ano po ms mganda sa 3??lynxRS/SIR/lancer

[ghosthunter]

The only way to make big power from the RS is to turbo. High power, low revs, lots of fun.

BTW, how's the Lynx RS turbo doing? Still healthy?

Hey, we were at redline for nearly fifteen minutes and over 6000 rpm for half-an-hour straight. I'd consider that "stressful"... I don't have your long rev range. :hysterical: Besides, my motor has over 90,000 kilometers on it, and it's been on the dyno over two dozen times, on the racetrack a half-dozen times and revved on top-speed runs constantly. Heck, it's normal for many engines to drink oil with that abuse... we can't all have indestructible Nissan SR20s in our cars, no matter what the "Fast and the Furious" guys would have you think...

SR20s have a weak point. The water pump starts to have cavitation in RPMs exceeding 6000rpm. Based on documentation on the problem, the water pump is useless in RPMs in excess of 6500rpm to redline. But underdrive pulleys can solve/delay that problem and even add more power to the wheels.

But spending money on an expensive RS, SiR or FD Civic (which is also, by the way, a porker) for track work is kind of "meh"... for the track you want something cheap and expendable, like an AE101 Corolla with a 4AGE engine.

or a Sentra B14 with a SR20DE or SR20DET engine. There were some guys selling their SR20 equipped cars in NissanBayan.com but the site has been down for a while now.

[niky]

BTW, how's the Lynx RS turbo doing? Still healthy?

Drinks a liter every few thousand. But he's making over 250 whp. The other turbo-guys, athos and bauer (at http://forum.fordclubph.com ) have never experienced any drinking. It's a random thing. Might be his PCV. Some owners report the drinking going away after replacing the PCV valve.

SR20s have a weak point. The water pump starts to have cavitation in RPMs exceeding 6000rpm. Based on documentation on the problem, the water pump is useless in RPMs in excess of 6500rpm to redline. But underdrive pulleys can solve/delay that problem and even add more power to the wheels.

From research, apparently the FSDE's issue is cavitation also... in the oil pump. That's what is causing the drinking on the racetrack. We're working on rectifying this. Take note, again, that most daily driven RSs don't drink. It's just those that get worked out very, very hard.

or a Sentra B14 with a SR20DE or SR20DET engine. There were some guys selling their SR20 equipped cars in NissanBayan.com but the site has been down for a while now.

Yeah, it's been forever. The one issue with tracking older cars is chassis stiffness. To be competitive, you really have to reinforce the hell out of the car. A B14, EK Civic or AE101 Corolla with a rollcage is still only about as stiff as a stock Corolla Altis. Modify a Corolla Altis and it'll be stiffer still.