93 Mazda Rx-7 vs 2002 Subaru Impreza wrx
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Rotary engines create more horepower the more "broken in" they become. A rotary will make more and more power until the day it blows....
. So, if your RX-7 is running really good for some reason, you'd better be ready to buy a new engine b/c its about to blow up? Don't they call them "Wankel" engines? You probably know more about the RX-7 then I do, and I'm not testing your knowledge or anything so please don't get all steamed up.-Charles
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It is basically just breaking in every day, everything is seating more and more, and runs smoother, until they day it runs no longer...The wankels were designed to run under pressure, and running that engine just hones the fins to the right size until it goes... kablooy
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Originally posted by ErnieT
Wrong again, boy wonder....most people are ignorant, uninformed dwebes like yourself and don't do their research before they modify the car.
Wrong again, boy wonder....most people are ignorant, uninformed dwebes like yourself and don't do their research before they modify the car.
he came out at this kid and ripped him a new one cause he was misinformed....I HATE THAT CRAP!!!!
nothing pisses me off more than when people think they are above others!!!
i was cruisin this post just reading around and then right smack dab in the middle of it ERNIE had a hissy fit and got all bent outta shape.......hey ernie...how bout next time you help out and offer the correct info instead of blasting off. since you're so smart......why don't you throw some of that info out for others so we can learn too????????? thanks ernie, jriggs
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i beat a 11 sec 3rd gen rx 7. my best time driving the wrx is a 14.8. but i think the rules are if you have a better reaction time and you finish first then you win. thats what i did. better reaction and finished first. he blew his transfer case while launching from redline. ha ha. a win is a win rite. or am i just dumb.
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i dont think they come in 4wd. but it was a rear wheel drive with massive nitto drag radials. those was some huge **** tires. i believe he could of gotten into the ten easily. he broke 11's with out using his nitrous. but if that thing didnt break. he would of saw my tail lights like .8 of a sec then pulled away like i was parked.
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RX7's and WRX's
You're all going a little crazy with the "RX7's are diposable" theory. One of my close colleagues likes to make fun of the RX7's apex seal issues as well so I suppose it's to be expected.
To start off with, the person who originally posted the question was running his nearly unmodified WRX against an RX7 Turbo with relatively low miles.
The last FD I drove at a quarter mile track, ran 12.95 with a stock engine and clutch. The car had literally no modifications and was sporting over 70k at the time. Also keep in mind that the third gen RX-7 runs almost 10 miles an hour faster than the average stock WRX...that's a huge difference in trap time.
Fact is, the 13B series motor is very reliable, even past 100k, so long as you don't screw with the boost and timing without having a good knowledge of rotary tuning.
As for WRX's, mine went 14.16 completely stock and with a 1.8 60 foot time(California, with all cats on the car).
What I am saying here is that I sincerely doubt that, based on the car alone, the WRX is going to hold it's own at the track against a 93 FD.
If the driver of the WRX is really proficient and hammers out a 1.6 60' time, while the RX-7 driver sits there at the light playing with his "stick", he may take the win, but otherwise he's going to need an uppipe, downpipe, exhaust and a few more pounds of boost to run low 13's along the average FD.
In case any of you are wondering where I am getting all this info, I used to build and race RX7's and actually had an FC that was running high 10's all the way back in 1996(when that was still something to brag about).
I hope this helps clear up all the convoluted opinions about the RX7 and maybe a few about the WRX as well.
To start off with, the person who originally posted the question was running his nearly unmodified WRX against an RX7 Turbo with relatively low miles.
The last FD I drove at a quarter mile track, ran 12.95 with a stock engine and clutch. The car had literally no modifications and was sporting over 70k at the time. Also keep in mind that the third gen RX-7 runs almost 10 miles an hour faster than the average stock WRX...that's a huge difference in trap time.
Fact is, the 13B series motor is very reliable, even past 100k, so long as you don't screw with the boost and timing without having a good knowledge of rotary tuning.
As for WRX's, mine went 14.16 completely stock and with a 1.8 60 foot time(California, with all cats on the car).
What I am saying here is that I sincerely doubt that, based on the car alone, the WRX is going to hold it's own at the track against a 93 FD.
If the driver of the WRX is really proficient and hammers out a 1.6 60' time, while the RX-7 driver sits there at the light playing with his "stick", he may take the win, but otherwise he's going to need an uppipe, downpipe, exhaust and a few more pounds of boost to run low 13's along the average FD.
In case any of you are wondering where I am getting all this info, I used to build and race RX7's and actually had an FC that was running high 10's all the way back in 1996(when that was still something to brag about).
I hope this helps clear up all the convoluted opinions about the RX7 and maybe a few about the WRX as well.
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Originally posted by Christian
yeah those 13bt's are too sensitive to air/fuel mixtures. gotta get those 3mm apex seals... love them 3rd gens but just too dang sensitive.
yeah those 13bt's are too sensitive to air/fuel mixtures. gotta get those 3mm apex seals... love them 3rd gens but just too dang sensitive.
FD's are still the sexiest car of all time.
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93-95 usdm rx7's are both the best and worst cars ever built imo. One of the lightest, fastest and well balanced cars around, not to mention god damn sexy looking, but mazda went and f***ed it all up by putting in a rotary motor. Why would they take possibly THE best engineered sports car of the 90's and stuff some crappy little 1.3 liter time bomb in the engine bay. IMO they would have been better off with str8 4 or 6. I know they were trying to save weight and weight displacement, but come on, imo those motors suck!