After a lot of thinking and research I have decicded that I am going to keep my t2 completely stock!!! Well with the exception of a new suspension cause the car is 21 years old after all... Has anyone else gone this route? I just don't have the time or the patience to deal with issues that changing things out will cause... Don't get me wrong I would love to have a faster car but in the long run i don't think it will be worth it...

 

I plan on keeping the RB exhuast and adding an rtek... and that's about it...

 

Well unless your TII has very low miles, changing things out will have to happen sometime. But not it's not crazy to want to leave the car stock. It's your car after all right.

 

well i bought the car in jan and its got 31,000 original miles on it

 

good candidate for stock duty

 

Your not crazy, your just a little un-well, you know, right now, you can't tell.

 

Screw keeping the car stock, all that leads to is unreliability and never knowing if your car will start when you turn the key.

Mod the snot outta it!!!

 

Cause we all know that really modded cars are super reliable

 

It depends on the mods. A new exhaust and intake as well as something to tune the car with will get him more gas mileage and reliability, not to mention more power.

 

OK sarcasm...

I'd never lift the hood of it if I were you. Well, if you're changing the oil then fine
I wish I could find a stock FC, better yet low miles. Very few and very far between.

 

You bring up excellent points. But if he is like the rest of us...7 seconds after he puts those mods on he will go. What else can I do?

 

i went to the to two junkyards today and didnt find one fc. little of topic but i was actually happy i didnt.

 

Because fc's in junk yards are hard to come by..

 

Sometimes it takes more time and patience to go back 100% stock when parts need to be replaced.. **** my car is so Illegal its not funny.. all my exuast parts wore out and my cat died. SO i just put in a pipe. My airpump went out i just yanked it. and my A/C.. Now one of my duel mufflers is plugged up.. PFFFFFFFT

 

I am a stocker owner. I did however modify the exhaust slightly, but everything else in the engine compartment is stock.

I can't afford it, but if I could, I'd go with an rtek and get it tuned real well somewhere. I imagine that would be the most reliable option. It seems any issues I have had are related to the stock ECU.

 

If you are happy with the way the car is, then keep it that way. There's no law that says you have to mod the car and these cars are great fun in stock form. I'd say put a different catback on it for a bit of a better sound, but that's just me.

So many people jump into modding their cars and get themselves into a mess, turning an otherwise great car into a pile of junk.

 

Leaving it stock is a good idea. Just don't let it get in the way of good sense.

 

if you are happy with the power right now I would leave it alone. The suspension will only make it more fun to drive.

 

i have a stock turbo 2. its pretty fun but things tend to break. interior plastic, i just have to be more gentle... bought shocks but should of kept stock springs.. gotta get rear stock springs again. after market will only bring trouble. unless you upgrade to coilovers maybe. i replaced the slave clutch cylinder but rebuilt the master. bought new starter and replaced back lights with 89+.

so far i am satisfied with the stock look and everything, but i kinda want a s5 bumper.

 

Will the cat back cause boost creep?

 

It might raise boost a little, but the stock cats and intake is a fairly significant restriction so I don't expect it to be much of a problem.

 

Thanks for the input Aaron... I just dont want to mess with the motor at all.... If it blows then to hell with keeping it stock lol

 

It's actually more unique and head turning to have a super clean stock T2 these days.

 

I agree. I personally really enjoy seeing clean stock rx-7s. It is getting to be a rarer thing nowadays.

 

Stock is nice if its clean and performs well. Otherwise, mod it and make it BRAAAP!

Not Stock.



Stock.


Maybe when you get old you can 'restore' one. The plastic does get brittle though...