So, I finished up assembling things tonight and decided wtf, lets install the motor.



a few hours later with frozen hands and feet, wife and myself had the motor sitting nicely in it's new home :yum:



I took some pics, will post them in the near future as soon as I can download them.



Might have her running tomorrow, hoping for ~240HP @ the flywheel on this street ported NA.



@ 2400lbs or so, this car will run mid 13's with some luck, if all goes well. Not too shabby for an NA.



240 is based on what I've read and the guy I talk to over @ mazdatrix (henry) where I ordered most the stuff.



I like NA, it's so much cleaner under the hood https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

but if I can't break into 13's with this setup, a nice ball bearing turbo is going in with an E11 and FMIC for some high compression boosted fun.

what do you mean cleaner ? i gotta take a picture of my old TII setup. there is NOTHING in there looks 10times cleaner https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



congrats get that beast running !!!

Sweet! You and your wife, ahah! Thats gotta be sweet to have a wife that is willing to do that. 240hp n/a :bigok: I wouldn't mind getting another n/a--- carbed streetport etc for a nice dd, I might be boosting an n/a with one of my friends too, hopefully.

Sounding good, I know you put alot of carefull work into the project so it should go smoothly from here.

Congrats man...240HP is very reasonable with a well tuned SP NA motor...lets see the timeslips!

No turbo, no intercooler, no intercooler plumbing, no waste gate, no bov, no pov... it's simpler https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



don't get me wrong, turbos are cool... but most the people I have talked to about road racing prefer a powerful NA, if you watch those best motoring videos they say NA is more fun https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png I think it's just more predictable and linear, people often have trouble getting into boost in turns and going sideways due to the power jump. but this topic can be argued endlessly, regardless, there's less junk with an NA, lighter and cleaner https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png but less power too!

hehe, I would like to see a pic so I can see that fancy plumbing again, was that the radiator hose?

No turbo, no intercooler, no intercooler plumbing, no waste gate, no bov, no pov... it's simpler https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



don't get me wrong, turbos are cool... but most the people I have talked to about road racing prefer a powerful NA, if you watch those best motoring videos they say NA is more fun https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png I think it's just more predictable and linear, people often have trouble getting into boost in turns and going sideways due to the power jump. but this topic can be argued endlessly, regardless, there's less junk with an NA, lighter and cleaner https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png but less power too! [/quote]

I do miss the linear feel of my na engine, it was great and preditable when steping on the gas on a turn.



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Kickass man!

Looking forward to seeing some pics. :bigthumg:

I should have pics downloaded tomorrow when I get to work...



I just pulled the fiero out of the garage (first time in like 2 years?) cleaned up and pushed the rx-7 in to finish up everything, have to install the aluminum radiator and intakes, new fuel filter and lines, figure out the vacuum line elimination, install header etc.





vosko: I've seen some really clean turbo setups, theres a guy on evilforum that has an amazingly clean engine bay with no bullshit on his red FC, but my NA will not have PS, AC, or emissions junk... but since I'm still using the stock ECU for now I will still have the AFM and some junk, but it's minimal.... it also has an electric fan, the engine looks lonely in the engine bay. Maybe it needs a turbo to keep it's company :smirk:



pulling the fiero out and seeing it in the sunlight reminded me of how mean it looks with those 17x8 konig villains on A520's w/12" rotors :yum: I really have to finish that car.



cheers all, break time over.