hey i hear some loud popping sounds (backfire) after i go 80-100 in first gear..

is this normal for a rotary engine?


i have automatic..


my friends said it was normal

i drive her like a manual now..

like downshifting too at the stop lights..

is this bad for the engine or no?

sorry ima newbie

AND DAMN MY CAR IS URNING OUT GREAT!!

my interior is 80% done.. iTS SO ****** nice..

chrome and black is my motif..

my mechanic also fixed the "play" in my steering in just 5 mins.. he tighnted some bolts on the hood.. (steering area)

i managed to put a GT grant steering wheel on there .. i had to get a custom boss/hub kit for it..

anyways thanx for the help guys..


I LOVE THEE FORUM

 

100 in first gear?
ok id have to see this!

 

yeah i know, on a stick 45 in first is like 7500-8000

mike

 

my mechanic also fixed the "play" in my steering in just 5 mins.. he tighnted some bolts on the hood.. (steering area)



I hope he didn't cheat and do it the quick and dirty way, if so your steering will be back to what it was (or worse) in short order. 100 in first ! I've never seen an auto first gen around here, weird. About downshifting an automatic, brakes are cheaper than tranny...something to keep in mind. Later.

 

hes in australia so it kilometers per hour
keep that in mind

 

automatics generally have taller gearing than manuals, due to the torque converter... easier to get the car moving or whatever.. I dunno

downshifting an auto = rice, never forget that

when downshifting (especially at high rpms) an auto and using it to slow the vehicle the transmission undergoes serious strain, hydraulic pressures skyrocket... that said, when I was younger... I did it all the time in my '98 cavalier.. never hurt anything. So, you should be ok. Neutral drops, however, are VERY BAD.. don't do them unless you like replacing transmissions...

 

Tranny drops...fun until the car takes it literally. I beat on my Mom's protegé every now and then.

 

<---wats that mean?

<-- wat is the cheating way??

also YES its in KMs per hour

the car has guts man.. its pretty fast..

and no one answered if the backfire is ok or not..

anyways.. thanx for the resposnses

 

dont worry, rotary engines pop and bang alot!!
the exhaust is hotter than normal on a rotary so if it runs alittle rich or if it has a small exhaust leak it will pop and bang

 

so whats a nuetral drop??

 

Revving the car up high in neutral at the line and ramming it into gear...

 

so if you can go 100 in 1st.....how fast can you go in 4th??? 300...400mph??? lol.......even still if its kph its still like 60 in 1st!

 

It's not that impossible, assuming a stockish tires size, the gear difference between a stick and an auto could easily make this possible

RX-7 auto 84 2.458 1.458 1.000 0.720 3.909
RX-7 84p 3.622 2.186 1.419 1.000 0.807 3.933


Speeds at 7-8K RPM are 50-57 mph and 34-39 mps respectively. I doubt he would ever get to the end of 4th gear as the speed would be near 196 Mph, lol.

 

dude i can go 100 in first gear so easily man..

i dunno why its hard for u guys to believe that..

its automatic..


i can even go past 100 i just havnt pushed her

 

the auto's are only 3 speeds aint they?

so it would have a longer first than a 5 speed

i can get 80km/h out of my 1st but thats red lining the *** out of it.. (rest asured i try not to do this often..)

 

no way mines not even close to the redline

 

i think you need to lay off the LOL

 

im serious bro

i can goto 100 at like 5.5 X 1000 RPM

 

he's right, when i had the auto i could get similar speed. 3rd gear toped out at 205kph at about 8ooo rpm!

 

wow!


was that a 13b turbo?

 

hey were in america try to use mph! lol

 

It's the "Worlds Largest Rotary Community"

not "The United States Of America's Largest Rotary Community"

AND, I hate to break it to you, you're the only country that's still using the imperial system (mph, ft/lbs, feet, inches, miles, ounces, etc etc..). All the other countries on here are using the Metric system (km/h, millimeters, meters, litres, etc etc.)

Australia, Japan, Canada, the UK... all of those use the metric system... I don't know for sure about all the smaller countries, but that's enough for a majority

 

Oh, I agree wholeheartedly that the metric system rocks. But for the same reason a "metric" time system never caught on, I'll switch to metric when you pry my mph out of my dead, cold fingers

The metric system was invented by a man who wanted to say "my ***** isn't small - it's 12 cm! and we all know that 12 is more than 8!"

But yes, try and remember that this is a world-wide community here and share the love

 

yea ur right...........its not that big of a deal cause our speedometers have both on them.......lol