1993 Black RX7 - NEW Paint, Engine, Interior, A/C - Tons of quality parts

[theorie]

The ONLY reason I am selling is because I am moving overseas to Europe. I absolutely LOVE this car, and do not want to sell it, but I have an opportunity I need to take over there.

As you will see, in just the past 6 months i have invested a lot of money in new parts and paint etc because I thought I was staying here in the US, but plans change, and someone is going to get the benefit of all my work

This car has everything already upgraded and ready to go single, or just enjoy the max potential of the stock twins.

Derrick at Advanced Race Technology has done 90% of the work on my car, and has been taking care of it for the past 4 years. Feel free to call him and ask about the quality of the car, he knows it in-and-out.

Mileage approx ~118k, will update as I drive.
Base model w/ no sunroof (lightest body), was originally an auto, but first owner who had the car most of its life had mazda convert to 5spd around 40k.


EXTERIOR
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NEW brilliant black paint, proper paint job with all dents removed, emblems removed etc, finished just a few months ago, cost $4k
Feed burnout front bumper
Feed side skirts
NEW front windshield and moulding (not due to any accident, truck kicked up a rock that chipped original)
Aluminum door handles (oem plastic ones break often)
Great quality tint, not sure how dark, but it's pretty dark
Fenders rolled for tire clearance


INTERIOR
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Interior panels at the shop all currently being refinished (will post pics when finished) will look like new!
NEW A/C compressor, new condenser coil, new o-rings, re-conditioned drier and fresh charge R-134 converted. A/C blows as good and cold, needs nothing
NEW Red Corbeau A4 seats (fits my 36" waist easily and very comfy)
NEW Custom mounted red Speedhut 10k Tach with built-in 5 LED progressive shift light in factory location
B&M short shifter
Sony MP3 headunit (ipod slides inside the unit to keep it hidden and out of the way)
replaced speakers all around
Banzai racing PFC commander mount
Side pillar triple gauge pod, currently has water temp and boost, 3rd spot empty


RELIABILITY
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Pettit Aluminum AST
Koyo Radiator
Coolant flushed and coolant hoses replaced
Braille Lightweight AGM Racing battery
Rich mans non-sequential conversion w/ ported wastegate
Fuel filter replaced less than 10k ago
Redline fluids in tranny and rear diff less than 8k ago


WHEELS, BRAKES, SUSPENSION
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(all of the following installed March '12, less than 5k miles on all of it)
Stock replacement rotors all around
EBC Red stuff pads all around
BC Racing fully adjustable coilovers
Stainless steel brake lines
ATE Super Blue fluid
Hankook V12 Evo tires
215/40/18 front 255/35/18 rear
XXR 521 gold wheels 18x8.5 +25 front , 18x10 +25 rear


ENGINE
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NEW RC Engineering flowed/tested 1300cc secondary injectors
NEW Walboro 400lph pump (awesome and quiet)
NEW RC Engineering Big Bore throttlebody
NEW Greddy Profec2 boost control
Greddy SMIC
Greddy intake elbow
Apexi PowerFC , original style commander (not the fancy new colorful one)
K&N intakes
3" downpipe
3" Magnaflow midpipe
Racing Beat dual tip exhaust
HKS Twin Power
Xcessive urethane motor mounts (firmer than stock, but you get used to it after a few days, holds engine in place better)

NEW re-built streetported engine by Advanced Race Technology (currently being installed, will post numbers after break-in period)
Previous stock-port engine dyno'd 332rwhp at 14lbs in 90* florida heat… new engine will make a lot more

WHY would I install a new engine in a car I am selling?
Because of my bad luck and dumb mistake
I was just about to list the car for sale a month ago when I was cruising through my neighborhood and one of the coil-packs for the rear rotor failed. I didn't know it was the coil pack at the time, so I had tried starting it a bunch of times while changing things like plugs and wires etc to find out why there was no spark. After replacing the coil pack, I had spark again, but I found that all the fuel flooding the rotor with no spark had washed out the seals, compression was down to 70 on the rear. Initially I ordered a JDM motor to swap in quickly to sell the car, but after being ripped off by Japan2LA, I decided to just have Derrick at A.R.T pull my engine and do a proper full rebuild so the car is fresh and ready for her new owner.


THE BAD
--------------
1- Transmission was the last thing on my list to rebuild. As usual, the 5th gear syncro is totally worn out, and the 1-2 syncro is fairly notchy as well, but still plenty drivable. New owner can rebuild with stronger syncros, or swap in a low mileage JDM unit for under $350, whatever you prefer.
I have an ACT Street/Strip clutch with only 9k miles on it that I will include with the car for when you rebuild the tranny
2- Radio antenna goes up, but doesn't go down without pushing it by hand. I only listen to iPod in the car so I never used it anyway, never bothered to fix.
3- The feed front bumper has a small crack in lip, will post photo later. Quoted $200-250 by bodyshop to fix, I don't have time to deal with it.



As you can see… I've put easily over $15k into this car just this year alone, as I mentioned before I planned to keep this car for a long time.

90% of this car is either NEW or like-new…. I feel like I'm practically giving it away, but I don't have time to wait around for what it's really worth.

I'm asking only $17,900 for a quick sale, since I'm leaving the country soon.

*edit * PRICE DROP TO $16,500 i am out of the country permanently now and would like to get this sold.

