Woo Hoo!!!

[Aruba27]

I finally got myself an RX-7. Today I bought a 1990 RX-7 GXL for $500. The body is in good shape minus paint and a dinged up frong right fender, but at least it's straight. I'm not sure where to start with it though... apparently she doesn't run, and i need to buy a battery, so i know that's one place to start for sure. I'm really hoping i can get her running without a rebuild, but she's been sitting for about a year, so i have a feeling that's not going to happen. also, the clutch went straight to the floor when i tapped it with my foot, and it won't come up, anyone know what that might be? i'll be putting pictures up soon, but it pretty much looks identical to DJ_Merle's. I'm going to start working on her this saturday, and i'll get pictures up by then.

would y'all say it was a good deal as far as a rolling chasis?

[drftk1d]

damn that sucks. i got my running 87 FC for 500. maybe its worth more since its a S5, i dont know. its likely parting that out would yield more than what you paid. hell, i've heard of some guys getting TII's for 500.

however it can be a decent project car if its a good chasiss. if it doesnt run after you get the battery, change the spark plugs, do a compression test (or do the ghetto one where you pull the leading [bottom] plug and count the pulses as you turn the engine by hand. maybe even doing the ATF/MMO trick wuold work.

if the clutch drops to the floor, likely something is wrong with the hydraulics, so try to fix the pedal and get a new clutch line (stainless recommended).

keep us posted ok?

[Aruba27]

yeah, i'm definetly making this project public. I'm dropping a battery in this saturday, and we'll see how things go. i'm hoping the only thing wrong with the clutch is just a small easy to fix leak somewhere... but that's just wishful thinking. i'm probably going to have to replace the slave cylinder.

[drftk1d]

how long would you be willing to wait for a slave cylinder? because i'll be pulling my n/a tranny soon for the turbo one. i'll let it go for cheap

[Aruba27]

hm... well i can wait a while since the engine isn't running yet, so i definetly like the sound of that. but keep in mind, i haven't really gotten to look at the problem yet. if that's the case, i'll know for sure saturday.

[drftk1d]

how many miles are on the car

[Aruba27]

i'll get back to you on that one, the car isn't at my place, i'll go look tomorrow.

[Aruba27]

115,191 miles on the RX, less than i thought. I thought it had like 145k ish

[Soyo]

yea so when you get the car, take some pictures... helps keep things interesting around here

[Aruba27]

Ok, well i didn't get many pictures, nor did i get a chance to work on it. It took us about 2 hrs to get it up on the trailer... and unfortunately it suffered some damage to the front bumper, as well as the front right fender, i'll tell more about that in a sec. as you can see, it looks almost identical to DJ_merle's. Well here are some quick pics I took:

Here are the good pics, the good side, and the back side:



now for the damage. When we pushed the car up onto the trailer... a little bit of damage was done to the front bumper, you can kind of see it in the upper pics, but the worst part was that my friends thought you could back up with that kind of trailer, and after warning them multiple times, they still went ahead and tried it. the trailer jacknifed into the car and pushed in the fender to where the driver's door doesn't open all the way anymore.... luckily i know a body man that will do the work for cheap, but i'm still pissed. the flat tire was like that, we didn't get a chance to put air in it. all the gas stations were filled with bikers since we were near where the Republic of Texas Bike Rally was being held. monday morning i'm picking up a battery from a friend and bringing a compressor to put air in the tires. i'm also going to take pictures of the interior and of the engine compartment as well. this will be the thread where all my updates on the car will be i've decided. anyway, here's the pics that make it look crappy, but i still think it was a good deal for $500:





you can see the before and after on the driver's side fender... grr.

[drftk1d]

Originally Posted by Aruba27

you can see the before and after on the driver's side fender... grr.

yo.

i have the SAME EXACT FUCKING DENT on my car. same side and all. but my door opens fine. at least your car doesnt look like shit like mine does.

what mirrors are those?

nice flat tire

[Aruba27]

They're the stock Series V mirrors.

[Soyo]

yea, the supposedly give you way better aerodynamics... but who knows

[Aruba27]

They sure do look good at least.

[drftk1d]

oh yeah they are. looked different for some reason.