Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2628180 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:32:26 -0400 Received: from rad ([68.212.10.7]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20031008043239.TSVN6048.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 00:32:39 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: More stock turbo blues Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:32:27 -0500 Message-ID: <003301c38d55$2e288590$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0034_01C38D2B.45527D90" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C38D2B.45527D90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Will the common aftermarket turbos stand up to the hideous exhaust pulse = of the 13B? Of course, the Mazda unit doesn't seem to do all that well :o( How do you tell what kind of exhaust pulse a particular turbo will = handle? Who do you ask?=20 I'd be afraid to put in an "other than Mazda" turbo and subject it to = the exhaust pulses we're dealing with without some assurances.=20 Getting spooked again .... Jim S.=20 =20 There are a whole lot of RX-7's running around with aftermarket turbos, = and they seem to hold up fine. There are "single turbo" upgrades out the = wazoo for 3rd gens, but who knows how long they'll last. Most of those guys = are pushing high boost, and blowing the engines in pretty short order = anyway. I don't think there's any doubt that some of the aftermarket turbo's can = work, but would any of them last as long or longer than a stock turbo? I'm = not sure anyone knows. I do know that the second gen turbo's don't seem to = be doing the job. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C38D2B.45527D90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message Will the common = aftermarket turbos=20 stand up to the hideous exhaust pulse of the 13B?  Of course, the = Mazda=20 unit doesn't seem to do all that well :o(  How do you tell what = kind of=20 exhaust pulse a particular turbo will handle?  Who do you=20 ask?
I'd be = afraid to put=20 in an "other than Mazda" turbo and subject it to the exhaust pulses = we're=20 dealing with without some assurances.
Getting spooked again .... Jim S. =
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 There are=20 a whole lot of RX-7's running around with aftermarket turbos, and they = seem to=20 hold up fine.  There are  "single turbo" upgrades out the = wazoo for=20 3rd gens, but who knows how long they'll last.  Most of those guys = are=20 pushing high boost, and blowing the engines in pretty short order = anyway. =20 I don't think there's any doubt that some of the aftermarket turbo's=20 can work, but would any of them last as long or longer than a stock = turbo?  I'm not sure anyone knows.  I do know that = the=20 second gen turbo's don't seem to be doing=20 the job.  

 
Cheers,
Rusty 
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