how far is dent sport Pete? at esp they quoted me about a grand for everything. that was the main detterent. i'll give them a call.

 

They're in Norwood. Its about 45 min to an hour away. They did the y-pipe on my RX7 and it came out awesome. I regret not getting pictures of it.
http://www.dentsport.com/?p=19

 

i dont know if youve seen this, but its a good price if you're keeping your twin turbo set up:
http://www.rx7store.net/product_p/greddyfmicmspec.htm

 

I'm gonna call them and see if they can give me a rough estimate. i honestly am thinking though that a large smic might be the best option. that way i have nothing blocking the radiator, and as we all know, cooling is important. i heard that the m spec core is tiny.

OOO, and by the way Pete, buy that R1, it is just calling your name.

 

u went to dente sport they have an a-wheel dyno and seem to do good work

 

Christians FMIC didnt really fit very well in my FC. You would have to make some major mods to the body/ic for it to work...its just too wide.

 

yeah, it is realy big. i'm going to have to find A decent on for a v-mount. i've decided that is the setup i want to go with. i was also thinking while im in there i could do somthing i've been thinking about for a while and build an intercooler sprayer.

 

D= Yea v-mount seems like a good choice for fc's because of the lack of space. Would you make your own sprayer or just buy a universal kit and make it work?

I think once I have a front mount/v-mount i will just set up an auxillary fan on the ic to decrease heatsoak + a sprayer

I think im going to convert my intake on my honda into a TID for my t2. It is 3 inch aluminum and I hear 2.5 is optimal...Are there any reasons I shouldnt use 3 inch?

 

im in keep me up to date on it

 

im in keep me up to date on it

 

i've never realy heard anything about the diameters of tubing. as far as the sprayer, i would build my own, i'd use a wiper pump and nossils and mount 2 or 3 of them inside the ducting and mount the tank right by the current radiator overflow, then wire a button.
i had never realy thought of a fan on the intercooler, but that is a realy good idea. i will look into that when i go to build it. it'll be a little while, i have to build the rest of my engine first, but it's good to have a plan. hoping to get into it by early summer when school ends i start working full time again. for now i might order energy suspension bushings and spend some time replacing all of those. also, have you guys ever seen "mazdaspeed coilover struts? i found these on ebay, and i'm wondering if they are realy made by mazda.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-91...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Ya, this thread isn't really about any specific meet. it originally was but then it turned into our general discussion thread.

the M-spec is tempting if i can make my money back on the one i have right now. it does have the piping, it's cheap and it's bar and plate. everything i could want.

 

I think that the M-spec looks mighty tasty, considering it is bar and plate, comes with all the piping, and is only 530 dollars. once i get this one sold, i'm going to highly consider this one.

 

oops, double posts happpen when my comp is wicked slow.

chances are, if they aren't used, they are not real. MS doesn't even make any new parts for the FD, let alone the FC.

as for the pipes willub, the only time bigger is worse would be in the pressurized intercooler pipes, because more volume = more space to be filled = longer spool times.

 

yeah, i figured those coilovers were sketchy, not only because they were new, but also because i couldnt decide how they would mount to the actualy strut itself...
i can see the advantage to 2.5" pipes in lower boost applications, with the v-mount it doesnt seem like the pressurization would be a huge deal however because the pipes are so short between the turbo and intercooler, and the intercooler and throttle body.

 

The diameter of the pipes would depend on the volume of air you are moving. I dont have my books here at work, but i do know there is a window of feet per second you want air to travel at inside pipes where its most efficient

 

SCCA autoX is about to start back up! The first event is April 22 at NHIS. I will be there with my Z. Hopefully I can get some stiffer springs in by then. Will anyone be joining my at this event? I dont think this is a points event but im not sure. Also there is a fcscc event on April 28 in plainfield CT that I will also be at if any one is interested.

 

z's BLOW

I was reading a thread where a guy installed a 3 inch hard pipe on his fc and his boost decreased for some reason....I dont know why this would happen but thats all I was asking

 

My NA sucks its doesn't blow

 

exhaust blows

 

that boost decreasing makes sense to me, because it woudlnt have enough time to pressurize the entire amount of space to the pressure it would if the space was smaller. makes sense, 2.5" being better for most applications seems about right.

 

I would think the pressure would stay the same once peak pressure is reached because the turbo's still pusshing for the same pressure ratio

however it might take longer to reach that pressure due to there being more volume to pressureize

also velocity is going to decrease..

and the setup might not be as efficient


One question though, did the car make LESS power with the lesser amount of boost?

 

that is true, because if it was flowing better with less boost, i cold potentialy make the same power right? or more power even? it would take longer to reach peak boost, but isnt it possible that it couldnt reach peak boost because of all the extra room it needed to fill? depending on the size of the turbo ofcourse. because i almost doubt a stock s4 turbo would fill that much 3 inch piping and an intercooler and reach peak boost before redline.

side note, i ordered a set of polyurethane suspension bushings today. should give me somthing to do until june when i can afford to build my engine.

 

it all depends on what the peak boost is set at Andy. if it is 10 psi, im sure having tht extra half an inch won't be a problem, because lets say you make peak boost at 4000 rpm, adding a half an inch you would maybe reach peak t 4400 - 4500. all depends. at like 20 psi though, it would make more sense to be running the bigger pipes becau if you are pushing that amount of boost, chances are you have the number to spool that turbo in no time.

I wonder if i make sense.....

 

yeah, it definetly depends on the amount of boost and how fast it spools, and how much air the turbo can push.