NASA rule changes
Posted by randyzimmer
Cable Rhodes Infallible Moderator Location: Boise, ID Join Date: 01/26/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 43 Rally Car: Mazda RX-7 Turbo |
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Cable Rhodes Infallible Moderator Location: Boise, ID Join Date: 01/26/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 43 Rally Car: Mazda RX-7 Turbo |
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Pete Remner Mega Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Corvettes are big and heavy and no fun to drive unless you have more hair on your chest than your head.
None of my RX-7s were 50/50. They were always 100lb heavier in the nose, even with the 12A and the beehive oil cooler that shoved some weight aft. If you're concerned about weight, a 20B is the last engine you should consider. (And think about how much weight is SAVED when you don't need an intercooler, or an oil cooler the size of a Honda radiator) Having just recently completed a mild 455 swap into a Cutlass that ran just a bit over $30k, it's not always about power/dollar, either. Although, if I looked at it from a HP per dollar standpoint, I'd have done a V6 swap a long time ago  My last engine cost me a whole lot more than a good used 4.3 GM truck engine would have, even before figuring the new internals, and it makes the same amount of power assuming that I get to rev it that high.
I do have a 2.3 Turbo/T5 arrangement sitting in the garage, waiting for a cheap BMW 325 or M-B 190E to house it. However, I did three engine swaps last year in my RX-7, from the 12A that Mazda gave it, to a 6-port 13B that lasted about a month, to a peripheral port 12A that developed bearing problems and just plain sucked to live with (but made really awesome sounds), and now the big street ported high compression 13B un-Turbo that is pleasant on the street but doesn't do much until the tach goes north of 6k. If *this* engine dies before I find my German econobox, the 2.3 *will* go into the Mazda. Torque and drivability and granite anvil reliability would be nice to have all in one package. Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
Cable Rhodes Infallible Moderator Location: Boise, ID Join Date: 01/26/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 43 Rally Car: Mazda RX-7 Turbo |
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Pete Remner Mega Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
There are three or four BMW 3-series and 5-series locally for under $1000. This is significantly cheaper than an RX-7 in similar condition...
However, I want an E30 and these are all E36 for the 3-series. The E28 528 is tempting me, but I honestly just don't want a car that large. One of my M-B racing friends says he can find sub-$1k 190Es all day long. I have standing orders with him  but they tend to die of rot, not engine or trans failures. Unlike BMWs.
Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
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