Plan to dump $10,000, but knows not where to start...
09-12-06, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by speed_monkey
Why spend that much on a n/a?
10-26-06, 05:10 PM
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Hey guys, sorry to bring this old thread back, but my buddy who started it is very lost IMO.. He just dropped his RX7 off at some "RX7 Shop" 
and is planning on doing something very stupid. His 13B has 120k(who knows) miles on it, and he hasn't even done a compression test on it, and the noob claims he loves his engine and his car and decided to reseal it and port it for anywhere from $1-2k and any other electrical problems the car may have.. And his mind is dead-set on staying NA, and turboing it later 
Of course the mechanic is down for something like this in a second to get as much out of him as possible, and even has the nerve to tell him this is the best route. I don't know much about these cars, but it seems that the obviose choice would be to swap the TurboII in and call it a day. After telling my friend this, the mechanic goes and says that you will be taking a chance with an engine swap because you won't know where it came from(as if his NA is all that great).. And Im sure you guys have been around long enough to be able to tell which engine to get or not. Any help would be apprecaited before this genius gets stuck with a 146hp heavy car. Thanks alot.. 
and is planning on doing something very stupid. His 13B has 120k(who knows) miles on it, and he hasn't even done a compression test on it, and the noob claims he loves his engine and his car and decided to reseal it and port it for anywhere from $1-2k and any other electrical problems the car may have.. And his mind is dead-set on staying NA, and turboing it later Of course the mechanic is down for something like this in a second to get as much out of him as possible, and even has the nerve to tell him this is the best route. I don't know much about these cars, but it seems that the obviose choice would be to swap the TurboII in and call it a day. After telling my friend this, the mechanic goes and says that you will be taking a chance with an engine swap because you won't know where it came from(as if his NA is all that great).. And Im sure you guys have been around long enough to be able to tell which engine to get or not. Any help would be apprecaited before this genius gets stuck with a 146hp heavy car. Thanks alot..
10-26-06, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by lupin
how many people have this? i have the aviation video and wondered how this is?
MY GOD!! $140 bucks!
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10-26-06, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 50/50
Hey guys, sorry to bring this old thread back, but my buddy who started it is very lost IMO.. He just dropped his RX7 off at some "RX7 Shop" and is planning on doing something very stupid. His 13B has 120k(who knows) miles on it, and he hasn't even done a compression test on it, and the noob claims he loves his engine and his car and decided to reseal it and port it for anywhere from $1-2k and any other electrical problems the car may have.. And his mind is dead-set on staying NA, and turboing it later Of course the mechanic is down for something like this in a second to get as much out of him as possible, and even has the nerve to tell him this is the best route. I don't know much about these cars, but it seems that the obviose choice would be to swap the TurboII in and call it a day. After telling my friend this, the mechanic goes and says that you will be taking a chance with an engine swap because you won't know where it came from(as if his NA is all that great).. And Im sure you guys have been around long enough to be able to tell which engine to get or not. Any help would be apprecaited before this genius gets stuck with a 146hp heavy car. Thanks alot..
and is planning on doing something very stupid. His 13B has 120k(who knows) miles on it, and he hasn't even done a compression test on it, and the noob claims he loves his engine and his car and decided to reseal it and port it for anywhere from $1-2k and any other electrical problems the car may have.. And his mind is dead-set on staying NA, and turboing it later Of course the mechanic is down for something like this in a second to get as much out of him as possible, and even has the nerve to tell him this is the best route. I don't know much about these cars, but it seems that the obviose choice would be to swap the TurboII in and call it a day. After telling my friend this, the mechanic goes and says that you will be taking a chance with an engine swap because you won't know where it came from(as if his NA is all that great).. And Im sure you guys have been around long enough to be able to tell which engine to get or not. Any help would be apprecaited before this genius gets stuck with a 146hp heavy car. Thanks alot.. Your buddy asked the forum and the forum spoke... your buddy is a fool and not ready to become a Jedi Knight. Listen he does not... Nothing left to do but watch him slip over to the dark side... may the force be with you young Luke
10-26-06, 06:40 PM
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$10,000
Buy my old setup:
-fully built very low milaege (less than5000 miles) 13bt engine with too many goodies to list
-complete custom 3" ss exhaust
-turbo, custom ss manifold, piping etc.
