Im thinking about buying an rx7 and i have a few questions, im new to rotaries so sorry if some of these are newb questions. I found a high mileage 93 twin turbo rx7 with a few mods, the body and paint look to be in great shape and the price isnt too bad(5000) but mainly im wondering how much a rebuild or new engine would cost and if anything out of the old motor would probably be salvagable. My budgets is going to be around 7K so i was wondering if the rebuild, motor swap would be within reason. any help is appreciated.

WElp. I think the 13B-REW rebuilds run about 2 or 3 grand from a reputable shop. And they can port the motor for you while they have it apart. Then it'll be like brand new 7 all over again, except with more balls.

check out http://www.pineappleracing.com/ for one of the few really good rotary shops taht can rebuild it for you. I don't have a list of all the builders on this computer, but i'll put it up in a couple days. Also you can check out ww.nopistons.com for more 7 information. Another one is www.rx7club.com, but becaureful with that ones, its a highschool forum if you know what i mean.

Thanks man i appreciate the input and i know wht you mean by a high school forum. If you know of any reputable shops in the southeast let me know, ill be doing some searching of my own as well.

Tennessee I believe has a shop run by Kevin Landers if I recall.

93's are great cars,, the beginning of the 3rd Gen. When you say high miles, how high are we talking?

HOLY DAMN, $5000 for an FD?

Is that a salvage title car or something?

(the lowest ive ever seen an FD, wrecked mind you, was around 8gs)

the lowest you've ever seen was 8gs?!?!? you don't look around much do you? I've seen probably 10+ for 6.5k-7k and I have seen a bunch of burn cars for only a couple grand, and all the need is a new engine or a rebuild with some new wires and that type of thing... they are gonna be getting a lot cheaper pretty soon I think, and if Mazda comes out with the new rx-7 in 2006 I think the proce will drop dramatically... just some random thoughts :)