12A Carbed, need intake system..
09-01-04, 10:56 PM
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AWESOME, definately hit me up with a pm or something when you come down. isnt that kart place where the charlotte msccnc meets used to be?
09-02-04, 02:51 PM
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yeah, don't know offhenad what happened to them.
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09-04-04, 10:06 AM
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Holly?
Nikki?
Weber?
PAH!
All take 200000 parts to setup, and have distinct areas of weaknesses (mainly, huge fuel consumption, and mostly multiple-choke setups)
Ever had a thought about using an SU carb? Two HIF44 carbs would be more than enough for a standard-ported 12a, and you gain torque due to the constantly variable choke design. There's a company who does the conversion kit - but I've forgotten their name, only about $300.
And if you seal them, you can quite easily run a blow-through setup - the mini ERA had this setup from the factory, and boosted power from 60bhp, upto around 95bhp with virtually no additional reliability problems.
Oh, and as you can tell - I'm a firm beleiver in carbs, but my 92 mini has SPI, so I dont mind using that either!
Nikki?
Weber?
PAH!
All take 200000 parts to setup, and have distinct areas of weaknesses (mainly, huge fuel consumption, and mostly multiple-choke setups)
Ever had a thought about using an SU carb? Two HIF44 carbs would be more than enough for a standard-ported 12a, and you gain torque due to the constantly variable choke design. There's a company who does the conversion kit - but I've forgotten their name, only about $300.
And if you seal them, you can quite easily run a blow-through setup - the mini ERA had this setup from the factory, and boosted power from 60bhp, upto around 95bhp with virtually no additional reliability problems.
Oh, and as you can tell - I'm a firm beleiver in carbs, but my 92 mini has SPI, so I dont mind using that either!
09-04-04, 09:32 PM
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yep, i havent had a choke on any of my carbs in a long while. start right the hell up. just gotta hold the ilde up for about 30 seconds then it does fine on it's own. i think this guy just didnt have his carbs tuned. WOOT
09-13-04, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rotarymike
13B in the 1st gen has ~135 HP. 13B in the 1986-1988 RX-7 has 146.
12A in latest form (1985 1st gen) had 101 HP.
Weak? from a 1.1 liter? ha!
exhaust is a must. even if you just rod out your 1st two cat converters, so *something*.
There is no such thing as a slammin intake on a carburetted car. There is only 1 carburettor, an expecially small Nikki 4-barrel (essentially a scaled down holley with vacuum secondaries). You can spend several hundred on a K&N filtercharger with the filter in the lid as well, but it still won't make more power. If you stick a straw into a small soda, you can suck x amount of soda per minute. If you put the same straw in a large soda, there is more soda to suck, but you can still only suck x amount of soda per minute. Replace soda with air, and the straw with the carb, and you'll have the picture.
For power, you can go to EFI on the 12A motor. But still, I'd think 135 would be about it without porting and exhaust.
MikeH
12A in latest form (1985 1st gen) had 101 HP.
Weak? from a 1.1 liter? ha!
exhaust is a must. even if you just rod out your 1st two cat converters, so *something*.
There is no such thing as a slammin intake on a carburetted car. There is only 1 carburettor, an expecially small Nikki 4-barrel (essentially a scaled down holley with vacuum secondaries). You can spend several hundred on a K&N filtercharger with the filter in the lid as well, but it still won't make more power. If you stick a straw into a small soda, you can suck x amount of soda per minute. If you put the same straw in a large soda, there is more soda to suck, but you can still only suck x amount of soda per minute. Replace soda with air, and the straw with the carb, and you'll have the picture.
For power, you can go to EFI on the 12A motor. But still, I'd think 135 would be about it without porting and exhaust.
MikeH
Isn't it
1979-1983 12A=101hp
1984-1985 12A=105hp
1984-1988 13b=N/A 136 hp
1987-1988 13bt=180hp
1989-1990 13b N/A=160hp
1989-1990 13bt=200hp
I have a couple of the old dealers brochures and old magazine articles and that's what it lists. That's also what I have heard of everywhere else.
03-18-08, 09:48 PM
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haha.. holy did I leave a mess here..
I got it all worked out, passing aircare with 127RWHP on a large street port with side draft Mikuni PPH's. They are sexy, next step is on install the bottle on the injector bungs and I'll be pullin' mid 12's
This car hauls *** now, can't imagine it with a 75hp shot of juice. I built my own headers and it's got a full 2 & 3/4 exhaust with a borla muffler. Sounds SEXY. Cheers evryone!
I got it all worked out, passing aircare with 127RWHP on a large street port with side draft Mikuni PPH's. They are sexy, next step is on install the bottle on the injector bungs and I'll be pullin' mid 12's
This car hauls *** now, can't imagine it with a 75hp shot of juice. I built my own headers and it's got a full 2 & 3/4 exhaust with a borla muffler. Sounds SEXY. Cheers evryone!
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I'm running a stock 12a on my 79' and my friends played with my carb and missed up! now the car won't pull as hard as it used to do after 5k.. i moved the idle and mixture screws back and foward but it still the smal... any hints on how to tune it right?? I have new foam filter, new NGKs oem wires and plugs.
thx in advance!!
thx in advance!!
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