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Old 02-20-07, 08:49 AM
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First mods?

If you have 5k wit a stock FD what mods would you buy?
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Boost gauge, water temp gauge, downpipe.

Maintenance items: all new coolant hoses, vacuum hoses, FPD, fuel filter, change fluids, AST. Maybe a PFC and cat-back.

Then drive it for one year to sort out any potential bugs, then begin to mod.
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How many miles are on it? Totally stock?

Look here:

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-gen-archives-73/mod-list-keep-your-fd-running-happy-28002/
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are you already done the safety mods posted in the Stickies? if haven't do that first...
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Well I'm selling my car and buying a roller FD and making it a project with my dad. So I haven't done anything to it yet, and I have about 5k to spend after buying a rebuilt engine, so just seeing what mods I should look at...
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If by a 'roller' you mean a complete car with just a blown engine, ok.

If by a roller you mean a car without an engine and maybe missing other stuff, not so ok. Plan to use that $5k for everything else that's missing from the roller. It's not often you find a car without an engine that is complete in every other way, and "project" FDs can end up being really expensive or involve a lot more fixup than you'd think.

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roller as in w/o engine but has most of everything else
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Originally Posted by rockland
roller as in w/o engine but has most of everything else

Most of everything huh. You might as well take it to a shop so they can sort things out for you. Cause if you havent put one together before its goin to be a complete nightmare. After they put it back together then mod after the break-in.
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roller as in w/o engine but has most of everything else
Rockland,

Start with what you want to do with the car. Are you just building a car for the street? AutoX? Drag racing? Road racing?
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reliability mods and then bnr stage 3.
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