urbancowboy6221

Alright I have decided on 1993- up twin turbo rotary obviously. I have 25,000 dollars right now I found one for 15,000 in texas that is stock with over 75k miles on it. Good condition. What should I do first I want to put the 10,000 dollars right into it. What are the mods I should do especially ones to push for reliability i.e. radiator, intercoller, hoses, etc.... also how much is an engine rebuild?


I am looking for an all around car, I know the handling is amazing on this car. I want good low end and top end. I am a crazy bastard that goes 160mph when I get the chance and goes 0-60 in 4 seconds from stoplight to stoplight (Currently have 2005 modded WRX). I am an idiot I know!!! But I want to know what is gonna make me competitive against a MKIV supra TT, or should I just buy one of those. I know the tranny on an FD is good up to 600 horsepower and with an added rotor the numbers are high for the engine as far as reliability. The supra's bottom end handles around 900hp stock and the 6-speed handles anything you throw at it. Both are beautiful cars, I believe in the RX-7 due to price differences. I always believe in getting an RX-7 for 10,000 dollars cheaper I will throw that money that I would have spent on the supra into the REX and be a very competitive street car. Some extra notes: This car will be used as a weekend driver and fun car not near a daily driver. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks guys!!

weetbix13

search 'reliability mods' or look in the FAQ.
good budget, everything you need to know can be found using the search.

75k miles at stock? first reliability mod would be a teardown IMO.

urbancowboy6221

I just would like to know from the experience of RX-7 owners on the street being screwed with by supras

dgeesaman

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As for the first $10k, follow this sort of approach: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...threadid=27094

You might want to keep a few k handy since rebuilds are running $2k-6k depending on how many bells and whistles you throw at it. Just a reman is running over $3k now.

Crazy bastards often die in this car. That's all I'll say about that - I'm just a cautious person, and others are different.

So I'm trying to figure out here: you want a fast car that can pull like hell and be reliable, and you're debating between a Supra at $25k, or an FD at $15k + $10k in mods? Frankly, the FD will always be behind in this duel. Unless you're racing in a sanctioned drag event, the FD is not a great dragster or power machine. While the light weight gives an FD some advantage to offset the lesser power, it's just not a muscle car.

As for adding a rotor, well, that's not a simple thing. Check out the discussions in the 3-rotor forum and do some reading rather than posting - you want to get a real good understanding of the 3-rotor world before discussing it as part of your plans. It won't fit in that 10k.

Dave

jic

iTrader: (1)

so racing supras is one reason you want a rx7?
i think you should save up more and get a TT supra instead

weetbix13

being screwed with by Supras? not that common... some of the big power FD's that lurk around these forums play with much bigger fish than those.

you're not likely to get a 20b in there for 10k (correct me if i am wrong) but you could certainly pull the engine, refresh parts and then put a decent single turbo on it with aftermarket computer and exhaust etc.
you should be able to eat the Supra alive with a 10k budget... but don't expect 600hp to be nessecary.

willjs7

iTrader: (1)

buy an fd with a new motor... go with a street port or some type of porting, then work from there.... or buy a cheap shell and work from there.

tom.jelly

with that $$ and for that type of use, just buy a basket case and put in an ls-1.

tom

cptpain

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i know a guy who can get a 20b complete(manifolds and turbos) with harness and ECU for $1600 but thats if you know the guy, he normally sells to rich guys who want the 20b and are willing to pay (with vaseline if you know my dirft) starting around $3k and he buys them in bulk when he can at a price of $800 for each and oders about 10-15 at a time. im not talkin s*P*it hes the only person i know who can get any rotary part for less cause he gives me the "since you know the people i hang with and i see you come to my spanish food store" discount. but yeah 10k is somewhat possible for a 20b swap if your not going to rebuild it though

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

Getting a 20b core for a few thousand is no big deal.

Having an installed car with working accessories and tuned, now that's where the bills add up.

Dave

Old Slow Coach

hey, urban! buy my car from me, will you? It has over $30k in just mods. It is fully built to put down well over 650hp without breaking anything. Engine, turbo and trans are brand new. Entire electrical and fuel system is brand new. I just put $8k into the fuel and electrical. The current turbo (T-61 BB Q)will limit you to about 500 hp, and a ten sec 1/4. The car is in Texas right now at MZM Performance in Austin. Bankruptcy judge forces sale. I'll take $25k for it.
http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...g=en&cardist=0

http://www.mzmperformance.com/testim...243dedacca6fce

http://www.mzmperformance.com/custom...243dedacca6fce

SiKoPaThX

iTrader: (2)

I'd go for the Supra if I were you. It's just very hard for us to make enough power to compete with single turbo Supras and last longer than 5-10 thousand miles if that. IMO, an Rx-7 with a 10k budget is still no match for a high horsepower Supra.

bigcox_03

nice car

21K95RX7

learn to love this phrase "bpu" supra roughly 450-500 rwhp, while the same mods would give you roughly 290-315 in a rx7 while praying not to blow the engine

t51quicksilver

I have a pristine, showroom condition '93 CYM RX-7 w/19k miles on the clock that is 100% stock and flawless inside and out that you can have for the right price. I will guarantee it is the last of its kind and you could be the proud new owner for a reasonable price ;-)

Joe

FLA94FD

With 10K you can get a stock ported motor 330-350 rwhp with a good tune. The turbos will suffer but with TLC the motor should be good for around 60k. Also most of Supra's that see I around here are pretty close to stock.

As for the poster of thread by an FD and you'll be lucky if you live 5 more years so stay out of Florida we have enough stupid driver here already...