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3rd generation RX-7's / how many FD\'s

March 23, 2012, 10:07:35 AM

3rd generation RX-7's / how many FD\'s

February 28, 2012, 09:22:45 AM

Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related / Couple of Exhaust Questions

February 23, 2012, 11:30:45 AM

Thanks very much for the input so far guys, I\'ve taken your advice... I\'ve started collecting some bits from the forums here, got a 3" HKS Downpipe heading my way and an unbranded 3" silenced midpipe too shortly! I\'ve not decided on the catback yet, thinking HKS Hi-Power but I need to keep my eyes open in the For Sale section.

I\'ve been looking into the turbo to downpipe gasket and I\'ve been reading that people have had issues with graphite/non-OEM quality replacements due to heat and pressure? OEM gaskets are also hella\' expensive, so I was wondering if anyone else had come up against the same situation when replacing their downpipe and if so, what they did about it? Should I just bite the bullet and fork out for an OEM one? I was considering posting up in the wanted section but thought I\'d get some opinions first, I might just be reading horror stories and the graphite ones are perfectly adequate?

Just to be clear, I\'m talking about this one:

http://www.pineappleracing.com/oem93-95fdturbotodownpipeexhaustgasket.aspx

Cheers again guys for the advice so far!

Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related / Couple of Exhaust Questions

February 15, 2012, 12:13:02 PM

That\'s my end game plan too jayra, I want to get a full system that\'s not too loud but without it being too limiting on the flow. I\'m just really not sure where to start... I guess going for a full system as you have would be the easiest in terms of getting it right but I wouldn\'t really get the opportunity to hear it running before it\'s fitted and it\'d probably be the most expensive route to go also... I\'d rather buy the bits as they come up on the forums here but without knowing what\'d bolt on to what I have now, I don\'t want to take the plunge yet.

I think I really need to get under there and have a look at the bore and flange sizes so I can do this properly.

I\'ll look into the HKS system, thanks for the recommendation. :cheers

Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related / Couple of Exhaust Questions

February 14, 2012, 09:39:56 AM

That\'s exactly the kind of info I was looking for Ricco_04, thank you.

I\'m a bit unclear on how I\'d bolt up a 3" system though, do you mean the whole system, i.e. replace the downpipe, midpipe and catback with a 3" system or just the mid pipe if the catback is the same bore or bigger?

I\'m also concerned now that perhaps I was wrong and my cat isn\'t stock... the Blitz Nur Spec R is 80mm (3 1/4" - O/D or I/D?), I wouldn\'t have thought a stock cat with 2.5" bore would have flanges to fit to a 3 1/4" catback?

I seem to just be further confusing myself here :rollin.

Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related / Couple of Exhaust Questions

February 13, 2012, 05:41:40 PM

Yep, car came with one on a base map for a street ported engine on non-seq twins. Will be getting any exhaust work done at the same time as a remap.

That\'s partly why I want to get as much info upfront as possible as I\'m looking to take all the bits with me and having the whole lot fitted at once and then remapped to save on costs.

Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related / Couple of Exhaust Questions

February 13, 2012, 03:01:51 PM

Hi all!

I\'m looking to make some changes to the exhaust system of my FD and was hoping a few of you guys could help me out with a couple of questions! I\'ve had a search on this board and couldn\'t really see anything close to what I\'m after but I did find a really good write up of the dynamics of swapping from a 3" to 4" system!

I\'ve currently got a stock cat (Jap import if it makes any odds?), stock downpipe as far as I know and an aftermarket (Blitz Nur Spec R) catback. I\'m looking to replace the stock cat with a silenced midpipe and I\'m wondering what the stock bore size is so that I can make sure my replacement midpipe has the right bore size and flanges to fit the downpipe and catback. I\'m sure that\'s an easy question for someone out there! :Hammer If I go this route, I may also consider having it wrapped, I hear that can reduce the noise slightly although I can\'t really see any heat benefits once past the downpipe? Has anyone done any/all of this and feel it was worth it or would I just be better off getting a high-flow cat?

I\'m guessing replacing a stock cat with a silenced midpipe wouldn\'t really reduce the noise so I\'ll be looking at changing the exhaust by the summer too as the Blitz is a touch too loud... whilst it doesn\'t bother me directly, I do feel bad for the neighbours when I fire her up, a lot of the curtains and blinds start twitching when I do. :WaveBye Not the kind of attention I really want! :3Confused Also while cruising it does tend to drone. Has anyone got a particular combination or setup that they feel is surprisingly quiet without being too restrictive? I\'m certainly not looking to drop down the power for less noise, infact in the future I\'m considering going single turbo route but I really don\'t want it to be unnecessarily loud.

PS - This is with the removable bung IN on the Blitz... I\'ve never tried removing it, I dread to imagine how that\'d sound for the neighbours.

All feedback appreciated guys! Thank you.

Cars for Sale / 1995 FD3S in chaste white

November 15, 2011, 01:32:40 PM

Sorry, I\'ve got nothing useful to add to the thread (I just bought a 7 last weekend) but that\'s a really nice car there mate, good luck with the sale.

From those pictures I see I\'m missing the little screwdriver/spanner etc set that goes on top of the tyre iron, will have to see if I can get hold of some!

Again mate, beautiful example. Best of luck.

General Technical / New owner with a couple of questions

November 14, 2011, 10:16:55 AM

Many thanks for the information guys. And hello Clive! We met a couple of years back, the Mrs. and myself had (still have!) a silver RX-8 in need of coils, leads & plugs. You came over to meet us and showed us to Adam, we\'ve been taking both our cars to him ever since!

