rx7machine

Oh ok. How much extra weight is added to the average/heavily modded FD?

1Revvin7

thats why 7s are badass, the competition needs a damn lot of power on the street to keep up. At the local hangout, with like all tuner cars from the big cities in MN, the fastest cars are the 7s, there is one supra that owns the street though, buts thats in its race setup, 700hp+. I plan on owing a lot ppl this summer :bigok: .

7!

nocab72

Actually I would say most heavily modified FD's are lighter than stock since most of the aftermarket replacements parts are going to be lighter. Ie suspension, DP, MP, exhaust, and I know my single turbo setup is much lighter than the stock twin setup.



Re: The horsepower/weight, my rule of thumb is for every 7lbs heavier their car is, they need 1hp more. Likewise, lightening a car by 7lbs is the same as adding 1hp.



So a car that weights 700lbs more needs 100hp more to keep up. nocab72 - Rule of thumb.



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Leetheslacker

Hey look ive been quoted in a sig.

1Revvin7

Die 7 besitzen alle!

RotaryRetard

well if i asked about reliabaility, the most common reply would be it's in the tuning (which it is). but i have only had my fd a shory while before i was driving a 12a bug (which was hella fun) just trying to sort out a good hp # for an fd for it s weight. I have 400 was almost too much for the street. so what kind of #'s do you think is good for a purely street setup (enough to take some cars but not take the super cars I.E. 700+hp supras)

Apex13B

a 3000gt vr4 would need 750 hp at least since their curb weight is close to 4000 pounds...never mind if the clutch makes it with a heavy *** 4wd car

amp

there are other factors youll need to consider...

its not all about hp and straight runs...

9BASE3

And all the shitty plastic parts mazda used... And the restrictive *** exhaust components... and....





But yeah... Lots of people skip the tuning part...