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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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so what does a 13-14 second integra cost? if you were to put that much into a na 7 (and people certainly have) wouldnt you be there? the TII is a much better option, but it amazes me when we all want our 15 to 18 year old car to be as quick as a car built with a decade and a half of new technology. honda has been squeezing power out of 4 strokes since forever, and like the cars or not, they gotta hella engineering staff.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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Most cost effective way to boost performance while gaining mileage and reliability and staying N/A is to do a V8 swap. Lots of people hate them, but you can't deny that they offer increased performance. If you have the ability and find the deals, a complete V8 RX7 can be built for under $2500 including the cost of the car.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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Deals are relative though, my 11 second FC only ran me about $2500 including the cost of the car. *shrug* Hard to compare deals..
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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you want good gas milage? stay under 3k rpms, and cruise under 2k.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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That's not always true. My GTUs gets it's best mileage right at 4K rpm cruising at 80mph on the freeway.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
Deals are relative though, my 11 second FC only ran me about $2500 including the cost of the car. *shrug* Hard to compare deals..
is this fc turbo?
and to the rest of u fellas, an integra, in my opinion,unfortunately, is a better option. theres not much that the na 7 has over an integra. last time i checked an ls (non vtec, roughly 140 horses) does a quater mile faster. integra also is more well known and easier to upgrade and fix than a 7. and it gets a hell of alot more miles to the gallon. what do u guys think?
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:17 PM
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Yes, that's a turbo FC.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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ur gtu does not get as good of a gas mileage as a integra is what im saying
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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lol, my GTUs got about 31mpg before I bolted a massive turbo to it. My '87 sport gets about 22 (the 11 second car)
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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are u speaking highway or city ?
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:52 PM
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GTUs was highway, got about 27 city. The '87 sport just seems to get 22 all around, unless I'm driving like a tard, then it gets around 17
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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wow thats impressive did u do n e work to the gtu before it got 27/31mpg?
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