What would you do with an Rx7 and an Rx8
03-28-2010, 10:18 PM
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What would you do with an Rx7 and an Rx8
Hey what's up all, I'm posting this in the Rx7club as well as the Rx8club.I'm having an issue that I need a little bit of rotor head input on. If nothing else, maybe getting all of this typed out will help me make some sort of decision. I bought an 07 Rx8 almost a year ago and I absolutely love it. My problem is, what do I do with it, performance wise.
I have an 88 Rx7 that was my project car for many years. Before buying the 8, I was about 90% complete with it's build. There are a ton of parts that could be swapped over to the 8 if I were to go FI, or there are a ton of parts to sell to raise money for the 8.
so my problem is, what do you other rotor heads think you would do in this situation?
-Finish and keep the Rx7
-Part out
The Rx7 has
Dowel pinned street ported rebuild with new housings
2mm 2 piece apex seals
FD corner springs
Autometer FPR
AEM wideband O2 sensor
Walbro 255 lb/hr fuel pump
Autometer cobalt gauges, Air/fuel, Fuel pressure, Boost, Coolant temp
Dual Alternator pulley
Steel braided Oil cooler lines
Steel braided clutch line
Steel braided brake lines
Cross drilled rotors
Tokico and eibach suspension
Dtss eliminator bushings
Polyurethane front control arm bushings
Rtek 1.7 ECU
Cleaned and flowtested 550CC primary injectors
New 720CC HKS secondary injectors
Racing beat front and rear sway bars
Racing beat adjustable end links
Racing beat ? short throw shifter
Racing beat full 3" exhaust REVII I think it's called now
Greddy FMIC kit
Front strut tower brace
I also have one other 88 TurboII in great condition but with a blown motor. If a started to part out the 7, there would be no sense in keeping any of the stuff for the FC, so I would also have rotor housings and tons of other stuff from my shed to sell. Almost all of the important stuff on the list of upgrades for the 7, have zero miles on them, it is brand new stuff.
The 7 has been mine for 15 years, and I haven't driven it in the last 2 years because I never completed it. I'm not sure if I'd want to finish the drivetrain, only to still have to struggle with broken switches and no A/C. I love the Rx8, and I just can't stand the fact that it's still stock, and difficult to extract power from, barring a jump up to forced induction. I have 50% of the parts I'd need to turbo or super charge the 8, but I'm wary of trading away too much reliability.
What would you do?
I have an 88 Rx7 that was my project car for many years. Before buying the 8, I was about 90% complete with it's build. There are a ton of parts that could be swapped over to the 8 if I were to go FI, or there are a ton of parts to sell to raise money for the 8.
so my problem is, what do you other rotor heads think you would do in this situation?
-Finish and keep the Rx7
-Part out
The Rx7 has
Dowel pinned street ported rebuild with new housings
2mm 2 piece apex seals
FD corner springs
Autometer FPR
AEM wideband O2 sensor
Walbro 255 lb/hr fuel pump
Autometer cobalt gauges, Air/fuel, Fuel pressure, Boost, Coolant temp
Dual Alternator pulley
Steel braided Oil cooler lines
Steel braided clutch line
Steel braided brake lines
Cross drilled rotors
Tokico and eibach suspension
Dtss eliminator bushings
Polyurethane front control arm bushings
Rtek 1.7 ECU
Cleaned and flowtested 550CC primary injectors
New 720CC HKS secondary injectors
Racing beat front and rear sway bars
Racing beat adjustable end links
Racing beat ? short throw shifter
Racing beat full 3" exhaust REVII I think it's called now
Greddy FMIC kit
Front strut tower brace
I also have one other 88 TurboII in great condition but with a blown motor. If a started to part out the 7, there would be no sense in keeping any of the stuff for the FC, so I would also have rotor housings and tons of other stuff from my shed to sell. Almost all of the important stuff on the list of upgrades for the 7, have zero miles on them, it is brand new stuff.
The 7 has been mine for 15 years, and I haven't driven it in the last 2 years because I never completed it. I'm not sure if I'd want to finish the drivetrain, only to still have to struggle with broken switches and no A/C. I love the Rx8, and I just can't stand the fact that it's still stock, and difficult to extract power from, barring a jump up to forced induction. I have 50% of the parts I'd need to turbo or super charge the 8, but I'm wary of trading away too much reliability.
What would you do?
03-28-2010, 11:15 PM
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I would turbo-charge the 8 if I were you since:
1)You have 50% of parts ready
2)You aren't new to rotary
3)FI doesn't seem to rob too much life off the renesis
1)You have 50% of parts ready
2)You aren't new to rotary
3)FI doesn't seem to rob too much life off the renesis
03-29-2010, 06:47 AM
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id think id finally finish the rx7. but thats just me(the guy with a flat tire and fading paint on his rx7)...
the only reason id keep the rx7 before the rx8, aside from power and fun factor, is the darn oil filter.
the only reason id keep the rx7 before the rx8, aside from power and fun factor, is the darn oil filter.
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