Hello all,
Name's Abe, originally from Anahiem, CA but been living in Columbia, MO for the past 6 yrs. Until Saturday (2/7/2009), I was out of the car since summer of '08. My car back then was a 376 FWHP '95 Eclipse RS (yep, the 420A engine model). I completely built and tuned myself, so I would say I am an ok builder/tuner as long as I do my research. Right now, I know very little about these cars and have a general understanding of the motor and how they work. However I plan to change that and one day know them like the scars on my body. So, how did I get back in... Well, since I was a little boy I fell in love with how the FC's and FD's looked and while searching the web, I found my "rust bucket" (as my fiancée calls it). It's a 1990 RX 7 GXL 5 spd with ~189,xxx miles. Overall the body is in decent shape for it's age (I think). The motor seems to pull fairly strong and the trans shifts smoothly. I have great plans for this car, however there will not be any big changes/mods for at least a yr... I need to do my research because I do not like doing things twice. Like they say, do it right the first time and save yourself some money/time/headache. I look forward to expanding my wisdom and hopefully being a great contributor to this site one day.

 

welcome. glad you made the switch to the rx-7. Just remember it's not a boinger so don't expect to build your seven to have similar amount of hp as your eclipse with much ease. Those engines are little more fragile and require lot more tlc and careful tuning. Like you said do your research if you have certain upgrades in mind. There's much info here!

 

Thanks for the welcome. I'm not looking for huge HP numbers on this car, unless I can manage to do the 26B swap... But I don't see that in the near future. For now, I'm aiming for 200 WHP, however i'm not sure if thats possible on the NA 13B, so anything close to that would be great.

 

welcome to rotaries, they are addicting. 200 hp is a little high for NA's 180 is about as high as normal mods+tuning will go.. after that forced induction rules

 

The beauty of the RX7 is its light weight and performance.

Even the N/A is fun to drive.

 

My first 88 Vert went to 180K miles before it croaked. That car was a tank.

C-CK

 

Well, if 200 WHP is about the limit for the NA 13B, I guess, I'm go to have to do the 13B-RE (Cosmo) swap. I'd say I can get it done and running with ~300 WHP within the next 2 yrs...

 

any one know a good shop in nyc

 

Hey I'm Devin I saw your profile on the midwest forum.

 

Two reasons why I don't think your post belongs here...

1) This is my intro

2) I'm not NYC!

 

Hey Devin,
What part of MO are you from..?

 

I live in columbia.

 

LOL, no ****! Are you on midwestce.net?

 

sup from autralia

 

welcome

 

welcome,

I'm new also

 

new as well xD figured id bring some HU RAH for the new guys xD that much horse on a 420a? o.O
i got a buddy of mine with a sohc neon and got 160 horse and with spray hit 13.4 at the N2k3 in chicago. xD.

 

If you read my entire first post or sig it says 376 HP... what kind of shot did he use and does he have his car striped out? I have a hard time beliving he hit mid 13's 160 HP + nitrous if everything else is stock on the 1/4 mile.

 

Thanks for all the welcomes everyone

 

welcome aboard shadow

hope you love your rx7, as i do love my rx8

You may edit your post up to 30 minutes afterwards. Please do not double post.

 

im a noob also, i just wish i had the common sense you have with waiting and researching..lol i didnt do any reliability mods and i paid...well..still paying..lol

 

Sorry, I thought you had to wait 30 min before you could edit...

 

Welcome to the club

 

welcome, newbie here too :p