Hi my name is matt. i am new to the Rx7 forums.I am down in North carolina for the summer and i am looking for a body of a rx7. any ideas were to go would be great! i am from Texas and will be back there by the end of july? maybe. depending on how long it take to get the car running. any help would be great! thanks

 

well... matt, you could start by spelling the title of your thread correctly.

 

ahahhaah my bad...sorry about that

 

You're not gonna do one of those awful V8 swaps are you?

 

oh man...how come every time someone wants a body of a 7, its automatically assumed they want to do a V8 swap? someone hears "v8 swap" and the whole piston vs rotary arguement begins ALL over again for like the...i don't even know how many times!!! I swear, some people go through threads do a search for "v8" or "swap" or "piston" just so they can start the sh*t up again...

anyway, matt, what part of NC are you in? and what is ur $$ idea on a shell or car?

 

ROFL! Poor poor Tray!! It's okay Tray, we still like you!

But seriouslly, he could be wanting to drop in a 20B or a 26B...

 

now see...that's what more people need to think of when they hear "looking for a body" putting more than just 2 rotors under the hood!

 

When you see me looking for a roller... you'll know that's what I plan on doing!

Either that or an LS1...

 

first off, welcome to the forum. what year 7 u looking for? i gotta '83 sitting at a friend's house that's long past needing to be sold. contacted a guy off craigslist a while back that was looking for one, i think to make a race car out of. came looked at it but haven't heard anything else from him since. needs alittle work but it runs fine.

 

naaa man i plan to get a streetported motor. i had 2 camaro before. I was thinking of a ls2 swap..but i want do that unless i really feel like it. i very intrested in the rotory.

 

dont get no ls2 swap then you cant say to people NO PISTONS!!!!!

 

i was planning on rotory first maybe a ls2 swap later though. Anyways to answer your question i am Durham . I think thats how you spell it. And i am loooking for a Fd roller. i not sure so far i just have 5k to work with know. i have seens some fd bodys for 5-6k i figured thats a little expensses even for a body.

 

lol

 

i really just rather make a fast rotory before i go back to v8s. i been willing to put some serise money into one for awhile. my goal is to make a 450+hp car. so i can do some damage to mustangs and other v8s. but it seems to me north and south carolina is a good place to find a 3rd gen roller. i will be in north can south carolina for the summer hopefully i am here visting my birth family. Yeah i am adopdted. But if anyone knows of a good place to find a body of a 3rd generation i would greatfull to hear.

 

just askin how old are you? im asking this because of your spelling.. not trying to make fun of you

 

well, bro, I'm sure you can get 450+hp out of a rotary, but be prepared to spend some bank. Then, after you squeeze 450 horses out of 1.3 liters of motor, be prepared to spend some more bank 10,000 miles later, when it pops.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen S4 NA motors go for miles and miles, but once you modding it and cramming air in it, apex seals start shooting out.

I know what rotaries can do; I like rotaries; I was at a Steve Kan session the other day. I saw some good #s. But, from all the cars there, I didn't see any numbers that matched the hp/tq of a stock LSx. Great thing about LS motors is, you spend $1500 on a head and cam package, and you'll add 100hp that's good for 100,000 miles. Or, spend $400 on the cam and cut the heads yourself. If you screw them up, buy a used set from ebay for $100.

Not trying to start anything, but if you're wanting to see what you can do with a rotary (and, assuming you want to keep it half way dependable), you might want to shoot for 350hp.

 

A built rotary motor that can suport 450hp will run you about 25K thats with a block and everything that it need to make that kind of power. I am not saying its imposible to do its just wery costly.

 

i am actully 20. Yeah my spelling sucks. One my glasses are brocken. two i am not use to this keybord or computer its a dell from 1998 . i just turned 20 this june. Yeah my spelling sucks i apologize.

 

well i was planning on doing a ls2 swap on a Rx7 but i am more intrested on getting a good strong apex seal and making a good stong rotory motor. I am very well found of the lsx motors for one think they have the best top end i seen. But at home in Tx most of my friends have lsx cars. i am wanting to be a real under dog in the group and making a pretty fast Rx7. but i am trying to find out were i can find a Fd around hear. Some one told me to go to a action and look there.