If I were to ever intend to own an RX7 (fd3s), I would be more worried in fixing the 13b rotary engine. Apex seals are always the culprits.

Furthermore, you have to pay in cash now to get these type of cars. Why not take the cash and down payment for something way newer like Rx8? And continue installment. At least at the end of the day you have a safe mind driving it and wont break down.

It's still rotary after all =p

As much negative comments you hear about the RX8, it can do below 2min45s (not entirely well modded) in Sepang, and that's pretty comparable to cars like Evo/Subaru/Type Rs for a car that is often labeled as a sissy car. It drives and handles really well for a RWD.

hi Bro!

I was having the assumption that you like Mazda's rotary hence picked an RX7. And continuing on as an advice without knowing whether you are a noob or someone who did his homework, I went on to point out that the apex seals are indeed a troublesome piece of hardware that one have to take care or else it is problematic.

Turbo charge or no turbo charge, I don't really care. The engineers at Mazda knows what they are doing. And just to point out that an RX8's performance is not far behind the makes of Evos/Subarus is me indirectly telling you that even though its not having a turbocharger, it is up to par with those cars in track. Its not all about driving a powerful car, handling matters too and the RX8 has the best of both worlds.

Lastly why would you need fellow forummers feedback here when you have done so much homework yourself on the technical bits of the car's engine, the pricing of engines and other stuff, how could you missed out the fuel consumption million dollar question? If you could find out that Ah Choy has new Rx8 engine at 18k, I'm sure you could also find out from the same source how is the car's fuel consumption...

Cheers,
=p