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would it be possible to use 1 of the turbos independantly then?

The standard twin turbo\'s on a FD, is there a name I can get for them to google search to find out more about them?

Basically looking to see if they can be fitted on other cars (excluding pipework obviously) but the twin turbo setup itself was wondering if it can be fitted to another engine type.

I should probably add that my pfc is running base map on pfc and I hear it runs richer on the base map just as a saftey precaution so maybe thats the reasons for my poor mpg, or the fact i drive through the wet country lanes between 3000-5000 rpm.

I have uprated brake pads and front discs which are all fairly new still. My radiator is a bit of a concern as when draining my coolent I noticed a big dent in mine, not sure how crucial that is but my temps all seem ok still?

I might come both times, if once I get the car mapped I get better mpg, then might beable to afford both times, and strip the car out, save some weight and maybe get another 1/8th of a mile to the gallon more

Well Ill be quite happy with only 8 laps myself and another 2 or 3 in another car, and if its correct and I only spend that much then it seems worth it, however I get the feeling I will spend alot more than that in fuel, I would guestimate with the average millage I get, that it will be closer to £800 on fuel for the round trip.

Something I find hard to believe here is I get around 120 miles to about £60 of vpower.  To be fair this is country lane driving and a little about town with a bit of A road mixed in, but surely can pure motorway driving be that much better in terms of mpg?

+ to anyone looking at doing this, I am looking at temporary insurance companies with european cover to insure me while there.

thanks for the info AtomicRex, how much of that £1k do you think will be fuel? we are getting a big package deal with ferry/accomodation etc so Im not gonna include that yet, its weather the fuel costs will be worth it.

Im not just going for 1 day, we are going on the friday, saturday the Ring is only open for an hour due to some racing events happening which should be fun to watch. In the time it is open however I will be passenger riding with my mate whos been to the Ring a few times before. Then sunday I will be having 5 laps or so in my own car aswell as maybe a few in his.

I will add here that my pfc is currently running the stock base map to as im awaiting a mapping session at WGT.

Always wanted to do a day or 2 at Nurenburg, and finally been given a bit of notice by some mates doing a trip there in May. I worked out the costs before when I was in my little 1.6 CRX and the fuel etc would have come to around £500 or so.

Obviously the RX7 would be a hell of alot more, + bringing a few bottles of oil and coolent just incase. Was wondering if anyone had done a trip like this before and could give a rough price of fuel, baring in mind we will be driving the whole way there (except of course for the ferry), doing maybe 5 or 6 laps at the ring and driving back again. Im wondering if the cost of this will outweigh the fun and weather or not it will be worth it, but would seriously love to do a day at the ring in the FD.

Any input welcomed... even if its simply... "its a fu***ng stupid idea" :Laugh

and also to warn of excessive injection duty

What do you mean by that exactly?

I will check out the knock levels, but unfortunatly, havent got a rmagic holder, so had the commander stuck on dash with the crap lil velcro strips, which inevitbley came off while having fun on some bumpy country lanes, so its now mounted face down in the glove box lol.

is it normal for it to knock more on corners? obviously it might do a little more on hard acceleration.

I do have a apexi pfc so that may explain it. Im no expert on knock levels but mine seems to be ok, i.e. not knocking to bad (from what i can tell from the unhelpful litle bar)

I dont have a cat and havent done since owning the car.

sometimes when cornering hard or accelerating hard my little heat light comes on (the 1 next to abs light) and flickers maybe a few seconds then goes off. I dont think the car is overheating, my temp guage (stock one on dash) reads fine, my coolent levels are all good an my water temp on pfc reads the usual (around 85-90)

Im guessing a faulty sensor but was wondering if anyone knew where this sensor might be if they have had problems like this before?

Thanks

After some spacers, seen some nice ones, but says centre bore 72.1, need to know if these will fit the standard fd wheels.

Headlights thanks to Laeeq, think they really transformed the look of the car! Nice black bumper is thanks to steve garbutt as my old one was had the worsed spray job I have ever seen.

Still needs a few things doing, mapping, new fuel pump fitted and wanna get the boost controller hooked up to run both turbos if possible. Have just got some new wheels to, unknown make but are 9 inches wide which was my MO, been looking for some for ages, but seems impossible to find 16s that are wider than the stock wheels for a reasonable price. Anyway pics with those will be up soon!

What do you all think?

I swapped over the fuses and tried the oil trick and it somehow worked.. was running rough at 1st but now she seems fine.. thanks again for the help all.. this forum is amazingly insightful (however its spelt) and ill definatly be becoming a full member when I get payed if only to contribute to the community!

Thanks again