2nd Generation Specific 1986-1992 Discussion

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Old Dec 17, 2002 | 07:09 PM
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IM about to get a black 89 gxl

u need some feedback on what put on and in it i dont have a very big budget



externally i was planning on going with a knight sports body kit or a gp sports



internally i have no idea wat to do so any suggestions would be nice



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Old Dec 17, 2002 | 07:38 PM
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Take a look around at our sponsors, exhaust/pulleys/intake are the basic cheap go fast mods. RacingBeat makes nice exhaust, rx7.com sells pulleys, and you can pick up a k/n intake off ebay for like $50.
Old Jan 4, 2003 | 12:17 AM
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Old Jan 4, 2003 | 06:55 PM
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I have never understood why people who are on a budget, look for body kits

it seems to me that a body kit is the most expensive thing you could buy for a car, outside of some Uber turbo setup, why not spend that money on some decent suspension mods, Exhuast, intake, maybe some pineapple sleeves, unless you are trying to make a slow show car

Body kits are for high budget racers, or Show cars.
Old Jan 4, 2003 | 09:23 PM
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cripes...another ricer...please dont put a body kit on an already beautifil...timeless piece of automotive art
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 10:13 AM
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Take it easy on the guy... he probably read through Super Street or whatever and wants a good looking F&F import. Its easier for most people to look at something and say "I want that, that looks good" rather than, "I wonder what a set of sway bars and headers will do to that" because a lot of people don't take the time to read or understand what makes cars perform.



I think this especially sucks for the RX7 community since there are so many cheap FC's available that will be bought, beat on, and likely end up smashed or in a junkyard IMO. Some random guy emailed me that was looking around on this site who had just bought an NA FC. All he wanted to know was would he be able to beat this list of cars. I told him his FC will be lucky to run a low 16 second 1/4 and he wanted to sell it right away.



Ok, I'm babbling...
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 11:36 AM
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hehe, yeah FCs arent speed demons
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Jan 5 2003, 08:36 PM
hehe, yeah FCs arent speed demons
*Cough* Soul assassin, *cough* 600 hp *cough* 10.4 *cough*

oooh, you mean N/A, yeah, best thing to do there is go for handling, much cheaper way to get your thrills
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 06:15 PM
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you can only go so far with n/as I figured that out the hard way. Too much $$ not enough power :redface:
Old Jan 5, 2003 | 06:15 PM
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sorry...i was hard on the guy....dont ban me please

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