What have you done to your car today?

randomshenans · 17 Mar 2021 at 14:11

pugheaven said:
The RX8 with a RX7 engine is the place to be (assuming that what you mean by 13B?), but it'll take £10k to get there... hence why i didn't in the engine. And turbo'ing the standard RX8 engine 13BMSP engine for me, is just not worth it, it's just not built to take turbo's and superchargers imho and is more hassle than it's worth. Better just ditching the engine altogether but that's my view.

What engine should I be looking for?

It's going in my London Taxi, so doesn't matter about anything else lol it'll be built and far more things to work out but need to make sure I start with the right base!

pugheaven · 17 Mar 2021 at 14:19

randomshenans said:
What engine should I be looking for?

It's going in my London Taxi, so doesn't matter about anything else lol it'll be built and far more things to work out but need to make sure I start with the right base!

You have the 13B-REW (252bhp - 280bhp standard) engines aka FD3S which are the RX7 sequential twin turbo engines, they're lovely. That's the one you want and you can change the twins for single turbo depending on what you need.

Firegod · 17 Mar 2021 at 16:45

I'd be careful running the CAI with the K&N shield around it. I did something similar when running open ITBs and wanted to limit ingress but I didn't have space for a full foam filter. So I ran 4 of those K&N fabric covers, one for each trumpet. It knocked a substantial amount of bhp from the car. Guy who did the rolling road did a before and after. I'd have to dig out the graph but I'm sure it was around 10bhp. I was pretty shocked. You'd think something so fine wouldn't restrict the airflow so much. He made me just run open ITBs.

phil675 · 17 Mar 2021 at 18:46

Got the strut off just needed to wedge the arm down with a crowbar. Much easier to get the new one on. Will have to do the other side asap, as the newer one actually works and shows how poor the other side is.

Will Gill · 17 Mar 2021 at 20:36

Yellow coned goodness everywhere

if you look really closely you will also be able to see 37 new squeaks and rattles.....

Jonnycoupe · 17 Mar 2021 at 20:42

Will Gill said:
Yellow coned goodness everywhere

if you look really closely you will also be able to see 37 new squeaks and rattles.....

if I close my eyes I can hear them. :cool:

Will Gill · 17 Mar 2021 at 20:44

Jonnycoupe said:
if I close my eyes I can hear them.

Divine aren't they?

I actually undo screws on purpose to create more

Cookeh · 17 Mar 2021 at 22:49

Surprised you didn't buy black on black speakers.

Akagi · 18 Mar 2021 at 00:05

Cookeh said:
Surprised you didn't buy black on black speakers.

Think they're covered up anyway!

Will Gill · 18 Mar 2021 at 07:35

Acme said:
Think they're covered up anyway!

Oh no, fully visible like the tweeter you can see, I like to be able to gaze at them through the grills, pwetty :cool:

adam cool dude · 18 Mar 2021 at 09:12

I hope those chocolate blocks are a temporary measure for wiring up those speakers.

dlockers · 18 Mar 2021 at 09:24

adam cool dude said:
I hope those chocolate blocks are a temporary measure for wiring up those speakers.

Ya obviously - temporary until the factory speakers go back in

DampCat · 18 Mar 2021 at 10:05

surely with enough new speakers you wont be able to hear the squeaks?

I diagnosed my squeak. I say I diagnosed, actually my wife did. It was the flappy down sunglass holder which is now taped shut.

pugheaven · 18 Mar 2021 at 14:14

You know lockdown is getting to you when you order some custom cup holder bases...

Will Gill · 18 Mar 2021 at 20:22

adam cool dude said:
I hope those chocolate blocks are a temporary measure for wiring up those speakers.

Ya was using them for polarity testing, saved shorting out the circuit by twisting them together

Now all soldered and heat shrunk happily ever after

Frozennova · 18 Mar 2021 at 21:48

Will Gill said:
Ya was using them for polarity testing, saved shorting out the circuit by twisting them together

Now all soldered and heat shrunk happily ever after

Get out, solder belongs nowhere near automotive

Will Gill · 18 Mar 2021 at 21:54

Frozennova said:
Get out, solder belongs nowhere near automotive

This is audiophilia over autophilia, I want the purest connectivity

Frozennova · 18 Mar 2021 at 22:47

Will Gill said:
This is audiophilia over autophilia, I want the purest connectivity

I'm sure it's debated to death in the audiophile world, but I'm interested enough if there is a difference to get the Pico Scope and meter out and see if there's any measurable difference in SNR, resistance and voltage drop between crimped and soldered

Will Gill · 19 Mar 2021 at 08:01

lol probably, way beyond my old ears to detect though, all I know is the clearance between the door skin and the door card demands a low profile soldered connection.

If it sounds better, yay

Flack88 · 19 Mar 2021 at 22:28

Put a badge on it, took it out after a long winter break....Got in a race with a standard C63 AMG in a straight line, got the thumbs up after rinsing it and put it away and thought about losing my licence lol. Must be getting old.

It's still hilarious when a1.5L inline 4 with a cast iron block from 1990 can smash a modern V8.
C63 nearly got me in higher gears but up to 165mph this pulls to the limiter and then bounces off, needs a longer final drive.

After driving a crappy Corola T Sport all winter and after destroying a gearbox last November @ Donington I genuinely forgot how fast it was on full boost (1.5 bar) 304bhp and 920KG. Some of the stuff you end up racing is priceless just to see their faces, then you tell them its a 1.5L and watch their face drop.

As the rebuilt engine has bedded in; it has made it completely savage, can only use & enjoy the power on track.