First Rotary Car - Page 2

longlivetheZ · #16 07-09-2005, 07:50 PM

I'm not so much talking LITERALLY about the balance of the car...ie the weight distribution...I mean the overall characteristics of the car. Yea, you can carry a bunch more weight in the back of the car to make up for it...sure...but why? Weight, generally speaking, is the enemy of performance.

drftk1d · #17 07-10-2005, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by longlivetheZ

I'm not so much talking LITERALLY about the balance of the car...ie the weight distribution...I mean the overall characteristics of the car. Yea, you can carry a bunch more weight in the back of the car to make up for it...sure...but why? Weight, generally speaking, is the enemy of performance.

but you trade weight for a fuckload of torque. come on they do good in autocross, they just dont sound as cool

longlivetheZ · #18 07-10-2005, 08:47 PM

Torque is all fine and dandy, but for every 100lbs, you shave a tenth off your ET...or so I've heard...<shrug>

There are just SO many V8s here in the US...why change just about the only thing that makes the RX-7 unique when you can make them fast with the engine that's in it? I guess people are just lazy.

drftk1d · #19 07-10-2005, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by longlivetheZ

Torque is all fine and dandy, but for every 100lbs, you shave a tenth off your ET...or so I've heard...<shrug>

There are just SO many V8s here in the US...why change just about the only thing that makes the RX-7 unique when you can make them fast with the engine that's in it? I guess people are just lazy.

because this is america, and the redneck philosophy is to stick a v8 into anything and that automatically makes it fast.

longlivetheZ · #20 07-11-2005, 01:15 AM

I know. I'm not a redneck...guess that's why I don't prefer V8s. I don't like to be ordinary. Sure, I could be like the other 293846273408243592734234 people in the US that drive Mustangs cuz they're kinda fastish in a straight line, but I don't want to be like that.

Ghostcloak · #21 07-11-2005, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by longlivetheZ

I'm not so much talking LITERALLY about the balance of the car...ie the weight distribution...I mean the overall characteristics of the car. Yea, you can carry a bunch more weight in the back of the car to make up for it...sure...but why? Weight, generally speaking, is the enemy of performance.

Yes I understand and totally agree. I was just making a sarcastic solution to those who were focused on the weight dist. idea.

Maybe someone should make a BIG ASS CHART with BIGGER ASS PICTURES and we can compare Pro's and Cons between the 13B and the LS1. ^_^

longlivetheZ · #22 07-11-2005, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostcloak

Yes I understand and totally agree. I was just making a sarcastic solution to those who were focused on the weight dist. idea.

Maybe someone should make a BIG ASS CHART with BIGGER ASS PICTURES and we can compare Pro's and Cons between the 13B and the LS1. ^_^

Got ya. Get crackin on that chart, chief...lol...

drftk1d · #23 07-11-2005, 01:12 PM

i honestly dont see the point of the swap unless you plan to make more than 400hp and drive the car all the time. seriously though, from an engineering standpoint its a great swap. i just think v8's arent as cool as rotaries.

longlivetheZ · #24 07-11-2005, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by drftk1d

i honestly dont see the point of the swap unless you plan to make more than 400hp and drive the car all the time. seriously though, from an engineering standpoint its a great swap. i just think v8's arent as cool as rotaries.

Rotaries are cool as hell. There are only THREE moving parts in a 2 rotor rotary engine...that's pretty good stuff.

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