Racing Techniques

[ShortyDTP]

I have a stock fc and i belive is: 146 @ 6500 rpm would i get more power if i go at higher rpms?
or would it help me in a race?

stupit question I know is cuz i don't know much about rotaries

[Steel]

Nope, not really. That's its max power. If you rev it out, you'll only be.. revving your engine faster.

Oh, and the hp is lower than 146 too. Age tends to do that to cars.

[Jims5543]

If you really want to love your car go here:

www.scca.org

Find your nearest venue and go Autocross that thing. They were designed and built to turn not go in a straight line. Anyone can go fast straight it takes a good driver and a good car to take turns fast.

Its a great way to get into Motorsports and the added bonus is you have a car that does very well in it.

[ShortyDTP]

But with rewving my engine higher , would i be wasting time , and get a higher time in the drag strip?

and thank you !!!!!!!!

[Soyo]

just rev to redline then shift, and do the same thing in every gear, cuz you don't wanna shift into second and be at low rpms cuz rx7 aren't that great in low rpms, plus it doesn't harm the car at all by redlining it, so go for it

[J-Rat]

If you've ever seen the Torque/hp curve of a rotary, you would know that if you are exceeding the redline, the curves have LONG since fallen off. You are NOT making power, because you have exceeded the efficiency of several things. The redline is there for a reason, unless you have mods that allow you to make power higher in the band, use it as your guide.

Jarrett

[Soyo]

see, I told you just shift at redline I just didn't know all that technical blabber to back it up haha

[ShortyDTP]

Originally Posted by Steel

Nope, not really. That's its max power. If you rev it out, you'll only be.. revving your engine faster.

Oh, and the hp is lower than 146 too. Age tends to do that to cars.

So what would be the the hp for a original 225,532 mile?

[spirit_r]

225,532 miles, holy shit. how many rebuilds has it had? that will also effect the hp.

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225K miles? it still starts? hell, is it still a car?

[ShortyDTP]

No Rebuilts!!!!
My Dad Bought It in the Feb of the 86 , and he said he hasen't rebuilt it.
still working !!

[Soyo]

wow... rebuild the thing or put in a new engnie... wow

[dayna240sx]

Why are you guys making a big deal about 225K miles? Its not that uncommon.

[Jims5543]

Originally Posted by ShortyDTP

No Rebuilts!!!!
My Dad Bought It in the Feb of the 86 , and he said he hasen't rebuilt it.
still working !!

You dad gives you a car he bought new and obviously took very good care of foe almost 20 years and the first thing you want to do w/ it is beat the shit out of it at the 1/4 mile track.

225K miles in a rotary are not uncommon. My buddy has a '88 turbo that has 250k miles on it. His DD is a 87GXL w/ 160K miles on it. This misconception of our engine blowing comesfrom people:
A. not taking care of them
B. beating the shit out of then and not taking care of them
c. modifying then and not tuning them correctly
d. pushing them past their limits when modifying them


Consider this, it has what? 145 HP in it N/A for then a turbo is added and it makes close to 200 hp. My TII makes over 400HP it has more than doubled the cars intended HP rating. (or close to tripled the n/a)
But, to some 400+ HP is not enough they need 600 or 700. Guess what? They rebuild a LOT of engines. To get 400HP from a 1.3 litre engine is amazing to me. Some feel the need to find the envelope. Unfortunatly it has caused the rotary to get a bad rep.

[Aruba27]

yeah, autocross is absolutely a blast. It's like go carts on steroids. take your own car, and race it for a day! it's pretty affordable too, usually no more than 25 bucks an entry, and that's for non members. However, I really can't stand it when people take nice cars, fast cars, and don't even get close to what the car can do. I took a 2000, 2.5 liter 4-banger ford ranger and managed to beat an Rx-8. I love rotaries, and I was appaled that that driver didn't push his car like he could have. Oh, he also drove on a dry track with the first group; after the 3rd driver went out on the course with the second group, it started to pour. I was 10th in the group, and still destroyed his times. In case you don't believe me, check it out: http://www.sasportscar.com/forum/res...esults1003.txt i'm under novice class, 8th place, 44th overall. look at 12th place in the novice class, and compare raw times. That was my first race too.