924s Check my Man Maths
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I have broken/stripped well over 20 Mazda RX8’s in my small workshop but have no mechanical knowledge (I’ve never changed the oil or pads etc on a car) hence two bays of racking stacked with RX8 parts marked “unkown?” I have a mate with a welder, time, patience and tools to sort bodywork issues myself.
Purchased this for £500 with 4 month’s mot remaining. Insured it as my daily and have done a good 600 miles in the first month of ownership around Devon & Cornwall trouble free and loveing it.
Mechanically the car is spot on having had a lot of work done on the mechanicals by a former keeper including a full engine rebuild with documentation showing £3300 2 years ago. The previous owner had bought the car for a stag do around Europe including a trip the Ring during which he reported the car drove faultlessly and I have no reason to doubt him.
Bad news is the bodywork which requires welding to the floor pan, some filler, a few dents pulled and some paint which I’m tooled up for. The interior has a few nice saleable items but on the whole is tatty.
I’m thinking I might strip out the interior and sell the parts to fund the bodywork issues and then spend the rest on refreshing the suspension which is (I hope) with in my skill set. Hopefully I should end up with a mechanically straight, light weight, tidy looking B road runner for not much more than a total outlay of £800 and broaden my mechanical knowledge at the same time.
Man Math’s
£500 Purchase Price
£300 Raised from parts sales
£300 Cash injection
£800 Total outlay
If there are any 924S owners around the Plymouth area who are willing to meet up and have their brains picked, I'd greatly appreciate it
Purchased this for £500 with 4 month’s mot remaining. Insured it as my daily and have done a good 600 miles in the first month of ownership around Devon & Cornwall trouble free and loveing it.
Mechanically the car is spot on having had a lot of work done on the mechanicals by a former keeper including a full engine rebuild with documentation showing £3300 2 years ago. The previous owner had bought the car for a stag do around Europe including a trip the Ring during which he reported the car drove faultlessly and I have no reason to doubt him.
Bad news is the bodywork which requires welding to the floor pan, some filler, a few dents pulled and some paint which I’m tooled up for. The interior has a few nice saleable items but on the whole is tatty.
I’m thinking I might strip out the interior and sell the parts to fund the bodywork issues and then spend the rest on refreshing the suspension which is (I hope) with in my skill set. Hopefully I should end up with a mechanically straight, light weight, tidy looking B road runner for not much more than a total outlay of £800 and broaden my mechanical knowledge at the same time.
Man Math’s
£500 Purchase Price
£300 Raised from parts sales
£300 Cash injection
£800 Total outlay
If there are any 924S owners around the Plymouth area who are willing to meet up and have their brains picked, I'd greatly appreciate it
Edited by whythem on Wednesday 13th May 18:27
If it is a 924S i will have the 944 engine. Absolutely essential is that the cam & balance belt are done, if there are no records of it the it needs doing now! The belts around £60 & you'll need a flywheel lock to do them & depending how brave you are a tensioner gauge. If any of the idlers or tensioners are failing then they'll need changing at around £30-40 each. It isn't complicated but it is fiddly.
Various ways of refreshing the suspension worth asking on a club forum like TIPEC or PCGB. As TIPEC we have quite a few members playing track based 924s at the mo.
Various ways of refreshing the suspension worth asking on a club forum like TIPEC or PCGB. As TIPEC we have quite a few members playing track based 924s at the mo.
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