Oh man how to start this one... I can say you won't believe this even if you were in the car with me or i can say, You ain't gonna believe this shit! Well just to let you know, most of you are not going to believe this cause hell I find it hard for me to believe it even though I did it but here goes.

I was coming home from a hard and tiring day at the office with my brain fried. It was a good thing there wasnt alot of traffic so i was able to move rather freely. I'm at a red light getting ready to turn left when a red RX-7 FD drives by. Just seeing the car makes me smile cause i'm a big rotary fan and it looked beautiful. Light turns green and I turn to see if i could catch up for a better look. I get my chance to look as i get behind. It had a huge exhaust replacing the stock one which gave it a very nice hum. The guy slowed down for some railroad tracks and i went from behind him to his side very quickly.

I guess he though I wanted to race, I didnt, i just wanted a side view. He slams on the gas from about 5 flarring his exhaust in my ear since i had the windows down and he took off, I did the same after that quick shock. He had a car length ahead of me till the shifting came, 2nd came up and i pulled him in a bit reducing the distance to about 1/2 a car. I remembered what Musashi had told me from when he raced me, that when most people drive and shift the car rocks back and you can tell they shift, but with me it looks like i have an auto and each shift just keeps me going.

So with that in mind I watch the next shift, the FD rocks a bit and the turbo lag kicked in for it, you could tell it was not a mis-shift either. I held it in 2nd reaching about 60-65 as i pass him and shift to 3rd holding a 1/2 car length ahead of him. We slow it down after reaching about 75 cause a bus started to pull into my lane from the side so i dropped back and went behind the FD, I hoped he wouldve continued down my way cause i wouldve loved to chat with him but he revved twice i guess to say good job and turned left onto another street. I went on my way with a huge smile on my face and that just made my whole week better.

Oh and BTW Musashi and I Found out i'm not stock, after we put in the boost gauge it turned out im not pushing the stock 7.5 psi, instead it's roughly 11 to 11.5 psi which explains alot of stuff about my car, i'm hoping to get it dynoed now.:bigthumb:

thats not unbeliveable, your car and the rx-7 are very equal in speed

i would expect either to possibly win. but i'd really count on your car to take the victory, just cause usually those rx-7's arent running tip top

thats a very good kill to keep in your diary :)

nice kill

thats not unbeliveable, your car and the rx-7 are very equal in speed

i would expect either to possibly win. but i'd really count on your car to take the victory, just cause usually those rx-7's arent running tip top

thats a very good kill to keep in your diary :)

nice kill

you sure cause that's a 255hp car i beat that wieghs less then mine. to me i didnt think i could do something like that

thanks for the confidence though!

good jorb on the kill it also explains why RX-7 owners always Give me Real Dirty look when im next to them at a light. lol

you sure cause that's a 255hp car i beat that wieghs less then mine. to me i didnt think i could do something like that

thanks for the confidence though!

still most of them are VERY out of shape and the Turbos are worn out

:1:

yeah those rotaries are hard to come by in great shape...i was looking around for one to blow my money on but they all had some kind of leak or the boost guage didn't show the amount of boost it should have or something like that...

Well done, which car is yours the SRT or the VW?

Well done, which car is yours the SRT or the VW?

The VW

V-Dub in za howse!
:grinyes:

oh, you own the vw?? i thought you had a srt-4??

thats even a better kill, but as stated above most rx-7's are'nt running too well...you got a lucky one in

intresting kill!

And...if the car isnt moded but is reading high boost...thats a sign of something wrong like the wastegate...

And...if the car isnt moded but is reading high boost...thats a sign of something wrong like the wastegate...

Not neccessarily, they have 3 ecu upgrades for my car, one raises the boost to 11.5 and i think the previous owner might've done that one since that was the first upgrade to come out, the rest of the car isnt modded so that's why i need to go to a dyno, this upgrade is supposed to put me to about 215 at the crank.

oh, you own the vw?? i thought you had a srt-4??


NOpe That would be Me in the SRT-4:grinyes: :grinyes:

Not neccessarily, they have 3 ecu upgrades for my car, one raises the boost to 11.5 and i think the previous owner might've done that one since that was the first upgrade to come out, the rest of the car isnt modded so that's why i need to go to a dyno, this upgrade is supposed to put me to about 215 at the crank.

Love the V-dub comercial. and love the vw ghetto sign.
I guess I kind underestimated the V-dubs power.
Hope you get more mods!

what do you drive to underestimate the power of the VW!

what do you drive to underestimate the power of the VW!

he must have the DSM that they tried to make fly in the commercial

:lol:

good kill, so who here has seen the mazda kabura or something like that? its a concept and some people are saying it might be the next rx-7

good kill, so who here has seen the mazda kabura or something like that? its a concept and some people are saying it might be the next rx-7

ive seen it, its gonna be a fun car, but its not rotary and the engine design is off the MX-3, but the body looks like a rx-7 and 8 combined

ive seen it, its gonna be a fun car, but its not rotary and the engine design is off the MX-3, but the body looks like a rx-7 and 8 combined

yeah the engine isnt rotary right now, but they made sure when they designed it that a rotary would fit...

yeah the engine isnt rotary right now, but they made sure when they designed it that a rotary would fit...

Yeah a rotary would fit but rotary engine swaps are expensive compared to tuning the 2.0 thats gonna be put in it

Yeah a rotary would fit but rotary engine swaps are expensive compared to tuning the 2.0 thats gonna be put in it

thats not what i meant, i meant they might change the engine thats in it if they decide to produce it, and they might call it an rx-7

thats not what i meant, i meant they might change the engine thats in it if they decide to produce it, and they might call it an rx-7

Actually it's the other way around, They were going to call it the RX-7 and they had a rotary in it but they wanted to keep the RX-8 as their flagship so they took out the Rotary and put in the 2.0 turbo. They canned the RX-7 revival a while back and decided to upgrade the RX-8 with either a supercharger or a turbo setup.

This leaves me in disbelief also.

Actually it's the other way around, They were going to call it the RX-7 and they had a rotary in it but they wanted to keep the RX-8 as their flagship so they took out the Rotary and put in the 2.0 turbo. They canned the RX-7 revival a while back and decided to upgrade the RX-8 with either a supercharger or a turbo setup.

is this recent news? i think it would be good if they turboed the RX-8, thats what its needed all along. i got what i was saying from this months R&T tho, so i figured it was pretty up to date stuff. i guess i should clarify, no one from mazda said it could be the RX-7 revival. that came from other people, like the cars designer

is this recent news? i think it would be good if they turboed the RX-8, thats what its needed all along. i got what i was saying from this months R&T tho, so i figured it was pretty up to date stuff. i guess i should clarify, no one from mazda said it could be the RX-7 revival. that came from other people, like the cars designer

Mazda said that sometime withing the next 6 months to a year they should be upgrading the RX-8 so we will see when it comes

I havent heard anything from mazda about them upgrading the rx-8. My girlfriend works at a mazda dealership and they havent said anything about it. Im pretty cool with the owner mr morton and he hasnt heard a word of it either. Where you getting this info from?

I havent heard anything from mazda about them upgrading the rx-8. My girlfriend works at a mazda dealership and they havent said anything about it. Im pretty cool with the owner mr morton and he hasnt heard a word of it either. Where you getting this info from?

Car and driver said they were expected changes in febuary but it was pushed back