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whats up guys.. i have a 93 mr2 turbo for sale now.. and i want to get a supra.. but i am probably going to wait till i finish up college.. in a year or so...

so ive been thinking on purchasing a 3rd gen RX7.. im semi-knowledgeable in the RX7s.. and im aware of the realibity issues... my thing is i probably wont be putting more than 50k miles on it or somewhere around that.. thats if i keep it for a year or two..

so if i were to purchase a RX7 that has JUST had that 70k mile new engine "maintainence" or had the rebuild.. i should be ok for another 70k or so on the car. if all i want to do is slap some BPUs on the car.. like exhaust, boost controller, etc...

if i dont push the car.. and if the engine has RECENTLY (within a couple thousand miles) been replace, or rebuilt.. i should be ok BPU?

please help me.. i wont a fast reliable car, with minimal worries..

thats why im shooting for the supra, and dumping the mr2..


thanks ahead of time..

kris

rx7raca

its not as easy as jus throwing parts on, the rotary engine isnt like a piston at all, if u run these engines lil bit to much lean, say good bye to it, if you got the money to spend get an ecu, if ur goin small like you said get the m2 or the pettit, the only thing im tryin to get across is that dont jus throw mods on, supras u can do that because the ecu runs more lean and other factors to. jus make sure u take it easy on modding the rx...
geoff

Snook

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you will feel like an idiot when you sell the rx-7 and get the supra it will be a downgrade....unless you like going from an amazing looking and performing sports car to a fast lexus? I don't see any amazing engineering about the supra except for that they made the engine internals strong...I think any company could figure out how to do that if they wanted to

Air-Rex

I dont think the RX7 is the car to buy if your looking to save money (if thats the case?) for a year to buy a Supra, You could end up broke after a year of modding a RX7. If I were you and I want a Supra then I'd get one now. Maybee wait a bit to sell the MR2
And the others are right about the mods after a couple you need to add foul (ecu) then you might as well get a IC and some other stuff. Plus reliablity mods, pretty soon you'd forget all about the Supra, love the 7 , Not have any time for your girlfriend, & be to broke to take her out anyway.

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heheh.. sounds fun... i wouldnt mind falling in love with the rx7 and forgetting about the supra.. if i could manage to pull out a reliable rx7.. i wouldnt be interested in supra...

so.. im still looking into the 7 .. for now anyway

Snook

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to get a reliable rx-7 is simple:

just never overheat it and don't run lean

Mahjik

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lol, I love these posts where people say "if I don't drive it hard"...

Sure, if you drive the FD like a granny, it will last quite a while as long as you take care of the normal maintenance (filter & fluid changes).

However, that will never happen. As much as people would love to just scoot around town and never step on the gas hard, it just ain't going to happen in a sports car.

Even with the normal reliability mods done on a car, the car is 8+ years old. Other things are going to fail or have problems like the suspension, brakes, etc, just because of the age of the car. Add in some hard driving and maintenance goes up just that much more.

If your budget is limited, then the car is not for you.

dclin

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Finish college first, then worry about getting another car. Now is not the time to get distracted, with end of school so near. The FD will drain your resources - both money and time. You've got a nice car now, so resist the urge.

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you guys are forgetting that MR2 is a 93.. im very aware of all the old parts that fail.. believe me.. and there arent many cars out there that are as big a money pit as a MR2 Turbo.. so those problems arent my worries...


replacing older worn out parts is a given... but what im looking for ... is for the cars engine to not explode when i boost up the PSI .. nothing crazy here from me..

i will do anything neccessary to make it reliable.. air , fuel, whatever...

Mahjik

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Yes, but the price difference between buying MR2 aftermarket parts verses FD parts is quite a bit.

As far as making it reliable, it all has to do with how you treat and mod the car....

LAracer

twinturboteddy

You know what's funny.

About two years ago when I bought my Current FD after selling my last one. I was pondering going with a Supra instead. For the obvious minimal worry reasons, but I decided on going with another FD. FYI: I sold my FD at a chance to buy a very clean CYM, not because it had problems.

At the same time my friend was looking at a certain MR2 with an, *upgraded turbo* He could have basically bought a nice stock FD with the same price as the MR2. His reasons were the same minimal worry about the car reasons.

2 years later. He's blown the motor, trans, turbo, and countless other thigns on the MR2 (I know they are reliable, just not his)

I have yet to blow anything. Overboosted 1.0 bar, over-revved (10,121rpm), ran HARD and have yet to see any problems.

Nameless

MR2s are NOT as big a money pit as an RX7. I owned the MR2, and now have the Rx7 take it from me.... 1 year worth of owning the FD, and I've spent a little over twice the amount that on the MR2 in 1.5 years of ownership.
If you have tons of cash then maybe the FD isnt so bad for you. But going into buying an FD expecting to get a reliable car, even after reliability mods may leave you extremely disappointed. Sometimes it just comes down to luck.
After first buying my FD it ran well. Then took it to get compression tests, and bla bla. Compression came back very good. 1 week (no exaggeration) later the engine went, failed coolant seals. Now I kno compression doesnt look out for that... but it just shows you, **** happens - even when u think u've covered ur ***. So now a rebuild and some extras here and there, I could have bought a friends 91 MR2 recently ($6k) and had some extra money, and thats just on repair/maintenance (thats with me doing some of that work), not mods.

I say go with dclin's advice. When u finish get ur supra (if thats the car u really want).

poss

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Just "slapping" on a boost controller and upping the boost is a sure fire way to blow your engine.

Rotary's are rather delicate, not the physical strength of the engine, but in the fact that running even a little bit lean is asking for an engine rebuild. People run 20+ psi on stock internals, but on a stock computer, running over stock boost levels will detonate and blow an apex seal in short order.

People by 3rd gens slap on a boost controller and complain about how the engine is a piece of **** when they blow it, failing to realize that it is their own ignorance that caused it to blow.