Farewell FD Video
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Farewell FD Video
As some of you know my FD ownership experience has been little short of a disaster for approaching 4 years, with my car chewing threw engines at a ridiculous rate - more than 3 for each set of tyres
As a result it has come time to say goodbye to rotary ownership so the car is up for sale as a whole, or if it doesn't sell in the next couple of weeks I will be breaking it for parts.
As a mark of respect for the vehicle I ran it at Ten Of The Best last weekend, despite it having warped apex seals. Being about 150rwhp down it could only muster a 12.4@115mph and 159mph (over a standing mile). I really should have done a lot better on the handling track, but just didn't get to grips with driving through cones, none the less here is a video of my first run on the little track (briefly put me first in RWD).
Bye bye car
As a result it has come time to say goodbye to rotary ownership so the car is up for sale as a whole, or if it doesn't sell in the next couple of weeks I will be breaking it for parts.
As a mark of respect for the vehicle I ran it at Ten Of The Best last weekend, despite it having warped apex seals. Being about 150rwhp down it could only muster a 12.4@115mph and 159mph (over a standing mile). I really should have done a lot better on the handling track, but just didn't get to grips with driving through cones, none the less here is a video of my first run on the little track (briefly put me first in RWD).
Bye bye car
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Originally Posted by alexdimen
what? 3 engines for a set of tires? they better have been treadwear rated at 5,000-A
as with any break-up one has to take sides. i'm on the car's side. it wasn't the engines, it was you!
as with any break-up one has to take sides. i'm on the car's side. it wasn't the engines, it was you!
I've had loads of converstaions along the lines of: you should fit water injection, have had it on for the last 5 engines, you should run a swirl pot, have had that on for the last few engines, you should run an EWP, have had that for the last few engines, it must be your air temps, they're a solid 20degrees with the Rotary Extreme Monster VMIC, water temps then, around 50-60 degrees, ignition breakup, nope have run an MSD for years, don't know then (and they eventually give up).
Sure if I drove exclusively on the street and seldom used any boost the engines would last a lot longer, but IMHO there is no point in owning a performance car if you're not going to use it on track.
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was teh car setup for track use? there are alot of guys on the board who track there cars....but they havent been through that many engines. Turbo cars are a bitch to setup for track and if you dont do it right, you run into the same problems you have.
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Originally Posted by Robertio
current set of seals warping after less than 10minutes on track running 10-10.5:1 at 1.3bar.
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Originally Posted by nocomply24
was teh car setup for track use? there are alot of guys on the board who track there cars....but they havent been through that many engines. Turbo cars are a bitch to setup for track and if you dont do it right, you run into the same problems you have.
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Originally Posted by dubulup
way too rich...and that could be looked at as too much boost for a 1.3L on a road course.
If it's too much boost for the little 1.3l then I'm obviously using the wrong car. I was running against cars with loads more power (cars that run 9s 1/4s, but know what a corner is) and even at 1.3bar I was struggling along the straights. As per my previous post I do know of FDs running over 400rwhp on track without the same problems.
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That is warmed up with an electric water pump. Temp compensation factors are all adjusted in the map to take this into account. It will only ever get above this temp when sat in traffic where the lack of airflow becomes an issue, but once moving they never get above high fifties, whether on road or track.
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