87_rocket

Hello all,
I recently purchased a 1987 base model RX-7. It has been amazingly well maintained, with a beautiful interior and immaculate white paint job. The body of the car has 129k miles, but a new engine was placed in the car at 70k miles. The car is in great shape, and i would really like to get to work making some performance improvements. However, i am a student and so i am on a budget I just wanted to know what all those second gen. veterans recommend that i should modify in order to get the most performance gain for the price. Thanks for takin a look, all suggestions are welcome.
Daniel

kontakt

Full exhaust is one of the best HP/$ mods for a 7.

SidewaysFC

After the exhaust, I hear light weight flywheels have the second most noticable improvement in performance for NA's. Also, take a look into the FAQ section and archives. There are tons of informative discussions.

westler91

The cheapest option is the search button.........you can click for free....

Jager

iTrader: (10)

Major tune up
Full Exhaust
Some sort of cold air intake
Full exhaust
Good clutch and lightweight flywheel

After that, get back to us .

NOPR

everything they said and an LSD rearend. A good suspension will make it a lot more fun too.

fcfanatic

So should he get full exhaust?

Jager

iTrader: (10)

Yeah, I see alot of n00bs just buying cat-backs.

SpiffyD

full exhaust is great improvment on gaining HP except the loud noises.... more noise less restrictions unless your a ricer n put a big can on your muffler to make it look fast

skir2222

Grab yourself a EMS and turbo engine.

87_rocket

Full exhaust...sounds good...Where do you suggest i purchase one? Any recommendations as to what kind i should get?

typesarz

racing beat

true-dual system

1RX7DRIVER

everyone on here is in love with rb... i my self have apexi n1's with a RB header and test pipe LOVE IT. I think RB Is for older peopel... my 2 cent

skir2222

In the archive theres a vendors thread. I suggest that as a start to show you where you may order from. Buy some headers get a straight pipe, and grab yourself a catback. Also grab a intake while your at it.

skir2222

Oh look at what I have found... https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-gen-archive-72/can-we-start-gen-2-vendors-list-51932/

Firebird_Racer

is the mazdaspeed true dual, or the RE-A dolphin worth the megabucks? im curious of the sound for such (what seems to me to be) rare systems...

Jager

iTrader: (10)

Refrain from doing that, he said first modification on his NA. Not how to make 400hp or whatever.

It gets annoying.

Jager

iTrader: (10)

I think your money would be better spent elsewhere. Otherwise I don't know much else about the exhausts listed above.

Search also, just recently (I can't remember where) there was a discussion on headers. I think it was the General Automotive section.

Good luck!

Firebird_Racer

well, to me, sometimes performance can be made up elsewhere if done correctly, and to me i have alot of pride in the rarity and make of my parts. harder to find mazdaspeed parts (especially all the NLA stuff for our cars) and the uber-respected, expensive, and well made RE-A parts hold just as much value to me, if not more, than the 3-5hp difference in systems. especially if such a system sounds as unique as it is rare!

Jager

iTrader: (10)

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=sdj+header

Check that out.

RSVampire

how can you say bad things about racing beat when you LOVE the header you have from them? Freakin weirdo...