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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 07:40 AM
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Another tid bit.....on my way home last night, me and this Rx7 were at a light compliemtning each other cars and had a little friendly semi race. Man, that thing kicked the **** out of me. The dude was cool as hell and looked like he might have upgraded his turbo. Words cant even describe how the thing sounded and the exhaust was stock. Oh well, i will need to get some FI, but all in all, im still happy with my whip.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 07:45 AM
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my boy's pushes about 320 to the ground with stock turbo.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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320 to the wheel? What has he done to the car to get 100 extra WHP? He must be way up in the PSI ranges.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 01:38 PM
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It was a '93 and up to this day, I would love to have one of them. It was in superb condition and had some nice shoes.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 02:15 PM
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were the shoes nikes?
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 02:24 PM
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Another tid bit.....on my way home last night, me and this Rx7 were at a light compliemtning each other cars and had a little friendly semi race. Man, that thing kicked the **** out of me. The dude was cool as hell and looked like he might have upgraded his turbo. Words cant even describe how the thing sounded and the exhaust was stock. Oh well, i will need to get some FI, but all in all, im still happy with my whip.
The RX-7 is a very fast car naturally anyway. They are light, and because of the sequential turbo setup, there is VERY little turbo-lag. That first turbo gets spinning in a hurry! The tranny in the RX-7 is also really sweet. I don't know what kind of power losses the drivetrain in the 7 sees, but I'll bet it's less that the clunker Nissan puts in the Z.

And look at it this way, if the dude is the original owner of his car, depending on the year, he paid probably 40-42K for that car. A few grand for an FI setup and your almost 350+ WHP will kick his @$$!!!
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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The RX-7 is a very fast car naturally anyway. They are light, and because of the sequential turbo setup, there is VERY little turbo-lag. That first turbo gets spinning in a hurry! The tranny in the RX-7 is also really sweet. I don't know what kind of power losses the drivetrain in the 7 sees, but I'll bet it's less that the clunker Nissan puts in the Z.

And look at it this way, if the dude is the original owner of his car, depending on the year, he paid probably 40-42K for that car. A few grand for an FI setup and your almost 350+ WHP will kick his @$$!!!

I hate to admit, but i was redlining like a **** in our POS gearbox and he was whizzing through gears like water while his turbo beutifully spooled and he had to brake a couple of times to wait for me. He actually was the second owner and I believe he said he had 30k on his new setup and the thing only had 80k miles overall. It was a '93 he said.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 04:01 PM
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RX-7's are fast.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 04:24 PM
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Originally posted by Mike Wazowski
RX-7's are fast.
But you're not biased at all are you? ;-)
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 11:10 PM
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The last years of TT Rx-7's ROCK. It's 10 years behind the new Z and is still a true competitor to this day in every way. If Mazda would have been smart and released a new RX-7 instead of that POS RX-8, I wouldn't be driving a 350Z right now. The only downfall to the TT Rx-7 is that you need to be rich to own one. A new engine every 20k miles is anything but cheap or reliable. Still, everytime I see one I go "wow". More than any Skyline I tell you that. **flame shield**
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 11:29 PM
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Originally posted by zillinois
But you're not biased at all are you? ;-)
Biased...? No.... Why would you say that?

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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 11:32 PM
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Originally posted by Mike Wazowski
Biased...? No.... Why would you say that?


Dude. Doesn't look very fast. I'll race ya! lol
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 08:58 AM
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my friends rx7:
http://www.countercultured.net/93/mods.html

it's a 10 second car, on street tires, runs 30 psi on racing gas, and will eat up almost anything less then a lingenfelter. Lamborghinis and ferraris, eat your heart out : P

The thing is fast as hell, it's a shame he's selling it.
It puts down over 800 horses.
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