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Yep, total money pit. They had little or no rust protection from new, and while the rotary engines don't entirely deserve their reputation for unreliability it'd be a rare one that won't need some rotor tip work at some point. Beautiful cars though, and an LSx engine can be squeezed into them.
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It would break my heart to LS swap one of these though, whatever about keeping it JDM and squeezing in a 2JZ... I feel like losing the rotary just wouldn't be an RX-7 anymore.
In fact if they're as rust-prone as that it might be a better course of action to buy a basket case and start from scratch for a good one?
Anyone have a good recommendation for somewhere to learn more about them? Good YouTube links or forums?
Nahguavkire
That's the fear. I've always wanted an RX-7 (FC or FD) but I'd imagine they're all absolutely wrecked as they weren't terribly expensive for a long time (still not too bad now but I suspect that's because they are all wrecked).