SR20 swap in NA miata?
08-26-2013, 01:28 PM
#43
Elite Member
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 5,155
Total Cats: 406
Ive given up defending rotaries on this forum.
They have become infamous because they have been in the hands of boy racers so decades. If youre going to go race on a basemap or band-aids with no wideband and zero understanding of tuning theory, you should not own one. They cant take bad tuning, and unfortunately, out on the street, most tuning is bad tuning.
The torque thing is totally laughable. Thats the same argument made by domestic **** who dont understand the basic physics behind torque, power, and work. Which is what makes it hilarious that the NHRA super stock record has been set by "torqueless" turbo s2000, and the NHRA F/Dragster record is held by an even more torqueless NA F20C powered dragster.
They have become infamous because they have been in the hands of boy racers so decades. If youre going to go race on a basemap or band-aids with no wideband and zero understanding of tuning theory, you should not own one. They cant take bad tuning, and unfortunately, out on the street, most tuning is bad tuning.
The torque thing is totally laughable. Thats the same argument made by domestic **** who dont understand the basic physics behind torque, power, and work. Which is what makes it hilarious that the NHRA super stock record has been set by "torqueless" turbo s2000, and the NHRA F/Dragster record is held by an even more torqueless NA F20C powered dragster.
Reply
0
0
08-26-2013, 03:47 PM
#48
I thought we covered how much rotaries suck in the "should I buy an FD RX-7" thread?
It would be cool if someone had ~100 years and a few trillion dollars to throw at rotary development like we got for piston-engine development. But until then, I will take a modern piston engines that outperform them in every way.
It would be cool if someone had ~100 years and a few trillion dollars to throw at rotary development like we got for piston-engine development. But until then, I will take a modern piston engines that outperform them in every way.
Reply
0
0
08-28-2013, 01:50 PM
#51
Elite Member
iTrader: (12)
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Harpers Ferry WV
Posts: 1,516
Total Cats: 20
I would like to input my opinion after blazing my own trail and making and engine fit into a miata that no one else had done before and in this case very few have done. I would like to add just a few things. One if I could go back and start over I would put an LS V8 in my car hands down. Two make sure you pick an engine that you know a good bit about. Most of my time was spent figuring out dumb things that someone familiar with the engine may have already known. I would not suggest doing a swap that no one or few have done souly for the fact that it will take much much much longer than you could ever imagine and you may get frustrated and never finish. That is just my two cents. At the same time I love my car now and would not change it for the world it is cool to pull up to shows knowing 100% that you are gonna be the only miata with that swap something different from the norm.
Reply
1
1
08-28-2013, 02:02 PM
#53
Elite Member
iTrader: (13)
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Taos, New mexico
Posts: 6,612
Total Cats: 567
I thought we covered how much rotaries suck in the "should I buy an FD RX-7" thread?
It would be cool if someone had ~100 years and a few trillion dollars to throw at rotary development like we got for piston-engine development. But until then, I will take a modern piston engines that outperform them in every way.
It would be cool if someone had ~100 years and a few trillion dollars to throw at rotary development like we got for piston-engine development. But until then, I will take a modern piston engines that outperform them in every way.
Now I'm considering building a wrx swapped GC impreza for a winter car. wtf is wrong with me?
Reply
0
0
08-28-2013, 04:36 PM
#57
Bannisheded
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 12
Total Cats: -11
this was just supposed to be a quick Q and A not a whole thread on how stupid i am for doing some thing none of you ------s would even attempt doing my favourite part of all this has to be the fact you guys are **** talking about me being a "pro mechanic" and you know what i am a qualified mechanic i worked for Mazda for a year now and its been awesome but seeing how im not good enough to be a mechanic in your eyes seeing how im only 18 years old you can go **** yourself so if you dont have anything serious to say about my question or any helpful insight as to how i should approach this build just stop posting in my thread, and before i get any "you mad bro?" post i am pretty ******* pissed that i came here thinking that ill find some people willing to help but all i found are douchebags who clearly dont know ****
Reply
-1
-1
08-28-2013, 04:44 PM
#60
this was just supposed to be a quick Q and A not a whole thread on how stupid i am for doing some thing none of you ------s would even attempt doing my favourite part of all this has to be the fact you guys are **** talking about me being a "pro mechanic" and you know what i am a qualified mechanic i worked for Mazda for a year now and its been awesome but seeing how im not good enough to be a mechanic in your eyes seeing how im only 18 years old you can go **** yourself so if you dont have anything serious to say about my question or any helpful insight as to how i should approach this build just stop posting in my thread, and before i get any "you mad bro?" post i am pretty ******* pissed that i came here thinking that ill find some people willing to help but all i found are douchebags who clearly dont know ****
Congrats on having a good job at 18, but maybe a bit of extra schooling wouldn't have hurt.
And no, none of us would attempt an SR20 swap because we aren't angry 18-year-old children.
Reply
0
0
