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Old 09-18-04, 04:42 PM
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Need Some Help w/Powerband!

I have a 93 RX7 with exhaust, no cats, blow off valve & downpipe.. it's a 5 spd manual.. I need to know what the powerband for these cars are virtually stock. Help me!
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no ecu? ouch.......
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Originally Posted by scratchjunkie
no ecu? ouch.......
See my signature...

Your powerband should be: Nothing until 2-2.5k, then some pull, then mad pull at 4.5k until about 7k then it goes down a little until 8k.
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umm. how do you manage 10afr with a stock ecu?
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ouch.......
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I think his next post will be something about a "cam-job" that magically appeared on the FD.
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rofl....yeah i call BS on the afr....
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Originally Posted by MrRx
umm. how do you manage 10afr with a stock ecu?
im wondering how he manages 10psi of boost at that
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I'd imagine the same way I did when I had full exhaust on stock ECU and twins, with a restrictor plate between the DP and MP and an EBC.

I held a consistent 10psi with that setup on both my Petitt/Autometer gauge and the display on my Blitz SBC-iD. It can be done if you're careful. The stock ECU does run rich enough to shoot flames.
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humm.....stock ecu just sounds unsafe at that level of moding, but hey its your engine.....


altho i would like some more info on this restrictor plate...
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I used 1/4 inch thick stainless steel. Take an exhaust gasket and trace around it. Cut it out. Then make the hole 2.5 inches. This will provide enough restriction in the exhaust to be able to control the boost. I got zero boost creep.

But you definitely WILL need a boost controller to do this.

Its not quite as good as a completely unrestricted exhaust but it was an improvement over having an 80k mile stock cat in there no doubt. The weight savings is huge as well. I could definitely feel a difference. I ran this on my car for about 4 months until my stock engine went due to coolant seal failure. Now I'm going single with a PFC so I ditched the restrictor plate at this point, but while I had it, it did good for me. Not for everyone though.
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Originally Posted by Black97VR4
I used 1/4 inch thick stainless steel. Take an exhaust gasket and trace around it. Cut it out. Then make the hole 2.5 inches. This will provide enough restriction in the exhaust to be able to control the boost. I got zero boost creep.

But you definitely WILL need a boost controller to do this.

Its not quite as good as a completely unrestricted exhaust but it was an improvement over having an 80k mile stock cat in there no doubt. The weight savings is huge as well. I could definitely feel a difference. I ran this on my car for about 4 months until my stock engine went due to coolant seal failure. Now I'm going single with a PFC so I ditched the restrictor plate at this point, but while I had it, it did good for me. Not for everyone though.
well you do have a boost controller. i would like to think that does more for your boost than the restrictor plate.
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Yeah it definitely does, but I think without the plate I would get creep and the EBC wouldn't be of as much help.




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