Does this look like a good RX-7??

[stew205]

Hi

Been thinking about RX-7 for some time now.

This one has come up for sale locally to me and am going to look at it tomorrow.

Heres the ad:

MAZDA RX-7 2.6 TWIN TURBO,
J reg. 21k, servvice history, new engine with 2 years warranty, alloy wheels, CD player, totally standard apart from exhaust, recently imported, e/w, e/m, PAS, a/c, c/l, ABS, very good condition weekend car. £7,500.



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The seller says it is an RZ model. Are these wheels shown non standard? And is that a standard colour???

Any other comments?


Thanks
Stew

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by stew205
The seller says it is an RZ model. Are these wheels shown non standard? And is that a standard colour???
Any other comments?

Thanks
Stew

Its not an RZ.
Wheels are not standard (and look pretty crap).
It is a standard colour.

Cant comment on if its good or not without seeing it.

Lee

[gsb876]

Where abouts in the Midlands are you Stew???

[stew205]

Not an RZ!:mad:  How can you tell? Thanks for letting me know, dodgy seller!

I\'m over Sutton Coldfield way mate.

[gsb876]

Stew,

Always better to buy a rx off a specialist as there is much to know and much to go wrong with the wrong rx!!!

Check out some of these guys matey:

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10246

[Trevrx]

Ask him who fitted the new engine Stew?  I didnt think anyone would give a true 2year warranty on a rebuild? Sounds dodgy?

[Shark]

looks pretty standard.

Have a read through the buying tips, there\'s good advice in there that really is worth reading up on.  

I\'d also advise you to check the rubber if it\'s a recent import - if it\'s old jap rubber, replace it sharpish. Check the width of the wheels they don;t look like they have much of a dish there so either very heavy and solid, or too skinny.

RZ\'s of that age only came in black bud - that there motor is montego blue.  RZ also had bilstein suspension and kevlar backed recaro seats.  plus there were only about 140 of them I think.

Good luck going to view it, hope she\'s a goodun.

[Sean]

Originally posted by Trevrx
Ask him who fitted the new engine Stew?  I didnt think anyone would give a true 2year warranty on a rebuild? Sounds dodgy?

But if it is a genuine 2 year warrenty on the rebuild, thats very, very good. Even the top three rotary builders in the U.K. will only offer a 1 year on their engines

[wiggy]

Out of interest if its only done 21k WHY would it have needed a rebuild??

Its either bull and he\'s just saying that or its been ragged to within an inch of its life and the engines gone, but this may mean other stuff could wrong with it, brakes, drivetrain etc??

Just my 2p

[stew205]

Thanks for the replies:)

He says Hurley? engineering have done the rebuild. The 2 year warrenty is only valid if serviced there.

Also the 21K Miles is only the cars milage not engine.


Previous engine died because owner didn\'t use anti freeze and this somehow damage the alloy block. Does this feasiable?


Would anybody local to Lichfield want to come and view the car with me???:p  I have a good understanding of cars, haveing worked on Cosworths and Pug205 but really don\'t know where to start with the rotaries!:rolleyes:

Can anybody tell the model from the pic? If its not an RZ then what is it. Will have another read through the buyers tip and somebody had written an really informative post on model types, and I think I need to read up pretty quickly!:confused:

[wiggy]

As with ANY car if no antifreeze is used you can run the risk of the coolant freezing, which = it expands and can, in worse cases crack blocks. heads, radiators etc. With the rotary housings being alloy this could happen quite easy I suppose??

It would have to be mighty mighty cold though and I have never persoanlly heard of it happening but it obviously does.

I think you need to make a personal jugment on the guy selling, is he a bit of a del boy? He\'s already tried it on about the model when he clearly has no idea about it himself or he\'s trying to pull a fast one? If he would do it about the model then why wouldn\'t he lie about the engine and why it needed a rebuild.

Personally as soon as someone tries it on with me I walk away as they are obviously untrustworthy...

Just another 2p

[gsb876]

Stew,

Hurley have a very bad rep matey, their work is not to be trusted from what i have heard, Si will elaborate on this further when he appears, as he has been there and was not a happy bunny matey??:reallymad

Gurj

[gsb876]

Infact read if you will:

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4777&highlight=hurleys

[johnf]

I\'m not going to praise or slate Hurley and can only speak from experience.

I bought my car off a guy who had always had it serviced at Hurley\'s and he\'d had a rebuild under 30k. not because it needed it he just wanted more power so had it street ported.

My car came with this 2yr warranty transferred from Hurley to me as long as I had it seviced by them. At the time I thought it a bit rich that they insisted on a £115.00 check over to pass on the warranty.

I\'ve had the car coming up to two years and recently had Pip at WGT give it the once over and as far as he could tell the engines in good condition.

So I\'ve had two years trouble free motoring form an engine job done by Hurley, perhaps I\'ve been lucky.

As I say I don\'t choose to use them because I prefer somewhere else but the quality of their work done to my engine seems to have been well done.


John

[stew205]

GSB876

Interesting read!:(   Very concerned now:rolleyes:

Will stil go and have a look but smells a bit fishy.

There is a garage local which I sometimes use and they do do work on the RX7 so I may may see if I can get one of the mechanics to check it over if it doesn\'t look too bad today.


Johnf

Sounds as though you aren\'t displeased with them so gives me some hope.



Sounds as though its a type X- anybody agree?

It was only imported 12months ago, so will have to see what catergory it fell under.


Thanks
Stew