I have an admission to make.....
03-15-07, 01:05 PM
#27
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: OKC
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Tyblat
if you want the power of a v8, buy a corvette...or buy a piece of **** car and drop it in.
Why do people perform this swap? the RX-7 Is known for its unique rotary engine. V8 is just a disgrace to the chassis, and the motor its known for.
Why do people perform this swap? the RX-7 Is known for its unique rotary engine. V8 is just a disgrace to the chassis, and the motor its known for.
Originally Posted by lupin
I say drop in a na 3 rotor. Then it will have some real *****.
03-15-07, 01:35 PM
#28
Derwin
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: MTL, QC
Posts: 2,888
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by ariha
well i did buy one, thats what im doing the swap in... cant we all just get along?
...and still be slow
...and still be slow
I don't know if you think by putting a LS1 in there you will have the spaceship Apollo or what but you are dilutioned and are too lazy to do something different and learn about an engine that is 3 times simpler than a piston engine.
03-15-07, 02:55 PM
#29
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Fallston, MD
Posts: 627
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by DREYKO
basically its the whole pacage to us, the car is designed around the engine. mazda saw how the engine acted and built the best platform for it. so swapping out the engine gives us a car built for something it no longer has. the only piston engine swap i could see fit would be for an engine with relitivley the same attributes, for example a ca18t. but even then you are losing the soul of the car.
And cars don't have souls. They are mechanical objects. It's fine with me if you want to play pretend and say that people have souls, but a car having a soul is about a thousand times more ridiculous than even that.
03-15-07, 03:42 PM
#30
I "lost" my emissions....
^ lol, i love when people who do not even respect the car act as if they know whats best for it. vehicals may not have a "soul in the sence that people do, but there is a soul to it, they all have different charicteristics. thats why you can build 2 cars using the exact same tools and parts and procedures and end up with 2 entirely different animals. any one who loves their car, and by that i mean has an attachment to it, cares for it, sees it as more than a point a to point b machine, will tell you that their car has a soul or a ki. my car does, and i truly feel sorry for your car because you do not feel the same way. i think you are in the wrong forum if you think that cars cannot have souls. the majority of this forum thinks that they do in one way or the other.
and there is a vast difference between modifying your engine to produce more power and throwing it out for an entirely differnt one. the car was built for the rotary and it should stay that way.
and there is a vast difference between modifying your engine to produce more power and throwing it out for an entirely differnt one. the car was built for the rotary and it should stay that way.
03-17-07, 05:58 PM
#32
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: OKC
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i youse spel chek.
haha and with an ls1 i forget the exact numbers but its like 20 pounds over what a 2-rotor weighs. but the horsepower to weight ratio is improved so dramatically that it really doesnt matter.
i sold my soul to the devil...
haha and with an ls1 i forget the exact numbers but its like 20 pounds over what a 2-rotor weighs. but the horsepower to weight ratio is improved so dramatically that it really doesnt matter.
i sold my soul to the devil...
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
krazykoncepts
Canadian Forum
7
08-10-06 07:08 PM