-haltech e6x already tuned by Steve Kan
COMPLETE plug and play with 400 rwhp @ 16 psi couldn't be any easier.
pics and more details of the setup in my sig.
Need to get rid of this to help funds with my ongoing 20b swap.
Buy my old setup:
-fully built very low milaege (less than5000 miles) 13bt engine with too many goodies to list
-complete custom 3" ss exhaust
-turbo, custom ss manifold, piping etc.
-haltech e6x already tuned by Steve Kan
COMPLETE plug and play with 400 rwhp @ 16 psi couldn't be any easier.
pics and more details of the setup in my sig.
Need to get rid of this to help funds with my ongoing 20b swap.
10-26-06, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BASTARD
Your buddy asked the forum and the forum spoke... your buddy is a fool and not ready to become a Jedi Knight. Listen he does not... Nothing left to do but watch him slip over to the dark side... may the force be with you young Luke
Originally Posted by RX-Heven
$10,000
Buy my old setup:
-fully built very low milaege (less than5000 miles) 13bt engine with too many goodies to list
-complete custom 3" ss exhaust
-turbo, custom ss manifold, piping etc.
-haltech e6x already tuned by Steve Kan
COMPLETE plug and play with 400 rwhp @ 16 psi couldn't be any easier.
pics and more details of the setup in my sig.
Need to get rid of this to help funds with my ongoing 20b swap.
Buy my old setup:
-fully built very low milaege (less than5000 miles) 13bt engine with too many goodies to list
-complete custom 3" ss exhaust
-turbo, custom ss manifold, piping etc.
-haltech e6x already tuned by Steve Kan
COMPLETE plug and play with 400 rwhp @ 16 psi couldn't be any easier.
pics and more details of the setup in my sig.
Need to get rid of this to help funds with my ongoing 20b swap.
Originally Posted by ericgrau
If you use the search tool on these forums it will tell you that it is hard to turbo a N/A RX-7. A TII swap is easier. Regardless, maintenance and inspection comes before upgrades.
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10-26-06, 09:17 PM
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Tell your budy to STOP!
A rebuilt motor will won't give a huge power gain unless he ports it, and if he does it will become more difficult to drive daily (lumpy idle, little low end toque). A better place to start would be exhaust and intake, for a decent power bump without going overboard.
If he really really wants to stick with his vert, make sure he knows that it is about 200-300 lbs heavier than base models and sport packages. If its power and speed he's after a vert is not the car for him.
I agree with the others that he should get a TII if its power he's after. If they are hard to find in his area, he can do the conversion. My advice there is to buy the driveline first (TII tranny, flywheel, driveshaft, rear diff, rear axles). These can be installed on an NA motor while he prepares himself for the motor swap. If I were him, I'd buy the TII motor and have that rebuilt instead, or do it his-self.
I know how he feels, I love my NA, but that's because I can't afford a TII. I got my 87 NA for 800$ and yes, I've started dumping money into it, but not at the rate that he is...
The best advice I could give him is to lurk here on the forums. I've had my 87 for about 2 months now and its my first rotary, but I had been reading here and at no-pistons.com for a LONG time before that. I can honestly say that I knew all of the common problems and the best bang for the buck mods to do BEFORE I bought my car.
Knowledge is power, tell him to pull his car out of the shop and come here and SEARCH and READ first. All the info is here...
A rebuilt motor will won't give a huge power gain unless he ports it, and if he does it will become more difficult to drive daily (lumpy idle, little low end toque). A better place to start would be exhaust and intake, for a decent power bump without going overboard.
If he really really wants to stick with his vert, make sure he knows that it is about 200-300 lbs heavier than base models and sport packages. If its power and speed he's after a vert is not the car for him.
