should i get a single or twin turbo?

[welshrx-7]

hi everyone just wondering i am about to buy a rx and was wondering which would be the better for me?  this will be my first rx so i was wondering is the single turbo easyier to work on a is there much differnce in the amount of fuel they use

[DC-TYPER]

depends what you want it for, the more mods, the less reliable it is.

[Matt_K]

how old are you too? getting insured on a single might be hard if you\'re young.

[welshrx-7]

just going to be used as a weekend car. is there much difference in fuel when standard.

[welshrx-7]

how old are you too? getting insured on a single might be hard if you\'re young.

why is a single more expensive? i thought two turbos would be more expensive?

[Red and Single]

the more mods, the less reliable it is.

What utter bo11ox :rolleyes:

[Matt_K]

why is a single more expensive? i thought two turbos would be more expensive?

Twin Turbo\'s are stock. All RX7\'s came from the factory this way. Insurers like stock cars.

Singles make more power = more modified = higher premiums

[welshrx-7]

Twin Turbo\'s are stock. All RX7\'s came from the factory this way. Insurers like stock cars.

Singles make more power = more modified = higher premiums

so if im buying a single turbo, it was at sometime a twin but have been converted to a single. is there much difference between the two on fuel?

[DC-TYPER]

What utter bo11ox :rolleyes:

if you mod your car to 400bhp and mine is stock. yours will blow up before mine:WaveBye

[Matt_K]

so if im buying a single turbo, it was at sometime a twin but have been converted to a single. is there much difference between the two on fuel?

Yes. ALL RX-7\'s were twin turbo from the factory. Any single turbo rex is aftermarket.

I\'m led to believe singles are slightly better on mpg. I could be wrong. Hopefully someone with more rotary experience can correct me if i\'m wrong.

[Kash_]

if you mod your car to 400bhp and mine is stock. yours will blow up before mine:WaveBye

Not neccesarily... the 400bhp one might have more reliability mods, a better map and serviced more often which would make it last just as long if not longer :Thumbs-up

[civicboy28]

with a twin the boost usually starts lower, so uses more go go juice if your just pottering about.

a single will spool later most of the time, so you get better economy when your pottering about it.

If its a weekend car why care about fuel, you\'ll be driving it properly all the time hehe???
mine does 13.48mpg and its a twin. Lucky i get free toy cars every week when i fill up at shell. sort of makes it all worth it :-)

[Abe130]

Im buying a twin for my first, possible a single further down the line

[gregmacd]

Can\'t talk about singles as mine is a twin turbo. I get about 240 miles out of a tank, it typically costs me a little over £60 to fill up. Mine is a weekend car and I don\'t usually hang about.

The bloke I bought it from has a single turbo and he made lots of comments about how smooth the twin is.

Prior to the Rex I had a 200SX running Stage 1 mods with the boost at 1bar. By comparison to that the Rex is very smooth. When you put your foot down it just goes, there\'s no huge shove in the back when the turbo hits full boost like there was in the 200 instead it just pulls and pulls until the buzzer goes.

Just thought I\'d give you a comparison.

[civicboy28]

They feel quite slow on a duel caridgway, as there so planted and smooth.
its only when you look in the mirror or the speedo, or get inanother car you realise how quick they are.