hey y'all, i am a long time admirer of rotary power and would love to get onto the bandwagon. i am fascinated with the technology, the feel, and the speed of the rx7. i am needing some advice on where to start. my dream is to have a 2nd gen of any year that has a 13b turbo in it, to be basic. now what i need to know, is would i be better off to go to the trouble of finding and repairing/restoring a turbo II, or should i just find an rx7 with a good body but a shot engine and transmission, and put in a crate 13b myself? i can see benefits with either, so i need the advice of the masters... so inevitably that lead me to you. please bestow upon me any tidbit of your boundless knowledge you would be willing to part with, i would be glad to here from you. thanks





micah

 

Start off with a Turbo II that has a bagged motor and drop in a new one. The perfect compromise

 

well it depends how much money you have available.

it would be great if you just buy an already modified rx7 and save yourself the hassle of modifying it and spending a ton of money. if you have another car to drive around and pretty much set on what you want on your car and have the knowhow to do it, then buy the dead car and revive it. although i have a concern with dead cars...... if you buy it dead, you have no way of testing if the transmission, diff, suspension, etc.. work fine. sooo........ imo, the best option is to buy a very well running FC, and start modifying it, when the thing dies, then go all out and do what you gotta do

 

Thats a very good point. I never thought of that. You could test the diff by jacking up the back end and rotatong the wheels, youd just have to feel how they rotate. But the tranny would be near impossible.