Anyhow, onto my story!

I have a few further details to add having driven it again yesterday. Upon arriving at my destination I let the car idle for a few minutes as suggested by Clive, so far so good. I turned it off and went about getting out with that stupid grin you have after having driven this car... you guys all know the stupid grin, right? :King After 10minutes or so I came back to shift it up onto the driveway so I could get it up on a ramp and have a look at the exhaust system, however it didn\'t want to start the first turn of the key, it *almost* caught but then just gave up. I tried again, this time it caught after a couple of spins... idled rough at ~750-800rpm so I helped it out a bit to 1.25k and it seemed to catch up with itself, temps started dropping (apexi hand control) and returned to normal idle (about 1050rpm-ish for my car). Once it started, all was fine, water temps continued to fall (they were high 90\'s when it first restarted) and I had no further problems with it.

So, after that short story... fuel evaporation was a thought, is that a common occurance with these cars? I don\'t think there\'s anything out of the ordinary with the engine, it\'s a recent rebuild (still under Hayward warranty) so I tried hard to put compression out of my mind and had a think about other causes and since heat has been one of my major concerns so far since owning it, that\'s what I came up with. Do you guys think there\'s anything to that idea?

I\'m planning on taking the car for a full check over soon with areas of interest being the radiator, down pipe and I believe it still has a cat fitted after having a look under it yesterday and my first idea for modifications have been battery relocation and an improved rad.

Air temps on the car seem fine, whilst driving with good air flow they are fairly ambient, under hard boost it goes up to mid 30\'s. In traffic and when not moving they do shoot up a lot, I think I\'ve seen mid 70\'s.

Water temps seem to get to mid 80\'s and sit there without changing much.

I have no oil temp reading.

How do those temps sound to everyone else? The car\'s not heavily modded. Engine is street ported, it has apexi intakes, turbos are OEM but changed to non-seq. and that\'s about it on the engine side. Does that match up with anyone else with a configuration like that?

Perhaps I\'m obsessing but after having the car take two attempts to start yesterday I am quite concerned about it and want to do as much as I can to keep temps down.

Thanks so much again for reading guys, all input welcome!

Now to go make a post on the RX8 club about the electrical gremlins my 8 developed last night... it\'s now sat on the drive with the battery disconnected as the stereo turned itself on yesterday and sat playing at a fair volume for an unknown amount of time and now the stereo does not turn off with the car! I was on a winner too... it\'d been just over a month since fixing the last problem. Longest running streak without issues.

Take care all!

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General Technical / New owner with a couple of questions

November 12, 2011, 09:18:37 PM

Good evening everyone! I\'m a new FD owner as of this morning, purchased a \'97 import RS from a nice chap up in Essex... what a car! What. A. Car! I\'ve loved every second of it so far.

I have a couple of questions for other FD owners.

First up, my brake caliper is really close to the alloy wheel. By really close, I mean I can just about push the nail of my finger between the two... that close. I\'ve attached a picture of what I mean, I\'m unsure if the brake caliper is OEM or not? But I was surprised to see how close they are. Can anyone else confirm if it is OEM and if so if theirs are the same?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/brakealloy.jpg/

My second question, hopefully an easier one... heat related. :flamed Now I know the RX-7 runs hot and perhaps this is normal but after a drive down the M20 today, I had a look under the car just to check on the exhaust system and so on... upon looking under the car, I was greeted with nothing but heat shimmer. Hard to explain but imagine looking over the top of a furnace, well it was kind of like that except under the car. Also the normal \'exhaust ticking\' noise that everyone gets after a hard drive where the exhaust is retracting after high temperatures... but as before, it was constant. Not just a \'tink... pause... tink\' (OK, that might not have been explained best by text... but I\'m sure someone knows what I mean :wiggle) but a constant \'tink tink tink tink tink tink\'. Not overly loud but it just gives me the impression the exhaust system has some SERIOUS heat and I\'m wondering if it\'s too much? To make life a little harder I can\'t recall what exhaust sytem is on the car so if I get feedback indicating this isn\'t normal I will get under there and grab some pictures tomorrow.

Any feedback appreciated!

Again, I must state... What. A. Car!

Thank you for reading! :WaveBye

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Cars for Sale / Immaculate low mileage 1997 RX7 Type RS-R Ltd Edition

November 07, 2011, 09:08:04 PM

Quote from: CharlieP;797869Mr Spin- where in Kent are you!? Dont think I\'ve seen a rex in Kent for a while!

I\'m in an RX8 at the moment, currently discussing the purchase of a 7 with someone from another thread. I may end up the nutter with a 7 and an 8 by the weekend depending how things progress

I\'m based around the North Kent (Sittingbourne) area, silver RX-8 plate starting EG04. Wave if you see me or the Mrs driving :WaveBye.

I see quite a few 8\'s only very rarely do I see any 7\'s here in Kent, only really see them when I go up around the M25... What about yourself mate? What are you driving?

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Cars for Sale / Immaculate low mileage 1997 RX7 Type RS-R Ltd Edition

November 07, 2011, 09:01:43 PM

Quote from: CharlieP;797860Now that has to be the most important question when buying a car :King

I almost posted a reply to that myself when I get home from work but stopped myself before pressing Submit... but since we\'re asking...

Does the ashtray come ready-filled or will I need to purchase ash separately?

:InLove

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