Alan Balinsky Preparing For Lapping, S5 PP FC at MOTM

Alan Balinsky's full race S5 FC idles in the pits at Toronto Motorsports Park while the tires are checked and the car is prepared for lapping. The car is a full race chassis running a 13B NA peripheral port engine with RX-8 internals and a 51 Weber IDA carb.

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[josephrx2]

rx-8 internals are awsome lots of advantages! 10.0:1 comp to start!

[aaroncake]

@josephrx2 But the higher compression has been shown on the dyno to offer no real improvement. The rotors are a bit lighter of course, but they also need to be machined to accept the older apex seals. No real advantage.

[boardinrider]

@aaroncake

I thought that the Rx-8 rotors can run more timing because of a differently shaped Bathtub

[aaroncake]

@boardinrider The shape is symmetrical like older rotors.

[SouthernSlider]

cool RX-8 internals thaqt what i want to do you think it would be agood idea to use RX-8 internals in a 13B-RE with the turbos removed and either a large street port or a bidge port put on it?

[aaroncake]

No. There's no advantage to using RX-8 internals.

[SouthernSlider]

ok thanks man cause my FC is alrealy at 188,072 miles and shes starting to show her age in a big way.