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Sloppyjo

03-20-2009 01:13 PM

1986 RX-7 w/ Nissan Diesel Engine

Malvern, Ohio 44644

I am posting this for the family of one of my best friends. We lost him recenlty to a sudden heart attack.
The car is a red 1986 RX-7 that I am sure is one of a kind. The body and chassis is from Texas and is very clean.
The motor is a 4 cylinder Nissan Diesel that is installed in the car and was running. It previously had a Vortek V-6 in it which he had installed.
It has the Mazda 5 speed manual tranny w/ hydraulic clutch and a Ford T-bird differential. ** GM T-5 tranny** with new gears in it.
The fuel injectors are currently out of the car because it was doing a little too much deisel smoking and he was cleaning them at the time of his death.
We will not refuse any reasonable offer for the car.
Feel free to email me for pictures or more details.
Sloppy_jo@sbcglobal.net

Proxy One

03-20-2009 04:22 PM

I gotta see some photos of this.

FerociousP

03-20-2009 04:57 PM

'96?

fire85gslse

03-20-2009 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sloppyjo (Post 78004)

Malvern, Ohio 44644

I am posting this for the family of one of my best friends. We lost him recenlty to a sudden heart attack.
The car is a red 1996 RX-7 that I am sure is one of a kind.
The body and chassis is from Texas and is very clean.
The motor is a 4 cylinder Nissan Deisel that is installed in the car and was running. It previously had a Vortek V-6 in it which he had installed.
It has the Mazda 5 speed manual tranny w/ hydraulic clutch and a Ford T-bird differental.
The fuel injectors are currently out of the car because it was doing a little too much deisel smoking and he was cleaning them at the time of his death.
We will not refuse any reasonable offer for the car.
Feel free to email me for pictures or more details.
Sloppy_jo@sbcglobal.net

Sure its not an 86? I cant see anyone putting a junk motor in a 93-95 rx7.

Sloppyjo

03-24-2009 12:54 PM

Yes I did make a MY mistake!

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The car is a 1989, sorry I gave bad info...

Here are a couple of pics

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Fidelity101

03-24-2009 02:13 PM

smoking bad? like black smoke? did you check the particulate filter? or air filter. diesel will smoke black badly if these are dirty. I usually don't dig piston engine conversion but diesel is another story :)

Whizbang

03-24-2009 02:32 PM

how far is Malvern from Cleveland?

SPICcnmFD

03-24-2009 03:49 PM

what kind of MPG does this thing get?

fire85gslse

03-24-2009 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPICcnmFD (Post 78639)

what kind of MPG does this thing get?

I would say 40-50 if it is not under powered for the body.
That in a nissan truck would get good gas mileage.

Whizbang

03-24-2009 04:10 PM

that thing has to be slower than hell being natural aspirated.

fire85gslse

03-24-2009 06:30 PM

but good looks and good gas mileage

Whizbang

03-24-2009 06:31 PM

*diesel* mileage. :001_005:

My5ABaby

03-26-2009 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Low Impedance (Post 78631)

how far is Malvern from Cleveland?

Probably about as far as Google Maps says it is...

Sloppyjo

03-26-2009 01:23 PM

Cleveland to Malvern

Malvern is about 1.5 hrs south of Cleveland if you are coming down 77.

As far as mileage he did not get to drive it much before his death.
He did say that it seemed to have a fair amount of get-up and go.

The smoking was slightly more than normal diesel smoke, but he thought it was dirty injectors, thats why the pics show them out.
He was cleaning them and changing o-rings on them when he died.

Also forgot to mention that it does have a GM T-5 tranny with new gear installed for low end torque but low RPM at cruising speed on the highway.

I didn't get to ride in it with the diesel in it, but it did rock with the vortek V-6 in it.

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