My 03 Cobra VS FourtyOunce's GT35/40 RX-7
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LS1 FD, boltons, intake, nitrous FTW 
Singleturbo FD owner rode in my LS1 FD the other day (I rode in his as well). "That's a good kick." He said. All I have is exhaust and intake..
And yes I also loved his singleturbo machine, its just that reliability issue
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Singleturbo FD owner rode in my LS1 FD the other day (I rode in his as well). "That's a good kick." He said. All I have is exhaust and intake..
And yes I also loved his singleturbo machine, its just that reliability issue
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Last edited by kukri; Mar 19, 2006 at 10:13 PM.
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From: FL-->NJ/NYC again!
Originally Posted by matty
yeah i drove in my bosses manual 911. it was friggen sick. the fit and finish just blows away the fd.
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
No kidding? So you mean if you spend about $80k sticker more on a car, than you get better quality fit and finish? I may have to look into one of these "Porch 9-1-1" that you speak of
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Originally Posted by Rotary Experiment Seven
I found the Cobra with only 7k miles and it was absolutely mint. Some older lady traded it in for a Hummer H2 and I got a steal on it. I was considering a Z06, but I drove both back to back and the Z06 really didn't feel that much better for the additional money. The Cobra is also much cheeper to modify and I am biased towards forced induction cars. Heads and cams and exhaust on a Vette will cost you 6 grand. I am already beating cars with those mods and have alot less invested. To do forced induction on a Vette you need to build the motor because it lacks forged internals, and your talking about big bucks there. I wanted something reliable that I could have fun with for not too much money.
Is your Eaton Ported? That's an awful lot of power to be making without the extra flow through your stock Heaton.
Originally Posted by Rotary Experiment Seven
Stock blower, lots of tuning.
Stock 'ported' blower?...: I am sure you are aware of the gains you can make by porting your stock blower if you haven't already, the price is minimal.
I agree with you about the reliability factor of rx-7's. They basically suck, no matter what seals you are using. As much as a bad tank of gas can ruin your friggin day and bank account...even with pig rich safe tuning and timing. After a while you start to just get sick of it and the minuses outweigh the positives. I hope my NRS ceramic seals fix this reliability 'problem' otherwise its gone with the 7... Supposedly if an NRS seal breaks it doesn't hurt the housing. I'd rather have no weekend car than something that aggavates me.
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Originally Posted by Jodeny
Stock 'ported' blower?...: I am sure you are aware of the gains you can make by porting your stock blower if you haven't already, the price is minimal.
I agree with you about the reliability factor of rx-7's. They basically suck, no matter what seals you are using. As much as a bad tank of gas can ruin your friggin day and bank account...even with pig rich safe tuning and timing. After a while you start to just get sick of it and the minuses outweigh the positives. I hope my NRS ceramic seals fix this reliability 'problem' otherwise its gone with the 7... Supposedly if an NRS seal breaks it doesn't hurt the housing. I'd rather have no weekend car than something that aggavates me.
John
I agree with you about the reliability factor of rx-7's. They basically suck, no matter what seals you are using. As much as a bad tank of gas can ruin your friggin day and bank account...even with pig rich safe tuning and timing. After a while you start to just get sick of it and the minuses outweigh the positives. I hope my NRS ceramic seals fix this reliability 'problem' otherwise its gone with the 7... Supposedly if an NRS seal breaks it doesn't hurt the housing. I'd rather have no weekend car than something that aggavates me.
John
So far though MY CAR has been more reliable than my honda daily driver has been. my car makes 360 rwhp and i have tracked and ran the car on the strip a bunch of times. Not to mention been running 15psi for 2-3 yrs.
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From: FL-->NJ/NYC again!
Originally Posted by Rotary Experiment Seven
Blower is NOT ported. It will be soon though.
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Originally Posted by Rotary Experiment Seven
Yea it did, but I got tired of **** breaking and going through motors. If I had to do it again, I woulda kept the 7 and gone the LS1 route.
That would have been the best way, you could have had the 7's looks, and had a faster car than the Cobra.
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