Slow Cars....
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Kirk did say a WHOLE trd exhaust....and 280rwhp would not own this area, not even freakin close. The hp rating doesnt mean a whole lot when you put it into perspective. Dave's 600(last i was infromed anyways) or so hp supra does better then most 1000hp supras. I would not be afraid to say I move somewhere in the vicinity of 380hp and I am no where close to "owning this area."
edit: I overlooked the part about mods...but the HP statement still applies. I have not read about many 11 sec rx-7s...which is what it would take (at minimum) to "own this area."
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I do agree the car is very over rated. Hell they like to blow up often. I personally dont care for the RX-7 or 8 for that matter. Miatas are nice but from what I was told his was barely modified and smoked him pretty good. I wouldnt race him for money unless I had some mods which at the current point in time im un-modified. And even when im modified he probably wouldnt do it anyway.
Peace!
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a 3rd gen rx-7 comes with around 255 hp stock i believe. rx-8 is somewhere around 235 or so. id much rather take an rx-7 over an 8, but id much much rather have my talon than the rx-7.
i pulled up next to that kid at the light on the intersection of 25th and 17th. we made eye contact and went for it. i really hope that he wasnt actually racing.. 'cause i COMPLETELY owned him. i was at least 2 car lengths ahead of him by the time i hit 70.
i know the people who own a shop where he gets his car fixed. everyone that works there says its a POS. nothing special at all.
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while i agree that i would take my dsm over an rx7 (until i get bored of it), the rx7 is still nothing to ignore. with a good driver and good setup (motor, suspension and tires), the rx7 can launch much better than a lot of cars out there.
to give you an idea of just how bad ass an rx7 can be... http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/videos/[email protected] -
rx-7s are definitely badass... just not so much in the hands of people who dont know anything about them. from what ive heard, a rotary is a lot different to drive and if you dont know what youre doing, you can easily cause a lot of damage to it. personally ive never driven one, but id love to take one out for a day...
i assume that was an awd talon that got owned off the line in the vid?
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One of my good friends from Minot has a 94 tt rx7 that doesn't run as of now. But it was running 13.1s in Rock Falls 2 years ago on bald street tires, and 60fts that were around the 2.3 - 2.4 range due to lack of traction. That same car on a prepped track in Minot was cutting 1.8s on the same tires.
We blew it up last year with a single turbo conversion, however it's hopefully going to be alive sometime when he gets off his ass. (Built motor waiting, single turbo still, just needs an IC and a clutch, and his trans finished). In the hands of the right people w/ the right parts they are amazing cars.
There is a pic of his turbo. Next biggest one is Troy's old Frank 4 from turbochargers.com, and the smallest one was a "puppy" from DSM performance.
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Flowcus wrote:
Yeah someone needs to race scherling... he yelled out his window sat night to drake saying SLOW then he sped off... we caught up to him and he turns off and wouldnt race. Then later that night he comes after me wanting to race me. Whats that pussy run anyway mid 14's?Peace!
Rob
I explained that in another thread. And when did i come up to you wanting to race? I dont remember trying to race any Focus that night. And yeah that pussy runs ran a 14.2 with snow tires (lots of wheel spin) and a fucked up ECU.LankorDie wrote:
Man that kid fucking sucks. What does he drive? If I see him when im driving my Tbird I'll run into him.
Do you know me? No, get over it.Flowcus wrote:
93 RX-7... not sure on the year. Riced out body kit and some gunmetal rims I think. From what I have heard he only has a cat-back because he wants to keep his warranty, and he has gone through a couple of motors already. Stupid people shouldnt drive rotary cars.Peace!
Rob
Yeah its tru i am a ricer...lol. But at least I don’t drive a Ford. Anyway yeah i wanted to keep my warranty is that so bad? Cuz if my car breaks it cost alot to fix and id rather enjoy my car havin a stock engine than be fast and have it sit on blocks. Couple of motors hu, man i wish that Lunde would quit sneeking thous motors in my car without me knowin.... But the warranty is up now so i am starting to mod it slowly to do it right. But it will never be as fast as everyone thinks it should be cuz its my daily driver and id rather drive it everyday and be slower than drive it never and have it be fast. If you didnt know high hp = 0 drivability.92BlackTT wrote:
Dont mistake this comment for an individual actually defending the idiot... but from what i have read rx-7 motors are poopy to begin with.
Yeah they are but if you treat them right they will treat you right.98exaccord wrote:
its not a riced out body kit...i believe it is bomex..not rice..he just can't shift, thats what i hear from everyone...don't race him for money rob, he will win..unless he misses
I am tired of this cant shift shit... lol. Ask Mike he knows i can drive, cuz he thought that i couldn’t drive and then he saw it first hand and said "when did you learn how to drive" Ok i will prove it to you, next time someone claims this to my face i will take them for a ride just to set the recorded strait, if your up to it? But i shoudlnt have to prove anything.PSI2HI wrote:
Shcerlings car is overrated super car,its not fast and wont be fast because he's so scared of voiding his warranty. Obviously e knows its a POS by saying he wont mod it cuz he knows it'll break and he wont have warranty.PS. i spanked him from a roll and a stop 2 years ago in a miata running low 14's, what a supercar!!!!
