RICESP Water Injected RX7

[RICE RACING]

4" inlet on the turbo.

You get the full specs on the tank when you get the kit , I'm more than happy to talk to you over E-Mail when your ready not a problem at all.

The rear tires are 255 wide good street tires, they do get pretty shredded in 2nd gear so I leave the traction control on to limit tire wear, 3rd gear now they are having a hard time also, but generally now I just leave the car in 4th gear (from 80kph to ~240kph) it has more than enough torque *red spread of power* to pin you back at any revs/speed, using third to overtake is pointless as its over in less than 2 seconds and you are either about to fly off the highway! or literally drill into the back of another car ............ it's a great little car !!!!

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Get On It!

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She has passed the 1.8kg/cm durability tests with flying colors & the performance is amazing. We have the new settings at 2.10kg/cm (over 2 bar gauge, 300kpa ABS, 30+psi in the old money)..... there is still plenty of margin left in the set up to run 2.5kg/cm in street trim but as before will run at the intermediate step to prove it rather than do a one off power pull BS type sheet posting as is the norm among most kiddies shops or internet experts

The acceleration is gag factor to the max! it's not scary but I tell you it does make your arsehole pulsate in mild fear if you have not sampled this kind of thing recently.......... !!!!!!!!!!!

[thefalls]

This just keeps on getting better and better!

Very nice car and that engine bay stays like new always!!!!

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Originally Posted by thefalls

This just keeps on getting better and better!

Very nice car and that engine bay stays like new always!!!!

Yes it's amazing, what seemed like a limitation a year or two ago today is the new base to work from. It's one of those things though where you do need years to prove the concept like I am doing here (various technical challenges & base line calibrations aside) nothing much in the hardware is exceptionally "different" just very minor settings changes and applying all of my knowledge and experience means I now can have a 13B rotary car in compliant street trim that is faster than many peoples race specials!, all while keeping amazing durability for something that is making such prodigious horsepower

I remember reading in one of my text books from my engineering days on the development of BMW's 4cyl turbo F1 motors where Gordon Murray (Brabham/BMW designer at that time) basically said their whole program was in the firing line after a couple of years trying to go turbo, and in the end it was something so small and relatively stupid that either made it work or not (ended up being a simple calibration setting!)...... *Moral there* Lets not forget how miserably Ford Cosworth failed in attempting to make a 4cyl turbo to match BMW's at even half the power let alone 1300+bhp

I have my own little (by comparison) developments, and its all part of the challenge to develop something no one else can and do it on far less, its not the cubic dollars that makes the difference just a great concept (WATER INJECTION) applied well, and set up to achieve what its always shown through history to achieve, the best power, with minimum stress, and all on common parts (be they mechanical *engine* or chemical *fuel*)

Hope it inspires people to follow what Sir Harry Ricardo and other great engineers have bestowed generations ago

[thefalls]

I was inspired when i stumbled upon this forum by chance,in fact i was researching a bit on water/meth injection.
Then midway i figured that you are not a trader over here but a real enthusiast...haha!

What you have done so far is truly amazing,hope you will carry on with the good work and keep us scotched to the screen with your achievements!

Will seek some tips later when i get into this.

[RICE RACING]

Originally Posted by thefalls

I was inspired when i stumbled upon this forum by chance,in fact i was researching a bit on water/meth injection.
Then midway i figured that you are not a trader over here but a real enthusiast...haha!

What you have done so far is truly amazing,hope you will carry on with the good work and keep us scotched to the screen with your achievements!

Will seek some tips later when i get into this.

Thanks very much, I am an enthusiast first and foremost. I have been doing this work for over 20 years now and will NEVER EVER STOP! I'll continue to do it for the next 30 or 40 years not sure if the internets or the world will be around that long though.

I have been using RICESP as the daily drive now *till my new tow car arrives!*, as well as weekend cruiser (just came back from a 200km 3+hours scenic lunch drive ) the car is flat out amazing in every respect, a true street car but with supercar destroying proven ability fast, efficient and reliable. can't wish for any more than that. Next few months will be a bit quiet due to work commitments and using car day to day, but will update anyway as quite a few people keep in touch and want to know how things are. Just on my drive now I saw two of my students, boys were gagging over the Mazda *they are only human!* it once again as I probably have been stating over and over is the ultimate real street car, jump in it drive it anywhere anytime anyplace and not go broke doing so or worry from fear where you can buy E85 or some such other garbage fuel lol..... The power of WATER INJECTION! you just cant beat it! no matter what you read on the internet forums lol

[Dust]

I have been reading about the nozzle type you are using, and was wondering if the nozzles could be used with a pump feeding the water side, and only boost feeding the air side?

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Originally Posted by Dust

I have been reading about the nozzle type you are using, and was wondering if the nozzles could be used with a pump feeding the water side, and only boost feeding the air side?

I guess you could do that (I have never tried it). It would defeat the purpose of the system to be "simple" using an electric pump, + you would have to put in allot of work with PWM control of the valve to meter the water in (which is basically self regulating with boost pressure feeding the water). Hope that makes sense to you.

[Dust]

I was thinking about using my current kit, and using the new nozzles to reduce the micron size for the turbo's ingestion. Don't know how much it would help though.