buddy of mine is building a FC and it gives me a hard on
11-26-2006, 10:49 AM
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Re: buddy of mine is building a FC and it gives me a hard on
Personally i would have gone with the LS-7 swap. z06 POWAH. Theres a guy around DC that drives a LS-1 FD, and its sexy as hell. He also has a mid-engine rwd del sol and an ls-1 powered miata(the miata is useless...you step on the gas and the *** end trades places with the front)
The thing you have to love about and wankel is look at all that goddamn space in the engine bay...you can do whatever you want with it. Plus the turbo most likely has a larger displacement than your engine.
The thing you have to love about and wankel is look at all that goddamn space in the engine bay...you can do whatever you want with it. Plus the turbo most likely has a larger displacement than your engine.
11-26-2006, 10:56 AM
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Re: buddy of mine is building a FC and it gives me a hard on
goog luck TRYING to drive it haha. Unless you can put slicks on it its an oversteering pig. Surprisingly though, the LS aluminum blocks only weigh a fraction more than that wankel. Anyone who knows rotaries knows they are pretty damn heavy for their size. And any GM crate motor can be had for cheap as hell. Hell if you dont want to worry about anything, just get a carb'ed motor, you dont have to hook ---- up
11-26-2006, 12:23 PM
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Re: buddy of mine is building a FC and it gives me a hard on
Originally Posted by BirdmanMD
goog luck TRYING to drive it haha. Unless you can put slicks on it its an oversteering pig. Surprisingly though, the LS aluminum blocks only weigh a fraction more than that wankel. Anyone who knows rotaries knows they are pretty damn heavy for their size. And any GM crate motor can be had for cheap as hell. Hell if you dont want to worry about anything, just get a carb'ed motor, you dont have to hook ---- up
WAIT, those are slicks.
Actually an LS aluminum block weighs more than twice as much as the rotary. An complete LS engine weighs about 470lbs. A 13B comes in at under 200.
11-26-2006, 04:16 PM
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Re: buddy of mine is building a FC and it gives me a hard on
those wont be his D/D slicks tires. 
And hes a rotary head, hes going to run a rotary motor. Its pretty obvious hes building the car with an open checkbook, to I dont think hes to worried about the speed to $$ ratio. As for the weight of the motor compared to its size, hes lost weight in every aspect he could on the car. those seats weigh all of about 10#'s, the 4 pot wilwood brakes he has for it weigh probably 15pounds, if that, fiberglass doors/fenders/hood/rear over fenders/wheels, the list could go on with the weight savings on this thing. Not to mention, this car still has to go through JCI.
(the japaneese inspection) once it gets a motor swap, then that takes the car to a whole different level when it comes to JCI.
And hes a rotary head, hes going to run a rotary motor. Its pretty obvious hes building the car with an open checkbook, to I dont think hes to worried about the speed to $$ ratio. As for the weight of the motor compared to its size, hes lost weight in every aspect he could on the car. those seats weigh all of about 10#'s, the 4 pot wilwood brakes he has for it weigh probably 15pounds, if that, fiberglass doors/fenders/hood/rear over fenders/wheels, the list could go on with the weight savings on this thing. Not to mention, this car still has to go through JCI.
(the japaneese inspection) once it gets a motor swap, then that takes the car to a whole different level when it comes to JCI.
