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Originally Posted by Rotarydragon' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:15 AM
Yeah you can do some really crazy stuff to the stangs and not have to worry much about reliablity.
And they don't cost too terribly much. I still love my rotaries. |
Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Sep 2 2002, 02:50 AM
[quote name='Rotarydragon' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:15 AM']Yeah you can do some really crazy stuff to the stangs and not have to worry much about reliablity.
And they don't cost too terribly much. I still love my rotaries. because a lot of people have never messed with a V8 before https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png |
Originally Posted by jspecracer7' date='Sep 1 2002, 10:04 AM
[quote name='13BAce' date='Sep 2 2002, 02:50 AM'][quote name='Rotarydragon' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:15 AM']Yeah you can do some really crazy stuff to the stangs and not have to worry much about reliablity.
And they don't cost too terribly much. I still love my rotaries. because a lot of people have never messed with a V8 before https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png[/quote] Yeah, I know, but they shouldn't talk if they don't know anything about it. |
Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:50 PM
[quote name='Rotarydragon' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:15 AM']Yeah you can do some really crazy stuff to the stangs and not have to worry much about reliablity.
And they don't cost too terribly much. I still love my rotaries. I was refering to the cost of the mustang itself, not modding the engine itself https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png Stroking, boring, milling and blue printing an engine costs a mint. So do the nice high ratio rockers, a funky engle cam and all the other nifty things. Come to think of it, it costs a lot to mod a VW engine right to. Cima pistons and barrels, Berg 041 heads...Whooo hoOO! |
Originally Posted by Rotarydragon' date='Sep 1 2002, 12:25 PM
[quote name='13BAce' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:50 PM'][quote name='Rotarydragon' date='Sep 1 2002, 07:15 AM']Yeah you can do some really crazy stuff to the stangs and not have to worry much about reliablity.
And they don't cost too terribly much. I still love my rotaries. I was refering to the cost of the mustang itself, not modding the engine itself https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png Stroking, boring, milling and blue printing an engine costs a mint. So do the nice high ratio rockers, a funky engle cam and all the other nifty things. Come to think of it, it costs a lot to mod a VW engine right to. Cima pistons and barrels, Berg 041 heads...Whooo hoOO![/quote] A well built V8 can easily run way past $10,000. For $10,000 you could build a great rotary motor AND have money left over for a turbo setup and ECU. |
Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Sep 1 2002, 11:04 PM
A well built V8 can easily run way past $10,000. For $10,000 you could build a great rotary motor AND have money left over for a turbo setup and ECU. Oh heck yeah, it gets up there in a hurry. Lovely thing about the rotary is no cams and crap to worry about. Just drill bigger holes and POOF! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png Some V8's can have some fairly low cost things done to great affect and not hurt reliablity all that much, but after a certain point it's gonna get REAL costly. Like I said, I like my rotary engines. |
Originally Posted by Twin89Stangs' date='Sep 1 2002, 02:22 AM
400 hp stang vs 400hp FD... dunno would be a good race....
prolly come down to driver.... hard to say though.... but yeah I love those damn FD's!! Got to get me one!!! |
oh yeah and getting a mustang up to 400hp is'nt that hard, or expensive either
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Well hell I am looking into buying 200 CC heads and intake manifold. With bigger injectors and an MAF meter I will be at or past the 350 mark... which means roughly 1100 in parts...
Also Revving does mean something but remember a V8's powerband. Do dismiss The V8 so quickly.... I mean most of my power is ontap from 3400 and up... but a significant amount is still there down low.... Dont get me wrong I love rotaries and I love RX7's. But a 400hp mustang is also unlikely to quit revving at 5400rpm. **** I got mine setup to run to about 5800rpms. Which buys me a bit more... and has won several races for me... but..... a 400hp mustang probably is going to rev to 6500rpms or so or at least thats what I have seen at the track. Rebuilding a V8 isnt cheap but it isnt that expensive either.... When you can buy a 600hp 514 BB Ford motor for 5200 bux that aint bad.. and that is around 500+ ft lbs of torque also.... that right there is easy 10's.... So I think this race would be a good one..... also had to put this in here..... a 5.0L coupe 5 spd back in 88 and 89 weighed less than 3000lbs.... around 3050lbs with a fat driver and full tank of gas.... Not too shabby.... Right now if I had a chance to buy a car for under or at 20k it would be an FD.... Those are just ******* badass.... lol and got to admit something about beating a V8 with 1.3liters.... lol Remember I am not a Full blown V8 guy.... I still want to do a turbo 2.3 for my 89 Coupe..... Which would be a lot of fun that car handles pretty well... better than my 89 GT.... |
Originally Posted by Twin89Stangs' date='Aug 31 2002, 11:22 PM
400 hp stang vs 400hp FD... dunno would be a good race....
prolly come down to driver.... hard to say though.... but yeah I love those damn FD's!! Got to get me one!!! I think it's safe to say the RX7 would kill the 'stang. |
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