First off, I have an '87 Rx-7, NA, Automatic, w/ approx 130k miles on it. Its in reasonably good shape & is my daily driver to boot. I have no delusions of turning this into a street fighter, but, I would like to optimize parts I have replaced, with better performing options.

Well, as with any car w/ that many miles on it, there are somethings in need of replacement. On my car, 3 of 4 shocks or audibly shot. So, I figure while they shocks are being replaced, its a good time to have all the bushings refreshed & replace the coil springs as well.

Now, let me say, I'm not a gear head. I can turn a wrench just fine, but I know jack squat about parts selection. About all I know is, Racing Beat is spozedly good stuff, but tend to be a little stiff, and Eibach makes springs to fit just about anything.

So, I'm looking for advice on spring & shock selection, & any additional info I might need to tell the technician.

 

For people to give you good advice they need to know more about what you want to acheive with any changes made. Are you looking to go faster, are you looking to lower it for looks, or are you just replacing worn out parts? From your comments I'd think you're probably just lookign to do a maintenance overhaul, correct? Doing the bushings is a good idea as they're probably not so good anymore, but doing the rears is a huge job, so I'd skip those for now. The springs should be fine, there's no need to replace them unless you want to lower the car or increase the spring rates.

Probably just changing the shocks will be sufficient, as that will make a big difference in the handling and ride comfort of the car.

 

Ok... What do I hope to achieve...

Firstly, it IS a sports car, so I do want to maintain/achieve a more sports car like feel & appearance. So, yea, I want it to handle better than it may have, when it was new. I'd like to lower the car, no more than an inch...

At some point later one, I'm planning on adding 17" wheels to give more adhession to the road surface, & to fill out the wheel wells...

Engine wise, I'm really only interested in a CAI, & a full exhaust redo... hoping to eek 15-20 more ponies out of it. I'm not all about the boy racer image, but aggressive styling is nice, within reason. Functional improvements, but not obnoxiously so.

Does this help?