Rotary Powa Baby!
08-18-2008, 08:28 PM
#1
Torque is Good
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 694
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Rotary Powa Baby!
Picked up this little gem this past weekend.
Of course the goal is to make it -- go faster!
It is pretty solid in its present form. The previous owner gave me a 60 page binder of all maintenance and repair that had ever been done to the car and it has been meticulously cared for. The top is in great shape and the interior is stellar! It has a few dings and could benefit from some paintless dent removal. The paint is shiny and it was garaged throughout most of its life. I looked at several verts before purchasing this one and there is nothing missing or broken in the car, no buttons gone, air vents broken etc. The power window switches have been replaced as have the headlights. A couple of years ago, the entire engine wiring harness was corroded and it has since been completely replaced with a new Mazda factory wiring harness. Everything works in this baby just as it is supposed to which is pretty incredible for a 20 year old vehicle with 91,000 miles. Even the pop up electric antenna still works!
Right now it has a K&N intake/filter, Exedy Clutch, Racing Beat lightweight flywheel, Borla Cat Back, and Racing Beat Presilencer/Cat delete. Exhaust has a nice tone. But with the exhaust sound and top down, it really needs a radio solution as you can't hear much in the way of music at all with the factory radio/speaker setup. That will be my first project.
It pulls good for what it is and runs smooth with a good feel thanks to the intake, exhaust and lightweight flywheel but an '88 NA was never a torque monster and the vert is few hundred lbs. heaver than a standard NA but still not a porker by today's standards. I had it up to a little over 100 on the way back to Indy and it is smooth with no rattling or bumping. The steering wheel doesn't move, jiggle or vibrate one bit.
It will be a good solid platform for my vert NA to turbo II swap project.
Of course the goal is to make it -- go faster!
It is pretty solid in its present form. The previous owner gave me a 60 page binder of all maintenance and repair that had ever been done to the car and it has been meticulously cared for. The top is in great shape and the interior is stellar! It has a few dings and could benefit from some paintless dent removal. The paint is shiny and it was garaged throughout most of its life. I looked at several verts before purchasing this one and there is nothing missing or broken in the car, no buttons gone, air vents broken etc. The power window switches have been replaced as have the headlights. A couple of years ago, the entire engine wiring harness was corroded and it has since been completely replaced with a new Mazda factory wiring harness. Everything works in this baby just as it is supposed to which is pretty incredible for a 20 year old vehicle with 91,000 miles. Even the pop up electric antenna still works!
Right now it has a K&N intake/filter, Exedy Clutch, Racing Beat lightweight flywheel, Borla Cat Back, and Racing Beat Presilencer/Cat delete. Exhaust has a nice tone. But with the exhaust sound and top down, it really needs a radio solution as you can't hear much in the way of music at all with the factory radio/speaker setup. That will be my first project.
It pulls good for what it is and runs smooth with a good feel thanks to the intake, exhaust and lightweight flywheel but an '88 NA was never a torque monster and the vert is few hundred lbs. heaver than a standard NA but still not a porker by today's standards. I had it up to a little over 100 on the way back to Indy and it is smooth with no rattling or bumping. The steering wheel doesn't move, jiggle or vibrate one bit.
It will be a good solid platform for my vert NA to turbo II swap project.
hehe j/k 
08-21-2008, 07:56 AM
#23
Torque is Good
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 694
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jasonrxeight
RX-8's For Sale/Wanted
2
09-30-2015 01:53 PM