Supercharged SA project
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Supercharged SA project
I thought some of you would be interested in seeing pics of a project we are working on. It is a super clean 80 SA, that our customer had been stockpiling upgrade parts for. He is stationed in Korea but flew over and dropped his car off at the shop late last fall. There are few small things yet to do in the engine, like red plug wires, repaint the blue band on the alt etc, then we will start on the a custom interior....
The entire project can be viewed here ..
http://www.banzai-racing.com/kotkovetz_smp.htm
Here is a pic..
The entire project can be viewed here ..
http://www.banzai-racing.com/kotkovetz_smp.htm
Here is a pic..
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Originally Posted by BlueTII
It is currently a stock 12A, we did not rebuild the engine. No dyno numbers yet
Doh!! The customer did NOT rebuild the engine prior to this?!? OOo brave man....How many miles does the stock 12A have?? The set up looks awesome man...GREAT FREAKIN JOB! You guys do some very good work.
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Originally Posted by BlueTII
It is currently a stock 12A, we did not rebuild the engine. No dyno numbers yet
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Looking good.
I just hope your guy doesnt decide to take it back to Korea with him......
Ive heard that Kim Jong Ill has an RX-7 fetish.....he might see it and carjack your customer!!!
I just hope your guy doesnt decide to take it back to Korea with him......
Ive heard that Kim Jong Ill has an RX-7 fetish.....he might see it and carjack your customer!!!
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We had discussed rebuilding and porting it, but people have budgets.....
We will try out the carbhat CAI, if it doesn't work we will figure out something different. Just trying to get some cool air into the SC, they run hot enough without sucking in the preheated engine bay air.
We will try out the carbhat CAI, if it doesn't work we will figure out something different. Just trying to get some cool air into the SC, they run hot enough without sucking in the preheated engine bay air.
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Originally Posted by BlueTII
We had discussed rebuilding and porting it, but people have budgets.....
We will try out the carbhat CAI, if it doesn't work we will figure out something different. Just trying to get some cool air into the SC, they run hot enough without sucking in the preheated engine bay air.
We will try out the carbhat CAI, if it doesn't work we will figure out something different. Just trying to get some cool air into the SC, they run hot enough without sucking in the preheated engine bay air.
Because if it is not then the budget will go out of the window when the motor blows. And blow it will.
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When mine blew it blew an apex and ruined the rotor and housing $$$$$... Look at your s/c pulley and let us know what # is on it. I recommend a 6 or 5. 7,8 or higher will be toooo much boost. And for the record, both Dan and Andy from Atkins urgerd me to rebuild before putting the charger on, it was "my" gamble.
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I know what damaged engines look like, I build between 5-10 a month. My customer told me the engine was relatively new, how new he did not know. He is prepared for the inevitable engine failure, then we will rebuild and port it. It was not my choice to do it this way, I always feel it is better to have a fresh rebuilt, streetported engine, it gives you a sturdy foundation to build on.
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Originally Posted by 84stock
PS, I like the fact you're running a big pulley on the charger (compare it to 64mg's pic) to reduce heat and keep boost down a little on the stocker, great choice!
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Originally Posted by 84-7GSL
Geesh! You people are talking to a premiere engine builder like he's never touched a rotary before.
I'm not stating that this is the case here and if they have advised the person paying the bill what can and will happen then it's that person paying the bill to decide if they are willing to take the gamble.
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We put together staged modification plans for people every day, to avoid catastophic failure. We have also turned people away that just wanted to install a single turbo on their FD without any of the supporting mods. Sorry to hear you have had such bad luck with your local shops, but any of our customers will tell you that we try to educate them on the decision they are making and the cost associated prior to doing any upgrades.
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Originally Posted by 84stock
When mine blew it blew an apex and ruined the rotor and housing $$$$$... Look at your s/c pulley and let us know what # is on it. I recommend a 6 or 5. 7,8 or higher will be toooo much boost. And for the record, both Dan and Andy from Atkins urgerd me to rebuild before putting the charger on, it was "my" gamble.
Rich