RX-7racer88

FD is a good car. Like others have said get ready for a high fix car. Other then that again it's rare and fast.

150kFd

Dear Sal Collazianno,
No dis to you, but, if you havent searched hi and low for this info you dont love the FD. If you dont love it, then you will not educate yourdself about it, therefore you won't have a beautiful experience like we ALL have.
People on this forum bitch and complain, but if they dont LOVE it like their wife they sell it to someone who does. Yeah some folks sell their soul and put v8's in em' but, deep down inside they wish they hadn't.
Do the work and make us(yourself) proud or move the **** on.

evil7

Not to be rude but it takes away the uniquness of the car when you put a different motor in it.I just cant imagine standing next to a FD and it sounding like a muscle car.It is just harder to appreciate the car with out the ROTORY in it.I would leave all the engine swapping to the HONDAS/SILVIAS.

jimlab

Sure they do. They become so bored by not having to worry about replacing the engine again that they actually get to drive their cars like they were meant to be driven.

jimlab

You'd rather that it sounded like an epileptic weed eater on crack?

That's ROTARY, by the way...

Vette454

Im sorry but my car is way more unique than any stock or modified RX7, there are a few thousand Rx7s out there and only a handful with V8s in them. Im sure you will change your opinion if you came and looked at my car and perhaps went for a ride in it...There is no argument , the best mod that I have done to my RX7 is toss the wankel junk and invest in some torque!

Sorry for the thread hijack

Outkast

V8 in an FD is like the insecure guy in the gym on steroids. He is a coward, takes the easy way, and the results are pathetic.

d0 Luck

you don't say??

jimlab

Riiiight. So, how's the rocket scientist correspondence course going?

artguy

v8 rx7s are sweeeeet. the ls1 fits beautifully...looks tough....sounds tough.....but unless you are jim here and you can afford all the lightest strongest parts then you WILL notice a difference in handling (driven one and the weight is noticable). The immediate low end response is nice as well....though the one i drove could have used a little more umpf past 6k rpm's...which the giant turbo he is installing will help.

most the rotards who bitch about the ls1 in the rx havent driven one, raced one, or even seen one for that matter. pictures on the net dont count.

cant say im a fan of the shorter gears in the six speed....there is something about the long winding out of the rotary/5spd that makes my heart flutter.




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jimlab

Shorter gears? You must mean because of the lower redline. That's nothing a set of 3.27s or 3.55s in the back wouldn't fix.

Vette454

So I dare you slap him in the face and watch him stomp all over your dweeby little behind.

Outkast

That's actually funny. Wish you used that intelligence when you decided to destroy your car. You want low end response, stay sequential. You want a V8, buy a vette. Stop ruining these cars. I complement you on a good comeback and a nice looking car. It is like a high class *****, sexy outside and rotten inside.

jimlab

You have a lot of experience with prostitutes, then?

monk1970

This very same subject comes up on bimmerforums.com every month or so., with much of the same types of responses. My take is "It's just an effing car. If you can improve it with an American motor, more power to you."

Vette454

I get a good laugh every time this comes up , some people are so hell bent on how sacred this car is. It IS just a car and it IS my car and I can do whatever I please with it even if that includes making it faster , more dependable, more reliable, lighter , increasing HP and TORQUE . When I pass you on the Highway after you blow another rotor or seal I will be sure to wave.

wrankin

Thread hijack...

And I get a good laugh every time this comes up. Some people are so hell bent on how the V8 is the ultimate engine and that anyone who has not done the swap is a total fool. Reliability? I'll wager that my near-stock '94 has had more uptime than your V8, mainly because I have focused on doing the maintenance rather than massive upgrades. As for power and torque - I've had the car up to 140 on the track (VIR) and the main thing that would improve my lap times would a) improve the driver, and b) better tires and brake pads. Mainly (a). I've been in the passanger seat of an instructors near-stock FD and watched him eat up most everything else on the track. You want better perfomance? You money is better spent improving the driver first.

You have your opinions and your likes and I have mine. If you feel the need to drop a V8 into the FD chassis, that's your choice and more power to you. But don't try to pass it off as the "best" solution, especially to a newbie.

Just one question - seriously - why didn't you just go buy a Vette to begin with?

-bill

wingsfan

We need to get you to shift at more than 5500 rpm next time I think you were driving it like you didn't want to break it.

GsrSol

Why would he want a Vette when the FD is better in every category except one? Now he's just making the FD a complete car.

Personally I've never liked domestic cars. I think they suck and the interior looks cheap but they've always been able to build a good V8.

jimlab

You're right. Pass it off as the "most reliable" solution instead.

Most people who convert their FDs don't just wake up in the morning and think to themselves "What I really want is a car with a V8. I think I'll sell the FD and buy a Corvette." They often have an FD with a blown engine, or buy an FD with a blown engine for cheap, and decide that it's not worth it to swap in another rotary because the benefits of the V8 outweigh any real (or imagined) negatives.

The FD is an excellent platform to build on, because it has light weight and a great suspension, not to mention good looks. Why start with a car that weighs an extra 300+ lbs. just to have a chassis that originally came with a V8? FDs are cheap. Even a C4 Corvette is more expensive in many instances, and a C5 is far more expensive. Who wants an even heavier Camaro/Firebird/Mustang if you can just throw the same engine in a much lighter car? In most cases, they'd still have to sell their FD at a loss or fix it before selling it, so why not start with what they've already got in hand, especially now that V8 swap parts are readily available?

V8 swaps make perfect sense. The people claiming that the FD has a soul that's being violated by removing the rotary engine are the ones that don't make any sense at all.

turbogarrett

iTrader: (1)

How is an ls1 swap the easy way? It would have been a lot easier to drop another 13brew back in my car. "The results are pathetic", um okay, my car trapped 119 with a mild cam, ported tb and underdrive pulley.

Outkast

Not much since your mom works 3 jobs now to support your fantastic V8 conversion and never has time for me.

racerfoo

haha. outkast u suck @ life.

andrewb70

LS FCs are rockin too!

Andrew

gammey4

Yo the wankel is mad tight Yo! You gonna say that my car (Id write fc, but cant spell that) with its turbo and NOS couldnt outrun some wimpy v8? Id take you on any day! Quarter mile baby, then let me rebuild it, and we will do it again fool! Everybody knows rotaries are the bomb! Them triangle things they got are way better then some piston. Lets see your piston go up and down and in a circle at the same time! What, what? No answer thats what!! You guys and your v8's get on my friggin nerves! You think you can hang with my car? Bitch please, I'd smoke your *** and then steal your girl with my super cool car with the big wing and neon, and led's. Yeah thats right led's! And after the tow truck driver tows my car back to his shop to fix the motor (again) Ill be back and do it again sucka!