JDM 3rd gen with Stock Single!?
06-06-07, 10:44 PM
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JDM 3rd gen with Stock Single!?
Hey guys, I have a bit of a situation here and need to know whether or not this is true, or if my mechanic has lost his mind
I recently imported a JDM 1992 FD from japan. I've been driving the car for a few weeks now and for some reason the car just felt slower than I had expected. So I take it into my mechanic, the same one who did the DOT conversion work for British Columbia standards.
Now I just got a call from him this morning diagnosing the problem as "a blown turbo", as I suspected. He asked if I wanted to get another stock turbo, or upgrade it. I asked if he meant as in converting to single turbo? Then he tells me:
Mechanic: " This car is already single turbo."
Me: " What!? Im pretty sure every 3rd gen RX7 comes stock Twin Turbo."
Mechanic: "Nope, JDM 3rd gens usually come stock with Single turbo. It's pretty rare that you'll find a twin turbo FD"
Now, I know my mechanic and like to think I can trust him, but after telling me this, I started to wonder if he really knows what he's talking about.
So call me crazy, but did they EVER make FD's with a Single Turbo setup???
I recently imported a JDM 1992 FD from japan. I've been driving the car for a few weeks now and for some reason the car just felt slower than I had expected. So I take it into my mechanic, the same one who did the DOT conversion work for British Columbia standards.
Now I just got a call from him this morning diagnosing the problem as "a blown turbo", as I suspected. He asked if I wanted to get another stock turbo, or upgrade it. I asked if he meant as in converting to single turbo? Then he tells me:
Mechanic: " This car is already single turbo."
Me: " What!? Im pretty sure every 3rd gen RX7 comes stock Twin Turbo."
Mechanic: "Nope, JDM 3rd gens usually come stock with Single turbo. It's pretty rare that you'll find a twin turbo FD"
Now, I know my mechanic and like to think I can trust him, but after telling me this, I started to wonder if he really knows what he's talking about.
So call me crazy, but did they EVER make FD's with a Single Turbo setup???
06-06-07, 11:38 PM
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Lol, omg that's hilarious. Nobody has said it flat out yet, so I will. Every 3rd gen. RX-7 EVER MADE came twin turbocharged. There is absolutely NO 3rd gens that came with a single turbo. He may be getting confused with Supra's. MKIV Supra's came TT, but the older US MKIII's all came with a single turbocharger. The Japanese MKIII Supra's came TT, but they had the 1g-gte instead of the USDM 7M engine, so yeah, most US MKIII Supras are single.
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06-07-07, 12:55 AM
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Hah! Thanks guys, thats what I tried to tell him. It just seemed so ridiculous to me that a mechanic who specializes in JDM cars wouldn't know that.
It definately is a boost issue though, hooked up a temp boost gauge and its getting about 5 psi
It definately is a boost issue though, hooked up a temp boost gauge and its getting about 5 psi
