I've got a vert that I'm putting a small block chevy 400 in right now. I'm actually painting the engine bay as we speak. Got 1 more coat of clear

Go with a v8 setup. I've got 3200 in the car, and that includes car, motor (rebuilt with 18month warranty), tranny, etc etc etc.

Going to end up spending 4k to complete car, with a new top and finish painting exterior.

That's 4000 total.

 

so, do any of you retards take the TIME to read his post before you have a bad case of stupid typing?? 5K on his rebuild!!! as in he needs NO MOTOR, as in GIVE HIM MORE IDEAS OF BOLT-ONS TO MAKE HIS FAT CAR QUICKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL, seriously? did MOST of you fail English??? when God was handing out BRAINS you thought he meant trains and said "I'll catch the next one!"



My friend has decent results with the lightweight flywheel (except on steep hills) at the top of the power curve. THERE IS NO NEED TO UPGRADE THE FUEL SYSTEM! your stock fuel setup is supposed to be good for up to 250hp (which you won't be anywhere near right now or in the future).

I recommend you look into a wideband and SAFC (or any type of fuel controller) so you can squeeze as much HP as you can out of your newly built motor.

There is not much you can remove to make the car lighter but you can try but it's your last hope to make your piggy a tad quicker.

this is by far the least helpful thread I've seen ALL day. Go back to your "boinger" section and stay there and the non-boingers should shut up and learn to read. (insert joke about V8 ppl and reading comprehension! )

I can't believe I'm ending my day with the retards in this thread.

 

Well a 5k rebuild is good for at least 6 months.

He will in 6 months, just thinking ahead bro.

With the right kit, a V8 will bolt right on.

I haven't heard that since the 2nd grade.

Unlike rotaries, V8s respond very well to hills. Rotaries and my college 323 don't.

Unless he takes the advice of those of us who have cars that respond well to hills, then he'll be needing atleast a bigger pump

(insert joke about arrogant rotards and slow cars)

 

^^ ******* ^^ Go away.

 

Not appropiate at all. Everyone act decent please, before Aaron Cake writes us up and gives us infractions.

 

I am with eat pez on this one here. He never once said I need bolt ons now did he. Thats what I thought. Also like eat pez said a v8 would just bolt on. and my donor car when I needed a parts car had the engine rebuilt 3 times and only had 100,xxxkm's on his car. That sure says alot about them. I am sorry but the truth hurts somemtimes

 

*******? because I have a different oppinion? Typical.... when the facts stand for themselves, resort to name calling.

 

i bet you look like Napolean Dynamite and work at Best Buy....

 

I guess I am responsible for this thread getting side tracked but back to the original question
it sounds like you have a nice car and have already done some nice work to it, with what you have already done I would recomend the 75 wet shot for the occasional time that you want to show off and have fun. Just make sure that you have a good fuel supply for the fuel solenoid in the nitrous kit.
the rest of the time just enjoy a great fun car for what it is, And yes I do believe a rotary taken care of right is a reliable engine and have not intended to put it down just offering other options for reliable greatly increased power with improved fuel economy.

 

You mean like "rotards"?

The OP hasn't even chimed in... can't say I blame him. He asked a simple question that has been cluttered with a bunch of non-sense. I doubt he wants to completely revamp his car with a V8... I'm not completely against the V8 swaps... I think its cool that people dig the way the car looks, even if they aren't into rotary. So... with the OP's question in mind.... Maybe we can start answering the question with cost-effective, realistic answers?

He has a 5k on a new rebuild.... so, I doubt he wants to throw that away for another engine, no matter what it is. He has aftermarket exhaust and clutch that I'm sure he doesn't want to cut into to adapt it to a v8 (let alone replace with something else entirely).

rx7_lynch: Here's my advice..

Do some weight reduction (its hard to do on a vert without hurting the luxury factor), but alum hood if you don't already, lighter wheels, etc.

You never really answered whether you were ported or not, so I won't really chime in on that. If you don't need the cats for emissions, remove them... maybe get a test-pipe that you can put on between inspections or what not.

A cold/fresh air intake would be a great addition, getting fresh, cooler air where its needed.

Might even want to go as far as port matching the intake manifolds to your engine and to each other. It'll give you minimal gains, but every hp counts.

Convert to an e-fan... while it doesn't really give you any HP, it looks nice and cleans up your engine bay.

Lighter flywheel might feel nicer.

Anyways, thats all I can think of right now. Hope that helps.

 

That is a well thought out reasonable response

 

wow! i agree with american rice..think about it guys..

 

I can't believe some people! responds well to hills???? OMG you must a loose A-hole because you pulled out the biggest load of bullshit I've seen on this forum!!!

I bet you don't have anything intelligent to posts besides random stabs in the dark hoping to hit something!(BTW, HIT THE BOOKS A LITTLE MORE SO YOU CAN LEARN TO SPELL!) i will never understand stupid people. I've been on the V8 section of this forum and I am guilty of ignorance in my posts regarding the V8 swaps but you guys are just plain stupid.

Ignorance is like a cold; easy to fix with the right amount of effort.
Stupidity is like AIDS; you can deny it all you want but it's still going to kill you.



I can't believe only a few members here actually posted useful stuff and the rest of you knuckle-draggers never stopped your digital diarrhea!!!!

 

ya but the best part about forums is that you get more then ONE persons thoughts and what worked for them and what they have tried and didn't work. Just because some say that you should do this and you dont agree doesn't mean that he is wrong or your wrong. Just have a different take on stuff. And putting your car on a diet would help out alot man. There is a TON of stuff you can take out probably that will help you out. But thats just My OPINION

 

Man stay rotary. Turbo it out. You should be proud to have a rotary. If you want to swap an Ls1 into something, buy a fiero.

 

i'm sorry i just have to point out one small correction, it just bothers me when i read it over and over again.

the rx in rx-7 DOES NOT stand for rotary experiment!!! the x represents mazdas sport division. so it's actually rotary sport. kinda sad one of the v8 guys had to point that out.

ok the rest of you may proceed

 

ok just to add my OPINION...wait a sec let me repeat that, MY OPINION! so there wont be any need to have someone try to insult me for making this suggestion. Me, personally, i would try an lsx swap. less headaches down the road. not to mention the big difference besides the sound of the exhaust...TORQUE, gobs and gobs of tire roasting, quartermiles dominating torque. once you've had torque its hard to give that up.

 

I like torque

 

And we're done here.