She’s running and driving on the H7 Rotary DCT kit!!!

Man it feels good…. More to come 👍


Steve

 

Its that never give up attitude that can make or break a project. Way to stay in there and get it figured out.

 

Thx bro! I gotta say thanks to Neal, Kenneth from CANTCU and Omar from Raceonly in helping me get her up and running!

Next up is fine tuning the VE fuel map and torque value.

Steve

Edit… uploaded different first drive video my son made/edited.

 

Went to Mexico to get the first shake down run with the H7 Rotary DCT.
Video doesn't do it justice, but my first impressions is............... Oh man, I'm liking it


Steve

 

Looking good, Steven! Very smooth acceleration it seems. Bravo!!

How tricky is the low rpm tuning/driving feel? Any jerkiness or bucking that can't be removed?

P.S. Had me fooled initially at the 'Mexico' comment. Jaja

 

Thanks man.
1st impression is there is some low rpm jerkiness. I believe the trans is still learning and I need to dial in the torque settings too.
Also need to wire in the drive mode logic button I’ll be able to change the rpm shift points and how DCT behaves.
Still in the infancy stages with it

Steve

 

So far so good!
Went for a drive and did a couple of pulls to 6k rpm’s.

Crap!!! This DCT is so much fun… There’s no, On and Off feeling like with a manual trans.
It just keeps pulling and poppin through the gears effortlessly.
What a feeling!!








Steve

 

Automatic Turbo cars usually have that affect on people that have never driven them before. DCT is a step further than just the standard auto. I remember taking the 6 speed Supra guys for a ride in our auto Supra and it blew them away there was no drop in boost between gears, just an almost linear acceleration through the gears. I still prefer a stick for my FD but if I built another one aside from my OEM++ theme I would want to go DCT for sure and modernize everything since I already have my heritage build car.

 

Here’s two logs of 3rd to 4th gear pulls @around 15.5psi boost range to compare the stock 5spd vs BMW DCT.



FD3s stock 5 speed….







BMW DCT





How much faster is the DCT vs FD 5spd?

Here's some real world, garage guy somewhat accurate data


I tried to get a fair comparison between the two but the points don’t exactly line up because I don’t need to lift with the DCT.
Also, I choose 3rd to 4th because it’s probably one of the fast shifts you can do with the manual, it’s just straight down.
Finally look at the boost(blue line) between the two… major difference!


Looking at the logs here’s the break down.


5spd .508
I used the point where I came off the throttle to where it showed it was in 4th gear.
RPMs were still dropping a little off from the gear change though.

DCT .143
Since I don’t have to come off throttle I used the start of the 3rd gear change to where the rpm’s dropped.

So .508-.143= .365 difference and say you do 1st to 4th gear pull then .365x3= 1.09 sec difference in shifting
Obviously, it's just spitball math but you get the idea.


I’m still dialing in the tune some and next I’ll be getting some E85 to turn up the boost again.

Just sharing my experience…. Steve

 

No real updates, just fine tuning some of the VE, still on 93pump@15psi.
She’s running good. 👍

I let my buddy(Tito) drive the FD the other day and he was impressed and liked it(seed is planted)… let’s see what he decides…lol



Quick video….







Steve

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Always pushing the envelope, what a great quality build. Keep it going brother.

 

New to Stevie FD…….




We sold his R3 after he went to Japan and picked up this 93 touring roller from my buddy Tito.
So it’s a great car and a solid base to build from.
Body has 88k miles but needs short block and paint.
While he’s overseas I’ll be slowly getting it ready for him.
Single turbo, Stockport, Haltech, vmount and other goodies.
We’ll keep it about 350rwhp on 93pump.










Bringing it home…





Steve

 

Congratulations!

That's a badass pickup, look forward to the build and a really good setup he'll have there.

 

thank you Sir!

 

Steve, I'm starting to think this was Stevie's plan all along And with the yen going crazy he should be able to get some sick parts for cheap.

Good stuff

Jason

 

Awesome buy! 88k isnt much for a 30 year old car.
Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

Thanks guys..... it'll be a slow-moving project.
But most important and as my buddy @DaleClark said .... Tell Stevie to stay away mailboxes ...

 

If you’re near central Florida come on out!

July 6th @ 6-10pm

Always a great turnout!

Steve

 

CFR 7s Day pics!

It was another awesome meet!

 

More pics…

 

So many great rotaries there, wish I took more pics. Enjoy


More pics …

 

Those are some nice pictures Steve. It was definelty a great time.

 

Thanks Bro!
Nice meeting up with you guys again.
Definitely have to do it again when it cools down though.

Steve

 

Those are some very nicely done cars.

 

Yeah man, just a faction of nice cars that came out.
Those two first gen in the pics above were super clean my iPhone pics don't do them any justice.

Steve