New engine and interior should be finished within a week or two, then I'll add photos of the interior

[TheRoadWarrior]

The ONLY reason I am selling is because I am moving overseas to Europe. I absolutely LOVE this car, and do not want to sell it, but I have an opportunity I need to take over there.

As you will see, in just the past 6 months i have invested a lot of money in new parts and paint etc because I thought I was staying here in the US, but plans change, and someone is going to get the benefit of all my work

This car has everything already upgraded and ready to go single, or just enjoy the max potential of the stock twins.

Derrick at Advanced Race Technology has done 90% of the work on my car, and has been taking care of it for the past 4 years. Feel free to call him and ask about the quality of the car, he knows it in-and-out.

Mileage approx ~118k, will update as I drive.
Base model w/ no sunroof (lightest body), was originally an auto, but first owner who had the car most of its life had mazda convert to 5spd around 40k.


EXTERIOR
--------------
NEW brilliant black paint, proper paint job with all dents removed, emblems removed etc, finished just a few months ago, cost $4k
Feed burnout front bumper
Feed side skirts
NEW front windshield and moulding (not due to any accident, truck kicked up a rock that chipped original)
Aluminum door handles (oem plastic ones break often)
Great quality tint, not sure how dark, but it's pretty dark
Fenders rolled for tire clearance


INTERIOR
--------------
Interior panels at the shop all currently being refinished (will post pics when finished) will look like new!
NEW A/C compressor, new condenser coil, new o-rings, re-conditioned drier and fresh charge R-134 converted. A/C blows as good and cold, needs nothing
NEW Red Corbeau A4 seats (fits my 36" waist easily and very comfy)
NEW Custom mounted red Speedhut 10k Tach with built-in 5 LED progressive shift light in factory location
B&M short shifter
Sony MP3 headunit (ipod slides inside the unit to keep it hidden and out of the way)
replaced speakers all around
Banzai racing PFC commander mount
Side pillar triple gauge pod, currently has water temp and boost, 3rd spot empty


RELIABILITY
--------------
Pettit Aluminum AST
Koyo Radiator
Coolant flushed and coolant hoses replaced
Braille Lightweight AGM Racing battery
Rich mans non-sequential conversion w/ ported wastegate
Fuel filter replaced less than 10k ago
Redline fluids in tranny and rear diff less than 8k ago


WHEELS, BRAKES, SUSPENSION
--------------
(all of the following installed March '12, less than 5k miles on all of it)
Stock replacement rotors all around
EBC Red stuff pads all around
BC Racing fully adjustable coilovers
Stainless steel brake lines
ATE Super Blue fluid
Hankook V12 Evo tires
215/40/18 front 255/35/18 rear
XXR 521 gold wheels 18x8.5 +25 front , 18x10 +25 rear


ENGINE
--------------
NEW RC Engineering flowed/tested 1300cc secondary injectors
NEW Walboro 400lph pump (awesome and quiet)
NEW RC Engineering Big Bore throttlebody
NEW Greddy Profec2 boost control
Greddy SMIC
Greddy intake elbow
Apexi PowerFC , original style commander (not the fancy new colorful one)
K&N intakes
3" downpipe
3" Magnaflow midpipe
Racing Beat dual tip exhaust
HKS Twin Power
Xcessive urethane motor mounts (firmer than stock, but you get used to it after a few days, holds engine in place better)

NEW re-built streetported engine by Advanced Race Technology (currently being installed, will post numbers after break-in period)
Previous stock-port engine dyno'd 332rwhp at 14lbs in 90* florida heat… new engine will make a lot more

WHY would I install a new engine in a car I am selling?
Because of my bad luck and dumb mistake
I was just about to list the car for sale a month ago when I was cruising through my neighborhood and one of the coil-packs for the rear rotor failed. I didn't know it was the coil pack at the time, so I had tried starting it a bunch of times while changing things like plugs and wires etc to find out why there was no spark. After replacing the coil pack, I had spark again, but I found that all the fuel flooding the rotor with no spark had washed out the seals, compression was down to 70 on the rear. Initially I ordered a JDM motor to swap in quickly to sell the car, but after being ripped off by Japan2LA, I decided to just have Derrick at A.R.T pull my engine and do a proper full rebuild so the car is fresh and ready for her new owner.


THE BAD
--------------
1- Transmission was the last thing on my list to rebuild. As usual, the 5th gear syncro is totally worn out, and the 1-2 syncro is fairly notchy as well, but still plenty drivable. New owner can rebuild with stronger syncros, or swap in a low mileage JDM unit for under $350, whatever you prefer.
I have an ACT Street/Strip clutch with only 9k miles on it that I will include with the car for when you rebuild the tranny
2- Radio antenna goes up, but doesn't go down without pushing it by hand. I only listen to iPod in the car so I never used it anyway, never bothered to fix.
3- The feed front bumper has a small crack in lip, will post photo later. Quoted $200-250 by bodyshop to fix, I don't have time to deal with it.



As you can see… I've put easily over $15k into this car just this year alone, as I mentioned before I planned to keep this car for a long time.

90% of this car is either NEW or like-new…. I feel like I'm practically giving it away, but I don't have time to wait around for what it's really worth.

I'm asking only $17,900 for a quick sale, since I'm leaving the country soon.

*edit * PRICE DROP TO $16,500 i am out of the country permanently now and would like to get this sold.

New engine and interior should be finished within a week or two, then I'll add photos of the interior