Hey picking baby up in few weeks hopefully providing deal doesnt fall through, what u guys reckon?

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got some other pictures not sure how to upload them tho.

 

Welcome to the forum, but please get rid of that veilside front bumper and wing

 

lol tight on cash just now would be expensive to replace and re paint in candy red. So im gonna leave it for now lol. thnx for welcome tho

 

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If the exhaust really is "straight through" you'll want to get the wastegate ported or you could overboost & blow it. There's another plastic piece that goes above the airbox & intercooler. I can't tell if the AST is plastic or metal, if it's plastic you'll need to replace or eliminate it.

Welcome to the club!

 

This is not good. What does minimum tuning mean? I didn't read any mention of boost control. A straight through exhaust with a stock ecu is asking for trouble. Clearly the car is more about show than go but get a boost gauge and make sure you're not exceeding stock levels by too much or you'll be in the shop for a rebuild.

best of luck, enjoy

 

cheers nissan convert ill look into that. How much are we talking to do that? Im not wanting to add any mroe bhp just now as im only just coming up for 19 insurance is high enough. Got a deal on the car as my dad mechanic m8 owns it. Is it an easy job?

 

I love seeing some old school body kits! Looks clean and 'different'. You don't see Veilside kits anymore... I remember that was the 'only' kit available for FDs for years!

 

ye ill defo be getting boost gauge to keep on top of that. I wasnt aware of this straihgt through exhaust being a problem but then again im not to clued up on rx7s at moment just getting into them at moment. How much are we talking to fix this. Cause ofc i dont want any dmg to engine its a brand new one by mazda in 2005 and hasnt really been drove since.

 

minimum tuning in this case means "all show no go". You'll be fine if the only mod is an exhaust. I didn't take the time to read all the BS, but the underhood pic looks bone stock.

 

"all show no go" is gd enough for me lol at moment as im going from a 1.4 to this its fast enough. Im just worried now case i dmg anytihnhg due to straight through exhaust. It needs a tidy up inside, not bad tho. wat gauges do u recommend i get as im plannning on buying those as soon as i get it. cheers

 

hey it has a 2.3L!

 

LOL....wait...did you win this car or buy it?

that's the rx-7 saying, "boooooosttttt creeeepppppp!!!!"

wait....i thought it was a 1.3L....hence 13b.

ok remove the body kit & wing and go from there.

 

just messin' with you dude. One of the happiest days of my life was when i got my 7. Enjoy!

 

haha well theres a story behind this! basically this car magazine modified it for a prize to win. And basically it was won by a £1.50 txt message by some girl. Who couldn't even drive lol! So from 2005 it sat in her garage for about 1 year and a half. Then when she went to start it it had all ceased up. So a mechanic (my dads friend) had bought it of her for a very reasonable price and went about fixing it. He couldn't fix everything so it was ssent to a specialist just about a month ago and everytihng is running perfect. As u see it has had all those mods and new engine very recent and considering is been sitting in mechanics garage its not even been drove a lot. Anyway hes selling it now and my dad asked me if i was interested and ofc i said "Hell ye!" lol.

 

One of the unique things about 7's is how well they spool turbos. When you put a straight through exhaust on one it will overcome the wastegate and you won't be able to stop it from boosting.

A metal AST should cost you about $150 (dunno with shipping in £)
You can cover the squareish hole above the intercooler if you can't find the plastic.

 

will non standard air filter help it breath better and draw more air in? is that worth investing in soon?

 

2.6L? LOL
Take the wing and front bumper off.
How many miles are on it?
Looks stock under the hood, therefore you need: Downpipe, aluminum AST, boost gauge at least.

 

not sure on miles exactly on clock. But it had rebuilt, or even a brand new engine come to think of it. And since then its only done maybe 1k miles

 

Address the boost control first. An aftermarket intake will only make the problem worse.

 

im such a noob but everyone has to start and learn sometime lol. Is boost gauge just to keep an eye on your boost pressure so u dont **** up turbo?

 

We've already discussed the exhaust (needs a cat), AST and the boost gauge. 2.6L is how they measure it over there. *shrugs*

 

Is this serious, or a joke? Why the hell would they measure it as 2.6?

 

1.3 liters but two times per rotation equals 2.6. I don't agree either and my old license plate was 1 liter.

 

Please leave the car sit until you learn something about it....start with the FAQ thread and the Archive section here. Then run a search for "reliability mods" and "boost creep".

Congrats on your new FD.

 

There are just so many things wrong with that car and the article. Good luck with your project.