# Introduction **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 10, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362 "2009-07-10T19:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/21 "2009-07-11T15:50:17Z")
welcome, and i love the car ! ---
**Author:** ![94touringFD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94touringfd/32/6533_2.png) [@94touringFD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94touringFD)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/22 "2009-07-11T15:51:33Z")
Thanks for the love guy’s. I’m very proud of this car and hope all goes well with the single setup I purchased. It’s nice to own such a great performance vehicle that has never been modified and take it to a whole new level. I’ve been looking around at other threads and found that there are people on here that have other than good things to say about these cars. I found some of it amusing. So far it’s lasted longer then my DSM, lol! ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/23 "2009-07-11T15:54:32Z")
DSM vs Rotary for durability…yikes!! Watch out for flying parts :ahh :lol Jk ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/24 "2009-07-11T16:00:38Z")
single turbo FD’s that run correctly are awesome. my buddy dan had a singled one, but after blowing up his bridgeported engine, he decided its better to swap out the engine in favor of something else, and its not a 2J or LSx oh yeah and silver on black guts = :thumb ---
**Author:** ![xreaction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xreaction/32/6409_2.png) [@xreaction](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xreaction)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/25 "2009-07-11T16:09:38Z")
![http://i29.tinypic.com/9i8b3s.jpg](http://i29.tinypic.com/9i8b3s.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/26 "2009-07-11T17:36:04Z")
hahah nice ---
**Author:** ![94touringFD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94touringfd/32/6533_2.png) [@94touringFD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94touringFD)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/27 "2009-07-11T17:36:26Z")
Funny seems like you guy’s have read so much awesome info on rotaries from so many reliable sources that knew what they were doing. Hope you guy’s can share all your amazing wisdom and help me to do everything right. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/28 "2009-07-11T17:39:16Z")
> [@so where is that how-to tune a honda thread?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-where-is-that-how-to-tune-a-honda-thread/20200/22): > > Funny seems like you guy’s have read so much awesome info on rotaries from so many reliable sources that knew what they were doing. Hope you guy’s can share all your amazing wisdom and help me to do everything right. hey man, heres a 21page pdf on the rotary. hope you got your math brain on. its a good read for sure [http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~kenneth-weston/chapter7.pdf](http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~kenneth-weston/chapter7.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![dkid15](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dkid15/32/6398_2.png) [@dkid15](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dkid15)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/29 "2009-07-11T20:06:53Z")
i might have seen this at the lot a few weekends ago? We saw a silver fd on the lower lot cruising around. Anyway nice car. ---
**Author:** ![94touringFD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94touringfd/32/6533_2.png) [@94touringFD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94touringFD)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/30 "2009-07-11T22:51:55Z")
Quickly looking over your pdf there is quite a bit of mathematics that apply to figuring displacement equivalency and what not, should prove some good reading. I actually have not come across that pdf in all the reading I’ve done since I decided to purchase the car when I was overseas. Durability by the way is only as good as the path you take in modifying a car and being smart enough to know the limits. Unfortunately in the automotive world rotaries are like pitbulls, they have a bad reputation but in the right hands can prove to be better then many will ever find out for themselves. I happen to be a proud owner of both. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/31 "2009-07-12T02:47:11Z")
> [@whos got cad files of anything automotive related?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-got-cad-files-of-anything-automotive-related/20383/22): > > Durability by the way is only as good as the path you take in modifying a car and being smart enough to know the limits. **Unfortunately in the automotive world rotaries are like pitbulls, they have a bad reputation but in the right hands can prove to be better then many will ever find out for themselves**. I happen to be a proud owner of both. what you said also applies strongly to DSM’s ---
**Author:** ![94touringFD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94touringfd/32/6533_2.png) [@94touringFD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94touringFD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/32 "2009-07-12T04:24:40Z")
What I said applies to cars in general regardless of piston, rotary, fuel injected, carbureted, DSM, Ford… My DSM was an isolated mess of a situation. Anyone that had anything to do with it would agree there I think. I lost a good amount of money with that car. I actually still have to sell the motor, clutch, and flywheel from that thing. This car isn’t gonna be any race car or anything. I’ll be happy to put down 400whp on a conservative tune. I built this for personal enjoyment this time. I see it as a gift to myself for my deployment to Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/33 "2009-07-12T05:00:44Z")
yeah what i did to my car was my gift from my last deployment. a 400whp FD would MOVE OUT. only cause for concern with the FD is the halfshafts/carrier when you get up to that level, the transmissions are very stout. ---
**Author:** ![94touringFD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94touringfd/32/6533_2.png) [@94touringFD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94touringFD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/34 "2009-07-12T06:01:14Z")
Funny, a kid trying to sell me a T78 was just saying the same thing about the halfshafts. After the whole tabockle with my Talon AND the scare I had when the FD started to spew smoke from the tailpipe, I don’t plan to drive this too hard. Although I would like to get involved in something that would help me learn how to drive it well. I’m pretty sure I would suck but I’d be willing to learn. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/35 "2009-07-12T20:21:14Z")
sick car…I bet it moves! when you gonna ls1 swap it?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/36 "2009-07-13T07:25:11Z")
Nice car man, 35r is a great turbo. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/37 "2009-07-13T08:11:47Z")
> [@SSmokinn SS"](#): > > sick car…I bet it moves! > > when you gonna ls1 swap it?? 😉 ![http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/eghatchattack/stfu.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/a/8a6ec19fbb91f4f36412cc9c5f471a674e57c4e3.gif) ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/38 "2009-07-13T12:48:07Z")
Nice car, I likes ---
**Author:** ![HANSTECH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hanstech/32/6445_2.png) [@HANSTECH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HANSTECH)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/39 "2009-07-13T12:57:40Z")
sweet FD. like many others here,ive always liked these. seems like you have a soild plan for it. ---
**Author:** ![94touringFD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94touringfd/32/6533_2.png) [@94touringFD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94touringFD)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362/40 "2009-07-13T13:19:21Z")
If you read post #15 you’d see I bought this car for what it is. Plus if I were to go I piston the LS1 would be by far at the bottom of my list. IMO a stock LS1 swap would be a waste of money. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introduction/245362.md?page=3)