Im thinking about going away to school within the near future and I figure I have 1 of 2 choices. Choice one is to sell the RX and get a Honda Civic which will receive a GSR motor (this is much more costly and everyone owns a civic) while my prefered choice is to keep the RX and build it to run somewhere in the 13's, be reliable as hell (trips from boston to philly about 8 times a year while lasting about 5-6 years). Also anyone in the northeast have an experience with the RX and snow? So what kind of boost am I looking at for like amid to high 13, ill prolly try to invest in a haltech as well as a rebuilt engine if possible. hopefuly I can do the suspension and brakes within the coming months as well.

 

The most reliable rx is the 1998 GXL in my opinion. Take extra care in snow due to the ground clearance and rear wheel drive.

The civic is obviously the "most prefered" college car since changing the oil every 7500 miles is not unheard of.

The TII can be reliable, but any engine stuff with hight mileage you might want to replace - like the alternator, battery, belts, etc..

How many miles is on your engine?

 

A '98 GXL?Where can I buy one?Sorry, just being smart.

 

DOH - 1988

 

N/a RX7's are very reliable. You can do the basic intake and exhaust and run a 75 shot of NOS and that will put you in the 13's. You wont lose reliability unless you use the NOS a lot.

I put close to 500 miles a week on my car, and it does great. Never had any problems, and the engines can easily last 200K miles if you take decent care of it.

 

just curious,but,in your opinion,what makes the 88'gxl more reliable then other n/a's?less electrical stuff..??
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GXL's had more creature comforts, which might be good if you spend a lot of time in the car. But theres also more stuff to break, like the AAS, etc.

 

what does it take to get a n/a running 13s w/o nos?

 

A wicked port and a carb. I don't think the car would be very streetable after all that though.

 

88 GXL had less HP and lower compression rotors, so the interals last longer especially the Apex seals. Plus it was the last/best of the 86-88 series.

A rotary going 250K miles on stock seals - it's usually a GXL.

Of course as with any car - the owner can extend or sevearly shorten the life expectancy.

 

NOS, minor turbo, or supercharger upgrade

 

13's are possible n/a with full intake/exhaust and some porting on a 89-91. But the driver will play a very big part in it.

 

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I think there was a discussion in a thread a while ago about this.... With every bolt on out there, you would still need more than a standard street port to run 13's. You would need a big port, like a bridge port, to do that. That would be an engine that would only last about 30,000Mi and wouldn't get power below 4000 rpms.

I have a street port engine with about every upgrade except a CPU upgrade, and I am in mid 14s(at best). CPU from MDrace gives another 20 HP, enough for about .15 sec, still way away from 13s.

13s require a 0-60 time of about 5.5 sec, indicating about 250hp. Damn!

The only way to run 13s in a N/A with a mild port was if you COMPLETELY gutted your car, right down to the bare metal, then got it towed downhill with a Corvette.