Grimlock

i love my TII, a rotary engine and turbo is a match made in heaven....or maybe hell its a perfect combo!

The Ace

Athough I have only seen NAs perform (and not drove/riden in one), I can only assume that they perform a little worse than when I got my TII (clogged exhaust so very-very little boost). Now that I've seen the light (of the boost ), I'd say TII, but just because I havent actually seen any nicely done NAs here in Greece....

....and its funny how you all bitch at each other "NA this" and "Turbo that", and you still end up loving each other

jreynish

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I would have to vote TII cause there is nothing like bolting on a BEEFFY T04 Turbo and 300hp and wow can you really take a look when you take off like a rocket car! cause man you nail on everybody i have beatten n/a's into the ground... don't get me wrong i like the n/a's and they are RX's non the less and they are fun to drive but i presonally think there is nothing like BOOST!!!
But the person driving a car is the car for them until they get a different one!! that simply so whatever you car as long as it is a REX good for you!!!
my 0.20$

Turbo Timmy

This debate is useless, get one of each!!!

Megaspeed7

I have had the honor of owning a 86 na, 90 gtu, 88 TII, 88 TII, and finally my 87 TII; in that order and as you can see the trend for me def. went turbo REAL fast. I guess I was totally hooked cause my first TII came with Racing beat full 3" exhaust and I ran 13.3 @ 104.5 on a stock S5 turbo, stock motor and stock intercooler.
If you own a Non turbo and have driven or ridden in a TII then you know what you are missing. If not, then you really need to take one for a spin before you scream N/A till ya Die. Now that I have a full T04 60-1 car I can pretty much say TII's kick major *** at the dragstrip and on the roadcourse, both of which places a N/A just couldn't compete. I guess the best analogy here is in Gran Turismo how the slow cars can still be fun to race cause it really relies on skill, but on the other hand, the really fast cars really just raise the bar a whole level.
Patrick

red xeven

I have an N/A, but only because thats what I found. I'm a HUGE turbo fan, however. TII all the way

diabolical1

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i agree with little donny!

but seriously, i've never owned a T2, but i've driven a couple ... and all i have to say is ... HOLEEEE SHHH...!!!!

i love my Gen I (13B), and i loved my sister's Gen II (oh yeah ... and Gen I's will always be better!!!! ) - but for real ? ... the T2s get my vote, hands down!!!!

patrick2377

okay, this is dead and nobody is going to notice my obscure opinion but... I have ridden in a turbo car, stock, and was impressed, until i heard the stories of cracked intakes, replaced turbos, etc... Now I have driven a n/a for over 100k and I drove the thing like its on the track all the time, its an 88, but i still rapped it out to eight a lot, did all I could to destroy the tranny (i. e. slamming it in first at 45 to come out of a corner), had only minor mods, straight pipe and ran no air filter, and still hung with and beat most cars. This car was indestructable! to this day i will not own piston powered pooper because, I am used to abusing my wankel. So for me it has to be N/A, because with enough mods (unlike my cheap jerry-rigs mentioned before) I will have a car faster than most, and the harder I drive it the happier it is.

jacobcartmill

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hey jerrard, is that what all the girls in australia look like?

dr0x

Wrong. A retard with a large exhaust, no boost gauge/controller and boost creep will destroy a engine.

TurboSmoke

who brought this thread back to life

Dvst8

iTrader: (6)

i drive an n/a right now and having a hell of a time driving it....i havent driven a turbo b4 but i would guess it would add alil more action....but all in all....the rx7 is an rx7....just look at the back of your car....what does it say?

BoostedRotors

Wow, really brought this one back eh?

jacobcartmill

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I think everyone in here that owns an NA is going to vote TII just because of the boost factor. just wait til you try owning an abused one that has intake and exhaust and 200whp and try to use it as your daily driver.
you'd vote NA after that experience.

jsut get an NA as your daily driver and a TII as your weekend/project car.

gsracer

sweet almost a year old.

like above post

n/a - sweet daily driver
t2 - weekend warrior

Mark'sMazda

I would rather have a STI, over a 2.5 RS. I would take a Cobra over a V6 mustang. I like speed. I like t2's.

introVert

Since I have a 'vert, and drive her daily, my vote is for N/A. Reliability is # 1 in my book since she is my only car.
I am willing to sacrifice speed for reliability.

But I wouldn't be opposed to a w/e t2 AT ALL.

$150FC

/reeeturrn frooom the deeeaaaaaaaad/

nick too bad i have your engine and the rest of your TII is scattered across the country :P

ERAUMAZDA

hahaahahah some one is bored

hondahater

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you know what. I drove with a bunch of miata people today witch was fun but I really wanted to see some rx7's I have a tII but really any rex is fine by me just a bad *** machine. Some people prefer n/a other turbo's they have there good points and bad points but I think next time I get my engine rebuilt I'm going to take the good from the n/a's (high compression rotors) and put them in the tII's good (turbo charged engine). ahhhhh, dreams!!

djvnrx7

gentlemen lets not have civil war here we all love rotary power as well as the rx7thieres nothing like seeing another rx7 out there weather im crushing rice or making the v8s work them ponies as there girl is smacking them in the passenger seat saying how did you lose to that car its 15 years old and its a mazda !!!!but i must say it always nice to be the big dog!! woof woof t2 for me 88t2 i put them under pressure !! and ill keep holding it down for all rotarty and rx7 brother's djvnrx7 at the jersey shore

jsotelo

You wanna drag race or you wanna fun car that handles?

I org wanted a TII.. I looked all over but could not find one. I found my car and anyone that's seen it knows how clean it is and I LOVE my car. Starts up every time, sounds awesome, handles like a dream. I don't like drag racing thou.. in fact I despise it.. so 1/4 mile times to me mean nothing and I care nothing about trying to beat the Mustang at the stoplight either.

That being said I would love to own a TII someday and when my engine goes.. it's about to hit the 100K mark so after I get about 100K more miles out of it and it blows I might swap out for a TII motor.

Were there really so many more na's than TII's or did all the TII's just pop and then get junked?

theflatlander

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haven't driven a TII yet but i'd say i like them both. either way a RX-7 is a RX-7.

sub9lulu

iTrader: (7)

i have both too
i voted for the TII coz it is actually WAY faster and it handles WAY better
my NA got more mods than it but it just dont feel the same

FC-chan

I want an N/A because all the good places to drive around here are SUPER TWISTY!!!!!!

Plus to be perfectly honest, I not afraid to admit that my skillz arn't yet up to the point where a N/A is not enough.