i heard the apex seals aren't as big of a deal as people make them out to be. my buddy in school has a second gen rx7 and his brother has a first gen. i drove the second gen and for what it is, its a blast. he does his apex seals in a day and he has no mechanical experience. motor swap in a second gen rx7 ftw

Yea the RX-8 engine is the renesis, its a good engine, ports are huge, but non turbo it's a dog, RX-8 redlines around 8 or 9 i don't remember, i remember my fc and fd both were around 82 or 8300 the buzzer would sound off. The apex seals aren't bad they are just tempermental, they usually go bad from either sitting a long time, carbon buildup, around 130-150k they usually pop...sounds like dropping a socket in a flex fan and then the car sounds like its stalling and total loss of power...sucks but you can limp it home...an f-body does handle well but with new technology and a better driver it is what it is. I had an 05 Legacy GT Spec B that i did a bunch of crap to but when the x and i split up she took that and i took the jeep...car handled very well, but it did have alot of oversteer when you are in the turns hard back end would slide out...