FC turbo 2 widebody questions.

[dthebuk]

okey doke, let me know when you do

[Stearno]

Ok i didn\'t know if it was widebodied or not to be honest i don\'t know much about rx-7\'s in general but i really like the look and sound of them and i\'ve been told they are good fun cars.  The car in question is £650 100k on the clock and i\'m not sure if the motor has been rebuilt.  Do you think its worth a look?  If the engine was to go how much is a standard rebuilt or a reconned engine?

Thanks
Greg

[TiddlesRX7]

Well a running motor ranges from £400-£1000 depending on milage I would say, and a rebuild varies depending on how much of it you want to do or if you want to get a pro to do it. It is however considerabley more.
Oh and they are fun cars, very fun cars!!!!!!!!!

[grinder]

get it bought and worry late - at that price - as long as its a runner with some MOT your laughing

[Stearno]

Just talked to the seller he says its a good runner no MOT and hasn\'t been rebuilt but he does say its one of the better rotaries he\'s owned and with it been boggo standard i\'m guessing its not had too hard a life.  I\'m going to see it monday maybe i\'ll have a new car to bring home?

[grinder]

get him to mot it !!!!!!!

its even worth £40 to pay for the MOT and then make a choice

[TiddlesRX7]

You ok Stu? Thats twice in this thread your talking about spending money with little considerstion of the cost!

[StavFC]

I think the guy was getting mixed up with the fairly similar age/looks widebody and narrowbody Starions.
 
All stock FCs have the same basic body, though I guess you know this just by reading the replies, lol.

[Stearno]

I\'m learning albeit slowly, i\'ll see if he\'ll MOT it if not i\'ll think i may leave it, the potential for this to be a bit of a dog is far too much for me to risk at the current time.  I\'ll have a quick looky monday and weigh it up  is there a cars forsale thread on here if there is i haven\'t found it, seems most strange.

[grinder]

yeah yeah yeah - i know about the spending money comment

but is it worth £40 in real terms - either the car comes with a 12 month MOT and its a steal - or you find its a failure - you save yourself £610 ( 650-40 )

its sometimes worth spending the cash

i did the same with the BMW - couldnt decide so got it MOT\'d before i bought it - it passed - hence i bought it

[TiddlesRX7]

Yeah I know what your saying. Spend a little save alot!

[Stearno]

I\'m pretty sure it will fail its been sitting a year the are brakes are sticky and the sill has been eaten away, it wouldn\'t be too much to weld a new sill in. I\'m quite a hands on guy. Its just the engine i\'m most wary off knowing very little about them. I\'m going to give hayward rotary a pm and see how much i\'ll be looking at for a rebuilt both standard and street ported that way i can prepare for the worst case and weigh it all up.  I realise i won\'t get mint a turbo 2 for much less than 2k and i\'m onlt looking to spend 1k tops!  Building the car is half the fun seeing it progress over the weeks and months looking back and thinking i did that!  Problem is i can afford to much building atm!!! Also seen a few clean egi\'s i like also don\'t know if i can live without turbo powerzz though!!

[L18M]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1056273.htm

DtheB on here owns it.. quite nice n for the price is good
its in the for sale threads also

think rebuilds u ooking at about 2.5k plus if u need new housing then thats 900 alone.
porting is about 300-500 extra ontop of rebuild
thats jus to giv u a rough idea

[Stearno]

Yeah seen that its a really tidy car i would ideally like a turbo II though even though i\'m not supposed to be looking at all!

[dthebuk]

nice one liam.

Though i don\'t want to put you off my car. If you want a TII get a TII, they are completely different machines in my opinion. Though you could buy mine and drop a TII engine in it