Car advice needed. RX8 v Z3 v Celica

[roadracingoldfart]

I was a foreman at a mazda dealership...an I got to see plenty of em cause my shithouse boss wouldn't hire any decent techs

we were always having them towed in...flooding etc

Yes there was an issue with flooding but that was mainly due to dipsticks who started the engine and only ran it for 2 mins then stopped. When you tried to restart after washing the car or whatever it flooded due to wet plugs. It used to be called the Monday morning issue, after washing the car at home Sunday arvo.
Mazda cured the issue with a new level plug and a revised PCM update.
The only other thing to happen to RX8s was some of the Manuals had a starter motor update as the rotory has to wind like a bitch to fire due to the nature of the design.

We had a customer that moved to our areas in Feb this year and had owned the car from new , we did the warranty mod to the plugs etc and told him and he stated he had never had an issue as he knew to run it till it was warm at least everytime he used it. The mod was a fix for idiots and had not affected the efficiancy of the car.
They are a nice enough car but at 6 ft 2 in i hate them as i cant get "out " of them , "in" is no problem lol. Not my cup of tea im happy to say.

The MX-5 turbo 1800 is a fair bit of fun as a side subject , much nicer that the normally aspirated engine but its a bit of a beast to keep in a straight line in the wet , so that makes for a fun test drive.

Paul.

[NZsarge]

uh...I dunno. Its a sedan, 1998, has 25GT written on it.

any idea what its worth?

That'll either be a R33 or a R34.
Yeah the price mentioned below probably would'nt be to far out I should imagine, kinda lost track on car values these days, too interested in bikes.

With good miles, 8-9k if you are very very lucky, unless it's a gt-t then it's worth a bit more

I should imagine if it was turboed it'd be worth quite a bit more, non-turbo's don't hold their value too well but it seems to be the opposite for GT turbo's.

[NZsarge]

Try price up an sr20det doing 400hp. I wouldn't use standard internals, the top end wouldn't last either. The ecu/mapping alone will be upwards of $2k. It won't be flexible.

'Bout 300 Hp is a good reliable figure for an SR20det, and lets face it in a 200SX the a fair chunk of horsepower for a car that light.
I forget now what the last generation of 200SX is called but the turbo manual one of those is a really nice wagon.

[ducatilover]

I should imagine if it was turboed it'd be worth quite a bit more, non-turbo's don't hold their value too well but it seems to be the opposite for GT turbo's.

The gt-t has held it's value very well as you would expect. Nice car too.

'Bout 300 Hp is a good reliable figure for an SR20det, and lets face it in a 200SX the a fair chunk of horsepower for a car that light.
I forget now what the last generation of 200SX is called but the turbo manual one of those is a really nice wagon.

The s15/200sx drive very nice. 300hp is a rather easily achieved figure but still flexible for daily driving.
Nothing wrong with a decent mx-5, but, it all depends on your budget. There's no doubts that they are a giggle to drive, that chassis just gets ya hard Slide a nice grunty motor in her and hey presto, lamp post! [with my driving]