I Don't Understand LS-Swapped FDs

"S65" (granthp) 08/11/2016 at 21:59 • Filed to: FD-RX-7, RX-7, LS, V8, Engine Swaps, Senior weak

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Seriously what can a LS swapped FD do that a Corvette C6 or C5 can’t do?

TheHondaBro > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:00

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Be Japanese.

S65 > TheHondaBro 08/11/2016 at 22:00

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So?

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:02

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Be sick JDM... bro...

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:02

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They can look fancy.

Sneaky Pete > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:03

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Be a sleeper.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:04

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Avoid certain stereotypes.

Batman the Horse > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:06

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Not look like a grandpa car.

Takuro Spirit > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:06

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Not be leaf sprung plastic bodied wood floored exposed fastener cobalt steering wheeled floppy seated geriatric driven blah.

extraspecialbitter > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:06

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you’re looking at it the wrong way. what can a LS swapped FD do that a stock FD can’t do?

interstate366, now In The Industry > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:07

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Look gorgeous.

S65 > Sneaky Pete 08/11/2016 at 22:07

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I wouldn’t really consider a FD a sleeper...

S65 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:08

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ok...

S65 > extraspecialbitter 08/11/2016 at 22:10

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Sneaky Pete > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:10

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Considering they’re all close to 20 years old...it’s a surprise if any are still running.

S65 > interstate366, now In The Industry 08/11/2016 at 22:10

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I think the C5 corvette is gorgeous...

Danger Ranger XLT > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:13

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Looks and handling, two things the Corvette only learned to do in 2014.

I honestly do tend to agree with you, but I also never had an FD grenade its engine after 25000 miles of highway use. lol rotaries. That is why the only guy I know with an LS FD has an LS FD.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:17

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Rust.

S65 > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 08/11/2016 at 22:20

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You aren’t wrong...

DanZman > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:22

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This is your fundamental problem. I think that the FD is one of the most beautiful cars of that era. C5s are just kinda regular.

DanZman > extraspecialbitter 08/11/2016 at 22:22

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LMAO! Sums it up perfectly

interstate366, now In The Industry > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:55

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I think the FD is the best-looking car of all time (OF ALL TIME!), so pretty much nothing can stand to it in my eyes.

briannutter1 > S65 08/11/2016 at 23:04

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My friend has his FD swapped and makes 430 at the wheels. I do think it's a better looking car than my c5z and it's about 7:8 scale as well. Very tinny though and the chassis feels flexible compared to mine...just not as robust.

benn454 > DanZman 08/11/2016 at 23:20

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The C5 and FD look like sisters. Maybe not twin sisters, but sisters none the less.

Alex Zapata > S65 08/11/2016 at 23:33

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You take the best of two worlds, a car that was actually designed and manufactured properly and an engine that was actually engineered

citizennick > S65 08/11/2016 at 23:40

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Definitely raise a good point. There’s just something about the FD though when compared to a C5 or C6.

I had an FD back in the day. Ended up replacing the motor and transmission the short time I owned it.

So doing an LS swap is pretty logical IMO.

AfromanGTO > S65 08/11/2016 at 23:46

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Be lighter and smaller. A FD looks like it is the same size of a Miata with a hardtop. I suppose you could argue the point of a more raw experience with the FD.

S65 > AfromanGTO 08/11/2016 at 23:48

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I guess

AfromanGTO > S65 08/11/2016 at 23:55

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Come in right hand drive is another one.

DanZman > benn454 08/12/2016 at 00:02

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I absolutely agree with you. Just remember that these two are also sisters. Which one do you think is the Corvette?

interstate366, now In The Industry > extraspecialbitter 08/12/2016 at 00:11

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Run for more than 5 minutes

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > S65 08/12/2016 at 00:15

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It looks good unlike a corvette

random001 > S65 08/12/2016 at 06:49

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I think the only answer is is “Look like an FD”, Though the C5 sure comes close.

WiscoProud > DanZman 08/12/2016 at 11:26

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Khloe is a C4 and Kim is a C5. Sure they look good in the right light and mood, but there are so, so many nicer models out there.

DanZman > WiscoProud 08/12/2016 at 12:13

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These were the quickest sisters I could come up with. I don't read US weekly, so I don't know who is hot right now.

benn454 > DanZman 08/12/2016 at 16:33

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I wouldn’t fuck either Kardashian with my worst enemy’s dick, so I’d consider them more like a ratted out Camry and Corrolla.

The C5 and FD are more like Emily and Zooey Deschanel.

C5 is the more mature Emily.

FD is the quirky Zooey.

CaptDale - is secretly British > DanZman 08/12/2016 at 16:40

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Neither, those bitches are ugly on the outside and poisonous inside. Out of those two vehicle top performance models...

The C5 (Z06): Hardcore, V8, a little more brash, sexy AF, and wanted by many (Kate Beckinsale)

The RX-7 FD-S (Spirit R): Nimble, Sexy AF, a little more classy, and also wanted by many (Milla Jovovich)

But both could kick your ass just as easy.

DanZman > benn454 08/12/2016 at 17:05

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These are sisters? I never would have known that. If you asked me to name famous sisters all I have is the kardashians and the Olson twins and we said not twins.

DanZman > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/12/2016 at 17:10

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Wait, what? I thought we were adhering to the whole “sister” metaphor. Now your just naming chicks that could be the personification of vehicles. They don’t look even remotely alike.

Also, side note: That Milla chick is gross. The FD is more like Chralize Theron.

CaptDale - is secretly British > DanZman 08/12/2016 at 17:17

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You shut your whore mouth!! They look very similar in most of those franchises’ movies. And Milla is gorgeous.

Chralize is too good for a FD, She’d be a HSV Holden Maloo

DanZman > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/12/2016 at 17:41

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I’d take that Maloo over almost anything including my current c6 z06. I’d say that the Maloo is more like Diora Baird, sexy, uncommon, and not really practical anything but always a good time!

CaptDale - is secretly British > DanZman 08/12/2016 at 17:46

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See I think she looks more like the Aston One-77. Beautiful, impractical, everyone wants one, but you have it instead.

I think Chralize is a Maloo. Uncommon, powerful, beautiful, but also useful like not just based off her looks. Just like a truck that could haul a bed full of crap going 150 mph

DanZman > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/12/2016 at 18:19

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Good call CaptDale! I don’t think that you “make poorsche decisions” LOL

CaptDale - is secretly British > DanZman 08/12/2016 at 19:11

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Lol, then you haven’t read my 928 purchase articles.....

DanZman > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/12/2016 at 22:40

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I have not, it can’t be worse than the one that Tavarish “bought" though, right?

CaptDale - is secretly British > DanZman 08/13/2016 at 11:21

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I don’t think I read about him owning one... Nor can I find the article. I’d love to read how bad that it. lol.

My 928 started with good intentions, then sat for about a year before I got her running . Thank god I have my GTO for regular driving. Love your Z06 btw.