View Poll Results: What are you gonna do when your twins die?
regular rebuilt twins for $800 or so
9
9.89%
New set of factory twins
2
2.20%
99 spec twins
20
21.98%
Upgraded/Modified Twins (BNR,etc)
13
14.29%
Quick spooling single: 35/40, RX6, Blowzilla type setup
47
51.65%
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What are you gonna do when your twins die?
06-26-04, 04:59 PM
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What are you gonna do when your twins die?
I'm getting close to having to replace my twins and I'm trying to decide which way to go - new twins or a quick spooling single kit like the 35/40 or something similar.
Most of my driving is on the street on all types of streets and conditions - from stop and go traffic to some nice highway runs to an occasional HPDE at the track.
For the most part, I love the way the twins spool on the street which is why I bought the car. However, the control system is a bit high maintenance and has lots of failure points which gets annoying.
So which route will you take when your twins need replacing?
Most of my driving is on the street on all types of streets and conditions - from stop and go traffic to some nice highway runs to an occasional HPDE at the track.
For the most part, I love the way the twins spool on the street which is why I bought the car. However, the control system is a bit high maintenance and has lots of failure points which gets annoying.
So which route will you take when your twins need replacing?
06-26-04, 05:27 PM
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I recommend not going the "rebuild" route. I went threw 4 diffrent sets.
Luckly after the first rebuild they where under warranty. Just save your
money and go single, if you can afford the fuel upgrades and ECU. Its
like hit or miss with the rebuilt sets.
Luckly after the first rebuild they where under warranty. Just save your
money and go single, if you can afford the fuel upgrades and ECU. Its
like hit or miss with the rebuilt sets.
06-26-04, 05:42 PM
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99-spec twins for me, if I'm still living in Cali. If I move to a non-emissions state in the meantime (not likely), I would have to seriously consider a very small, quick-spooling single. I could care less about having 400 rwhp...
06-26-04, 06:55 PM
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im going single if they do fail.... that was my attitude but i sent an spex seal through them and still going strong at 107k miles and a new motor! i just gave up and i am going single anyway!
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06-26-04, 09:37 PM
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I want a GT40R set. My engine died so i will be waiting for sometime, but from my understanding there is a huge waiting list for this from A-spec cause of garrett. Time, its what i have
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06-26-04, 11:06 PM
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I just blew my stock twins not a month ago....I just went with the BNR stage 2 twins instead of a single. The cost effectiveness just wasn't there for a single this time. $1000 for twins.....or $3000 for a single plus $1000 for an ECU plus all the other small ****.
Last time on my other FD when my motor blew I just went with a Race Ported motor, GT35/40 (at first) then switched to a T78, huge fuel system, etc....I went all out on that car, but when it was all said and done, I enjoyed the more streetable fun to drive car as opposed to the rwhp traction problem car.
My friend just dynoed his FD today to 327rwhp@14psi.
Stock twins
Mazda Reman motor
and his maps were so far off that we have to go in for retune....his AFR's are dropping below 10:1...so he should be able to squeeze out quite a bit more power once we raise the AFR's back up to 11.5:1 or in that area....plus we let off at 6800rpm instead of redline...so if his stock twins with 82,xxx miles on them with a reman non ported motor can do that....why bother going with some huge single. Estimated guessing on his car with a better AFR after some more tuning is around 345rwhp@14psi....my BNR's can hopefully even do a bit better than that.
Last time on my other FD when my motor blew I just went with a Race Ported motor, GT35/40 (at first) then switched to a T78, huge fuel system, etc....I went all out on that car, but when it was all said and done, I enjoyed the more streetable fun to drive car as opposed to the rwhp traction problem car.
My friend just dynoed his FD today to 327rwhp@14psi.
Stock twins
Mazda Reman motor
and his maps were so far off that we have to go in for retune....his AFR's are dropping below 10:1...so he should be able to squeeze out quite a bit more power once we raise the AFR's back up to 11.5:1 or in that area....plus we let off at 6800rpm instead of redline...so if his stock twins with 82,xxx miles on them with a reman non ported motor can do that....why bother going with some huge single. Estimated guessing on his car with a better AFR after some more tuning is around 345rwhp@14psi....my BNR's can hopefully even do a bit better than that.
06-27-04, 09:17 AM
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Quick spooling single for me and ~375hp. I like the twins, but i dont like that cast-iron brick bolted right to an aluminum intermediate housing....the two best heat retention and heat absorbtion metals right next to eachother.
06-27-04, 09:52 AM
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I would go for bnr stage 2 or the twin t28 kit from rx-7 store; i'm leaning towards the twin t28 (because I haven't seen alot of persons diong that on a 7 correct me if I'm wrong).
06-27-04, 01:16 PM
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I wonder how upgraded twins would perform with a tubular exahust manifold which still took advantage of the entire sequential system.....
06-27-04, 05:51 PM
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Originally posted by suprfast
I want a GT40R set. My engine died so i will be waiting for sometime, but from my understanding there is a huge waiting list for this from A-spec cause of garrett. Time, its what i have
kris
I want a GT40R set. My engine died so i will be waiting for sometime, but from my understanding there is a huge waiting list for this from A-spec cause of garrett. Time, its what i have
kris
06-27-04, 06:38 PM
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Once my stock twins go i'll have the money for a Singal turbo set-up but imma piece it out to save some money im most likey gonna go with a T60-1 Turbo ive talked to 2 of my friends and both say that i'll be happy with the performance of the T60-1. Also but that time i'll have my mircotech and 1600 secondarys
