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 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 |
finish and keep
having an 8 and a 7 would be pretty sweet |
id keep em bth
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post pics of them together! :D
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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. |
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