shinka

ok my deal is that im on my red P"s at the moment and have to wait 3 years to get full licence.

and i was wondering is it possible to drive a 3rd gen rx7 on your P plates?
now the max allowed power is 124kw/tonne and 3rd gen pumps out 160+kw/tonne.

so its to powerful.

3rd gens come with factory Turbos is it possible to remove them and how much power ill lose from doing that?

i know some 2nd gens came with non turbo versions, possible to do engine swap?

any more mods to bring power down?

thnx

RotaryRocket88

iTrader: (7)

I know very little about the license restrictions in Australia, but wouldn't they be determined by the official power numbers released by Mazda? In order words, I doubt the government would be sending an official to watch you dyno the car with a detuned or swapped engine.

shinka

they will check the cars engine when i go to get it resisted on my name .

funkjaw

iTrader: (3)

What does "red P" mean? Is it some sort of restriction because of a criminal act? Is it age related? They test your car's power at the vehicle registration place?

shinka

well in Australia we have this stupid rules which forbids new drivers from driving a high powered or turbo or v8 or more then 2.0 L v6 cars.

on red P plates we can only drive cars upto 125kw/ tonne in power no turbos or v8s.

we have to wait 2 years to get green P plates then 1 year after that to get full licence to be able to drive high powered cars.

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

If you remove the turbos from the FD you'll have a car that makes about 100HP yet looks like it makes 300+.

I love the licensing in Oz. I only wish we would adopt it in Canada. My insurance rates would go down, the cost of driving would be lower and I wouldn't fear every 16 year old **** in a BMW bought with daddy's money...

shinka

well dont worry im not 16
but i dont wana drive a Hyundai for next 3 years

so its safe to remove turbos without doing damage to the engine?

funkjaw

iTrader: (3)

^^ Yeah, but it will probably more work than it is worth, as you would have to tune the engine to run properly etc...

IMO you should probably just buy an NA FC and just have fun with that.

shinka

yea looks like have to go with 2nd which i wont mind at all since it was the 2nd gen that made me fall in love