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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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Hey guys Im looking for some cheap and quick power mods for my rx7. its a 83 1.1 lol duh with the 5 speed. Im already looking into a exhaust for it. Looking at a header and flow through exhaust. if there is anything i can do to ignition or to the carb or exoust options to consider that would be awsome. thanks in advance
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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Here some pics of my car. Its in a little bad shape but it still runs and drives great. Just looking for some power mods for now before working on the interior and exterior.
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 08:00 AM
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I've got a Holley carb on a Racing Beat manifold and a Racing Beat header with a full custom exhaust and I love it. It's loud, but it runs well, and gets up and moves when I tell it to.



Search for some used stuff. I got my header for $190 shipped, my manifold for $150 shipped, and my carb for $120 shipped. Pieced the exhaust together from some pre-mandrel-bent pipe from eBay. I've got maybe $600 in mods.
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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exhaust first, header plus 2.5" back, with no other mods besides tuning will get you in the 115-120rwhp area.



intake+carb work too, there were tons of different systems made for the 12a, so theres a lot of used stuff out there.



stock ignition is good, an msd box is better
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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would i need to but two msd boxs. Im looking into exhoust right now looking at a decent priced header then custom exoust from header back.
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:15 PM
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Is there anyway to tune the carb for more power??
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by verneuil' post='909497' date='Oct 8 2008, 11:05 AM
would i need to but two msd boxs. Im looking into exhoust right now looking at a decent priced header then custom exoust from header back.


there is a bunch of ways to do the msd, most of them only put 1 msd on the leading
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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i see would it be any use fule to have one on the trailing or just a wast for street applications??

Im also looking into a possible turbo but it might be a little out of my leaque at the moment. but is a possibility. For extertior mods im looking into the Mariah Motorsports body kits which are sweet.
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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If you're doing direct fire you only need leading. The leading fires twice and does the job of the trailing.
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the trailing ignition only provides about 5% of the power, so upgrading it really doesnt do much.



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