need more power for 89 GXL
06-09-10, 05:09 AM
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Need more power? More like need more money. I recommend spending the money on college courses, and then you can spend tens of thousands of dollars on your car once you get a higher-paying job.
06-09-10, 04:43 PM
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Waiting only sucks if you are stuck with a lame Honda with a few ricer mods in a feeble attempt to emulate a sports car. The non-turbo RX-7 is an excellent car even in stock form. People who want "more power" but can't afford to pay $2,500 for a running Turbo II RX-7 are better off spending their money on reliability mods, and then spending the rest of their money attaining a better job.
06-09-10, 10:13 PM
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In case others haven't already been clear, only if you're lucky. A good portion of the time you buy one of those cheap motors and it needs a $3000 rebuild. Not to mention the time or money getting it into you car. The suggestion to sell your car and buy a TII might be a better idea. Or upgrade your NA for now. And I agree with whoever it was, do your scheduled maintenance first.
06-10-10, 11:49 AM
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Waiting only sucks if you are stuck with a lame Honda with a few ricer mods in a feeble attempt to emulate a sports car. The non-turbo RX-7 is an excellent car even in stock form. People who want "more power" but can't afford to pay $2,500 for a running Turbo II RX-7 are better off spending their money on reliability mods, and then spending the rest of their money attaining a better job.
There is power to be gained in N/A form, and N/As are easier to modify than turbos without worrying about reliability issues. It still stands that exhaust, intake, and ECU tuning are good for an N/A, and you don't have to worry (or spend $ on) fuel mods, wastegates, intercoolers, cooling system, etc. And as long as you enjoy the car, who cares which route you choose. Plus finding a running T II for less than $4k seems unlikely in my experience unless you look for a very long time and get lucky.
Realistically, $1500 isn't going to go very far on an N/A or turbo car unless everything is in great working condition to start with and the owner can do the work on their own. Hopefully the original poster can decide on their approach from all the good info here on the forum.
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A couple more websites for the original poster since they seem new to RX-7s:
http://www.pocketlogger.com/index.ph...age=2&ecu=S5NA
http://www.pineappleracing.com/
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