Yeah it really is over rated, the cars stock run between 13.8 - 14.2. Now can i step off this pedestal? Yeah you did spank me, so whats ur point i don’t deny it. I am not gonna make excuses but the car had issues.RX8ownage wrote:
still a phat looking car
Wow a complement! Thanks i like ur STi to...lol2k3WRXND wrote:
Smoked him from a roll with nothing but an MBC.WRX with 30% drivetrain loss (AWD)
Vs Rotary motor (RWD)....from a roll.....
PATHETIC!
Not gonna waist my breath or finger movement for that matter.amicheze wrote:
a 3rd gen rx-7 comes with around 255 hp stock i believe. rx-8 is somewhere around 235 or so. id much rather take an rx-7 over an 8, but id much much rather have my talon than the rx-7.i pulled up next to that kid at the light on the intersection of 25th and 17th. we made eye contact and went for it. i really hope that he wasnt actually racing.. 'cause i COMPLETELY owned him. i was at least 2 car lengths ahead of him by the time i hit 70.
i know the people who own a shop where he gets his car fixed. everyone that works there says its a POS. nothing special at all.
The place where i get my car fixed at hu, where would that be? Lunde? no it wouldn’t be Lunde cuz Marty the only rotary mechanic there loves my car and helps me to keep it runnin good. So your wrong there. And if you mean Type R your also mistaken, cuz you said "everyone that works there" last time i checked it was a one man operation, and yeah he also loves my car and knows it runs good. And thous are the only 2 places that have touched my car. Now Jeff’s 7, he had some problems when he first bought it but i think hes got them strained out now. Maybe they meant his car? I dont even know who you are, is your car a white DSM, Nicks old one? or do you have one of the many maroon 2g's. I remember that white one and both of us didn’t even get on it off the line, or at least i didnt. But i was pullin on that 1g so i let off right away, and it kept goin. Aaron was behind me. Ask him. If you have that 2g no i was not tryin to race you, if you got on it thats kinda sad.
Well all in all your all right in your own way, the 7's are very temperamental, and moding them has to be done carefully. Cuz with just my cat-back and midpipe on i am right on the edge of boost cut. So i need to buy an ECU before i can even put my intake back on or the downpipe i have also. And yeah i dont like to race in town if i do race cuz i am really close to losing my license if i haven’t already cuz i have a ticket still in processing. Look at Steven he had a really fast 2g Talon all done up and it was only at the track once. Rag on him for never racing. Sorry Steve-o just tryin to make my point. I know in ur old age racing might have bad effects on ur heart, lol hey you asked for it.
Later
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DJ wrote:
Yeah its tru i am a ricer...lol. But at least I don’t drive a Ford.Excellent debate rebuttle. sarcasm
I actually think Rob would take ya from a dig with nothing done but an intake, as a matter of fact, I think you 2 should race. And as for Ford "sucking" do we have to bring out 5.0 mustangs, SVT mustangs, etc.. into the picture? I hope not.
DJ wrote:
Not gonna waist my breath or finger movement for that matter.Later
Waist? Come on man I understand typo's but seriously. Why exactly isn't my point valid? Fact is your car's strength is from a roll and my car's exact weakness is from a roll. We raced and we saw the outcome, just kind of impressed, whether it be the piss poor performance that creeped out of yours, or the semi decent "rolling" performance out of mine. Heck Jim beat me from a roll, though I would like a rematch since I'm not running pig rich right now.
SVT vs Rx7 - sounds like a race that is extremely lop sided but I think it'd be interesting. What do ya say Scherling? You don't wanna run me, so run the hatchback
P.S should be all in your favor man, so I don't know why you would turn it down. The SVT is completely bone stock, now of course this is all if and only if Rob wants to race. But I got a feeling he'd be more then anxious to give you a run
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this thread is a huge pile of gay! we should call it e-racers.com?
personally I think that red rx-7 is hot. if those vehicles weren't so tempermental, I'd own one in a second!
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i find this to be kinda interesting. But, honestly, you guys need to know when to stop. Drake and Scherling should settle their "misunderstanding" somewhere else. This is just a waste of space, and im sure jim is not happy about it, since it is his website. I don't really like the kid, but thats a nice RX-7 from the outside. Not sure about the performance side.
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amicheze wrote:
i think jim vs rx-7 would be a good race.how is rwd compared to fwd and awd from a launch?
Generally I'd put it in this order, best to worst
AWD, RWD, FWD
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T ! N wrote:
i find this to be kinda interesting. But, honestly, you guys need to know when to stop. Drake and Scherling should settle their "misunderstanding" somewhere else. This is just a waste of space, and im sure jim is not happy about it, since it is his website. I don't really like the kid, but thats a nice RX-7 from the outside. Not sure about the performance side.Point taken, sorry for taking out the frustration out on the site and doing thread hijacking.
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mym6 wrote:
Generally I'd put it in this order, best to worstAWD, RWD, FWD
Only exception to this rule generally is from a roll racing, then it goes...
RWD,FWD,AWD
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