Hey guy's.. Im the new kid on the block, and have limited knowlegde of what everything is about. I brought this 88 rx7 vet., and would like to nurse it to health. I've already fixed the body entirely, and is waiten to coat it with an awesome combination. Ive so many av's to take, but really is unaware of that which is most momentuous. I've attended automotive school, but was taught nothing about rotary . I've a fuel economy problem...well, put it like this, ITS RUNNING TO RICH! With in about 30mins, the fuel is at half, from a full tank...a bit exagerration, but you get the pic. The clutch slips, and the powersteering continuesly runs low. Ive in need of changing the belts, but luckly the engine "prrss" like a cat. Even with all the probs. and all, I still love my rx7, would trade it for nothing and plan to dump $10,000 on it.
*Major tune up done
*Body repaired
*New RadioAnd still so fare to go... HHHHEEEELLLPP My fellow "7" enthusiast....

 

what do you want to do with it? if it is goign to be a show quality car then i cant help you. but if you plan to raodrace/autox/gymkhana then i can point you in the righ direction

 

spend the 10k on one already built, you can get a damn nice FC for 10k if you look in the right places and do your homework. from the sound of it you have a long road ahead..


now if i had a dollar for every newbie who came here and said they had plans of dropping $10k into their car...

i don't even have that much into my car in close to 2 years and TONS of upgrades/maintenance. sure you can spend it much quicker but i prefer the wiser approach.

 

buy crashdummy's car:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...0&page=1&pp=40

 

dont dump 10k on a fc! Are you like really young? But a flawless t2 for around 4500-6000, then modify as needed with the extra cash.

 

full racing beat exhaust
kyb agx struts, full racing beat suspension kit
Racing beat front strut tower bar
racing beat end links
racing beat rear toe elimi kit
itbs with dual 55 mm throttle bodies using a lim ported to work with 6 ports(jb weld them open)
get a zeal megasquirt to control this
racing beat aluminun flywheel
mazdatrix short shifter
koyo aluminun radiator
racing beat stainless braided oil cooler lines
5th + 6th inserts from pineapple racing
alternator relocation from pineapple racing
get a s5 power steering rack and depower it by cutting the seals out and get new tie rod ends for it and use bolts with loctight to seal most openings or crimp old hoses.
Buy por15 and coat the whole undercarriage and coat the engine bay.
Get 2 sparco racing seats with seat rails
get s5 tailights (I will never do this but most poeple like it)
pickup 6 1998 mustang gt rims
Get a half roll cage
Relocate your battery

if you want more I bet I could dish out more
buy a already rebuild 6port engine or if you want to rebuild
buy a kit from atkins rotary and go here
http://diy-re.co.nz/

it's a instructional video that will help you

 

What Karack said. You've chose the difficult road. If you actually do have that much cash to dump on a car, buy a Turbo II for less than half of what you plan to put into this one and spend the rest on mods. You'll be happier in the end, trust us.

 

I have never seen a turbo2 for sale or have I seen one at the junkyard before. And I use to go to the junkyard(I'm talkin about 5 junkyards) everyweekend hoping to find rx7 parts. A few months back I saw a vert in my hometown with a turbo2 engine in it but it had problems and it modded to much. I guess everything takes money

 

From this logic you're assuming that there aren't any TII's for sale? Am I reading this correctly??

 

Yea, what does that mean? You've NEVER seen a Turbo II for sale? Check eBay much? There are only about 5 on there every week.

 

Crash's car is awesome. Better get it soon before he parts it out. The engine and turbo alone would be a great start if your car has a good body get his drivetrain.

 

If I had a dollar for every new member that said that...

I'd be driving a different RX-8 every day of the week.

 

OK, here's a plan:

You wouldn't trade your car for anything? DON'T. Take this "$10,000" and buy a TII, throw a Haltech in it and buy a TD-06 kit, FMIC, a walbro and some larger injectors.

There ya go, you now own a run down vert and a 300whp (with room to grow on the EMS) TII.........

 

T2's are a myth, there is only TII's.

 

Why spend that much on a n/a?

 

I'll agree with everyone saying that unless you absolutely love working on cars and just have cash to burn on **** then I would just spend the 10 grand on an already nicely modded one . I decided to take the road you are considering and just buy a beat up one and go ***** to the wall on it. Well after 9 grand into it , I am kind of starting to have regrets considering , you cant see any of the money I put into it because its all underneath , it needs paint and interior work and ****. And I've probably put no more than 200 miles on it because **** still needs fixing.

If you are looking to get into modding , just buy a nice TII for like 6-7k. Because inexperience and old cars dont really mix , I've sure as hell found that out the hard way. Dont even bother setting a budget , because that **** does not work. By buying a stock one in good condition you get such benefits as having all the stupid **** already done if it was well maintained and you get to work on the good stuff. But these cars are easy as hell to work on when it comes to the basics , the engine and electrical stuff is obviously more tricky but comprehendable.

Last word of advice if you do decide to go ***** the wall with yours , make some local friends that know rx7s. Without that I would still be trying to finish my TII swap.

Oh and definetly TII swap into the vert. They are badass , nothing like raping it with the top down.

 

buy my FC it's for sale $13k negotiable. link is in my sig and below the rx8 in the link.

 

Because when I run turbo I wanna do something like crash but with a 13bre, I didn't want to do a cheap turbo setup or just pickup a jspec tII and rebuild.

no I'm just saying that rx7s can be harder to come by in different areas. And not everyone likes driving 1500 miles or however many miles to pickup a rx7 they bought from ebay, esp with the gas prices.

 

900 miles but i only paid $1360 for the car.

 

I can understand not wanting to go too far....

But I mean, we all know the people in our local area right? How many people drive a desirable TII? Of those people (for me its 1) how many are selling said desierable TII - NONE.

So you have to expect to travel a bit to pick up a nice car...my 87 TII with 116,000kms I bought was an hour and half trip, not BAD - but still.......don't expect to find one 10 minutes down the road....

 

Before ANY MODS buy a Haltech system!!! Trust me I learned the hard way!!!

 

cool but whats the point, for 10000 dollars I would put a nice down payment for a twin turbo 7.

 

In december you could PAY for a JDM FD for that much.......

 

buy a modern sportbike instead, better bang for your buck.

2004-2006 r1, 180hp, 380lbs.

 

= 5 sec till he probably crashes and burns...