Dave Arbogast wrote:

How much should I pay in the Midwest for a used 13B ? What should I look

for? I

want to turbocharge / turbo - normalize it. Are all RX-7 models of a

certain age

turbos?

Am  I better off buying an entire car to get all the pieces and parts?

--
-dave
mailto:dave@arb.net
http://arb.net

I would go for the complete running car. That way you can be sure you
are not getting ripped off and you can use a lot of the parts.
Junk yard engines could be just that.

Travel around the country if necessary to find a good one.
The best years for the Turbo II are 1990-91 and maybe 1989 I am not
sure
about that. Prior turbos crack a lot more and later dual turbos are
just
not suitable. Prices should be around $2.000 to $3.000.
Not all cars are turbo. What you are looking for is the Turbo II.

Paul Lamar

Brett & Tiana wrote:

Hey Dave,

There's a rebuilder here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada who does excellent
re-builds on these engines for very reasonable prices and will ship to you.
 His name is Adam Heyman and he owns and operates RX7 Specialties, a rebuild
shop that supplies engines to other RX7 repair shops and installers all over
the western U.S. and Canada. Apparently they can't beat his prices so they
just buy engines from him.
 His prices for a stock un-modified 13B are in the $2000 U.S. range, but for
a reasonable fee he will also perform any specific mods that you may want
for aircraft use.
Considering that buying a running RX7 in the $1000 range just to score a
used engine will only save you $1000 or so, and also considering the fact
that it's going into an AIRPLANE, I'd think this may be your best option.
I do believe a guy on this newsletter (I think his name was Rusty) bought an
engine from Adam for his plane.

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