http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/970410951.html this is what i was thinking about getting its pretty much what i can afford right now and it has a little bit of an issue and was wondering if anyone here could help me figure out what it could be i have worked on a few cars in the past but id like to get this if its not going to be too bad to fix

That's exactly what my friend's car did when the motor blew (started sputtering and died). Bring a compression tester with you and ask him if you can check it out. Even if the motor is blown, that's not a bad price for a clean shell.

and if the motor isnt blown and compression checks out then what would it be i really want a rx7 or at least something rwd and is an import but i dont want to spend a lot of cash on the car if the motor is going to just be going out in the next 3000 miles or so id rather have the motor swapped out instead of sending it to a shop and spending a lot of money having them tell me its this that and that and its going to cost xxxx to fix if the moter is just going to give out in the next 3000 or so id rather save that cash and buy or rebuild the engine

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/976764974.html is another rx7 that just came into price range he has reduced it a few times it started at 17 went to 12 now at 90 its a 90 rx7 hard top drop top gsl of that makes sense