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Old 12-24-02, 10:02 PM
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Talk of turbos...

I was hearing about Turbo V8s and how the domestic boys were turning to turbos...

And so the question popped into my head, what about a Turbo V8 first gen?

... Will the beast ever exist?
Old 12-24-02, 10:12 PM
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Driven a turbo FB lately?

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I bet it already does somewhere.... No matter what you dream up in your head, its probally already living and breathing air/fuel mixture...
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I'd pay for a ride.

Same with your car, man...

If only I had spare cash for that sort of thing. :/
Old 12-24-02, 10:20 PM
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Driven a turbo FB lately?

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Spare cash? LOL We live in a plastic world my friend LOL

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Someone made a Turbo LT1 240z. That thing hauled major ***!
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why turbo V8 in a first gen?

13BT with the right work woukd run into the 9s with close to stock chassis, why ruin the handling too?

for the body mods you'd need to fit a turbo V8, just go for a 20B with a huge turbo, no need to go back to pistons when you have a wankel.
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I dunno dude, those turbo v8s make enormous amounts of power.

I'm all for the wankel, but since the V8 conversion can be done, why not slap a turbo on, too? I mean it's bound to fit under that hood somewhere.

And a turbo 20b is somewhere around 10 grand to put in? A turbo V8 wouldn't cost nearly as much.
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ya ive about had wiht all this v8 crap.... rotaries belong in these car and should have no buisness with any other form of engine.... wether it be piston or electric or whatever some retard with a big budget can create IMO

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Well that's good.

But uh, if you don't like it, you don't gotta read it. I mean I just wanted to know what people thought about a turbo v8 in an rx-7, I already know that lots of people don't want v8s in rx-7s, but some people do, and it's their choice, and their money.

Sorry.
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you are takin the very soul of tthe rx-7 if you swap....



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im suprised no one posted that v8 quad turbo..lol i bet in a 1gen would just be wrong eather way....

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