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brake cooling rims???

Old Jun 7, 2002 | 01:37 AM
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some rx-7 shop told me that it isn't a good idea to put certain aftermarket rims on my car because the stock rims are designed to cool the brakes.... I was just curious what truth is behind this and if they are designed to cool the brakes how significant are they?
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Rxtasy' date='Jun 7 2002, 03:37 AM
some rx-7 shop told me that it isn't a good idea to put certain aftermarket rims on my car because the stock rims are designed to cool the brakes.... I was just curious what truth is behind this and if they are designed to cool the brakes how significant are they?
What shop said that?
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 08:27 AM
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i think i just wet myself
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 08:32 AM
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I heard that before too...but I don't have the stock wheels anyway.
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 02:48 PM
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a place called alamo rotary..... it's owned and ran by a guy by the name of tito, he's a real ******* that doesn't know ****... he said that my misfire problem was my injectors, when it was (I'm assumming) the MAS... after installing the haltech the car ran fine, and I have the same injectors in there.... but he pleaded up and down that it was the injectors and wanted something like $850 for the job.... he also turbo charged a 3 rotor and spent about a year building it and the thing is a huge piece of ****... ran a high 15...

How many people on this forum are in san antonio or surrounding cities(houston, dallas, austin, corpus)????
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rxtasy' date='Jun 7 2002, 03:37 AM
some rx-7 shop told me that it isn't a good idea to put certain aftermarket rims on my car because the stock rims are designed to cool the brakes.... I was just curious what truth is behind this and if they are designed to cool the brakes how significant are they?
Certain types of rims may hamper cooling, but the chance of that happening with most aftermarket wheels is slim.
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Originally Posted by Rxtasy' date='Jun 7 2002, 04:48 PM
a place called alamo rotary..... it's owned and ran by a guy by the name of tito, he's a real ******* that doesn't know ****... he said that my misfire problem was my injectors, when it was (I'm assumming) the MAS... after installing the haltech the car ran fine, and I have the same injectors in there.... but he pleaded up and down that it was the injectors and wanted something like $850 for the job.... he also turbo charged a 3 rotor and spent about a year building it and the thing is a huge piece of ****... ran a high 15...

How many people on this forum are in san antonio or surrounding cities(houston, dallas, austin, corpus)????
What injectors did you have in the car?
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 03:06 PM
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I haven't changed my injectors at all....I cleaned them, but didn't change them.....

just the plain ole stock turbo injectors.........
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Originally Posted by Rxtasy' date='Jun 7 2002, 05:06 PM
I haven't changed my injectors at all....I cleaned them, but didn't change them.....

just the plain ole stock turbo injectors.........
I was just trying to make sure that you weren't using low impedance injectors because 88's are supposed to use high impedance injectors.
Old Jun 7, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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Guy named Tito huh? HEY VOSKO.....
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