curious_george_DV8n

okay, I'm going for a 11sec car but u know i might take a while judging from the costs of every upgrade. so i'll say this. i'm a college student without much money. i want to be in the import scene but i don't have much money to buy a newer car. so i set out to find one that was easier obtainable, but still had the great potential to it. RX-7 sounds very close to what i want. but, ....

what is it that u did first. i'm assuming everyone here isn't rich and didn't all just jump up buying performance parts, cause really i was just hoping to grab up one, put and exhaust on it, rims and tint, and some sounds until i could put performance parts on it. maybe rebuild the engine parts so they won't break or whatever. but what did u guys do? or what would u do if u were so broke all u could afford to do was one thing at a time. ex. buy the car. wait a month, paint it, week later, dual exhaust, week later, tint windows, u know stuff like that... thanks guys

Boost Lee

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if it was turboed, the first thing i would do is exhaust but i would buy an fcd at the same time. this way the car would be more fun while you're saving your money for the next round.

apparently exhaust is where the initial power come from.

curious_george_DV8n

can i just get a ( na) and turbo that, or whats the cheapest way to slowly get faster. also guys can u help me out. i'm a newbie and i don't understand ur terms.


u guys us (FC) to state a car. and (FD) what r those. i probably strike u all as the dumbest MU&!@#$#@ there is on this forum but sorry just curious

vosko

iTrader: (4)

FC= 86-91
FD= 93-95

Ryde _Or_Die

Ok for an 11 sec car don't even think about an NA. It will cost you so much more to get that out of an NA, plus the gas mileage you would have to give up and the reliability(N2O). You must get a TII to get that fast basically. Now what does the paint, rims, and stereo have to do with getting in the 11s? Those should be the last things you do IMO. FC is what we call 2nd gens(86-91s). FD is what the 3rd gens are called(93+). The "FD" and "FC" are in the VIN in case you are wondering where people came up with it.

Cameljoe

those are the first 2 letters in the VIN. FC are 2nd gens. and FD are 3rd gens. and I think FB are 1st gens.

You guys beat me to it

gold87na

FD = 93-96 RX-7

They are very nice looking cars, very fast too, but beware of the costs on the repairs and parts.

Ryde _Or_Die

Not true. J is I believe always the first letter in a VIN from a car made in Japan. Unless they ran out of VINs

Cameljoe

Yeah. your right. country first, manufacturer is second, body style is the 3rd and 4th and 8th is the engine.

curious_george_DV8n

what is a fcd.... i'm new here i know nothing.... think of me as the space monkey....

Rx7Roadster

iTrader: (1)

fcd=fuel cut defender. basically they trick the stock computer to keep supplying gas after you hit the boost cut. this saves you from blowing up your engine.

iluvrx7z

fcd is a fuel cut defenser. It wil allow you to boost past 8.6 psi I believe on the series 4 (87-88) turbos, not sure what it is on the series 5 (89-92). Without it you will hit fuel cut, hence why a defenser is needed. NOTE this will not save you from blowing up your engine, the engine will run leaner as the boost increases because the ecu doesn't know its increasing. It is a means to avoid fuel cut with the stock ecu. Don't be scared however, its ok to a point, if you are going for an 11 second car you will eventually be ridding yourself of the stock ecu anyways so problem solved. For most of your mods such as intake, exhaust mods, engine porting, hybrid turbo upgrade, ect it isn't too dangerous. Once you start making much more HP then the problem arises. Good luck!

Dan

curious_george_DV8n

okay, well what i meant with the paint and sounds and tint and rims was just to make it look good, but other than that. can't i just buy a tII engine later... or something. lets not worry about the 11secs for now. i don't even know what a 13 sec car feels like so i gotta work my way up. but i'm to broke to just jump up and buy a car and throw $10,000 dollars into upgrades. that's why i was asking like is there a cheaper route that can still get me to the goal, and i know that being cheap means you'll proabably even pay more in the end. but this whole thing (11sec) would probably take me a year and half to get to, after getting the car. so i'm just trying to figure out what the best and least expensive route is to getting speed and not getting broke. u guys say buy a tII, is it better to just save up money until one appears then cash out or no. cause if that's the case then' i'll wait. for the turbo II thanks.

Ryde _Or_Die

Ok well if you want to ever get in the 13s get a TII. I mean its really up to you but I highly doubt you will be satisfied with an NA. Why not hold off on the looks until you have the speed to back it up? Yes it is definitely worth the wait for a TII. You can't compare an NA to a trubo car. Just save up at least $2000-3000 and I am sure you can find a deal on a TII. Ask around, look on here and other places. Someone will help you find one.

iluvrx7z

If you ask the gurus of this forum they all will tell you a NA -> Turbo swap isn't easy or inexpensive. Plus there is more that needs to be changed besides the engine to just make it almost a STOCK Turbo, ie transmision, suspension ect. It is DEFINITELY advisable to buy a Turbo if you want to go the turbo route at any point in time. NAs are GREAT cars, however turboing them just isn't practical. The turbo models usually aren't that much more expensive, although they are harder to find.

Dan

Gefunk

Listen, also ask yourself this? Why can't you drive? I mean all you want to do is go forward right? I mean what the hell are you thinking. Get an N/a and become a drifter. You don't need a lot of Hp and you will be twice as cool as those damn draggers cause you can control your car where all they can do is drive in a strait line. Just something to think about I guess.

darkwaveboi

Gefunk: picture of initial D as ur icon? ya damn drifter

Cwaters

Don't forget that you're talking about cars that are at best 13 years old now...
Don't discount the need for some suspension rehab among other things...

Cory

Cwaters

Don't forget that you're talking about cars that are at best 13 years old now...
Don't discount the need for some suspension rehab among other things...

Cory

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

I stopped reading after the "11 second" time was mentioned, so excuse me if this was said already.

The first thing to do is fix all the problems with the car. Fix that exhaust leak, fix the lumpy idle, replace all vacuum hoses and water pipes, get that rad rodded and flushed, clean injectors, etc... Now start modding...To do it the proper way means to start with an ECU, then do exhaust, intake, turbo, ignition, chassis lightening, etc...

No matter what you do and how you look at it, 11 seconds is expensive.