Installed a bunch of stuff and wow!
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Installed a bunch of stuff and wow!
Got my car on the road after a long weekend. It received:
First, the car rides SOOOO much SMOOTHER and QUIETER! It feels like a new car! I knew the shocks would help but freaking wow!
The strut brace really holds the front end down when going into a hard turn. Very nice. The car feels overall much tighter.
Finally, the RB.... sounds sweet (my mechanic friend says it sounds like a pack of angry bees). Still using the stock muffler, so that's surely restricting it a lot. Got a Magnaflow that will go on soon, which should add some zip.
Thx for all the feedback folks!
- Tokico Blue shocks (replaced the original factory shocks).
- Rotary Engineering strut brace.
- Racing Beat header
- Racing beat Pre-silencer
First, the car rides SOOOO much SMOOTHER and QUIETER! It feels like a new car! I knew the shocks would help but freaking wow!
The strut brace really holds the front end down when going into a hard turn. Very nice. The car feels overall much tighter.
Finally, the RB.... sounds sweet (my mechanic friend says it sounds like a pack of angry bees). Still using the stock muffler, so that's surely restricting it a lot. Got a Magnaflow that will go on soon, which should add some zip.
Thx for all the feedback folks!
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Sure about that? Looks like an RB brace to me:
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=14016
If I am not mistaken, the RE brace looks like the one Jamie made:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-archive-71/other-how-make-your-own-strut-bar-723846/
I believe trochoid has an RE brace to confirm.
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=14016
If I am not mistaken, the RE brace looks like the one Jamie made:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-archive-71/other-how-make-your-own-strut-bar-723846/
I believe trochoid has an RE brace to confirm.
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I could be wrong.... it came from a huge stash of stuff that I got from used from one guy. He said it all came from RE (much of it had original RE boxes to prove it) and other items (like exhaust) were validated by RX-7 Club members via pic as RE goods. Again, I could be wrong!
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I have a RE brace on my car.
Ray Green posted a pic in his thread "White Becomes Silver" in this section (I think it is on page 2 now).
Look on Page 5, post #121, pic 7, labelled "For comparison here's Greg the Younger's set up".
Ray Green posted a pic in his thread "White Becomes Silver" in this section (I think it is on page 2 now).
Look on Page 5, post #121, pic 7, labelled "For comparison here's Greg the Younger's set up".
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I've long considered the addition of a strut bar. It always came down to the question of how much do they really help. Are they worth their weight? Maybe someday I'll try one and find out for myself.
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I remember when I first installed RB Springs and Illuminas in place of the 25 year old springs and worn out shocks. The difference was phenomenal.
Quieter with the header + presilencer? Really?
I've got the header + dual presilencers on a stock muffler (better one is coming soon), it sounds awfully tinny.
Quieter with the header + presilencer? Really?
I've got the header + dual presilencers on a stock muffler (better one is coming soon), it sounds awfully tinny.
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