Pic request: Hot ass FC's
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Infini-IV
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Shine Auto over in the states make them. Gary at rotaryart.co.uk is the UK dealer. Good price too.
Am also after a poly rear hatch. Keep us updated
Cheers,
John
BillyFIVE
hooolyschmokes
holy crapin jebus! what race series is that!? well cool! how frickin schweeeet are those FCs?!?!!
DtheBUK
Active Member
In what way? For both comments? Im honestly interested in the opinions why
ive seen sooo many FC engine bays with rotaries, im just used to it and where everything is, it just seems weird when u see the engine sitting right in the middle of the suspension turrets.
Well ive not fitted an engine into an FC of any sort but i assume plopping a new one in, is going to be harder than putting a 13b in. Then there's the whole business with tuning and modifying a piston engine seem alot more complicated than up-rating parts in a rotary.
im now putting on my flame suit because i know you've probably got a list of reasons of why I am wrong to throw back in my face
DtheBUK
Active Member
Suppose it comes down to personal preference.
When you start getting to the highly tuned stuff, a rebuild would be a lot cheaper and easier on a rotary. Basically depends what you want for the car.
And surely a front-mid engined car is going handle better than a front engined car
well thats my opinion at least
When you start getting to the highly tuned stuff, a rebuild would be a lot cheaper and easier on a rotary. Basically depends what you want for the car.
And surely a front-mid engined car is going handle better than a front engined car
well thats my opinion at least
Stavros
Active Member
I fucking love rotaries, the noise, the revs, the general madness of them, but to be honest, the sensible route is a LS in one, I mean...
LS weighs less, give more power and torque for less money, far more reliable, gives 50-50 weight distribution, and is cheaper to fix if something ever did happen.
Thing is, though the cost of an LS conversion is a fair wack once all added up, it starts paying for itself.
There people on the V8 RX7 forum that went through 6 big power rotaries in 6 years, then converted to a LS or similar, have ran better times round the track, and had no reliability trouble at all.
LS weighs less, give more power and torque for less money, far more reliable, gives 50-50 weight distribution, and is cheaper to fix if something ever did happen.
Thing is, though the cost of an LS conversion is a fair wack once all added up, it starts paying for itself.
There people on the V8 RX7 forum that went through 6 big power rotaries in 6 years, then converted to a LS or similar, have ran better times round the track, and had no reliability trouble at all.
Stavros
Active Member
That makes no sense at all. What difference does it make if it was orignally piston or not, an engine conversion is an engine conversion.
Trixta
Member
Excuse the camera phone spec pics and the dirt of the screen, have yet to find a decent method of cleaning poly carbonite.....
Any chance of a pic or two more of this Eric? I'd say my FC has the same spoiler and I'm trying to decide whether to keep it or not. A pic or two of other FCs with it could sway my mind. Cheers
Stavros
Active Member
Im not sure, but he would be wrong, a V8 is ridiculously easy on one, no custom work needed at all, and loads of room, hence why its so popular in the USA, so much so there a busy forum just for them.
Anyhow, this debate is WAY off topic for this thread!
the hat
Active Member
no what im getting at is rotary engined cars are not exactly all over the place why take the cars personallity if you know what i mean
dont get me wrong there is nothing wrong with a v8 i dont think you get much more low down grunt but an rx7 is just the wrong car to do it too
hope that kind of makes sense
dont get me wrong there is nothing wrong with a v8 i dont think you get much more low down grunt but an rx7 is just the wrong car to do it too
hope that kind of makes sense
Papercutout
Active Member
Yeah, fair point. BUT you'd not replace it with an SR20 would you? I have no problems with SR20's, and no real problem with engine conversions on FC's, but....
1jZ = cool. V8 = cool. SR20 = not cool!
I'd not be putting an SR20 in out of choice if I was doing a conversion, put it that way!
Shawn Browne
Member
He didnt post pics of the hatch on Fatlace; obviously insecure from the abuse the other forums gave him
Got a pic?
you're a dummy.
heres another hatch pic for the haters. enjoy.
and some dopeness.
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Quail
Drifted.com
As I said on fatlace the car is nice, but I'm definitely one of the hatch-haters!
Get some perspex in that shit!
Shawn Browne
Member
hatch pics were pg.2
If I was insecure about the car I wouldnt have camo pink interior or that gay hatch.
I painted it brown for christ sakes, even i hate it.
..k i lied, but it is gay.
If I was insecure about the car I wouldnt have camo pink interior or that gay hatch.
I painted it brown for christ sakes, even i hate it.
..k i lied, but it is gay.
