1988RedT2

Just my two cents: First, 17 grand ain't exactly chicken feed. There's lots of interesting toys you can buy for that kind of money. Second, I don't believe any reference was made as to the current condition of the car. Sure, it has the mods, but has it been beat to ****? Hmmm....



Best of luck to you.

93 R1

O.K. let me rephrase my statement. I would not buy a highly modified/custom car off of the internet.



Heres a question for you. What are you going to do about registering, inspecting, and insuring this car. I hope for your sake this thing doesn't have to be put up on a lift and looked at by a mechanic. And if you ever wreck this thing you better hope the insurance adjuster is blind.

yonner

nice u dotn have to wory about the rotary feeeer oh and i bet it goes like stink

Silver Ninety Three

Problem is when you modify any car heavily, especially swapping a different motor in, it will only appeal to a very few individuals and be hard to sell. Thats probably why it went for such a steal. Any dyno numbers?

Baldy

He has a dyno in his shop.

twinturborx7pete

The swap isn't what would bother someone. The 10second timeslip however would. It was hard enough for me to sell my T78 RX-7. People didn't want something already done up, or they were afraid of the power and reliability. Fact is, its hard to sell modified cars no matter what the engine, drivetrain, or car.



Its just a fact. Modified cars always go for less than STOCK cars.. the only exceptions being stuff from F&F and really well known shop cars.



I'm doing a V8 swap. Stripping it of its soul or whatever you want to say, This is my THIRD RX-7, i've had every setup pretty much imaginable. I've rebuilt rotaries.. Its time for something new. I've never had a motor blow due to bad tuning, just bad luck. Example being the current car, was driving, and the injector clip decided to pop off while i was doing a hard run. I had a perfectly tuned map, just a freak incident.



Time for something new. Don't rag on a car because of its engine. Its still an FD. It still handles like an FD, and is just as fast/if not faster than most FDs.



Trust me i'm still a rotorhead..heh

lopedl

Yeah I seen that too, wasn't that in a magazine or something, well anyways at least you know you can that car daily...

Midnightdriver

granted it had its rotary removed, not the best thing, however someone always wonders if they can do something.. my question is why would the guy let it go after so much work went into it? what might be wrong with it...the big question is what are you going to do about maint. on the thing. parts and what not. the two guys with sr20det's around here wait very long for parts. either way I say leave a rotary in an rx-7. I also say that it should be a fun ride, and I would have bid on it if I had the cash...so congradulations on the car...have fun with it.

rx7freddie

i so thougth that car was gona go for way more then that when i seen it. damn good deal im not a fan of the piston motor in it but whatever its a damn good deal and its something diffent . post sometime slips after u run it on the 1/4mile .

madeinnuyawk

i think you got a good deal bro.. its nice and even if the engine was bad.. its still a good deal.. people pay 17g's for r1's and r2's.. i think u should consider urself lucky