newbie type r

[M@r]{]

Welcome Mate

Glad to see someone else coming \'up\' from FTO ownership  :p

hi there i\'m new here,i was driving an fto but decided to go back to mazda have been driving mazda\'s for years mainly 626\'s. anyway hit the midlife crisis point and bought an fto( beautifull car)
anyway saw an rx7 one day and thought thats my next car,so here i am with a 93 type r efina sat on the drive.
jesus christ! its like riding in a rocket.

i have a question is it safe to fit a dump valve and where is the best place to get one,
oh and no doubt i will become a full member in the near future
thanks
ps go easy on me complete green horn on rotary engine\'s

[davehg]

Bit confused both of my rxs had rer speakers and i uprated them to 6*8s i think, slightly smaller than the standard 6*9

[DC-TYPER]

The FD rx7 comes with a standard type dump valve if you want to hear it all you need is to remove the standard Airbox and fit an Induction kit then the standard valve will dump to air instead of into the airbox

HOW IS THIS?

PLEASE EXPLAIN, IS IT LOUD?

[Warthog]

Is your car still running the stock Japan ECU ??

If it is then it will be mapped ( which you cannot alter ) for 100ron jap fuel. If you run 99ron/98ron you can get away with it as long as you don\'t change Exhaust or air intake. If you do then you really need to change to a mappable ECU ( Apexi PFC + commander -- good tuners have maps already stored for this system for all kinds of different mods ).

The reason for banging on about this is that you can KILL your engine due to lean fuel. Don\'t mod the engine without sound advice.

Do a quick search on here and you will find that the best two tuners IMHO are RE:WORX and WGT both have there flags above. RE:WORX is in Portsmouth and WGT is in Cheshire.

If you look at my signature you can see I\'ve made massive bhp out of the stock engine and stock twin turbo\'s but that was only by following correct advice and not trying to go off and just do what I wanted to do. HTH

[DC-TYPER]

No Ecu Mods

Only Suspension And Exhaust

Will An Induction Kit Help?

Will I Need An Upgrade Ecu?

BY THE WAY, I USED TO LIVE IN CORBY

IM IN DAVENTRY EVERY 6 WEEKS ON TRAING COURSES

[iaint]

the car came into the country from japan in november, the tires are yokohamas fronts are good but the back one\'s arn\'t going to last to much longer with the power it puts out :cool

Change these quick smart.  People aren\'t joking when they say the Jap spec rubber is lethal.  You can get into more trouble than you can get out of very quickly on that spec rubber.  It\'s also the reason you can spin up so easily

I changed to Eagle F1\'s and they\'re very good.  Some also run specialist track/road tyres (like Dunlop D01j, or Yoko 888\'s) which are fine for most conditions (although snow can be entertaining).

Decent tyres are worth every penny.

[fast!!!]

i\'m all confused now and somewhat worried!
i\'m thinking about an induction kit or filter if thats all i need and retain the stock bov\'s

is this just a bolt on and go item or do i have buy a new ecu aswell?
obviously i dont want to do anything thats going to cost an arm and leg and i especially dont want to do anything that will ruin the engine.

hope somebody can help also worried about fuel now only filled her up once and used super unleaded that seems to be the best i can get around here
thanks

[dj_dee99]

Can you not get Shell Optimax or BP ultimate anywhere???

[alexb]

i\'m all confused now and somewhat worried!
i\'m thinking about an induction kit or filter if thats all i need and retain the stock bov\'s

is this just a bolt on and go item or do i have buy a new ecu aswell?
obviously i dont want to do anything thats going to cost an arm and leg and i especially dont want to do anything that will ruin the engine.

hope somebody can help also worried about fuel now only filled her up once and used super unleaded that seems to be the best i can get around here
thanks

Hi,

I know some people would say an induction kit is ok on the stock ECU but I\'ve just got an aftermarket cat-back exhaust and I\'m leaving it like that until I get a Power FC, no point risking it and anyway have you planned how to get cold air to the filters if you ditch the airbox? No point ending up with less power and more risk of det with nice hot underbonnet air going into the engine... To see how hot it can get try this: Open the bonnet and start the engine from cold. After a few minutes the rad fans will come on - I was amazed how hot the air being blown up past the airbox was after just that short time.

If you can get BP Ultimate that will be good, I know there aren\'t that many Shell garages down in the South West (my folks live in N. Devon) so that\'s what I use when I can\'t get Optimax or Tesco 99 Octane.

Hope that helps,

Alex

[Warthog]

I\'m off to France fishing in a an hour, will be back next week don\'t change anything until we can have a chat. I will arrange to see you in Daventry.

my e-mail add is    johnclayton.rx7@btinternet.com  send me your mobile number and I will ring you next week mate if you want.  :wave