the K&N filters for the Petit Racing intake.
So the only major peice of equipment I've had to buy is the Odessy PC1200 drycell battery
the car also has a Peter Farrell catback exhaust, Petit Racing AST, and an aftermarket intercooler thats just a little larger than stock
oh and all the vacuum lines have been replaced with high temp silicone lines

so my advice is to get a GF that works in a major telecom company as a system admin

 

you could sell me that FD for 2000

 

I'd barely brake even with what I've spent so far.

 

You sir, are a ******* *******.

 

a damn lucky *******