I'm a noob and don't havea 7 yet but will soon

just a few questions



what's the advantages/disadvantage of a single turbo

and which model/yr was the best 7 in north america?

Single turbo - less stress of having to deal with the damn seq. twins and all those damn vacuum hoses. then of there's more power too. I'm going single to cut down on a big chunk of heat under the hood and less vacuum hoses. (a little more hp too)

disadvantage - upfront money and wrench time. Then again, you'll save in the long run if you go ahead and get one.



As far as the best 7, a little more info would be nice. Are you wanting a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd gen? As far as 3rd gens, I'd get a 94 or 95 before a 93 if you can afford it. It really depends what options you want from there. If you don't want a sun roof, get an R1/R2. I got the sun roof so I got a PEP model (pretty close to a touring) It's all basically personnal preference. Hope this helped...



Happy hunting!

the advantage of a single turbo is simplicity, the twin setup is complex.



the best rx7 is the 84-85 gsl-se

Well, since you are asking the advantages of a single turbo, I'm going to guess you are talking about advantages OVER a twin setup... Which makes me think you are inquiring about a third gen?



If I'm right: Get the car first. There really is no advantage to a single setup over a twin setup; if the twin setup is properly maintained. You do have a lot of places to look for problems when they occur, but if you were to put together a nice CLEAN stock sequential system from the ground up, you should be happy for a long time. With a single conversion, you remove lots of "stuff" making diagnosis of problems a bit easier, and neat to look at, but as far as advantages, I don't think there are really that many.



If I'm worng: FC's came with a single turbo. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

When I had the stock twins on, it always seemed like I had to fiddle with the car every damn day. Once I went single, my wrench time plummeted...and my HP skyrocketed... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

Amen brotha'! I agree 100000% https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

I'm weird. I have never had a problem with my seq. system https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...R#>/unsure.png

oh you will my friend, you will. actually I never really had a problem either, all that crap under the hood just sucks, and needs to be eliminated

yes, to zee train

Me either. Once it was out though...wow https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

Thx guys



and by my screen name it should be obvious which gen I want

hopefully this winter https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

twins spool faster thugh, thats the one advantage over single.



PS:

someone (i think jspecracer7) mentioned a while ago that their single setup may take longer to spool but at lower rotations it pushes more air then a smaller one that has already spooled. Basicaly single achives greater presure at lower rotations. Now I myself dont have the experience to say weather that is true or not but if it is then there is NO advantages that a twin setup has over single.



Is it true jspecracer7?

Now that I switched to a 0.81 from a 0.96 hot-side on the T66P, I have no lag and a wild amount of power at least as instant as the seq.'s if not more so. As the stock turbos age and wear out, it only makes sense to go single for big gains in power and ease of maintenance for the essentially same cost. I would never go back to the seq. stockers although I have driven and do like the no-seq. with simplification and clean-up.