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1987 Mazda Rx-7 Turbo Coupe 2-door 1.3l on 2040-cars

US $9,000.00
Year:1987 Mileage:81487 Color: Gold /
 Red
Location:

Coshocton, Ohio, United States

Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Manual
Engine:1.3L 1308CC R2 GAS Turbocharged
Vehicle Title:Clear
Body Type:Coupe
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Condition:
Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ...
VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
: JM1FC3329H0503599
Year: 1987
Sub Model: Turbo II
Make: Mazda
Exterior Color: Gold
Model: RX-7
Interior Color: Red
Trim: Turbo Coupe 2-Door
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Drive Type: RWD
Number of Cylinders: 2
Options: Sunroof, CD Player
Power Options: Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Windows
Mileage: 81,487

What I have for sale or trade possibly is my 1987 RX7 Turbo II two-tone Gold/Brown. I have owned this car for the last 10 years and have been very slowly building it up and fixing anything that needs to be taken car of on it. I purchased the car with about 71,xxx miles on it and it now has just a little over 81,xxx. As you can tell it doesn't get driven to often and that's part of the reason I'm looking to let it go. About 5,000 miles after I bought it the engine suffered a water jacket seal failure and so it began its life of becoming a proper rotary engine with a full rebuild.

Engine / Exhaust

  •     Full rebuild with new irons by RX7 World
  •     Extreme Street Port by RX7 World
  •     Polished rotors
  •     RA super seals
  •     Parallel Stainless fuel system
  •     Aeromotive FPR
  •     Aeromotive Stealth 340LPH fuel pump
  •     Bosch EV14 750pri and 1200sec injectors
  •     2 stroke OMP conversion pump
  •     S5 turbo manifold
  •     BNR S5 stage 4 turbo
  •     Full Racing Beat turbo back exhaust
  •     Front Mount Intercooler
  •     Cosmo Serpentine belt conversion
  •     ORC 409 Clutch and flywheel (single plate)
  •     Emissions deleted


Electronics/Management

  •     Apexi FD3S Power FC
  •     Power FC Datalogit
  •     Banzai Racing S4 Power FC adapter
  •     Fully Rewired Engine Harness with new connectors and unused items properly removed. Everything that can be changed to weather pack connectors was done.
  •     GM 3 bar map sensor
  •     Triumph fast acting Air temp sensor
  •     AEM UEGO wideband
  •     AEM Electronic Boost controller
  •     Electric fan shrouded and controlled by Power FC
  •     Relocated Optima Battery to rear passenger bin
  •     Mallory HY-Fire Ignition amp


Misc stuff

  •     New mazda 4 pot front brakes
  •     New mazda Rear brakes
  •     Stainless brake lines
  •     Hawk HPS pads
  •     Brembo Front and rear rotors
  •     Aluminum N/A hood louvered for better cooling
  •     Kaminari rear wing
  •     Old School HKS boost gauge dash mounted
  •     4pt roll bar welded in
  •     Silver Mustang GT wheels with 224/45/17 toyo proxes on front and 245/45/17 kumho MX's on back
  •     ARP extended studs
  •     ABS delete


    I have no doubt that I am forgetting a ton of stuff on this car but that's the important stuff I can thing of. Now about the car as it sits. This car has had many brains and changes over the last few years. After the rebuild I had a RETEK and a different injector setup, then I changed it to a megasquirt system and wasn't happy. Finally I settled on the Power FC, and eliminating the resistor pack and running the newest generation bosch injectors. That has made a world of difference in the driveability of this car.
Now would I recommend this car for the first time RX-7 driver? Oh no, this is not a easy car to drive. For starters there is no power steering, which may not bother too many. The abs system is gone, but I have replaced the lines and put in a new master cylinder to help compensate. The ORC clutch/flywheel combo does tend to make it a little tricky in stop and go traffic, but once your rolling you will fall in love with how quickly this engine runs through the rpm range. We're talking its almost like INDY car fast between revs.
For those of you that do not like the current hood I do still have the original TII hood for it, I also have a second exhaust for it that is a single side exit if you want to be loud and make some noise. I also still have the original wheels for the car. Not to mention a couple of boxes full of misc parts and pieces for the car.

    The body of the car is almost perfect, now remember this car is 26 years old and she is beginning to show some age. There are some dents in the current hood from some hail, it has a few paint chips from rocks and stuff along the lower edges of the body. There is a small dent in the passenger side door where my dog decided he could jump in the car through the open window. As for the paint, this was not a factory option, but this car was custom ordered direct from mazda with this paint combination, I have all the original bill of sales and the window sticker for it, as well as the order sheets for the custom two-tone paint job.

The bad stuff

    The AC system holds a charge and it does work, it just doesn't have a belt right now. I was working on making a custom pulley spacer so I could hook the AC belt back up with the cosmo serpentine pulleys but i never got around to it. However, if you need AC, I am including the original pulleys and belts to put everything back how it was.
    Tuning tuning tuning - I have spent most of my time tuning the car for driving. I was never really planning on making it a full throttle monster. I do not know how much power this car can make, 300, 400, 600hp!!! maybe who knows. I did have it on a dyno when I first installed the power FC to get some base tuning done on it. We never took the car past 5k and at that point it was making close to 275HP and about 300Ftlbs. I really see no reason why she can't make close to 400 at the wheels with a good proper tuning.
    The suspension was replaced with a pretty much oem/stockish setup before I bought the car. For the power it had then it was perfect, now it does need some attention. something a little more stiff would be great for it
    Some small plastic interior pieces are missing / broken. Usual stuff the triangle vents in the corners, the demister vents at the front of the windshield, the stereo surround is cracked in the normal place.


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