Originally Posted by Karack
(Post 4111713)
i'm sure even the renesis could still benefit slightly from a full bridge
but you have to keep in mind it isn't a very street friendly port AND you will lose about half of your current fuel mileage. is it worth it for about a 40 horsepower gain? turbo + AI is what i would go for if i owned an 8 and wanted more power, to retain drivability AND mileage. sure a bridge sounds great but there is 0 chance of being smoggable legally, it is herky jerky at low RPMs and gets horrible fuel mileage and leaves you smelling like a filling station at the end of every drive. i talk people OUT of bridges all the time. B |
Originally Posted by alnielsen
(Post 4111825)
AI = Alcohol Injection?
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I want to cautiously say that a bridge may even help with life expectancy for this engine. Time will tell. I think maybe Mazda put the sideseals too close to the combustion face and the bridge can help with cooling toward that area?
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Originally Posted by olddragger
(Post 4114040)
I want to cautiously say that a bridge may even help with life expectancy for this engine. Time will tell. I think maybe Mazda put the sideseals too close to the combustion face and the bridge can help with cooling toward that area?
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I think there is another somewhere. I almost bought one of Brian's bridge port engines but the deal fell wayside. Never kept track of where it went.
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Originally Posted by hoss -05
(Post 4114314)
I think there is another somewhere. I almost bought one of Brian's bridge port engines but the deal fell wayside. Never kept track of where it went.
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We had a bridge port running at our nationals track event this year. He ended up having overheating issues and lost compression to one rotor.
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what happened? The heat did the compression in or a side seal let go?
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Originally Posted by olddragger
(Post 4114601)
what happened? The heat did the compression in or a side seal let go?
OD |
280F? Yikes.
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
(Post 4114775)
280F? Yikes.
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huh? You mean he GOT to 280F. Dang thats a testimony in itself.
OD |
Originally Posted by olddragger
(Post 4114942)
huh? You mean he GOT to 280F. Dang thats a testimony in itself.
OD |
Ouch, one thing that'll kill 'em quick, ours overdrives the engine fans and chucks some cooling fuel in any time it even creeps over 210F, 230F and it's starts to pull the rev limiter down too....
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Originally Posted by mitsokid
(Post 4111034)
I was told there was one other person willing to invest the money to have this done, tuned and tweaked but he wouldn't be able to do it until late winter.
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Originally Posted by L337fpc
(Post 4120864)
That'd be me and I will be posting updates to my build/racing blog.
lol... j/k. I'm sure it will work out just fine. Mine id doing great, I'm just having problems with other components on the car. You should bring it to deals gap next year, we'll make everyone jealous with our bridge ported... nes. |
Originally Posted by reddozen
(Post 4120889)
COPYCAT!!!
lol... j/k. I'm sure it will work out just fine. Mine id doing great, I'm just having problems with other components on the car. You should bring it to deals gap next year, we'll make everyone jealous with our bridge ported... nes. |
Originally Posted by olddragger
(Post 4114942)
huh? You mean he GOT to 280F. Dang thats a testimony in itself.
OD Evans claims that an engine can safely get that hot with their NPG coolant as long as the oil temp is below 245F |
Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4121361)
Evans claims that an engine can safely get that hot with their NPG coolant as long as the oil temp is below 245F
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You should probably stay in the wading end of the pool
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Lol ;)
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it has its place.
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I have three gallons of the stuff sitting at home. Waiting to put it in, Ill do it when I do the engine, pump all coolant hoses and rad. Just got to blow out and flush the heater core the best I can.
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4121622)
You should probably stay in the wading end of the pool
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Originally Posted by cavemancan
(Post 4129905)
Since I am trying to progress to the deep end I was foolishly hoping for more helpful information. This is like the cocky frat boy trying to haze the newb...LOL! I see a pattern in your posts. :cwm27:
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Originally Posted by Highway8
(Post 4129929)
People use it (including myself) and it works, but it is not a miracle coolant. Basically you can run your ECT hotter without all hell coming loose. Evans has a very high boiling temp which allows you to run lower pressure, or if you get a leak and loose pressure, the boiling temp doesnt drop to an unsafe temp causing boiling and engine failure like you would see with a traditional water based coolant. Consider the stuff a safety net. I would not intentionally run extra high ECT's, but if your in the middle of a race and look down to see your temp guage in the red zone, you can back off a little, let it drop and you have probably not done any serious damage. Also, if you spring a small leak and need to limp home, you can take the coolant cap loose so no pressure will build, you will loose less coolant and you should be able to make it home.
I am about to go race happy so I am installing all the cooling mods as soon as possible. As stated in my signature I am starting with the BHR Rad and mazsport water pump/thermostat. So I figured this would be the right time to determine if I should do the coolant swap or not. Just today parked in 89 degree weather my coolant temps were 239 at idle. :Eyecrazy: If I'm not mistaken, I believe i read it somewhere, we should be around 190 to 210. I want consistant coolant temps at all times. Anyways...I know this is off topic so no more coolant banter. Apologies. Please PM if you all have more info/suggestions. And before anyone says it...yes I searched and found the Evans thread but no real experience was discussed. |
Originally Posted by cavemancan
(Post 4129967)
Thanks...I guess I'm used to reading Olddragger's, Eric, ETC posts were they've tested and tried a few things. I was hoping for a good solid "yeah this works and this is why" which you helped greatly so thanks!
