I currently roll in a 1987 custom unicycle 20inch rims, chrome spinners the works but recently due to an amazing twist of fate i have found myself owning my late uncles rx7, since my knowledge of car modding is playing need for speed and watching the fast and the furious i will need your help as i dont have a cluue what would be the best way to squeeze the most power out of it
Help a brother out!
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charger69
Pro Tuner
Miniman
Torque Junkie
Is it the N/A or turbocharged version?.
MasterAuron
Very Senior Member
1995 so that's the newer shape. Turbo. What mods has it got so far? If any? Any chance of getting some pics up? Especialy under the bonnet? Also, what's your budget? As that's a big determining factor with all the jap beasts. It's easy to spend £15k plus on modifying one of these for performance.
As said above you need to think about a budget as the RX7 is not only expensive to modify but they can get expensive to run. Also some garages won't even touch an RX7.
charger69
Pro Tuner
check out this link bro:
http://www.mymazda.com/MusaWeb/disp...uningPersonal§ionParameter=tunerProfile08
http://www.mymazda.com/MusaWeb/disp...uningPersonal§ionParameter=tunerProfile08
charger69
Pro Tuner
It currently has no performance upgrades (of my knowledge) although my uncle obviously thought it was a good idea to replace the exhaust with a paint tin, I am looking to spend about £10,000 at the mo although if it really stars to take shape i could certainly spend more.
Also why wont some garages touch rx7's
Also why wont some garages touch rx7's
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MasterAuron
Very Senior Member
Probably know sweet FA about Rotary engines. Or even the cars themselves being as they're not that common. You want a specialist to do the work anyway really if you're not doing it yourself. I wouldn't trust an ordinary garage.
That and they might not actualy understand why they need regular (ish) rebuilds so don't want to be blamed if they fit an air filter and next week it needs a rebuild lol.
MasterAuron
Very Senior Member
Depends how much you like the car. I think I was a little hasty in saying regular tbh, didn't mean to scare you lol. I've heard that generally the average rebuild interval is about 60k miles on a standard, well looked after Rex. That is an average however. It may last 100,000, it may last 40,000. Obviously this will decrease if the engine is modified and/or being pushed hard all the time, or if you don't give it very regular oil changes.
What happens is the Apex seals on the tips of the rotor wear out and stop seperating the chambers in the housing.
10k would still get you a very rapid RX-7 though.
What happens is the Apex seals on the tips of the rotor wear out and stop seperating the chambers in the housing.
10k would still get you a very rapid RX-7 though.
Miniman
Torque Junkie
With 17 and a half grand the worlds your oyster mate 
, plenty of cars to choose from if you feel you want to get rid of it.
You could get a skyline for less then that.
, plenty of cars to choose from if you feel you want to get rid of it.You could get a skyline for less then that.
charger69
Pro Tuner
mate, look for the greddy T41 i think.
search if there's a dealer near you.
it should bring you 30-40% more power, if you're looking for tuning.
search if there's a dealer near you.
it should bring you 30-40% more power, if you're looking for tuning.
MasterAuron
Very Senior Member
Charger, it's not a simple as slapping on a big turbo and getting 30-40% more power. It just doesn't work like that.
And you do realise that picture you posted up is a Supra engine?
And you do realise that picture you posted up is a Supra engine?
Miniman
Torque Junkie
I think he was showing an example of what could possibly be done if you have the time and money to spend.
An rx7 with a supra engine would be sweet indeed but these days it would be better just to buy a supra, still it would be a decent project to do.
An rx7 with a supra engine would be sweet indeed but these days it would be better just to buy a supra, still it would be a decent project to do.
charger69
Pro Tuner
i know it's not simple, but it's up to him to search online and see how to install a T41.
and yeah, just wanted to show him what those mazda's can handle.
the #!#!#!#!el rotary engine, as i know can't dig up more than 500 HP.
I think you'll find that the rotary engine can produce more than 500BHP. But it is very expensive to do so.
Hi and welcome to TorqueCars. We have a few RX7 owners on here already. Nice cars, good on tracks and nicely balanced plus they seem to rev to infinity. I hope you enjoy your time on here as much as we all do.
I hope you enjoy your time on here as much as we all do.
