A few things to take away from the video. -Wiggle shift knob when in neutral -Mean face when driving is a must -Bridgeport -If you need to pull a hill, you can pull a hill -At red lights rotaries are the coolest cars -Bridgeport -Rev instead of horn(because racecar) -Neutral is more than a friend -BRIDGEPORT!
@@scottavuton8196 I just explained the things that will happen. I don't really mind them. My dad (not a car guy) would be supremely annoyed. All personal preference haha!!
Streetport is perfect for street.. my 79 Sa22C has a large streetport with 118k miles and still fun to drive. Fuel consumption isn’t that bad. Id say 16mpg average
i dont see any issues, the hopping is a known issue of the puck clutch and a lighter flywheel. you no longer have the mass to idle and the clutch is lcoked in place. you float the clutch or keep 10% throttle because you removed things that prevented this, in an effort to get better response. but now you stall and lost low end power... and didnt tune the idle to coast in gear, why i dont know?
I have been that guy before who cranked the car over in gear on accident. Also have shut the keys off and let the clutch out in gear and almost hit stuff haha. Can never be too careful
@@RADPotential My dad taught me to check this repeatedly. He ALWAYS kept the car in 1st when shutting it off. I didn't even feel bad when I hit the garage door...Ok I felt a little bad :)
@@RADPotential I didn't even notice! It could be just something you do without thinking! I just discovered your account! The things that stand out to me are the noise and how you are not at all silly in letting the engine over rev. looking forward to seeing more content.
thank you all!!! I am excited to drop a few videos next week like this one. I have sourced another car and have some fun content coming next week while I am working on the FD!
Unfortunately you have the idle set so high that you never hear the brap brap. Get yourself a weber that has a choke, drop the idle down. As for your BP surging at low revs, I have never known of anyone with a 50mm weber. By far the most common is a 48mm with extended fuel bowl. I think your rotary needs just a small amount of proper setting up for it to be so much more driveable.
The 2 things will never get old to this gear head.. #1 a loud throaty rotary #2 the smell of 2 stroke running specially with premix first thing in the morning👃
I had an ‘82 RX7 with an RX4 13B Bridgeport and twin 48mm down draught Weber and streeted it for years. Good fun. Rocked the car at idle. 4” exhaust and rotorflo muffler sounded sweet. Miss the ol girl.
Love it man. Reminds me of when I had my mikuni carburetors on my RX 3 station wagon. The intake runners would have ice on them. I told my friend not to touch it but he did and his finger got stuck to it. Lol I warned him.
Great video! Really informative- thanks for the reminder that Bridgies ain’t for city traffic. Probably best to Keep em for the track. Just gotta figure out how to keep em under the race track noise limits. Keep up the vids really enjoying them.
I drove mine for 1yr straight even through winter time which it suck, mine was full Bridgeport with a Holley 750 dual pump, had to do the oil change every week and fill with gas every 2 days 😂😂😂 loved it and miss it, i can't wait to get one, either the fb or the FC chassi but now they're getting very expensive and hard to find cheap in good condition... I wish i would off kept mine
Man this brings back memories i had the same set up on a 82. And the tiny powers gains just couldn't overcome the noise and the cammed like V8 thirst this motor necessitated. Not to mention the smells in the cabin. Water leaks always something new breaking and repairing, until the motor gave out and then start all over. Got rid of the headache after 4 years. RIP
I feel like with any project car the headaches are there for sure!!! BuT.... not much if anything trumps the presence of a full bridge at a stop like. And its 2 stroke like experience is epic!!
thanks for the inspiration video man! had been wanting a n/a bridgeport or PP also for a long time, i already got an engine disassembled, just have to port it and install to my 69 luce body :)
Thanks for making this video, it reminds me of when I used to street drive my RX4 with 13b bridgeport and 51IDA Weber (48IDA bored out to 51mm, also had an extension welded onto the fuel bowl). The best thing I ever did with that combo was change from F2 to F11 emulsion tubes - mid range power improved significantly. I don't know if that will translate to your carb and 12A , but it may be worth experimenting with different emulsion tubes if you haven't already. It looks like your 12A goes well and it sounds great.
It's been 3 years, this video never gets old. Also, nobody seems to talk about this Jesse brapman cook some primix on his car😂 You always remind me of breaking bad man, but a lot cooler😂
This is perfect!! Exactly how I want my 1981 rx-7 to sound and drive. It's all about the Braps. Fuel consumption, who cares lol. It's a rotary, a true funhaver! Smiles per mile, that's what it's all about.
love the sound. not bad for a cold start and typical for most any FB. looks a lot roomier under the hood. id like to PP my 89 GTUs which is fuel injected but i have to get it running out of storage where it sat for about a decade first. i miss the fb but the fc i will admit starts easier on cold days. i wonder how it would do ported. years back my half brother got smashed on tequila and wrecked my 82 rx7 gsl. only after his mom forced me to let him drive it to work. anyways thats how i got the 89 lol and its not bad. ill never be rich enough for an fd. either way been thinking about digging out my old rotary and seeing what i might be able to do. they claim the 6 ports 13b NA with peripheral porting and some other minor adjustments can break the 200 hp barrier, and go to almost 290 without turbo. my dream rotary car would be an NA 4 rotor but like i say either way there no horsepower like NA horsepower.
