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dakotart360
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2/25/2003
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well guys, i might have restored some of my faith in my pig of a R/T...comming home other day, i was on 4-lane(65 MPH) and this pimped out late model Mazda comes beside me....i didnt think anything about it but then i realized the little bugger is pipping me...thinking at the time i was going to get smoked, i just kept looking ahead, hoping he'd lose interest..no dice...so what the heck, took of cruise and gave her the beans...well, folks, i started pulling from him and never looked back...i gave all the R/T would give, buried the speedo and the RX-7 was at least 3 cars behind me...WTF...i slowed down and he got right on my ass...he was pissed and i was shocked...granted it takes no skill in driving just floor it...got to my next exit and he flew by me....with a empty expression on his face...i know nothing about these cars but boy...top end aint their cup of tea...all is done to my truck is pcm and 180...maybe this limo isnt too bad after all....lol
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Tom
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2/25/2003
08:59:40
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What year RX-7 would you say it was, because if it was 1993 up and Twin Turbo you would not have stood a chance. Those things are faster than supras. I am not making fun of the R/T because I own one but the truth is if that was a Twin Turbo you should have been a spec in his rear view mirror..
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dakotart360
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2/25/2003
13:28:37
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well, i know it was not the twin turbo...those are rear motor small rockets..i'd say maybe late 80's, early 90's...it was bigger than newer ones...pretty sure it was an RX-7, cause i seen it in town later....but i know 4-sure NOT a turbo...he would a rolled me up and smoked me..
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darcy
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2/25/2003
13:30:14
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Yeah, one of my buddies at work had a silver one, I think it was a '93. He'd blown the motor twice so he had it rebuilt to the point that the bottom end was bullet proof, he'd pulled out the little sequential twin turbos and put in a single intercooled, think it was a Garrett T-04... not sure though, the thing was huge... anyways, long story short, 11.8 in the 1/4 in full street trim (street tires too)... very nice looking little car, it had the veilside kit on it. He had a 3" straight pipe and the thing was loud as hell... sounded like a lawnmower on steroids! He sold it though, now he's got a 13 second Intgra Type-R...
2002 Dakota Sport 4.7 V8 Club Cab
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darcy
GenIII
2/25/2003
13:39:48
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There aren't any rear engine RX-7s... and all of the new ones since 93 are turbo 1.3L rotaries... was it really rounded or kinda boxy?
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Demon Dakota
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2/25/2003
14:36:32
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He's gotta be talking about the MR-2...
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darcy
GenIII
2/25/2003
15:02:56
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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking
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Waltherone
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2/25/2003
15:23:43
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Especially since he said it's bigger than the newer ones, and the newEST model RX7 (the 90-94 or whatever years) was about the same size as the previous generation was, and there is no "newer" rx7 than that
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DeepDak
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2/25/2003
15:33:07
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Not all RX-7 come with turbos. My buddy recently purchased a RX-7 (non-turbo) and it feels like a mid-high 16 second car, nothing too impressive. My buddy thinks his Durango (4.7 w/ a few mods) is quicker, but it can't take the corners like the RX-7.
Good kill though!
Eli
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dakotart360
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2/25/2003
18:26:35
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My Bad!!..i was thinking about the MR2...toyota..hell, wrong car all together...i cant say i'm up to speed on my rice..lol...but this was an non-turbo, RX-7...i looked up their stats on some site and a non-turbo runs 16.1 in quarter and top speed of 121....sounds about right...ya i seen the third gen rx-7s...wow, sharp cars....but still like my R/T..sorry about the mis-info on that car...
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Waltherone
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2/25/2003
22:28:35
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I must say, the third gen's gotta be one of the sexiest looking cars ever. I'd take a TT third gen over a porsche or BMW any day. Much more rare, so sleek and DIFFERENT.
Buddy of mine has a 2nd gen, non turbo, he runs mid-low 15, not sure what all he's done, I know he's ported the heads, intake, exhaust, but don't remember what if anything else. He knows the engine pretty well tho, somehow squeezed 170k out of his last engine (which he just removed after it finally keeled over on him) which is a LOT for a rotary.
Regardless, good kill :) First time I pulled HARD on a N/A 300zx, I knew it wasn't big, but I still felt cool putting that lil punk in his place :)
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DeepDak
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2/26/2003
01:46:00
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Waltherone,
When did Mazda start putting heads on a rotory engines? Or was your friend's a custom job?? hehehe ;)
Eli
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TurboGuy
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2/26/2003
07:18:56
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RX7s are nice and can be fast if you have the $$$. Personally its a no-win battle. Any RX7 forum will tell you that even stock they are not reliable.
So you beat an econobox in your Dak...kudos to you...lol
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Waltherone
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2/27/2003
19:39:50
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DeepDak:
Hah, I didn't even think about that! I'm so used to thinking with pistons that I forgot what car he had when he said that :\
He really just listed his mods to me as "port and polish" and then whatever the rest were, I just assumed heads..wonder what he meant..
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RX7 Nut
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2/27/2003
23:04:46
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The RX you ran was more than Likely bone stock, and in bad need of a good tune up. And 170k on a rotary engine is about the breaking point if it has had the dog crap run out of it for the entire life of the engine. Otherwise 250k is not uncommon. Don't understand what you mean by the BOTTOM END Darcy, Rotaries don't have a BOTTOM END, and for sure Don't have heads.it is no problem to get an NA 13b 1.3L in full trim down into the 13's, have seen them in the 12's NA full trim.
I own a Fine Dakota, but would only feel sympathy for an RX7 that couldn't take me from a 65 mph roll on.
Later
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darcy
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2/27/2003
23:26:57
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RX7 nut, yeah I know, I know about rotaries, I had seriously considered buying one a few years back. By bottom end I meant, and should have said, internals ie. Rotor, eccentric shaft, etc... and by head porting he most likely just meant intake and exhaust porting... streetports, brdigeports, j-ports... that kinda stuff. Sorry for the confusion man!
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dakotart360
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2/28/2003
12:43:02
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well, in my defense, i did not realize at the time what it was...i was on highway minding my own bizness....he comes out of nowhere...pipes me so i went for it...if i woulda seen him on the street at a light, i prob would of let him go...not worth the ticket....i dont know much about rice these days, but ive seen civics stomp all over V-8s, so until u know what the guy really has , its open season on the streets..lol...not saying my R/T is fast, hell its a pig....but i assumed this guy shoulda of walked me..thats all...so ya not much of a kill...now if i said i walked a Z-06, id b friggin famous or the biggest BSr there ever was...he,he...with my income...i'll stick with the Econo-cars...lol...peace out...
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Demon Dakota
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2/28/2003
14:33:45
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Personally, I'm gunning for 99 and up Mustang GT 5 speeds. I hope to make them my next victims (well, if they're still stock, that is).
K&N Drop in AF (CAI during summer months)
True Dual exhaust and removed third cat
HO Cams & HO Intake
FASTMAN 70mm TB
Autolite 3923 Plugs
TPS @ .76 VDC
IAT Adjuster Mod
14.52@94.2 MPH at Silver Dollar Raceway
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