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why the downgrade?

well if you built a 13b and squice 412 hp to the wheels, and on the last dino pull it blows up, and the apex seal takes your $1500 turbo on the way out. you will think twice to do it again don you think...

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well if you built a 13b and squice 412 hp to the wheels, and on the last dino pull it blows up, and the apex seal takes your $1500 turbo on the way out. you will think twice to do it again don you think...

Yeah, RB26's usually do it the other way around... Blow the turbo and take the motor out...

What is the car being used for? As the RB26 will be alot heavier up front destroying a fair bit of weight distribution in the RX7...

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Nice work mate - Be sure to let us know how it goes.

lol, don't hold back duncan

thanks man. it is fun, but the problem is that i don't now what chassis this engine came out of "i now is not a r34 lol" and the info in the US is very little. wiring harness is a must.. haw can i determine this out?

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Yeah, RB26's usually do it the other way around... Blow the turbo and take the motor out...

What is the car being used for? As the RB26 will be alot heavier up front destroying a fair bit of weight distribution in the RX7...

Drifting. and yes i pushed it as far an low as possible.

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Drifting. and yes i pushed it as far an low as possible.

I was meaning weight overall.

The RB26 has to be at least double, if not triple the weight a 13B.

Might help though with drifting, more front end grip. Circuit racing would be a different story though.

Have you weighed both motors up at all?

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I was meaning weight overall.

The RB26 has to be at least double, if not triple the weight a 13B.

Might help though with drifting, more front end grip. Circuit racing would be a different story though.

Have you weighed both motors up at all?

i think is 175 to 200 and im taking a tone of wires, bumper support, dash stuff that dont need

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Surely though a 300rwkw rotor shouldn't just "die" if built right?

Few friends of mine have had reasonable powered rotaries without much of a drama.

What about SR20? That idea cross your minds? Would be lighter and then less need for more power :nyaanyaa:

Yeah, RB26's usually do it the other way around... Blow the turbo and take the motor out...

lol that :nyaanyaa:

If using the stockers of course... Which i pray he isn't...

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Is that a comment based on myth or fact? :nyaanyaa:

As i said, i know a fair few rotor owners... it's nowhere near as bad as everyone "thinks" which is just based on rumour among the piston crew predominately.

Add to the fact rotor rebuilds are nothing of the expense that is a RB26.

I've heard of more RB26's letting go than rotaries among all the people i know... which is an interesting thing i think :nyaanyaa:

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Surely though a 300rwkw rotor shouldn't just "die" if built right?

Few friends of mine have had reasonable powered rotaries without much of a drama.

What about SR20? That idea cross your minds? Would be lighter and then less need for more power :nyaanyaa:

lol that :nyaanyaa:

If using the stockers of course... Which i pray he isn't...

the point is that it "happened" and now im up to better and grater things. live alone challenging, there for sr20 is out of the question, its bean done numerous times. and a FC/RB26 not that i now of...

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I've heard of more RB26's letting go than rotaries among all the people i know... which is an interesting thing i think :nyaanyaa:

Same here... And that's if you EXCLUDE Duncan from that list...

PS: I hope you've fitted a winged and gated sump to that thing... Other wise I see it lasting around 1 drift meet...

When treated right, a Rotary will last well into the 200 000KM range. (Which is the same for most performance motors, yes your mums Dad's Uncle may have a commodore that has 450 000KM on it, but does it get revved to redline every day... No)

Edit: And by the sounds of it letting go... Sounds like it pinged... And that is one thing a rotary will instantly shit itself from... Detonation.

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Edit: And by the sounds of it letting go... Sounds like it pinged... And that is one thing a rotary will instantly shit itself from... Detonation.

yep it was mi mistake. forgot to wrap the down pipe and premix so it was catastrophic failure. the back iron broke were all do... and the center one pushed the coolant seal into the passage. + the rotor and rotor housing and turbo GT35R lol im done with them for now.

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I've heard of more RB26's letting go than rotaries among all the people i know... which is an interesting thing i think :nyaanyaa:

Yeah but wouldn't this be because people (making an assumption) think that rb's can take a beating... and they know for fact! that a rotary will be more fragile under load hence why the 26's are blowing quicker in most cases because the driver will take more caution with the rotary and give the rb the beating of its lifetime lol

you get what I'm saying?

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Yeah but wouldn't this be because people (making an assumption) think that rb's can take a beating... and they know for fact! that a rotary will be more fragile under load hence why the 26's are blowing quicker in most cases because the driver will take more caution with the rotary and give the rb the beating of its lifetime lol

you get what I'm saying?

Have you seen rotary guys giving it a go? I have... They push just as hard as piston drivers do...

And the OP admitted his one letting go was a human error issue, not a mechanical flaw...

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the point is that it "happened" and now im up to better and grater things. live alone challenging, there for sr20 is out of the question, its bean done numerous times. and a FC/RB26 not that i now of...

Yeah fair enough :nyaanyaa:

Although it's not the first RB26 into a FD :nyaanyaa:

One... if not two of the big Jap tune houses have a FD with a 26 (or at least had one hehe)

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