I am about to go race happy so I am installing all the cooling mods as soon as possible. As stated in my signature I am starting with the BHR Rad and mazsport water pump/thermostat. So I figured this would be the right time to determine if I should do the coolant swap or not. Just today parked in 89 degree weather my coolant temps were 239 at idle. :Eyecrazy: If I'm not mistaken, I believe i read it somewhere, we should be around 190 to 210. I want consistant coolant temps at all times. Anyways...I know this is off topic so no more coolant banter. Apologies. Please PM if you all have more info/suggestions. And before anyone says it...yes I searched and found the Evans thread but no real experience was discussed. So do some searching, learn and thing or two and if you still cant find answers to all your questions, feel free to PM me and I can walk you through it. |
Originally Posted by cavemancan
(Post 4129905)
Since I am trying to progress to the deep end I was foolishly hoping for more helpful information. This is like the cocky frat boy trying to haze the newb...LOL! I see a pattern in your posts. :cwm27:
Are you prepared to drop $100+ getting your coolant system water-free and loaded with Evans which requires replacement annually, but also risk the dealership, oil change monkey, or friend/coworker that you may have loaned the car to having no idea what it is and dumping water/glycol in on it, which means doing it all over again? |
Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4130115)
well based on your recent postings you are clearly a n00b in the most general, sincere sense and racing mods on a street car require a whole different attitude and approach wrt maintenance, cost, side effects, complications etc.
Are you prepared to drop $100+ getting your coolant system water-free and loaded with Evans which requires replacement annually, but also risk the dealership, oil change monkey, or friend/coworker that you may have loaned the car to having no idea what it is and dumping water/glycol in on it, which means doing it all over again? |
Originally Posted by cavemancan
(Post 4129967)
Thanks...I guess I'm used to reading Olddragger's, Eric, ETC posts were they've tested and tried a few things. I was hoping for a good solid "yeah this works and this is why" which you helped greatly so thanks!
I am about to go race happy so I am installing all the cooling mods as soon as possible. As stated in my signature I am starting with the BHR Rad and mazsport water pump/thermostat. So I figured this would be the right time to determine if I should do the coolant swap or not. Just today parked in 89 degree weather my coolant temps were 239 at idle. :Eyecrazy: If I'm not mistaken, I believe i read it somewhere, we should be around 190 to 210. I want consistant coolant temps at all times. Anyways...I know this is off topic so no more coolant banter. Apologies. Please PM if you all have more info/suggestions. And before anyone says it...yes I searched and found the Evans thread but no real experience was discussed.
Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4130115)
well based on your recent postings you are clearly a n00b in the most general, sincere sense and racing mods on a street car require a whole different attitude and approach wrt maintenance, cost, side effects, complications etc.
Are you prepared to drop $100+ getting your coolant system water-free and loaded with Evans which requires replacement annually, but also risk the dealership, oil change monkey, or friend/coworker that you may have loaned the car to having no idea what it is and dumping water/glycol in on it, which means doing it all over again? |
Evans:
For racing, it is recommended that NPG-R be replaced at the end of each racing season.* |
However, if your 239 temp at idle is correct then you need to determine the cause of this before throwing mod money at it imo. My first suspicion would be whether or not the fans are operating correctly with regard to rotational speed. The fans are in full control of the coolant temp at idle or very low vehicle speed if everything else is proper. The WP and radiator mods will not change this. Further, imo it makes no sense to run lower fan operating temps because again this only affects coolant temp when the vehicle is stopped or moving slowly. Why do you want to make your engine less efficient in that particular operating mode? That's all lowering the fan on/off temps does. With the Evans I raised my fan control temps up, not lower.
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4130234)
However, if your 239 temp at idle is correct then you need to determine the cause of this before throwing mod money at it imo. My first suspicion would be whether or not the fans are operating correctly with regard to rotational speed. The fans are in full control of the coolant temp at idle or very low vehicle speed if everything else is proper. The WP and radiator mods will not change this.
Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4130234)
Further, imo it makes no sense to run lower fan operating temps because again this only affects coolant temp when the vehicle is stopped or moving slowly. Why do you want to make your engine less efficient in that particular operating mode? That's all lowering the fan on/off temps does. With the Evans I raised my fan control temps up, not lower.
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Any updates on the Bridgey?
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Doing a mild bridge port at the end of this month , my buddy who has been racing with rotaries since the '80's will assist me in this project. He mentioned that a mild port for the Renesis will do best since a full bridge port will bring about heat issues ,poor mileage and other problems. My apex seals are very worn now, hard starting seems to be getting worse than better , even with premixing. 164k on her , I was sure i was going to make it to 200k. Depending on what we find , I may have to get a new rear rotary housing if it shows chopping on the surface of the inner housing.
