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ok got the car runs great...but now what to do

Old Aug 16, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Talking ok got the car runs great...but now what to do

the rx-7 is running great..put nearly 500 miles and no problem (hehe except 3 days after i purchased the car found out my wife is pregnant no backseat) but here is what i purchased for the car and what i know has been done to it...purchased new exaust from header (ohh ya found out it already had a header...) its got to glass packs at the back with tips (very wicked sounding) it has k&n air filter..... so what to do now.... what would you all suggest?? cosmetic (needs a few dings fixed but body is in pretty good shape) or perfomance??
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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If your wife is pregnant, then invest in finding backseats. =P. But for performance, why not just do weight reduction. Well you can always take out your emissions and run down to 3 vac. lines. Take out the p/s, a/c, and the airpump and put block off plates.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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ok....i was also wondering about the suspension buttons... do they actually work??? and did the gxl come standard sunroof or is it a option?
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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it came standard, and if you check under the hood and there are a boxy thingy over the suspenion tower, then you have adjustable suspension still. But if you upgrade your struts and springs then you can just take the buttons out since it would be useless. Get struts that you can adjust, or if you are on a budget then get air shocks.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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ok ty how many horses does the headers add? anyone know?
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 11:25 PM
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Depends on what kind of headers you get, pacers 2 to 1 i'm guessing around 9-14hp, but if you get the true duels then maybe around 10-15. I'm not 100% sure but racing beat has some headers. Anyone correct me if i'm wrong
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 06:33 AM
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Why don't you ask the wife first before spending money on the car?


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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RETed
Why don't you ask the wife first before spending money on the car?


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Yeah, you're married and your wife's pregnent! You're funs over pal lol


If the car has an exhaust and intake, there arnt many more bolt ons that you can do to net alot of hp. Just make sure to maintain her properly as rx7s are high mantinece vehicles and can be costly if you arnt carefull

have fun with it tho, fix up the body and put on a set of light wheels. I Swear to god my car is so much faster with a set of light wheels on over the stock (24lb) TII wheels. If you are going to do some cosmetics ditch the stock wheels and upgrade suspension while you are at it.
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