maxturk

Hi guys! i'm new to this community.

I've been reading quit a bit to understand the fundamentals of the all the mazada and rotor engines history. I'm new to all this stuff, I just turned 30 and only had honda-acura cars for 13 years.

What should be my first steps to give it better performance?The car is ''stock'' from 1988, had 1 owner and never seen winter.

The performance parts for this car are hard to find, i've been trying to find some locally.

Do you guys have websites you highly recommand?

From my understand, allowing more air flow for a N/A system was my first best move.
I was thinking about adding a good P-Flow and changing the stock exhaust system. Any better moves or suggestions?

Thanks a lot for your time I want to learn!

misterstyx69

iTrader: (142)

Big can of worms.
You can go Turbo,port the engine you got..etc,etc.

Funny thing about Verts is they are heavy so if you can shed some weight then you can gain "a bit"..not much,but a scooch..
Tossing on a better exhaust will help.Adding a intake?..depends on how you are doing it as a true cold air intake takes a bit of fabbing.You just don't add a filter as it sucks up engine bay heat.
Suspension and brakes,tires.All are a good start handling wise.Along with a good look at the old bushings.

clokker

iTrader: (2)

OK, your first lesson is to understand that you have the heaviest and slowest of all the 2nd gen models...and there ain't much you can do about it short of an engine swap.

An exhaust- especially if you do headers- might add a few ponies but pretty much everything else will be mostly cosmetic and make you feel better, rather than the car.

Either accept that your car is more a GT cruiser than a cherry bomb or prepare to go turbo or LSx.

Seamoan

Turbo swap it or port it. I have a 1989 vert and it is slooooow. even on a fresh rebuild its slow. Like the dude above me said, we have nice cruisers but nothing that is going to burn rubber down the street. unless you swap it.

maxturk

Thank you very much for all the replies and explanations , it's very appreciated!

My goal wouldn't be to burn tires but just to improve a bit the performance to something a bit more exciting.

I've been used to drive cars that can achieve at least high 14 to low 15's on the 1/4 mile so I was wondering if with ''bolt-ons'' exhaust and a few other mods would help cut it.

I'd prefer staying N/A , this car's engine and body are almost in better shape than my daily driver, a 2014 honda fit .

I've read a lot about the porting types in rx7 engines, but it's still very new to me and wouldn't know where to go to achieve this.

Thank you all so much for all the feedback

clokker

iTrader: (2)

The only reason to port a NA engine is if your racing class prohibits better ways of making power (back to that turbo/LSx thing again...), I don't see any point for a street car.

Your path to better/actually noticeable performance lies not with the engine but the suspension and tires. You have no power, so you must maximize the momentum you'll (eventually) achieve. Some good shocks (selection is limited for the FC, I run KYB AGXs) with some springs (Racing Beat) and maybe some Energy Suspension bushings, pretty much does it. Cheap Chinese coilovers will be far worse than the above setup.

Toss in some decent tires and you're done.

Once you've climbed to this plateau, you'll spend a bunch more money for increasingly small returns.

maxturk

Thank you very much for you comment, it's very appreciated.

I would agree that the handling part is very important. I just went to inspect the suspension and coilovers in detail and it looks like the previous owner was the type of client that said ''put me what you think is best in there'''.

The shocks and coilovers are ''Tein'' brand and the tires are brand new on the original BBS mags. I know that for Honda's , it's usually a good brand . Are they good for FC'S?

I was surprised on how I could handle a curve I usually take on my daily driver @ 50-60km/h to 75-80km/h with charm and without any noise!

maxturk

My first 1988 RX-7

Here's a picture of the car

Seamoan

Make sure you protect that leather with some 303 aerospace protectant

iamsisyphus

I have an 89 convertible. I put in a K&N high flow filter, clean and balanced the injectors, Atkins auxiliary port inserts, stage 2clutch, Racing Beat header, Bonez high flow cat, Racing Beat streetable cat back, new O2 sensor, new fuel filter ... And it's still slow.