I agree with the others that he should get a TII if its power he's after. If they are hard to find in his area, he can do the conversion. My advice there is to buy the driveline first (TII tranny, flywheel, driveshaft, rear diff, rear axles). These can be installed on an NA motor while he prepares himself for the motor swap. If I were him, I'd buy the TII motor and have that rebuilt instead, or do it his-self.
I know how he feels, I love my NA, but that's because I can't afford a TII. I got my 87 NA for 800$ and yes, I've started dumping money into it, but not at the rate that he is...
The best advice I could give him is to lurk here on the forums. I've had my 87 for about 2 months now and its my first rotary, but I had been reading here and at no-pistons.com for a LONG time before that. I can honestly say that I knew all of the common problems and the best bang for the buck mods to do BEFORE I bought my car.
Knowledge is power, tell him to pull his car out of the shop and come here and SEARCH and READ first. All the info is here...
10-28-06, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Revvin
Tell your budy to STOP!
A rebuilt motor will won't give a huge power gain unless he ports it, and if he does it will become more difficult to drive daily (lumpy idle, little low end toque). A better place to start would be exhaust and intake, for a decent power bump without going overboard.
If he really really wants to stick with his vert, make sure he knows that it is about 200-300 lbs heavier than base models and sport packages. If its power and speed he's after a vert is not the car for him.
I agree with the others that he should get a TII if its power he's after. If they are hard to find in his area, he can do the conversion. My advice there is to buy the driveline first (TII tranny, flywheel, driveshaft, rear diff, rear axles). These can be installed on an NA motor while he prepares himself for the motor swap. If I were him, I'd buy the TII motor and have that rebuilt instead, or do it his-self.
I know how he feels, I love my NA, but that's because I can't afford a TII. I got my 87 NA for 800$ and yes, I've started dumping money into it, but not at the rate that he is...
The best advice I could give him is to lurk here on the forums. I've had my 87 for about 2 months now and its my first rotary, but I had been reading here and at no-pistons.com for a LONG time before that. I can honestly say that I knew all of the common problems and the best bang for the buck mods to do BEFORE I bought my car.
Knowledge is power, tell him to pull his car out of the shop and come here and SEARCH and READ first. All the info is here...
A rebuilt motor will won't give a huge power gain unless he ports it, and if he does it will become more difficult to drive daily (lumpy idle, little low end toque). A better place to start would be exhaust and intake, for a decent power bump without going overboard.
If he really really wants to stick with his vert, make sure he knows that it is about 200-300 lbs heavier than base models and sport packages. If its power and speed he's after a vert is not the car for him.
I agree with the others that he should get a TII if its power he's after. If they are hard to find in his area, he can do the conversion. My advice there is to buy the driveline first (TII tranny, flywheel, driveshaft, rear diff, rear axles). These can be installed on an NA motor while he prepares himself for the motor swap. If I were him, I'd buy the TII motor and have that rebuilt instead, or do it his-self.
I know how he feels, I love my NA, but that's because I can't afford a TII. I got my 87 NA for 800$ and yes, I've started dumping money into it, but not at the rate that he is...
The best advice I could give him is to lurk here on the forums. I've had my 87 for about 2 months now and its my first rotary, but I had been reading here and at no-pistons.com for a LONG time before that. I can honestly say that I knew all of the common problems and the best bang for the buck mods to do BEFORE I bought my car.
Knowledge is power, tell him to pull his car out of the shop and come here and SEARCH and READ first. All the info is here...
Good thing my buddy came to his senses after the guy qouted him $5k if he did choose to do the engine swap..
Probably wanted to rip him off on the port/reseal for $2600. So my friend starts shopping around for a TII and they run about $900 with a warrenty.. Seems about right? Now he came across one with around 400hp for $2k. Not too sure if he should dish it out for that one seeing as he has no idea what it's been through. What do you think?Oh and last but not least question, might you know any good places to get these TIIs? Thanks
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