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Originally Posted by proraceer07
i do want use the fd for NASA racing and time attack, i know the 1jz-2jz are commonly used for drag racing. i wouldn't mind using the stock motor in the fd i just dont want something to go work in the car where i have to get the whole motor rebuilt.
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a 1JZ or 2JZ will throw off the balance of an FD. I don't claim to have driven all the swaps, as there's always exceptions out there, but I have driven a 1JZ swapped FD and it didn't handle remotely like a normal 13B REW powered one does. Wait until you drive your FD hard, before you decide to do any motor swaps. Especially one that will throw off the car's inherent feel. If you go into it with an FD that's already swapped, that would be ok because you won't know what you've missed and will think the FD is just another mediocre handling car.
Come at the FD with an empty slate. Try it from there. There's a reason people participate in NASA TTU and the likes with a 13B REW (OEM FD motor) and a nice, responsive single turbo upgrade and compete against Z06's, ZR1's, F430's, etc. the FD handles amazingly well. Don't be so quick to throw away it's heart (we're talking about balance here, not the rotary) in persuit of "less headache" that will cost just as much as leaving the 13B in there and rebuilding it in the long run.
Get an FD, but a quality set of coilovers (none of this garbage HKS, GReddy, JIC crap that's out there), get rid of the stock twin turbo system and get a nice, well developed single turbo kit that boosts quick with a properly ducted intake/vmount intercooler kit, get a nice thick set of twin oil coolers (Mocal or Setrab).
Its when people go racing on the cheap, that motors blow and they don't actually compete. You literally have to have a large fortune to make a small fortune. And to do NASA racing, you are literally pissing money into the wind (but having fun doing it, i do it too) but one can't put a price on happiness.
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Originally Posted by proraceer07
i will wait and i will stay with the stock engine, but i just dont want a prorblem where i track it one day and then the next day the car wont start thats my fear with fd. i know the stock engine burns oil from time to time. but if i have any question i will come to you guys. i am young and i'm still learning about cars and especially about the fd, and i want to find ways to make it better.
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The FD always burns oil. Rotaries in general do. Oil is injected into the combustion event for lubrication. All current rotaries to my knowledge have an oil metering pump. Pre-mixing is a must in my opinion, but you'll get there when you are closer to purchasing one.
don't expect to buy an FD and go tracking it off the bat. odds are the previous owner didn't take care of the car well, so it will probably need a rebuild in it's near future (many reasons for that). there is also a lot of prep work to go into a car before you track it, mainly making sure it's healthy. I'm not talking mods there, i'm just speaking in general. make sure nothing is loose, no risk for parts to break, etc. it's a long road, filled with spent money, headaches, and girlfriends leaving you. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
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