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Nov 17, 2013 | 12:37 PM

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From: Vriginia,

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Originally Posted by C. Ludwig

Who is "they"? And what harness and ECU are you going to use?

The write up from fc3spro. and was thinking of using Apexi PFC and FD wiring harness(w a front clip).

Nov 17, 2013 | 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by diabolical1

essentially, this is what the central question to this thread is. you want 300+ HP in a daily driven Gen II and your two major ideas of getting it are perhaps the two most difficult that any level-headed person could imagine.

stop trying to skate uphill. put a solid engine in the thing, choose an appropriate turbo, marry them, make them both happy and enjoy driving the car.

this was just funny, so i had to quote it. i might even have to find a way to get it into my signature.

reading this made me laugh to. Well how much work would switching over to a s4 turbo. and just fitting it with an after market turbo to make the power I want.

Nov 17, 2013 | 12:43 PM

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From: Vriginia,

[QUOTE=AGreen;11622494]Even a well built FC will give you trouble. I just experienced a water pump failure today, and it was only about 2 years old. I'm at the point now that almost everything is new, and even the "new" parts are starting to fail.[/QUOT

well this is my first FC. thanks for the heads up now I have one more thing to watch out for.

Nov 17, 2013 | 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SpeedLoverD

reading this made me laugh to. Well how much work would switching over to a s4 turbo. and just fitting it with an after market turbo to make the power I want.

just buying a rebuilt turbo 2 engine has the big advantage in that its essentially stock, so it bolts in.

putting an aftermarket turbo can be complicated, just because there are so many choices, but in the old days it was pretty simple to get an HKS manifold, waste gate, and then a 60-1 T4 turbo.

Nov 17, 2013 | 06:40 PM

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Why no V8 again..? You seem to be willing to do more work, spend more money and end up with less horsepower than a V8 swap. It will be more reliable than any rotary could hope for... and get better fuel mileage.

Nov 17, 2013 | 06:46 PM

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I believe that's the cue for "Ripping the soul out of the car" to appear.

Nov 18, 2013 | 07:14 AM

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lol exactly what clokker said. I got the rx7 for the rotary engine.

But I'm going to make a new thread Ive decided to go with a s4 Turbo(stock). So the new thread will focus on swapping s4 N/A to s4 Turbo.