jaidedeye

im wondering if my 12a is in fact SP. if the idle is below 900 rpm it "lopes" and the motor shakes a little. but if i mess with the carb and adjust the idle it smooths out with at 1000 rpm. wondering if its actually ported and not a tunning issue. the car pulls and revs with no hesitation and gets great gas mileage

anyone got videos of a street port 12A?

IanS

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I am sure there are SP 12A vids around. If not, I can get a vid or 2 of mine probably this weekend. I should anyways, thinking about it.

Also, if it gets great gas mileage, the possibility of it being ported is low (er).

junkyard racer

there are several on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6PfHpbMNw8

here is my car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467WC...eature=related

jaidedeye

i hit up youtube as well. alot of the vids sound like my FB.

well maybe not great gas mileage...about 75 miles on a 1/4 tank so far

jaidedeye

sounds like my car

IanS

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You know what they say, the top half is always bigger lol.

jaidedeye

true....my lexus is like that....the first half is like 200 miles..the last half is 110...lol

TheDriver216

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mine sounds like those .. i just recently found out my motor isnt the original when changing the clutch.. i need an 83-85 insted of the 82 i thought it was.. so maybe i got lucky ill try to post a video of what it sounds like... maybe i got lucky and bought a car with a ported motor.. who knows though until i pull it apart

IanS

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All I know is there was a HUGE difference in performance and acceleration in mine. Stock vs SP I mean. Also installed light steel fly at the same time, but yeah it kicks *** and is pretty damn fun.

Jeff20B

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The light steel flywheel would be the biggest factor. Stock flywheels just don't accelerate that fast.

jaidedeye

well i was told that my motor had been rebuilt and had a mild street port but i was just making sure. my SP FC i had sounded different.

after seeing vids of stock FB's compared to my car i can honestly say there is a giant difference in power.

cdrad51

Vids of my old 7. Streetported, Sterling carb, header to straight pipe to Power Pulse muffler.

Engine bay sound when flooring it.



Sound from within cabin, while revving up to 8k rpm in 1st and 2nd gears:

IanS

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You should get new vids, those are old.

feerocknok

I Love that air filter assembly.

cdrad51

Don't have newer videos because don't have another 7.

ray green

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They are hard to record out on the street. But I took this one last weekend at the OGTA meeting.

junkyard racer

wtf was that?

ray green

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streetported 12-A, here's a close up, photos taken last saturday:









If you listen, you can hear Billy's streetport towards the end of this clip:

swbtm

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ray i think he meant why was the video half a second long???? that could have been anything for all we know! hahahaha

damn all you southerners and your nice cars! This northern climate blows and eats cars away too!