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Old 11-23-10, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Renton
Did you just copy some Wikipedia article and replace "Lancia" with "Ford"? Although, that does sound like 70's English reliability.

You should be a science-fiction writer.
lol. Nope, although I may have cribbed some of the numbers from Brian Longs RX-7 history book ....

there are some examples from this august site if you still believe I'm mental and this is the creation of a fevered mind. Not to say they disprove such a hypothesis, but well...you won't be the first. Though delivered with far better grace than most, kind sir, if I may say so
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=elford+turbo

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=elford+turbo

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=elford+turbo

....anyway, B&M shifters are nice not just because of the spring loaded firm and positive action, the direct OE-quality replacement excellence of build or the fine machining tolerances that are simply redolent of top-notch engineering prowess, but most importantly because they're BLUE anodised, and that's gotta be good for at least 10 bhp. Or mph. Or whatever arbitrary figure of your preference...eBay ones are, in my humble experience, ****
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Originally Posted by Gryffinwings
Yep, there definitely was a FB turbo, came with a 12a turbo engine, not intercooled if I remember correctly.
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Originally Posted by Nik da Greek
lol. Nope, although I may have cribbed some of the numbers from Brian Longs RX-7 history book ....

there are some examples from this august site if you still believe I'm mental and this is the creation of a fevered mind. Not to say they disprove such a hypothesis, but well...you won't be the first. Though delivered with far better grace than most, kind sir, if I may say so
I didn't bother to read this.

Originally Posted by meximan
LOL rentons on a roll hahhaa, u and jason still need to head over to my place!
It's a date!



Originally Posted by Gryffinwings
Yes there is a 12A turbo, that came stock. I do know that you can turbocharge without an intercooler. I was stating I did not know if the FB with a 12A turbo came with one or not, which apparently it did not according to this picture of a 12a turbo engine.
I own a Volvo, and it has a turbo charged intercooler. Every Volva has one for a reason. I think every car will have an interiorcooler by the year 2011.








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Old 11-23-10, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Renton
I didn't bother to read this.
Really? Yet you did find it necessary to bother to quote it?
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Originally Posted by Nik da Greek
Really? Yet you did find it necessary to bother to quote it?
As necessary as I as bothered to quote to this.


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Old 11-24-10, 04:01 PM
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My shop neighbor has a genuine 12Aturbo sitting in one of his FBs in the back of his shop, runs and everything. It's very nifty but at 150hp or so not very fast lol.

Oh and no they did not come with an intercooler stock.
Old 11-24-10, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k
Ive had two S5 13BT swapped FB's and yes there was a turbo FB in Japan...
yea were i get my t2 motors there all j-spec and Ive see 12a stock turbo and i can get them real cheap
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going back to the thread. . .Not every body likes the feel of a short shifter, so I guess you can buy a knock off one from ebay, see if you like it and then buy the real thing later.
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I'd buy the mazdatrix short shifter. It comes with free mints.
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Just bought and installed the steel short shifter from eBay. Works fine and doesn't even rattle. Well spent 40 bucks.
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I've had the ebay shifter on my FD for 3 yrs now with ZERO problems. But I did mod it a bit by polishing to a mirror finish where the metal touches the poly,used an expensive synthetic grease and used a brand new factory poly instead... G'luck!
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Originally Posted by meximan
LOL rentons on a roll hahhaa, u and jason still need to head over to my place!
I'll call you this weekend!

On topic: I've heard good things about ebay shifters and the Mazdatrix shifter as well. However, gofastgtr (https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...20&postcount=7) makes a valid point in that Mazdatrix is the one that did the proper research and development for the part, and will continue to make products as long as we support them. They're in the rotary game for life, unlike the knock off brands who are there to make a quick buck using the lowest quality production they can get away with.
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^ I agree but if you can get something for half the cost and it is just as good I would totally get the cheaper one. Of course it's people like me who probably forced Racing Beat to make some of their stuff in Taiwan lol.
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