Adding valves to RX7?
04-10-07, 07:00 AM
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When i bought my car it had a bad S5 turbo on it.I guess after 16+ years its hard to get a good stock turbo.With a v8 you would not need a turbo to make any power.
04-10-07, 08:48 AM
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need, no....want, HELL YES.
if nothing else a nice smal centrifugal supercharger would be nice on it.
I wont be happy until i can break the wheels from a dead stop in 4th gear.
if nothing else a nice smal centrifugal supercharger would be nice on it.
I wont be happy until i can break the wheels from a dead stop in 4th gear.
04-10-07, 10:09 AM
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When i bought my car it had a bad S5 turbo on it.I guess after 16+ years its hard to get a good stock turbo.With a v8 you would not need a turbo to make any power.
If it breaks in that time... LS1 Swap.
04-10-07, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AkumaKuruma
if nothing else a nice smal centrifugal supercharger would be nice on it.
I wont be happy until i can break the wheels from a dead stop in 4th gear.
I wont be happy until i can break the wheels from a dead stop in 4th gear.
- 4.88+ rear end
- serious clutch
- 165 tires with 80k warranty and 75psi
- 50lb flywheel
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04-10-07, 04:57 PM
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highflying, your turbo 2 is beautiful..even though im a rotorhead your car is still nice..theirs a guy down the street from he's owns a import performance shop, he's got a nice green fc with a 383 stroker..he said he kept blowing rotary motors so he switched, i told him you must not be good at building rotary motors then..
04-10-07, 07:56 PM
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f1blueRx7 I do not know whos car that is.I took the picture at the import vs domestic race.Whosever it was they left the keys in the ignition which i thought wasnt to smart.I guess some people have more trust than others.
Sobr609 thanks.
Sobr609 thanks.
04-11-07, 08:54 PM
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I can understand, believe me I do...but couldnt you find another car with a v8 in it already?
All I'm saying is "that seems like an extremely clean shell! Congrats!!!"...I know its a funny way of saying it.
Damn it! When i hit my midlife crisis and need to find my car from highschool its gonna be hard! lol
All I'm saying is "that seems like an extremely clean shell! Congrats!!!"...I know its a funny way of saying it.
Damn it! When i hit my midlife crisis and need to find my car from highschool its gonna be hard! lol
04-14-07, 01:00 AM
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I've had a couple so far. See sig for details. I think the next one is going to have a turbo Buick motor. Might go back to an FC as well, the FD was more "sporty" but the FC was a lot more comfortable to drive. Us fat guys got to have some room in there
04-14-07, 01:20 AM
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Damn, I thought some noob wanted to know if you could put valves in a rotary.... I was ready to have some fun with this.... Then I just saw some pictures of Rx-7's that have torque.... I wonder what thats like... having low end torque and all... J/K!
I have always thought of doing this. I just can never decide if I am man enough to defy the rotary gods.
I have always thought of doing this. I just can never decide if I am man enough to defy the rotary gods.
04-14-07, 09:08 PM
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Thanks.
Now the motor is out of the car and i put in new clevite bearings and ARP rod bolts and main studs.Now she should be safe if i bounce off the 7200 rpm rev limiter.
Now the motor is out of the car and i put in new clevite bearings and ARP rod bolts and main studs.Now she should be safe if i bounce off the 7200 rpm rev limiter.
04-15-07, 11:13 PM
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looks good, dont forget to hold those parts for me. i ll make it down that way sometime. kinda would like to wait when the project is finished. keep up the good work. i saw some of the stuff from the ls1 forum too.
04-16-07, 02:30 PM
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jl_rotary i didnt forget about the parts.There in my shed.If you want to wait untill the cars
done then i can meet you somewhere like cecil county and you could check out the car.I will contact you when its running and we can set something up.
schmol Where not all quitters.We all just like to improve the things we buy.Some people have found the downside to their car and then theres others who havent.I found the downside and i am just doing a "reliability mod."
done then i can meet you somewhere like cecil county and you could check out the car.I will contact you when its running and we can set something up.
schmol Where not all quitters.We all just like to improve the things we buy.Some people have found the downside to their car and then theres others who havent.I found the downside and i am just doing a "reliability mod."
04-16-07, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by highflyin
Where not all quitters.We all just like to improve the things we buy.Some people have found the downside to their car and then theres others who havent.I found the downside and i am just doing a "reliability mod."
I am so sick of the lsx/v8 guys posting these pointless threads just to start arguements that they know will happen. And then saying "why do u have to hate on the v8?"No one gives a ******* ****, you dont have to justify why you are doing the swap, just do it and shut the **** up.
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04-16-07, 04:23 PM
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Im starting ****?Ha, schmol's the one who first insults everyone with a swapped car by saying there all quitters.
I did not start this thread to start a flame fest.I started it to see how many local people have swapped cars.So if you dont have a swapped car this thread has nothing to do with you.
I did not start this thread to start a flame fest.I started it to see how many local people have swapped cars.So if you dont have a swapped car this thread has nothing to do with you.
04-16-07, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by turbodrx7
I am so sick of the lsx/v8 guys posting these pointless threads just to start arguements that they know will happen. And then saying "why do u have to hate on the v8?"No one gives a ******* ****, you dont have to justify why you are doing the swap, just do it and shut the **** up.
-Austin