Phillip Evans' 1993 RX-7 Holset HX50

Riding along in Phillip Evans' insane 1993 Widebody RX7. Phillip built and ported this motor himself, half bridged, 13B with a massive Holset HX50 diesel turbo at low boost.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Phillip
• Evans
• Rotary
• Kids
• Rotorhedz
• Turbo
• holset
• hx50
• rx7
• mazda

[vgnc220e]

Hey, I'm not too familiar with diesel turbo's but can you bolt up those turbo's and use regular gas with them? Or if you have a diesel turbo then would you have to gas diesel all the time? Sorry if this is a dumb question...just wondering. Thanks in advance!

[igropemotoko]

A turbo is a turbo. The only time this matters if it's a downstream set up. Meaning the fuel actually enters the turbo before going into the engine and this is almost always only on Carb set ups. This RX-7 is, of course, fuel injected. Some turbos have seals to prevent gasoline entering the CHRA (bearing). These have to be used on setups where fuel actually enters the turbo or else it can break down the oil in the bearing and cause it to fail. Diesel turbos maintain high boost pressure cheaply.

[robertodammert]

Damn! That's one sick FD...Would love to see more vids of that beast!

[igropemotoko]

I'm going to string a series of vids together of his car soon. =] Keep an eye out on my YouTube page.

[igropemotoko]

Yeah, there is a unique sound there, no doubt. Sounds kinda neat! The main reason is the ability of these diesel turbos to maintain high boost pressures. This car has a map set up for up to 38 PSI. In this video the car is at about 18 PSI I believe. But the easiest answer is that question is to just watch the video again. lol

[mdcmotorsports]

Just apex seals when they leave.

[MrSimonbiondo]

rotor power noting beats it

[RossLove01]

Lol @ yellow door cards

[blackarubian]

what housing does it have 19cm or 22 cm ??

[treos85]

diesel turbo sounds different. Why did u choose a diesel turbo over a more common garret, hks, or turbonetics single conversion?