Anyone Here Have An Fd?

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

Now you've done it. I am staying out of this one.

Laurel · Postby **Laurel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

lol shut up. it's not my time of the month yet give it another week or two and then i'll be super bitchy.

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

great... suspend yer account for a week i suppose let me know so i can be proactive on that

Laurel · Postby **Laurel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

you'll be aware i'm sure. haha.

rx8ghost · Postby **rx8ghost** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

The LS1 is be no means a downgrade in technology. That engine is sick. It's ok to love rotarys cuz I do too but there's more to the world than that. I think it was Huzer who said it best "Rotarys are by no means the zenith of engines."

Laurel · Postby **Laurel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with you on that one.

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

Why? Why are you disagreeing what proof do you have rotary's are the god of engine design? Instead of disagreeing back it up with proof

rx8ghost · Postby **rx8ghost** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

I'm wondering if she's disagreeing with the LS1 being a downgrade cuz I can prove that it's not at all. The LS series of engines is arguably the best production engine series to ever come out of America.

http://www.idavette.net/hib/ls1c.html

Read and learn

Laurel · Postby **Laurel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

Well... First off a rotary has very few main moving parts where as a simple piston engine has like thirty times that. Which everyone knows the fewer parts the less things that can go wrong. Secondly, a rotary engine basically moves in one continuous direction where a pistons engine changing directions at a very rapid pace which causes a ton of vibration which only leads to more things going wrong. Plus a rotor spins at like a third of the output shaft. which as everyone knows the rotor is the main part and moves way slower than pistons which will again make it more reliable. And that probably doesn't make much sense to anyone on here but i dont really care rotary engines are just too cool for school.

Laurel · Postby **Laurel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

wow. i'd rather you explain to me why it's so great than give me a link. Way to use google. If i were to go for a piston powered car i would get a 240z and put a L28et. which is a 2.8 turbo out of a 82 280zx which is way cooler than any v8 and will spank the crap out of most of them. and they're really cheap and easy to find. so =P

Laurel · Postby **Laurel** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

Plus 240z's are just sexy as hell.

goldrocket · Postby **goldrocket** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

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Actually it doesn't. The LS1 only weighs about 70 lbs more than the 13B IIRC, maybe not even that much. My buddy did the swap and that thing drives great still. He still goes with us on backroad spirited drives and it's awesome. I've driven it a couple times and hope to do the swap to another FD someday. I won't do it to my current FD because I'd feel like I was turning my back on the rotary and that will NEVER happen, but I hope to get a rolling chassis and put in an LS1.

I was driving down the highway and went to pass someone in 6th gear at around 2-3k RPMs, I didn't even have to downshift...just put my foot in it and moved.[/b]

I won't argue that the LS1 is a great engine or not, because it is. Period. But, it weighs in at 434 lbs installed. I can pick up my 13b by myself, with a flywheel on it, that's how I got it on the engine stand before throwing it in the car. So I'm going to venture to say it's a lot less the 300 lbs. Add in the alternator and carbs plus and oil filter and it might weigh in near 300, maybe, but I doubt it. My best guess is 200 lbs, but I did not put it on a scale. The LS1 block bare weighs 170 with no parts. Plus you all forgot to factor in reciprocating mass. That has more effect than static weight will. Ask any motorcylce mechanic or racer. Laurel brings upp a valid point, three moving parts and no valve train. But comparing the LS-1 boinger to a rotary is apples to oranges. I love winging mine to 9500 RPM, and i love the way it pulls like it's boosted above 5500. On the other hand, the raw, sexy torque of an american V8 is another animal all together. I am not a fan of V8 swaps in FDs because the rotary is part of the sex appeal of the car. But I understand the accomplishment of making the swap. So I guess I would just have to say it comes down to performance per dollar and in that catagory, the rotary wins hands down. I paid $3000 shipped to have my engine rebuilt and ported. It's a stage 4 from Rotary Warehouse and I am more than pleased wirth the performance. It was built so I can turbo or bottle it in the future. I had a 69 camaro 13 years ago with a 330 hp 327 that engine cost 5K to build, and that was just machining and parts. If I had paid for that engine it would have been 10K. I have a total of 7k in my RX-7 including buying the car.

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

W00t Laurel gets smacked down again..

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

as the world turns

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14

btw my dicks bigger than your dick (your being whoever)

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