My brother and I just purchased a 93 FD from one of our friends.
We are going to rebuild the engine and would like some BRAND sugestions on the upgrands. ie Exhaust, Intake, Intercooler ect.
We purchased the car for 3200 and want to put in about 5000 for the upgrades. Any help is greatly appreciated and any good resources for rebuilding would be great.

 

i would get a alum radiator,down pipe, alu air sperator tank, and the optional but great power FC. all this should be way under 2 grand.

 

Hmm, for exhaust, depends on what you want..quiet, get the racing beat dual, to hear it, get HKS or greddy. For really loud, get the apexi n1. Intake.... depends, if your gonna do a fmic, than you have a choice to make. Some intakes wont fit with fmics. The greddy is one that i know of that does. Im guessing hks does also, since its similar in design. For intercooler...still depends on what you want. If you want the "look at my fmic" look than get the greddy. If you want it hidden away. Apexi fmic is a great choice. I would also look into getting an apexi power fc. They do wonders. Good luck, also, ray at PFS does wonders on fds, i would suggest him for a rebuild.

 

3200?? jesus, is the car in decent shape? Also, where in NJ are you? I know a thing or two about FDs and if you're semi-local I may be able to help ya out .

 

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/faq-3rd-gen-other-useful-links-68640/ - read all this if you have not already, I did before and after buying mine and I was suprised at how much great info there is.

 

And do all the reliability mods first. Make sure your car doesn't smell like gas all the time, and smell like coolant because then you have fuel and coolant leaks like I did, and you need to fix those first before a coolant hose bursts like mine did shortly after buying the car (turbo coolant hoses). That car must have a lot of miles if you got it that cheap, so you are in for a lot of work and will need a lot of money, it all adds up real quick. It is all worth it though to have one of these cars!

Recommended modifications:
http://www.turborx7.com/recomend.htm

Reliability Mods:
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/want-buy-3rd-gen-need-reliabilty-mod-help-41513/
http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/stages.html
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-gen-archives-73/need-questions-answered-experienced-3rd-gen-owners-27053/ << read the post by jimlab
http://www.turborx7.com/recomend.htm

Reliability mods / $1000 to spend
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/i-have-%241-000-spend-339981/

 

Are you rebuilding the motor because it sounds cool or because it is already blown? Don't fix it unless it is broke.

 

Paid $3200, I'll bet it's blown (or needs rebuilt badly)

 

Lets see pic of $3200 fd.

 

MatcoJeff:

I seriously recommend that you spend about two months reading here about these cars -- read the links in the newbie sticky/FAQ. These cars require knowledge to modify properly and will bite you and your wallet hard if you screw up. For $3200, I'm guessing the car is in fairly rough shape, with most likely a salvage title? You may have $5000 worth of repairs to do first.....

MatcoJeff, I would contact Rich and let him help you. He knows more about modding FDs than most of this board, that's for sure. And he's a helluva nice guy, too.

 

Let's not. There may be children surfing.

 

Amen to that...it has been a year and done nothing to the bone stock 94 MB except search, read & listen to peoples on this board.

Up comming mods for 2005:

Gauges: Temp, oil, & boost
Hose job
Down pipe
Intakes
AST

215 rwhp, base dynoed last month at RX7.com (bad spark plugs).

 

I live in Pine Brook NJ. We got the car from a friend and its in great shape. Has been in a garage all it's life except the last year. He had it fixed before it sat and "the guy messed it up and it never ran again".
I just picked up the car tonight. I wasn't able to do much tonight but will tomarrow. I did pull one plug and the intake off. Lots of gas. Buying new plugs tomarrow and will also compretion test. I will take some pictures as well. I have a friend helping me. He has a cusin in PR that in very knogledgable. He running 7.8 !!!! I can use all the help i can get. I have the tools, the shop and the man power and some money so I'll learn as we go. I apprecate any help you guys can provide. Thank you.

 

Now all you need is a dictionary.

Post pics if you can.

 

suggested upgrades... 20b swap, gt42r kit, no emissions, fluidyne radiator, dual oil coolers, kaaz lsd, twin plate clutch, 8.5lb flywheel, faster rear end, huge 3 row intercooler, custom fuel surge tank, upgraded fuel mods, full 4" exhaust, huge wastegate vented to atmosphere, large street port with some overlap for a meaner sound.