Also I noticed and he knew this already, the Renesis exhaust ports exit from the intermediats... where as the older 13B's the exhaust exit from the roatary housing. He wants to try and experiment with using the old 13B motor with full port work before trying to use my rebuilt motor. I'll keep you guys posted.... |
:facepalm:
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Originally Posted by DailyDriver2k5
(Post 4136474)
Doing a mild bridge port at the end of this month , my buddy who has been racing with rotaries since the '80's will assist me in this project. He mentioned that a mild port for the Renesis will do best since a full bridge port will bring about heat issues ,poor mileage and other problems. My apex seals are very worn now, hard starting seems to be getting worse than better , even with premixing. 164k on her , I was sure i was going to make it to 200k. Depending on what we find , I may have to get a new rear rotary housing if it shows chopping on the surface of the inner housing.
Also I noticed and he knew this already, the Renesis exhaust ports exit from the intermediats... where as the older 13B's the exhaust exit from the roatary housing. He wants to try and experiment with using the old 13B motor with full port work before trying to use my rebuilt motor. I'll keep you guys posted.... |
Originally Posted by RIP IT!
(Post 4136574)
If he tries to port it like the earlier 13B motors you will be buying new plates. There is not as much material behind the ports like the earlier motors.
He did mention taking the Renesis guts and using them in a older 13B housing...I'll wait and see what direction he wants to go with this. I'll be a good assistant, keep my mouth shut and just watch and learn. |
I hope your builder has the right tools for the job. Good luck lol.
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Originally Posted by bse50
(Post 4136649)
I hope your builder has the right tools for the job. Good luck lol.
A few guys in the Tampa area are still driving his cars that he built from the '80's on up. He built many 8 sec rotary RX-7's,a few road racing RX-7's. He had a tubbed out RX-2 he sold not to long ago that ran high 7's in the 1/4 mile. Now he is building a twin turbo '86 RX-7 as his toy. Trust me , he knows his stuff.:yesnod: |
Many of those who specialize in the older 13B's and the RX-7 platform have encountered all kinds of surprises when they operate under certain assumptions when approaching the Renesis and the RX-8.
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He may know his stuff but you clearly do not. In addition to the big doodly talk BS you can't full bridgeport a Renesis even if you wanted to. When you actually have something to talk about it would be interesting to hear about, but until then please spare us the big plans speech as we have heard it all before. Even then this is a bridgeport thread so if you only do a mild port then please post it elsewhere
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4136663)
He may know his stuff but you clearly do not. In addition to the big doodly talk BS you can't full bridgeport a Renesis even if you wanted to. When you actually have something to talk about it would be interesting to hear about, but until then please spare us the big plans speech as we have heard it all before. Even then this is a bridgeport thread so if you only do a mild port then please post it elsewhere
That is why I may go with an older 13B housing if its possible with renesis guts... Also i know you can't go a full bridge port, and he knows that too. Your right , i don't know alot about rotaries as this is my first. I know about piston engines and built some pretty nice motors in the past. The big speech plans go in effect 3 weeks. Your right talk is cheap... so until then I'll be on the sidelines till then. Cheers! |
What good are old 13b housings going to do for you? Do you plan on having custom tuned exhaust manifold made to support the flow? I just don't see the point when the stock exhaust ports flow more than adequately for a NA engine. If you were going with huge FI, I could begin to see an advantage in do it, but even then, it may be questionable at best, and probably not worth the huge cost of the custom manifold. You can actually loose HP if you have a poorly tuned (designed for the application) manifold.
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making yourself look silly doesn't offend me, but building an older 13B with Renesis internals still has nothing to do with this particular thread since it will not be a Renesis then either.
Instead of going on and on about your buddy why not just tell us his name? Surely he must be well known in the rotary community based on your glowing list of accomplishments, meaning you only need to say his name.
Originally Posted by DailyDriver2k5
(Post 4136680)
Oh I must of offended you all knowing...(roll eyes)
That is why I may go with an older 13B housing if its possible with renesis guts... Also i know you can't go a full bridge port, and he knows that too. Your right , i don't know alot about rotaries as this is my first. I know about piston engines and built some pretty nice motors in the past. The big speech plans go in effect 3 weeks. Your right talk is cheap... so until then I'll be on the sidelines till then. Cheers! |
Is his name Scott? :lol:
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Hate to sound like a noobed out idiot, but what are the benefits of bridge porting?
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Originally Posted by pking1122
(Post 4136879)
Hate to sound like a noobed out idiot, but what are the benefits of bridge porting?
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Originally Posted by reddozen
(Post 4136834)
What good are old 13b housings going to do for you? Do you plan on having custom tuned exhaust manifold made to support the flow? I just don't see the point when the stock exhaust ports flow more than adequately for a NA engine. If you were going with huge FI, I could begin to see an advantage in do it, but even then, it may be questionable at best, and probably not worth the huge cost of the custom manifold. You can actually loose HP if you have a poorly tuned (designed for the application) manifold.
The side exhaust is a very nice thing, especially in a NA car. Peripherals let the exhaust gasses pulse out of the engine in a different way, more suited to spool up a nice turbo or for high rpm racing. In a daily driving scenario or even a "human" track car i'll take the side exhaust ports anyway. |
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