How Much Did You Pay?
03-07-2003, 06:50 PM
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A lot of members on here, such as myself, have been here for a very long time and owned an rx7 before this forum existed...so I'm curious what everybody paid for their FC when you FIRST bought it, and how much have you put in it?
My '88 SE was $3500 w/ 95K on it when I purchased it.
In NA form, I put roughly $2500 into it(1K being wheels/tires).
Since the turbo conversion I've spent about 8K...and another 3400 on the new motor...so I've spent about $17,500 on the car, not including maintenance,etc...
My '88 SE was $3500 w/ 95K on it when I purchased it.
In NA form, I put roughly $2500 into it(1K being wheels/tires).
Since the turbo conversion I've spent about 8K...and another 3400 on the new motor...so I've spent about $17,500 on the car, not including maintenance,etc...
03-07-2003, 06:58 PM
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3.8k when i bought it n/a, the car was mint, that was a little over 2 years ago. When it was n/a i spent about 1k on maintence, and 2k on paint, 1.5k on bolt-ons. Since the turbo conversion I have spent about 6k on it. I still need a hood, bumper, rb catback, misc engine stuff, wheels/tires/coilovers/FMIC/seats/rollbar. Then I am done, new project:house. I have sold about 1.5k in old parts so I'm somewhere near 12-13K. Damn glad i spent every penny on it too, only thing i would have done it skipped all the n/a mods and gone straight to turbo or flew out of state to buy a turbo2, but I have learned a hell of a lot and its been the best experience of my life. 
03-07-2003, 06:59 PM
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i bought my 87 gxl with 72k miles on it for $2600 around 1.5 years ago... it has 100k miles on the chassis now and a new street ported motor, I don't want to think about how much I've spent. It's probably around 10k put into it not including initial purchase.
03-07-2003, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotaryman88' date='Mar 7 2003, 08:07 PM
This post might get people crying when they think back on how much they've spent,lol!
Lets just say buying a car off someone who was going into rehab was
a good thing.
Dont know if I will ever tell, lol
I did get the "other" vert for nothing but it had not run in over 3 years.
03-07-2003, 07:18 PM
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yeah I've heard quite a few stories about amazing purchases of 7's, it seems common for someone to buy one that doesnt run for nothing, and discover it just has stuck apex seals, after soaking in MMO/ATF for a day or two it starts right up, instant profit.
03-07-2003, 07:22 PM
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I bought that GXL I sold over the summer for $500, guy though the engine
was ****, un-flooded it, plugged the AFM in, adjusted the TPS and it purred like a kitten.
Lets say I got as good a deal on my vert when I bought it, better yet because the car ran perfect.
was ****, un-flooded it, plugged the AFM in, adjusted the TPS and it purred like a kitten.
Lets say I got as good a deal on my vert when I bought it, better yet because the car ran perfect.
03-07-2003, 07:39 PM
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Yea...I'm looking to get my GF an rx7 and there is an '87 SE for sale near my college for $700...the add says it has a timing problem and that a mechanic that supposedly knew about rotaries said it was an easy fix...I'm thinking...how can timing be making the car run so badly..I might go check it out...see if I can't get it for like $500 and hope its only bad plugs or something,lol...