What's the cheapest mod/repair you've done to your car?
02-07-06, 01:56 AM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Portland. OR
Posts: 303
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by uRizen
The cheapest mods/repairs I've done so far are:
- Disconnected the OMP and switched to premix (ran noticably smoother, smells like a chainsaw... later fully removed OMP and injectors.)
- Disconnected the OMP and switched to premix (ran noticably smoother, smells like a chainsaw... later fully removed OMP and injectors.)
Back when my cats were fallin apart, If a blind man just smelled and heard my car go by, he probably would assume it was a chainsaw just going down the road.
Last edited by synesthete; 02-07-06 at 02:00 AM.
02-07-06, 02:09 AM
#28
Law Breaker
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: S.F. Bay Area, California 510
Posts: 3,333
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
bought a 87 TII with a Mazda reman for 250. previous owner was installing a K&N air filter, somehow he unplugged the AFM and didn't know it. tried starting it for days, finally broke down and sold it to me. At his apartment just signed the car's title to me, I pop the hood look around, plugged the AFM back in, started it up and drove away from the previous onwer with a WTF kinda look on his face.
02-07-06, 06:23 AM
#30
very sleepy!!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 1,052
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i was having probles with the coolant system. themo sensor exploded so i took out the sensor and plugged the hole. had a rough idle after that, then the t-stat gave out. took it out, put everything back together, running without them fine ever since.
02-07-06, 06:39 AM
#31
Senior Member
My cheapest mod was probably my Manual Boost Control (underneath air pump pulley in picture) which I don't recommend, and have long since removed. I would use a basketball as an air source to adjust it to around 9 or 10 psi.
Last edited by buttsjim; 02-07-06 at 06:41 AM.
02-07-06, 08:33 AM
#33
Seduced by the DARK SIDE
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Orange Park FL (near Jax)
Posts: 7,323
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
One of the reasons the stock intake is so restrictive is; the hood prop stows right in the middle of the air path.
Removed stock hood prop and stow a broomstick behind the snorkle.
Cost- free
Another cheap mod - street port, beveled rotors, matched intake runners.
Cost- A day with my Dremmel
Removed stock hood prop and stow a broomstick behind the snorkle.
Cost- free
Another cheap mod - street port, beveled rotors, matched intake runners.
Cost- A day with my Dremmel
02-07-06, 12:37 PM
#36
this thread is priceless!! it must be archived
I got some:
1. my car overheated this weekend so i removed the thermostat - free
2. I junoed in throught the window and broke the A pillar, superglued it back - free
3. The cruise cont. swich was broken off when i got the car, super glue - free
4. cleaned the air bypass, idels great now - free
5. Sprayed shiload of carbcleaner and fast start down intake - $3.00 (results are questionalbe)
Other mods coming soon to my car:
Gutted cat. (useing broomstick) - free
TB mod - less than $.99
Air intake mod - free
I got some:
1. my car overheated this weekend so i removed the thermostat - free
2. I junoed in throught the window and broke the A pillar, superglued it back - free
3. The cruise cont. swich was broken off when i got the car, super glue - free
4. cleaned the air bypass, idels great now - free
5. Sprayed shiload of carbcleaner and fast start down intake - $3.00 (results are questionalbe)
Other mods coming soon to my car:
Gutted cat. (useing broomstick) - free
TB mod - less than $.99
Air intake mod - free
Last edited by philiptompkins; 02-07-06 at 12:42 PM.
02-07-06, 03:10 PM
#37
Most of the cheap mods done to my car were done by the previous owner. They include: wiring open double throttle plate with zip tie; removing ACV, air pump, and PS, as well as the A/C belt; plus many more I can't think of.
The main cheapo mod I've done was getting a working fan clutch for free at a junk yard, and getting the entire cruise control system for 20 bucks at the same junk yard. Also gotten various missing screws, an intact battery holder and a hood prop holder for free (at the same junk yard).
The main cheapo mod I've done was getting a working fan clutch for free at a junk yard, and getting the entire cruise control system for 20 bucks at the same junk yard. Also gotten various missing screws, an intact battery holder and a hood prop holder for free (at the same junk yard).
02-07-06, 07:18 PM
#38
...
iTrader: (5)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 506
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Removed A/C, P/S, Emissions, stereo, speakers, extra brakets ect.. $free
Sheet metal belly pan $6,.. I don't know what happened to the stock one.
My FMIC is suspended by cables for now.. I'll get around to making brakets eventually.
