Highest horsepower daily driver FD
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Highest horsepower daily driver FD
I daily drive my fd. Its a street port with a small single, basically a stage I BNR and an S5 manifold.
i run a PFC, and the car has been pretty reliable for the past 2 years of daily driving.
I would be surprised if I'm making tons more hp than stock, but I never have weird issues with solenoids because the system is so simple.
I'm wondering... how high can you go and still keep reliability?
300? 400?
I would like to hear some real life stories, not just internet guesses.
700 on hi boost but only run low boost on the street?
i run a PFC, and the car has been pretty reliable for the past 2 years of daily driving.
I would be surprised if I'm making tons more hp than stock, but I never have weird issues with solenoids because the system is so simple.
I'm wondering... how high can you go and still keep reliability?
300? 400?
I would like to hear some real life stories, not just internet guesses.
700 on hi boost but only run low boost on the street?
Last edited by thorin; Nov 13, 2016 at 08:03 PM.
Interesting question as I'm very interested to know how many people daily drive their single turbo FD (assuming its single for 450+RWHP).
Not that it can't be done because that is one of the beauties of rotaries; especially if the car doesn't have anything larger than a streetport. But IMO deterrents for daily driving are damages to the car. Such as rock chips, door dings, daily sun exposure, adding unnecessary miles, wear and tear on a car that you've spent thousands to make fast. Oh yeah don't forget gas. High octane fuel on a car that has never been known for gas milage economy.
My car is 400+ RWHP and it is totally capable of daily driving as I built it with the mind set of a having a fast car but with daily comfort attributes... Single turbo, just a street port, suspension is ground control coil overs with Koni yellows set at medium setting, non hard-core clutch, working AC, ect... The gas smell doesn't bug me because it's behind me and I rarely smell it. Now the only thing is that is annoying is the highway drone (which I am debating on fixing). But I don't daily it for the reasons I posted above. I used to back in the day (when it was twin turbo at around 330 RWHP) but after a few years of that my car was ******* hammered... The worst part about it was that I had other cars to drive but 9 times out of 10 I gravitated towards the FD. And to be honest, they were uneventful miles. In other words, wasted in non fun driving. So after spending quite a bit of dinero to get it back in a presentable fashion I said no way no more. lol
Not that it can't be done because that is one of the beauties of rotaries; especially if the car doesn't have anything larger than a streetport. But IMO deterrents for daily driving are damages to the car. Such as rock chips, door dings, daily sun exposure, adding unnecessary miles, wear and tear on a car that you've spent thousands to make fast. Oh yeah don't forget gas. High octane fuel on a car that has never been known for gas milage economy.
My car is 400+ RWHP and it is totally capable of daily driving as I built it with the mind set of a having a fast car but with daily comfort attributes... Single turbo, just a street port, suspension is ground control coil overs with Koni yellows set at medium setting, non hard-core clutch, working AC, ect... The gas smell doesn't bug me because it's behind me and I rarely smell it. Now the only thing is that is annoying is the highway drone (which I am debating on fixing). But I don't daily it for the reasons I posted above. I used to back in the day (when it was twin turbo at around 330 RWHP) but after a few years of that my car was ******* hammered... The worst part about it was that I had other cars to drive but 9 times out of 10 I gravitated towards the FD. And to be honest, they were uneventful miles. In other words, wasted in non fun driving. So after spending quite a bit of dinero to get it back in a presentable fashion I said no way no more. lol