Ever since I was a child my uncles always had rx7’s and that was when I fell in love with them and I’m now 34 years old still haven’t owned one yet but it’s my dream to one day !!!!!!
Awesome video, you should get some pool pipe lining and run it from the front straight into the two carburettor intakes, would do you good having direct cold air from the front instead of heated air from the engine bay. You can put wire mesh over the front of the pipes to stop anything going into them. That’s what the rotaries were set up intake wise in the 80s doing rally racing.
Bravo good sir! I can only imagine Joy it takes to hot start this thing after you've turned it off with carburation? We have a 13B 6 Port it's been bridgeported by the Star racing Mazda mechanic. I think having the six ports would eliminate a lot of the complete lack of power below 3k🤔. I know it does in the super large Street Port GTU RX-7. If you don't mess with the beautifully designed six port intake system a lot of the myths of zero low end power become just that, myths by people with no real experience or fools who unhook their power steering and wire open the 6 ports and wonder why there's no low end power!
Hey, Like the car, like de build, nice video and sound recording 👌 I got a '84 12A FB and i ask myself how many horsepower could make a bridgeport 12A with good tunned carbs and appropriate exhaust line? An idea of yours?
Thank man!! I love it. The mic is terrible. I tend to render 360 from my phone as the User interface is easier from the app vs the desktop program. If I run an external mic it's not bad!
Maybe I wouldn't mind a Bridgeport so much. I already coast neutral a lot in my speed3. It wouldn't be my daily anyway. Your videos are always super helpful!
An old school trick you should do is to use a stock 2nd gen leading coil to wasted-spark fire the leading plugs. It eliminates the need to run the leading plug wires through the cap/rotor system, it adds a third spark at the very end of each power cycle supplementing the stock trailing system, its practically free to do, and if you add an MSD box you can end up with 5 to 10 sparks per power cycle as opposed to the factory 2. After airflow, ignition is the most important thing you can improve on a rotary, due to their poor combustion chamber dynamics.
For this one I just have hotter coils, nothing too crazy! The next rendition of this engine will be 10k plus rpm and a fancy ignition system will be needed foe sure!! I have done the MSD box with direct fire leading in the past. It worked great!!
You reminded me of my days driving my old “five-oh” mustang. It was loud, it wasn’t pretty and it didn’t have a horn… so I would rev it to “honk” at people. This video was very entertaining. Funny story: I moved to a different state and had to register said mustang, so I had to come up with a way to make the horn work. I bought a button switch from Autozone and wired it up to the horn relay. The cop doing the inspection looked at me funny when my hand pressing on the horn pad didn’t synchronize with the sound of the horn, so I showed him the switch. He just said “that’s not the worst I’ve seen” and let it go.
Makes me miss my '72 RX2 I had as my first car! It was mostly stock, had headers and exhaust suspension work. Always surprised the muscle cars on cruise nights! How many cylinders you got in that thing? Zero! then I brap brap the guy and beat him to the next light!
I am the original owner of a 1980 Rx7 Mazda, its garaged & ready to get back on the road. Do you work on both of your R 7s? My Rx7 is totally stock & original. Going to check out your Rx7 videos.
coming off the holly sniper videos I can't help wonder how the sniper would do with a bridgeport? it seems to me the 4 barrel would be more desirable for that application, but could the 2 barrel sniper handle it maybe? new to rotarys here and no where near bridgeporting just curious on your thoughts a little.
how did you rectify the flat spot in the end on the silver car which I believe this is, I am blind so I can't se colour. Also what happened to the engine, did you get the oil control rings fited.
i mean i just drove a freshly built 12a bridgeport from Los Angeles to Dallas. of course the Gas is more xD but thats the sacrifice for the happy braps.
Sweet bro I had an 80 12a, no porting though, Holley 4b, headers, 2.5 exh. If you like the extra power of no air cleaners then shit can that mechanical cooling fan and install electrical fan(s), frees up quite a bit of power on a 12a.
Nah, the blacktop 4AG makes too much power... Get yourself a proper redtop motor. Bout 150-165hp (crank obviously) from a multi thousand dollar build should be good
i randomly stumbled on this video and saw the Kubota jacket, do you still work for them? i currently work there and would love to meet someone else with a RX-7
Hey bud, I like your channel.. been watching a while now🤘 Q: Can I strip, modify a Nikki carb (S.A. model) to run a bridge port? (Not tooo big of ports). Cheers? Any help~Helps😉
Hey dude, I have a 1978 rx7 and I also owned a rusty 1980. Mine is a 12a Bridgeport too. Amazing street car. Just wondering if you have had issues with twitchy steering? Both of mine have had a significant dead spot and gets twitchy at high speeds etc. Any advice?
Hey man this kinda sounds like a stupid question but is there anything other than the intake/carb, exhaust, fuel pump, and ignition that needs to be changed to be bridgeported? For an 81’ gsl.
