its hell not being able to run above 4K for the first 500 miles and watching your boost.

LOL.

 

torque, relibility, gas millage

 

They say "The reason your car goes to 8000 RPM's is cause you NEED to"

I say "The reason you have low end torque is cause you NEED it to move that 3500 lbs boat".

Dont give me that gas mileage crap either. on my last engine I got 16-18 city and 23-25 highway. thats more than enough. If I wanted gas mileage I'd get a civic.

Take your V8 and drink it.

 

Visualize a 2500lb "boat"

 

yea, 2500 lbs, right.

 

I understand your skepticism. Being a software engineer, you must find the contemplation of doing anything mechanical which involves ingenuity and MECHANICAL engineering to be daunting. However, keep an eye on Mizereau and his efforts with his 408 86 base FC. His boat may not make 2500 lbs but it will not have the virtue of an aluminum block engine.

My point is that a well modded aluminum block V8 equipped FC or even FD would pull like a frieght train, hence my ruminating on my thoughts of an LS1 earlier on in the thread. Sorry to maule this discussion like a red winged blackbird. Look, I am all for porting the rotary. Look at my handiwork in my sig, all freestyle based on my own research and steady hand.

 

You brought up the.......

 

damn red winged...

 

Black bird. I've been OWNED. DAMN IT.

 

Did rick DYNO tune youe car? When talked to him he said that he simply had maps. Once my motor is installed and broken-in, I will have to find someone to tune my PFC in the bay area.

 

Rick doesn't dyno tune -- NOBODY DOES here!

I guess Dynamic Motorsports (SAC) is getting started in it, but who wants to be a guinea pig.....

I think we all need to seriously consider flying Steve Kan in to tune our cars.....of course, I'd prefer waiting until I have a few more mods...

 

Mine is 2650 in track-trim, 2780 in full street-trim. I think that's close enough.

 

mine is 2712 on the street and the track. I guess thats close enough to 2480.

 

He doesn't dyno, he takes it on street, he has some machine he hooks up to the car (wideband) and give readouts of the a/f from 2K to 8K. Its real world conditions, I think its better than a dyno, IMO.

FYI, on my last setup rick tuned it, shiv dynoed it and the a/f was 11:1. So its pretty good, imo.

 

Hmm.....
2650 - 2500 = 150lbs
2712 - 2480 = 232lbs
Did you have a point?

It's amazing how the only thing people seem to be able to "take away" from the v8-FD's is the weight thing..... and in most cases, the v8's are lighter than the 13B-REW cars. Wow, so I get MORE hp, MORE tq, and LESS weight??? Gee, that almost sounds like a good thing until you let some narrow-minded computer jockey tell you it's not.

 

your street trim car weighs 2780. thats 280 lbs difference. Whatever, I DONT CARE. This is NOT about a freaking POS V8. This is about my car. Please leave this thread and take your frankenstien camaro with you.

 

^ The rantings of a 15-year old net-nerd.

 

sori to go off topic... but your car reminds me of KIT from the knight rider... I like the black engine bay... a sleeper look alright... that's just what i need!! ok you can continue now...

 

My car reminds you of a dime a dozen, pos-GM cookie cutter car that you can find whoring every street corner?

You are on my **** list now bud.

 

hahaha...
your not David Hasselfhoff are you?? j/k

 

FYI, I believe Steve Kan also "tunes " the PFC on the street before putting them on a dyno. Tom

 

well how much does rick charge to play with it on the street with a wideband. i would love to get my PFC tuned. id save so much money on gas(well if i stayed off of it) that it would pay for itself
kris

 

its free with an engine install/purchase. He charges $90.00 to tune otherwise. You can also have your fans turn on, etc. You get a print out of your AF for every RPM in like 500 incriments or so. Pretty cool.

 

that sounds like a good deal. is it 90 for tuning, or for the hour. i really need some fine tuning. if its just 90 my car will be up there in about a week or so. i emailed rick also, i would like to see what else he offers. what are average setting to turn the fans on at, or would rick have the best answer for that? i should just PM you and ask you all this. nice car man
kris

 

He charges 90 to tune it, not per hour, just 90. He will have the car for most of the day. He had put several base maps in my car before he had it right. So he takes his time and gets it right. but call rick first www.ricksrotary.com or www.rx7fashion.com.

Also Kris, I have my fans come on a 90 C, the stock is 108!!!!