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.
I have one of Adams engines in my 86, a former student of mine also
has one
too. So far absolutely no problems and I have probably close 80,000
miles on
mine. He builds the engines for our local Mazda dealership and he
can also
beat their price on factory Mazda parts, although shipping cut into
that
margin a bit. He also has a lot of used parts too.
John
Anyone got his number and address?
-dave
-dave
mailto:dave@arb.net
http://arb.net
Adam at RX7 Specialties can be reached at (403)246-6980. Address is 3813
17th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2M-1N6. Business hours are Monday
thru Friday 9am to 5pm mountain time.
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