Fuel Pump Re-wire, about $15-20 worth of wire & a $5 relay.
45 deg mandrel bent 3" pipe TID, about $25 including couplers & clamps
Sheet metal belly pan $6,.. I don't know what happened to the stock one.
My FMIC is suspended by cables for now.. I'll get around to making brakets eventually.
Fuel Pump Re-wire, about $15-20 worth of wire & a $5 relay.
45 deg mandrel bent 3" pipe TID, about $25 including couplers & clamps
02-07-06, 07:55 PM
#39
ok, well as far as cheap/ghetto mods go, I have tons - but only one ghetto repair.
Ghetto mods!:
chunk of $10 flex-pipe from walmart to replace my catalitic converter
$10 plumbing pipe TID
$5 plumbing check valve BOV
$free chunk of evetrough cold air box (best mod ever!)
umm probably more
Ghetto mods!:
chunk of $10 flex-pipe from walmart to replace my catalitic converter
$10 plumbing pipe TID
$5 plumbing check valve BOV
$free chunk of evetrough cold air box (best mod ever!)
umm probably more
02-07-06, 08:36 PM
#40
Sleeper but still slow
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Georgia
Posts: 1,766
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ummm it wasn't too "cheap" but it was the only mod I've done. The car wouldn't start bought a new battery for $79.89 today (first day owning caer) she starts right up. Thanks Rx7club.com for helping me diagnose the problem.
02-07-06, 09:52 PM
#41
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Orlando, FL (Turkey for now)
Posts: 518
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by SureShot
One of the reasons the stock intake is so restrictive is; the hood prop stows right in the middle of the air path.
Removed stock hood prop and stow a broomstick behind the snorkle.
Cost- free
Another cheap mod - street port, beveled rotors, matched intake runners.
Cost- A day with my Dremmel
Removed stock hood prop and stow a broomstick behind the snorkle.
Cost- free
Another cheap mod - street port, beveled rotors, matched intake runners.
Cost- A day with my Dremmel
02-07-06, 09:53 PM
#42
RX Vegan!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Posts: 331
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Terrh
ghettoest fix ever..... hmmm
wow, i can't think of one on my fc
wow, i can't think of one on my fc
02-07-06, 10:05 PM
#45
RX Vegan!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Posts: 331
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Mura
lol, wow. I'm going to try this rubber band thing out. But then there's the concern. By doing that, wouldn't you be pulling in hot air as well? Another ghetto mod that I saw someone do, The had shitty idle, so what they did was attach a spring to the throttle to keep it open a tad bit, thus, their idle while stopped at a light or even in neutral is perfect. It wasn't a big spring either.
With the K&N filter (the way that I did it) I removed the lid, but kept the cold air intake. By that I mean the plastic thing that's right above your fan shroud. Therefore I have the best of both worlds.
Just to illustrate how much hot air a cone shaped air filter brings in... I was checking out an RX7 for sale this weekend and noticed that the metal intake from the filter to the manifold was touching the heat shield atop the hood and had almost burned it through! Then again, I can understand the logical retort that the tubing leading from the filter to the IM was metal, therefore when contacting the manifold which gets hot because of contacting the engine, it could radiate heat as well.
Either way though, I think cone shaped air filters are dumb when they don't have their own cold air box. I've found my setup to be great sounding and performing
02-07-06, 10:45 PM
#49
-$25 for an aluminum hood
-My dome light didnt work when i bought the car whe ni opened the drivers side door so one day it randomly started working
-old gxl rim with a decent tire=new spare tire
-my dad fixed my heat for free so now my car is warm
-got my battery charged for free
yeah i think thats all ive got so far. more to come though =)
-My dome light didnt work when i bought the car whe ni opened the drivers side door so one day it randomly started working
-old gxl rim with a decent tire=new spare tire
-my dad fixed my heat for free so now my car is warm
-got my battery charged for free
yeah i think thats all ive got so far. more to come though =)
02-07-06, 11:31 PM
#50
Glock Lover
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Currently residing in St Charles, MO
Posts: 2,223
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by carzy driver
bought a 87 TII with a Mazda reman for 250. previous owner was installing a K&N air filter, somehow he unplugged the AFM and didn't know it. tried starting it for days, finally broke down and sold it to me. At his apartment just signed the car's title to me, I pop the hood look around, plugged the AFM back in, started it up and drove away from the previous onwer with a WTF kinda look on his face.
Originally Posted by darkphantom
AEROMOTIVE fuel pressure regulator. 5 bucks off of a stripped fd in the junkyard