NEEED A LOT OF HELP & WORK !

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Mad Max Wrote:2000rpms is not a problem. When i start my hachi it has the 2000rpm for about 4 min and when the engine is warmed up it goes to 1100/1300.

Yeah but you have a twincam with EFI. That one has a high RPM when its still cold to warm up the engine faster. Once warm the idle should drop.

With the 8v it's carbed and doesn't have this nifty feature asfar as I'm aware off. Sounds more like a badly setup carb. There is a good chance that if you have a mechanic look at the carb setup he can adjust it properly. The question then is. Did the previous owner set it up like this cause he didn't know what he was doing, or to 'hide' problems with the car running at a normal idle.

Try putting your wheels on without the washers. He probably put those on to get a nicer offset on the wheels or because he has a completely wrong offset set of wheels and they will hit the body work somewhere. You have a good chance though that the washers are just there for show.

Change the brake fluids and brake pads. Its an easy fix, just use DOT 4 or something, I'm sure you're not out racing your car. Make sure you check if you're rotors still look good. If they are groved you better replace them too, but thats a tad bit expensive.

As for the body work, post up some pics. Rust is a problem with these cars. A full rebuild to bring her back to life is a good idea seeing the worth of these cars these days, but if you have a shop doing that it could really add up to a large bill. If you have friends who can weld and do body work it will be worth fixing her up most likely.