Alright its either this months issue of modified or Turbo, but there is an FD in there with an SR20DET in it. I threw a fit in the downtown Ft Worth barnes and nobles after reading this, but apparently according to that magazine.. the SR20DET is LIGHTER?! than the 13B... The owners reason for doing such blasphemy was he didn't care for the rotaries reliability (or lack thereof), including a part in the article where he said he had the motor rebuilt by Ari Yallon of Rotary Performance AKA RX7.com and it barely lasted him 3500 miles or something like that. How the hell is a nissan engine, not including transmission, lighter than the king of power to weight rotary? I'm so confused...

 

an ls1 v8 is lighter to, you have to think about everything with the engine...the exhaust manifold...turbo...ect

 

The Fd's engine may be light, but the **** bolted to it isnt really.

The vette v8 is lighter then the stock Fd engine/turbo/othershit by 20 something pounds.

 

vette, camaro, firebird and gto v8

 

But that still doesn't explain why the hell this guy threw an SR20 into his car when he pretty much made the engine to be for drag racing, considering he couldn't get 2500 miles out of a motor.. so I'm gonna make an educated guess and say his motor was lightened up... I don't know.. anyone have this months turbo or modified? I can't friggin remember which one it was in

 

Oh bloody hurray! More nay-sayers, disbelievers and sinners!

 

Thats stock turbos. Aftermarket units are lighter.

 

i personally saw an FC with an sr20. it looked neat. and kicked ****.

 

Oh I forgot to put in the fact this FD runs 10's with the SR20 swap, and the owner said how much more reliable performance he can get out of it

 

it wasn't in turbo because i get that mag. IF the guy couldn't get his new motor to last longer than 3500 he is a ricer driver. It takes around 2000 just to break in the motor properly. He must have gone out and red lined the bejesus out of it right away before the seals sat properly. What a turd. The rotary engine is much better than some damn sr20det. That engine should stay in Nissans and never go near a Mazda. He must be a hippy or something.