v8 / rotary showdown tomorrow...

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Aug 10, 2009 | 11:14 AM

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fc3s91

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You should see my chest

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Does it look like Don King popping out.

Aug 10, 2009 | 11:49 AM

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RotaryEvolution

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if you brought 235's with a v8 equipped RX7 then you deserved to lose, that is truth.

Aug 10, 2009 | 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Karack

if you brought 235's with a v8 equipped RX7 then you deserved to lose, that is truth.

Probably, but I've got plenty of room to grow and learn on what I've got so why bother with more? Yeah, it's be awesome but my tire budget would go through the roof. Besides I'm getting better at controlling power slides all the time...

If it makes you feel any better I've already got a set of 225 section victoracers v700s to go on next!

Aug 10, 2009 | 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by frijolee

With a rotary the big danger is heat managment so you really have to watch both coolant and fuel issues. The v8s big weakness seems to be oil plus you also have to be careful about mechanical over-revving.

Either one can be fine if you keep them well sorted. The rotary mostly scares me because there's so much crap to take care of and so many ways it can go wrong particularly with a big turbo in the mix. That said, you can't take maintenance for granted in a v8 either as obviously a few of us have found out the hard way.