My supercharged rx7 project
05-11-07, 01:00 PM
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very nice indeed! how much $ did you put into your project? how long did it take? what kinda numbers does she put down? and most importantly......got any video of her running?
05-11-07, 01:14 PM
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cool. This is the 3rd or 4th one I've heard of.
So far the previous ones did not seem to be very cost effective so I'm very interested to see what your HP and TORQUE numbers will be and how much money you will spend to complete the project.
As of now I think the most cost effective way to make a 7 faster is the turbo swap unless you show decent power gains at a reasonable price (when comapred to the TII motor swap). Keep us posted please.
So far the previous ones did not seem to be very cost effective so I'm very interested to see what your HP and TORQUE numbers will be and how much money you will spend to complete the project.
As of now I think the most cost effective way to make a 7 faster is the turbo swap unless you show decent power gains at a reasonable price (when comapred to the TII motor swap). Keep us posted please.
I like it!
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05-11-07, 07:48 PM
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No, it’s not running yet, I need to hook up a few more pieces. The super charger is a Camden and the kit came on the car. This car is from a very smart forum member who used to have a very fast White and Green Rx2 with a large Godzilla on the side aka Trainwreck. When I got the car it had the super charger on it, but was also running the stock ecu and a safc2, so that was the first to go. I wanted to learn more about stand-alones so this is is how I'm doing it, it’s kind of a steep learning curve but is also easier than I first thought. This project has given me the courage to tack on more and get my rx2 done. As far as price I don’t know, I probably spent around 4 k for the car and it has a lot of **** on it. About the only thing I could do to it suspension wise would be to probably install sway bars, so I have spent maybe another 2k so far for the stand-alone and other miscellaneous parts. As far as horse power and torque number I'm hoping for whatever, as long as she runs I will be happy. I have a few other toys a turbo2, an Rx8, and an Rx2 which is my next toy to go under the knife.
No T2 hood, the air filter is there for now, after I get it running it’s going down to a buddys shop and he is going to weld me up a nice CAI.
When she is running I will make sure to get videos and lots of pix.
No T2 hood, the air filter is there for now, after I get it running it’s going down to a buddys shop and he is going to weld me up a nice CAI.
When she is running I will make sure to get videos and lots of pix.
05-11-07, 08:01 PM
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HEY MY OLD CAR!!!! So your selling it back to me once you finished all the work right? 
Man its looking good, glad it went to rotor head, and not get parted out.
So your going to Mazfest right?
Man its looking good, glad it went to rotor head, and not get parted out.
So your going to Mazfest right?
05-11-07, 08:11 PM
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and i want to make it you bring you ridecam so i can show it off
05-12-07, 06:17 AM
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looks good
should of mounted the filter straight up through the bonnet !! would of looked tough
and yeh it wont match a turbo setup but who the **** cares, looks good so far
should of mounted the filter straight up through the bonnet !! would of looked tough
and yeh it wont match a turbo setup but who the **** cares, looks good so far
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well got the e6x all hooked up and connected to my lap top but need to get a new battery and fix a small fuel leak want to give some thanks to j-rat and ClaudioRX-7 for helping with the stupid noob questions will let every one know when its up and running
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So far the previous ones did not seem to be very cost effective so I'm very interested to see what your HP and TORQUE numbers will be and how much money you will spend to complete the project.
As of now I think the most cost effective way to make a 7 faster is the turbo swap unless you show decent power gains at a reasonable price (when comapred to the TII motor swap). Keep us posted please.
As of now I think the most cost effective way to make a 7 faster is the turbo swap unless you show decent power gains at a reasonable price (when comapred to the TII motor swap). Keep us posted please.
... if you want to know how NOT to install a supercharger, lol. He did have a lot of initiative though.
06-07-07, 12:52 AM
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That -5 pulley will give about 7 lbs of boost. The optimum pulley is the -7, it'll push 9-10 lbs boost. I've used the 6,7,8 and 10. Any smaller and you start building too much heat, common roots issue. Love the efi setup! Carb hat is not gonna work, been there done that, BDC as well. It will fall on it's face (literally) at 6000 rpm. You need an open element filter. Looking forward to seeing what you get out of it with the standalone. What porting does the engine have? Good luck with the completion, post your results. And for the s/c haters, yeah we know a turbo will give more net hp, the s/c does give a cool sound and better yet the torque and driveability is great. But yeah, yeah, we've heard the turbo will do more over and over. The attached pic is my failed carb hat and filter and she was way bigger than yours.