pushnlacs

i understand that it shouldnt have to be floored to move but that was my point the rx7 in the scc:uscc most have been tuned crappy as hell cause it was only making a little over 400whp and had no low end tourqe and the turbo didnt provide any thrust at anything less than wot.

94touring

So there was an rx7 in the ultimate street car challenge that ran like ****, so what. I happen to know someone who rode in that car, and it was a full blown race car that was "smelly and uncomforatable as hell". And thats coming from someone who owns a 400+rwhp single turbo FD. Probably thrown together too quickly and obviously they never worked out the problems before hand. I daily drove a 400+rwhp single turbo FD for 3 years, and currently drive a 4 time SCCA championship FD a few days a week. You need to go out and drive one to understand.

GreyGT-C

i'm planning to daily drive a 650rwhp FD for the rest of the short time my life has left once the car is finished.

pushnlacs

lol

Fe3Boost

Just get a ride in a 3rd gen that is running in correct form and you will not even worry about any numbers at all. I also agree with GTC

Il RX8 lI

People put way too much emphasis on lag. They also put WAY too much emphasis on the low-end torque properties of the rotary. All I know is that when I'm trying to save gas and driving around in 6th with the RPMs around 2-3, yeah, the torque isn't really there, but around 4-5k? You'll notice it's just been a lot of talk. (Even though you're not in the powerband.) This is all from a NA rotary, I've not noticed any sort of low-end torque "issue" with my FD, I punch it, it goes. Edit: But like everyone else has said, go ride with someone or test drive one for yourself.

AgentSpeed

[quote name='Srce' date='Mar 13 2005, 01:47 PM']I don't know about you guys, but a 400whp FD is more then enough car for the street and strip. And remember, boost builds up gradualy, it's not like you won't any power until fool boost.



Aim for 400 to the wheels and you can get it reliably too.


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Just knocking on the door of 400...

Here's my car:

http://www.utc.edu/Students/Heath-Moore/hobbies.htm



My dyno sheet can be found in my sig below, just click on the link.



I tried to build it with reliability in mind. I don't see full boost at 3000 but I see it before 4K. Lag is nothing to worry about! I wouldn't change back for anything!

Srce

Looks very nice Speed. 400 is plenty for a car of the FD's weight.

pushnlacs

yea 400whp is definitly cool for a street fd. hell id be cool with like 385whp.



i know i made my concern seem like lag was my focus but its not really lag or when i hit full boost when it comes down to it. its tourqe that matters.



i looked at some of the dyno sheet on here but they were all for real high hp cars.(all i saw were 475whp+ dyno sheets) or weak *** cars. so do you think a 385whp-400whp 13b could produce 200lbs-ft at around 3000rpm??? i know its more numbers and actually riding in a fd will tell me alot more but im just wondering.



hell even better, does anyone have a dyno sheet of their fd with around 385-400whp? or is any one running the a-spec gt35r turbo,or apexi rx6, and have a sheet??



thanks, you guys have been real cool and i appreciate it.

PhoenixDownVII

[quote name='pushnlacs' date='Mar 15 2005, 11:57 PM'] hell even better, does anyone have a dyno sheet of their fd with around 385-400whp? or is any one running the a-spec gt35r turbo,or apexi rx6, and have a sheet??



thanks, you guys have been real cool and i appreciate it.


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Go here: http://dyno.zeroglabs.com/dyno.php



Found that in a thread of an arguement over BNR Twins vs. Single on the other forum. You can edit what PSI and turbo type you want to view at once, its really really cool.



Besides finding out what turbo you want for what power, when....it's a great way to notice how awesomely cool the powerband of a rotary truly is. The lines are great, as far as their angle and the "area under the curve", it's not a swooping bell curve all the time like other turbo'd cars...