Ok so I've been looking at an S4 turbo which has a good amount of mods; It has 5ziegen 90mm exhaust w/ silencer, Tanabe downpipe, HKS cone intake, HKS SSQV blow-off valve, ACT 6 puck clutch, aftermarket chipped ECU, new spark plugs and wires, new oil and filter. Anyways the problem with the car is the rear rotor has low compression at 96. I know that 100 is pretty good. Dont know much else about the car, he says he doesnt have much time to work on it so he'll sell as is. That and the only other problem is it needs paint. I think I could talk him down to $500 which would be a good deal if a rear rotor compression of 96 is not very bad. But if it needs a new motor I will be broke really fast. What do you all think?

 

96 isn't really low.

What is the compression on the front rotor? As long as they are approximately equal, the engine is likely in good shape.

 

The front rotor tested at 106. He says the idle is a little rough and that the bushings are going bad in the diff. Other than that it runs well. Might just need a tuning? I mean I might be able to pick it up for $500 if I can talk him down. The first thing i would want to do is a paint job. Because the paint is good until where the door opens upwards to the front of the car is all primer grey.



Reminds me of this other rx7 I was looking at it was ******* beautiful, non turbo but the day I was going to drive 100 miles to get it, the 7 overheated lol
and it only had 5k on the fresh rebuild. That was a couple weeks ago haha

 

Those compression numbers aren't bad. I would just see how it runs and what not. I have seen that car to me it looks like it was in an accident.

 

Sounds like a good deal for $500.

 

Thanks everyone I'll let you all know how it goes when I check it out, now i need to find a place that does good cheap paint jobs, which is probably impossible.

 

Just go to matco for the ambassador special. It's just a couple hundred bucks and will last a year.