let me start off by saying how royally pissed off i am right now. because of the 4 bullshit tickets i have on my record, my insurance company refuses to insure me on an RX-7, and yet i asked and they said 240SX’s are fine…hmm. so i’m going to have to sell it, right after putting so much goddamn fucking work into it.
anyways, onto the matter at hand.
car is a 1987 Mazda RX-7 FC3S TII. i bought it for $4000 in March with 187,XXXkm on it, body now has 193,XXX on it. immediatley after buying it i replaced the clutch and all the brakes with brand new OEM parts, new brake master and some new lines, new clutch master.
the car is currently at Neetronics. in early June the original engine let go of an oil seal. i purchased a 1989 S5 J-Spec 13B-turbo engine and we just finished swapping it into the car. removed OMP, rat’s nest, A/C, some other emissions junk, and also blocked off or removed a few un-needed items. engine has aftermarket BOV and a cone intake. S5 keg and internals, S5 turbo, S4 injectors and rails, S4 intake manifolds, S5 alternator with dual underdrive pulley, S4 power steering pump, stock S4 top-mount intercooler. the engine only has 40,000k on it.
here’s where the car stands right now. we just finished the swap, engine has spark, has fuel, and has combustion, but for some reason we can’t get it to start no matter what we try. i’m taking the car over to Mazdee’s this week to get it sorted out, and the car will be sold running no matter what i have to spend.
here’s some other details:
-new paint 2 years ago. dark blue with slight metallic flake. some chips in the bumper, small chunk of paint missing on trailing edge of driver side fender where the door caught it. trim and hatch were painted too.
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surface rust starting to bubble around rear wheel wells. hardly noticeable, NOT through yet, and very easily fixable. rest of the car is rust free.
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does not have a TII hood for some reason. previous owner swapped it out for an N/A steel hood.
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on stock 16" S4 TII wheels with Bridgestone Insignia tires, still lots of tread left, very nice tires.
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working power sunroof, power mirrors, power windows.
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5-speed. obviousley.
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stock Tokico blue shocks.
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aftermarket exhaust. looks like 2’ piping back, only one cat (instead of stock 2), into nasty muffler with 4" tip. muffler came with the car, looks gross but actually sounds pretty good.
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car has base model seats instead of the TII items, but my buddy has a set that i could buy off him and include with the sale.
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interior in pretty good shape. 2 broken vents, crack in the idiot cluster surround, wiper switch only works in one setting (all of which are trademark FC problems). comes with a leather rear seat from a GXL. some panels are currently removed but i can put them back in before the sale.
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boost gauge and A/F gauge on a-pillar. boost gauge isn’t wired in yet but there’s a stock one in the cluster anyways.
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brand new Sony X-Plod speakers in the back, front ones don’t work and i haven’t looked into them yet.
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car currently has a really nice Pioneer MP3/CD head-unit in it right now, i can include it in the sale for $200 more.
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removed FTP lenses from bumper.
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S5 tail-lights.
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H4 bulbs
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no-name front strut bar.
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bottom part of bumper is cracked in one spot from where i hit a racoon. it’s being held up to the tow hook with a zip-tie and isn’t very noticeable.
pictures: NOTE: the exterior trim pieces are not mounted in the pictures, and are not yet currently mounted because i need to find a way to get the shitty old tape off first.
i’m VERY interested in trades. S13’s, S14’s, AE86’s…whatever. must be 5-speed and clean.
asking price = $5500 obo.
thanks for looking.
-Brian
