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Why Is The Rear Rotor More Likely To Die?

Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by P'cola FD' date='Dec 22 2004, 05:00 AM
On the FD the rear secondary is a straight shot, whereas the front is a good bit longer and has a bend in it. But that still has nothing to do with why 13BTs blow the rear rotor.





That does have something to do with it. A 13BT has similar issues. That bend in the secondary runner will cause just enough turbulance to slow down the air flow into that rotor. With the rear secondary runner creating less turbulance to the rear chamber, the air will fill the rotor chamber more efficiantly than the front. Thats why the rear runs leaner. Turbo, lean, and rotary don't mix. Rob Golden said at sevenstock that the LIM's design was an issue. With two EGT probes installed before the turbos, the rear had higher EGT's. He compensated by consentrating most of his porting in the front chamber and increasing the injector duty cycle in the rear to add more fuel. This is the way he attempted to balance things out.
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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All that being said , is the Groundzero LIM functional in it's defense of rear rotor temps , and is it worth the $$$ ??
Old Dec 31, 2004 | 09:29 AM
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Anyone ???
Old Jan 2, 2005 | 07:08 PM
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Someone please answer me so I don't get stuck with an expensive boat anchor if it doesn't work properly
Old Jan 2, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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According to groundzero and Pineapple it is worth it. I'd like to see some more testing, but if nothing else, it has to do some good, as the runners are equal length. After some more testing and folks have had it on their cars, I may buy it. Fred, if you're worried about not spending money just yet, you can tune your car safely, to the power output that you're wanting with the stock manifold.



I'd be willing to bet that the manifold helps with the rear rotor running lean, I was just curious if that is THE reason for it running lean/blowing up, or if there were other factors.
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