What can you tell me about this Mazda?

[NoRotorNoMotor]

ya thats an 86-88, you can tell by the taillights

the interior looks good, but it has probably been sitting there because the engine is blown

my rx7 got about 10-15mpg until the engine seized from carbon build up

 

['87 Turbo II]

what do you want to know about it? I own one.

 

[Kansei]

[QUOTE='87 Turbo II]what do you want to know about it? I own one.[/QUOTE]

I figured you would see this thread soon enough.

 

['87 Turbo II]

ok that's an 87, the 88s had 7 spoke wheels and the tails signify it isn't an 89

 

['87 Turbo II]

I figured you would see this thread soon enough.

haha chris PMed me a link

 

['87 Turbo II]

MPG is 18/22
Hp is 182
tourque is 165
weight is 2780
0-60 is 6.7
1/4 mile is low 15s
the car is cool, fast, loud as hell. It has no pistons in the engine, it's a rotary, a 13b 1.3L twin rotor to be precise. It's turbocharged and intercooled (ignore the II it means nothing to you but if you must know, it's the 2nd generation turbo. that 2 means the 2nd turbo Rx-7 generation) it's a 2 seater, the rear has storage bins that lock ,the engine is most likely in bad shape, but if taken care of they aren't as bad as people say they are. they can last well into 200k miles but people normally overmod and under care for (you need ot add oil about once every 1000miles) and they blow theirs up at as low as 60k miles. So the engines have a bad rep for unreliability, which is just a myth. they flood easily with age due to either:
a)low compression
or
b) leaky fuel injectors.

any thing else?

 

['87 Turbo II]

fill it with oil and gas before you attmept to start it. Do the de-flooding precedure after they agree to give it to you, as it may run, people have let go of $2000 Rx-7 for $300 because htey thought it didn't run when it was just flooded. You pull the fule pump fuse *fuse box on drivers side engine bay says "ENG INJ" on it* anyway, pull that fuse, crank for 5 to 10 seconds, then replace fuse and crank.

 

['87 Turbo II]

It's going to need a total engine rebuild, but damn it has a nice interior.

That being said, look for 15mpg on 93 octaine, but you'll have a lot of smiles per gallon.

I know I would.

a)may not need an engine rebuild
b) 87 octane works just fine (actually it runs worse on 93, they are designed to run low octane)
c) 18/22 city/highway
d) get your facts straight

 

[spacemonkey]

Thanks for the replies guys!

And holy crap!! 11-13 mpg? Why on earth does it get such bad gas mileage? (omg)

its a 80s car. And its a rotary.

Actually the gas milage isnt horrible for a 80s sports car. Its actually pretty good.

 

[Freelander]

Wow you guys, particularly '87 Turbo II, really know your stuff about these Mazdas. (Guess that's why you're here, heh.) I know less than nothing about rotary engines so I will definitely need to study up on them. I plan on finding out the owner of the car/property soon to see what the story is exactly on the car. Even if it does get bad gas mileage, I still want it, it looks fun! (Granted I may never get it to run....but if I do...)

Thanks again guys for the replies so far.

 

[dave45090]

[QUOTE='87 Turbo II]a)may not need an engine rebuild
b) 87 octane works just fine (actually it runs worse on 93, they are designed to run low octane)
c) 18/22 city/highway
d) get your facts straight[/QUOTE]

Owned.

 

[pluto316]

[quote='87 Turbo II]a)may not need an engine rebuild
b) 87 octane works just fine (actually it runs worse on 93, they are designed to run low octane)
c) 18/22 city/highway
d) get your facts straight[/quote]

Car that hasn't been started in "as long as I remember" means it needs an engine rebuild. I bet the fuel lines are good and rotted too.

Yes, 15 and 18mpg are LEAPS AND BOUNDS apart you are so right, thank you. I am postive that he will never get below 18mpg either. Oh my MSP gets the 25mpg Mazda said it does all the time and never dips below that.

Juding by your screen name you really like your RX-7, but you hardly have to come here defending one on this message board. Cool it.

 

[THEGOLDPRO]

man i dont even wanna think what else might be wrong with the car if it sat for that long, when i bought my 87 rx7 it was sitting for like a year, and the brakes were totaly seized, had to replace the calipers, and rotors, just to start, the exhaust was rusted to s***, and broke in half, and from the looks of the back of the car that exhaust is s*** as well, im sure there is a huge list of s*** to make that car right again.

 

[spacemonkey]

Car that hasn't been started in "as long as I remember" means it needs an engine rebuild. I bet the fuel lines are good and rotted too.

Yes, 15 and 18mpg are LEAPS AND BOUNDS apart you are so right, thank you. I am postive that he will never get below 18mpg either. Oh my MSP gets the 25mpg Mazda said it does all the time and never dips below that.

Juding by your screen name you really like your RX-7, but you hardly have to come here defending one on this message board. Cool it.

to be fair my brother friends mike bought a 1st gen for $700...really cheap becaseu teh owner said the engine would not start up. And its been siting in his front lawn for awhile.

He looked at the car and found out that the engien was flooded and it only took him like an hour to fix. Cranked right up.

it may need a rebuild...who knows. You simply can not tell from that picture you would need to find someone familar with rotaries to check the engine itself. Maybe it could be somethign as simple as a dead battery.

And gas milage is how you drive. A rotary has its power up high so some people may choose to shift when the 2ndary injectors kick in. And EPA milage is the best to go by becuase milage change with conditions. So to get accurate readings they have to test milage in a controlled environment.

Goeff's RX8 can get amazing gas milage if he shifts before the 2ndary injector kicks in....more then what the factory claim. he just doesnt get off the line real quick.

Theres some people who swear they cant even get 25 miles in the city on a MSP.

15 and 18 may not seem alot but thats enough for federal gas guzzler tax if your not a SUV. I believe the limit is 15 mpg. if your car gets below that and isnt a SUV or crazy sports car then its gonna get taxed. I dont know 3 miles seems alot to me....of course thats all driving habbits.

Of cours in 1980s that was considered actually normal.

 

['87 Turbo II]

Wow you guys, particularly '87 Turbo II, really know your stuff about these Mazdas. (Guess that's why you're here, heh.) I know less than nothing about rotary engines so I will definitely need to study up on them. I plan on finding out the owner of the car/property soon to see what the story is exactly on the car. Even if it does get bad gas mileage, I still want it, it looks fun! (Granted I may never get it to run....but if I do...)

Thanks again guys for the replies so far.

It is fun, a 2 seating RWD car with a limited slip differential, 5-speed, and 50.2%-49.6% front to weight balance with rear steer. the car handles likeit's on rails, and the engine revs really smooth. Caution, many TIIs came without power sterring, if it was somehting you were looking for, but it's nothing in a 2700 pounds car and manyy 7 owners convert from power to manual anyway.

 

[Foolish]

The Turbo models also got the best brakes and transmissions of any of the 2nd gen. RX's, so if you got ahold of the car and wanted to part it out, you could make good money selling the parts to owners of "lesser" RX's.

 

['87 Turbo II]

The Turbo models also got the best brakes and transmissions of any of the 2nd gen. RX's, so if you got ahold of the car and wanted to part it out, you could make good money selling the parts to owners of "lesser" RX's.

Yeah the brakes are 10.9 inches 4 piston calipers up front and 10.7inches 2 piston calipers out back. The tranny is taken from the Rx-3 and has stiffer coggs and better gear ratios it's also matted to a limited slip differential.