so embarassed..kill me now...
Originally Posted by |)@71|)
i got another question...I dont really want to deal with the whole turbo swap..(too much to do) UNLESS...thats the oly way to get decent gains...
If i were to stay NA...what could i do? just exhaust and headers? anything else?
If i were to stay NA...what could i do? just exhaust and headers? anything else?
take your car to kevin landers and have him do a TII swap into it.
Originally Posted by 89gtufc3s
1 week isnt much time at all to gain decent power....but if you want to be getto about it just take off the cat and everything behind it...lol...but thats hella rice IMO
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
It's posts like this that generally make me not even bother helping people. Who cares if you lose, it's an RX7 convertible non-turbo, the thing runs at best a 16 stock, don't act so surprised to get beat. Even when you turbo it, it's not going to be anything spectacular and you're going to get beat by hideous ugly looking cars still. An rx7 isn't much of a street racing car, take your car and the other car to a road course and then see what they think afterwards.
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250rwhp in a 2800lb car isn't all too fast. My peice of **** '86 silverado could walk most of the vehicles you listed. It's all relative, it's not hard to make something hideous go fast in a straight line, but expecting to have a 'fast' rx7 for around $4k is a bit of a stretch, although, fast is open for debate, I really don't consider 13's in a straight line all too fast. And the coupe vs vert debate exists because of this. You can always get the coupe to weigh less, (unless you're doing some serious hacking), and less weight means quicker times. And I've beat a Z06 vette on the stock ECU, what's that matter?
1300cc.com's complete turbo kit isn't availible yet (which is what this guy will need)..
I'd like to get one of 1300cc.com's turbo kits, when they become availible..
/shameless booster wanna-be.
I'd like to get one of 1300cc.com's turbo kits, when they become availible..
/shameless booster wanna-be.
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I can probably do a rebuilt turbo engine swap with all accessories plus drivetrain back to the axles, installed for around 4 grand. It might be a few weeks before I could get to it, though.
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From: Miami
Originally Posted by SonicRaT
250rwhp in a 2800lb car isn't all too fast. My peice of **** '86 silverado could walk most of the vehicles you listed. It's all relative, it's not hard to make something hideous go fast in a straight line, but expecting to have a 'fast' rx7 for around $4k is a bit of a stretch, although, fast is open for debate, I really don't consider 13's in a straight line all too fast. And the coupe vs vert debate exists because of this. You can always get the coupe to weigh less, (unless you're doing some serious hacking), and less weight means quicker times. And I've beat a Z06 vette on the stock ECU, what's that matter?
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
And what prevents me from doing that? It's the same thing the guy would be doing already, swapping or upgrading. Oh well...
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Originally Posted by MARTIN
nothing, but it makes the comment irrelevant, thats like putting a crate motor on a geo and bragging about beating a mustang.
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Well, since you missed the point of my first post you quoted, let me try to rephrase.
A) A non-turbo rx7 isn't very fast, and is going to get beat in a straight line by a LOT of vehicles
B) a stock turbo swap into the vert will get beat by a LOT of vehicles
C) even running 14psi on the stock setup with the stock turbo, is going to get beat by a LOT of vehicles
D) an el-cheapo turbo setup, is STILL not going to be very fast.
The car's designed to handle well, everybody can make something go straight fast, such as my example of my truck. And for $4k starting off, you're not going to get a whole lot out of it.
A) A non-turbo rx7 isn't very fast, and is going to get beat in a straight line by a LOT of vehicles
B) a stock turbo swap into the vert will get beat by a LOT of vehicles
C) even running 14psi on the stock setup with the stock turbo, is going to get beat by a LOT of vehicles
D) an el-cheapo turbo setup, is STILL not going to be very fast.
The car's designed to handle well, everybody can make something go straight fast, such as my example of my truck. And for $4k starting off, you're not going to get a whole lot out of it.
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
Well, since you missed the point of my first post you quoted, let me try to rephrase.
A) A non-turbo rx7 isn't very fast, and is going to get beat in a straight line by a LOT of vehicles
B) a stock turbo swap into the vert will get beat by a LOT of vehicles
C) even running 14psi on the stock setup with the stock turbo, is going to get beat by a LOT of vehicles
D) an el-cheapo turbo setup, is STILL not going to be very fast.
The car's designed to handle well, everybody can make something go straight fast, such as my example of my truck. And for $4k starting off, you're not going to get a whole lot out of it.
A) A non-turbo rx7 isn't very fast, and is going to get beat in a straight line by a LOT of vehicles
B) a stock turbo swap into the vert will get beat by a LOT of vehicles
C) even running 14psi on the stock setup with the stock turbo, is going to get beat by a LOT of vehicles
D) an el-cheapo turbo setup, is STILL not going to be very fast.
The car's designed to handle well, everybody can make something go straight fast, such as my example of my truck. And for $4k starting off, you're not going to get a whole lot out of it.
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
I can probably do a rebuilt turbo engine swap with all accessories plus drivetrain back to the axles, installed for around 4 grand. It might be a few weeks before I could get to it, though.
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