As the subject says, which would you rather have in your first gen.
A 12A with a cap @$10,000 for mods, porting, etc.

Or a 13b with a cap @ $2,000 for mods

(Including intake and exhaust as well)

hmmm....

 

Meaning the maximum you can spend is 10k? Or you're given 10k to spend?

 

12a all the way!!!!

 

The value is the maximum spent.

(If it was max. GIVEN to spend, everyone would be jumping at that right away!)

 

Well, you can have a slow 10,000dollar built 12a if the "labor" is over done and $20 of that is parts. Also, a $2000 13b of some kind can make a vast performance improvement if you do all the labor yourself. So your question is highly subjective.

 

As much as I like my RX-7, I wouldn't drop $10k on it.

 

Well that's a tough decision...

You could take the 12A car with the $10k, then throw the car away and buy yourself two SE's, then put at least $2k into each with money left over.

Real tough decision.

 

Why is it one or the other,

why not 13b with 10k? They cost the same ammount to buy... 12a and 13b that is

 

I would drop 30K into mine if I had it.

Strip to the bone and have the unibody etched and completely refinished. And then rebuild every nut and bolt. Come on Super 7!!!!!

 

I voted 12A with 10k assuming that it's 10k of parts and that you did most of the work yourself, as well as if it were a 13b and 2k of parts not labor. I'm pretty sure you could build yourself a pretty crazy motor with all that money! The real question is which 13B are you gonna get? The 89+ 13B had 160 hp stock, with EFI. Sounds like a little porting, exhaust and intake and you'd have 200 reliable hp... (I'm a noob and I assume so)


happy modifying

 

what i would do if i were you:

12a w/ 10 grand.

Sell the 12a for 400-500 bucks, buy a TII setup for 5 grand, install it, have a 10 second car, and spend the other 5k on suspension/wheels/tires/itnerior

 

Skidrain, I understand what you are saying. Personally, I would do the 12A w/20,000. There are many mods that add up to a lot which are benifitial to a 12A!!!!!

 

dude... for $10k you could make a increditably beastly 12a. Hardened gears, e-shaft, turbo fi, with a street/bridge port job, and still have 4 grand left over to just spend on the car.

EDIT: Thought about what i just said, and the 4 grand doesnt really make sense, but still. If you did the rebuild yourself and got someone else to do the porting. You could still end up with enough cash left over to pay for other stuff on the car.

 

I would use the $10,000 to buy a Delorean, and go back to the future, steal performance parts from the future, come back to the present, and install them on my car.

I wonder what kind of gas mileage I would get with a flux capacitor?

 

I'm thinking 3 rotorlicious for $10K myself... Of course, you'd have to give your own labor to it

 

10G's? If you want, slap another rotor on your 12a!

 

A decent Delorean goes for between $30K and $40K. They are collectable at this point but still semi-widely available. The Flux Capacitor option is going to be harder to find and probably cost you a little more.

 

And even harder to find is one with the hover conversion in good condition. Most of those have had to either originate from the future, or from the past and travelled back, so they may not be in as good of condition as ones who are stock. Mine had to have its stainless steel body regrained twice already, but its worth it!

 

Drop the new 13B renesis engine from the RX8 that would rip with a turbo and exhuast.

 

Wow where can I get a turbo and exhaust for the RENESIS for only $2k!?!

 

get the RB 13b exhaust, and get creative with a welding torch, some extra sheet metal, and a couple rolls of exhaust tape

 

Ive always liked carbed cars, so 12a for me!

 

ditto on the 12 A

 

Great-that was fun, and I actually did learn quite a bit! Thanks for all the opinions, looks like 12A takes the cake!

 

so are you actually going to follow up on this or was it just hypothetical?

(did i spell that right?)