9.33 in untubbed rx3 (A.Rodriguez)
10-13-2002, 04:17 AM
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See this note from Anthony Rodriguez on the Ausrotary Forum, these Guru boxes are starting to really provde themselves in both Drag and Circuit racers. Well done Anthony for a great drive.
'You are right the only mod we did to the Rx3 was to put a new Guru street drag race 5 speed with the overdrive 5th gear. Unfortunately the clutch wasnt quiet up to the task but faster times will definitely be on the agenda once we can get the clutch to hang on.
The first pass was driven using the clutch and a conservative launch, however the moment we used it as a dog box (2nd run)it hit the clutch in 2nd much harder and just flared all the way through. this resulted in a 9.33 but should have been faster. Before the last pass we pushed the car all the way around to the water to keep as much heat out of the clutch as posssible. A short sharp burn out and the clutch was definitely going to play ball. The cars previous best 60ft was in th high 1.50's and when you jump into the low 1.30's some attention must be given to the rear end as the car becomes a different animal. On this pass it did and I thought it was better not to use both lanes on the track so I got out of it. Another clutch and new tyres should see Mercy go faster soon.
We are currently testing this box for use in the USA NHRA drag scene following interest from Ari Yallon who owns the fastest Rotary street car in the world. High 9's on radials.
A huge thanks must go to Sean Lewis for letting me drive and use his car to test and Lino Alessi(Maztec) for preparing the car as he has always. done for me.'
Previous best time was improved from 9.63 pretty damn good pickup in et for just a box
Cheers, Twister
'You are right the only mod we did to the Rx3 was to put a new Guru street drag race 5 speed with the overdrive 5th gear. Unfortunately the clutch wasnt quiet up to the task but faster times will definitely be on the agenda once we can get the clutch to hang on.
The first pass was driven using the clutch and a conservative launch, however the moment we used it as a dog box (2nd run)it hit the clutch in 2nd much harder and just flared all the way through. this resulted in a 9.33 but should have been faster. Before the last pass we pushed the car all the way around to the water to keep as much heat out of the clutch as posssible. A short sharp burn out and the clutch was definitely going to play ball. The cars previous best 60ft was in th high 1.50's and when you jump into the low 1.30's some attention must be given to the rear end as the car becomes a different animal. On this pass it did and I thought it was better not to use both lanes on the track so I got out of it. Another clutch and new tyres should see Mercy go faster soon.
We are currently testing this box for use in the USA NHRA drag scene following interest from Ari Yallon who owns the fastest Rotary street car in the world. High 9's on radials.
A huge thanks must go to Sean Lewis for letting me drive and use his car to test and Lino Alessi(Maztec) for preparing the car as he has always. done for me.'
Previous best time was improved from 9.63 pretty damn good pickup in et for just a box
Cheers, Twister
11-06-2002, 05:38 AM
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Twister what kind of shifter does it have? a vertical one or the H-Type? that tranny is starting to sound vey good. especially for the Rx7's that are running in the all MOTOR class. most of them are using G-Force and Jerico tranny's and are geting weight penalty for the aftermarket gearbox.
12-01-2002, 02:30 AM
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HI, it has an h type shifter.
Do you get a mazgaine called Zoom in the US?
They have just done a 3 page article on the transmission which goes into heaps of details and is a fantastic article, if you cannot get the mag I could always scan it in and post it if you wanted.
Cheers, Kelvin...
Do you get a mazgaine called Zoom in the US?
They have just done a 3 page article on the transmission which goes into heaps of details and is a fantastic article, if you cannot get the mag I could always scan it in and post it if you wanted.
Cheers, Kelvin...
12-23-2002, 05:37 PM
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