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Dysfnctnl85 08-03-2003 09:28 PM

Has anyone seen in person or even a video of this car in action?



Pettit's media department is lacking...I saw one video that was about a min long of their track RX-7, that was it.

Jims5543 08-03-2003 11:30 PM

The Banzai is out of commision for a while. It was in a very nasty wreck. A tire blew out in a turn and as usual Cam was flying he flew off the road into a construction site and it got pretty beat up. H ehas it all covered up in a corner of his shop. He says it will be back badder than ever. I believe him.



I saw it in person and got to see Cam floor it and blow the doors off a NOS Powered Mustang at our first RX-7 BBQ in Florida. I have a short Video blip of it somewhere that does the car no justice at all. Did you know he had about 150K into that particular car?

Fd3BOOST 08-03-2003 11:35 PM

Someone find a link to the vid so vosko can host it when he gets back in town.

Dysfnctnl85 08-04-2003 06:39 AM


Originally Posted by Jims5543' date='Aug 4 2003, 12:30 AM
The Banzai is out of commision for a while. It was in a very nasty wreck. A tire blew out in a turn and as usual Cam was flying he flew off the road into a construction site and it got pretty beat up. H ehas it all covered up in a corner of his shop. He says it will be back badder than ever. I believe him.



I saw it in person and got to see Cam floor it and blow the doors off a NOS Powered Mustang at our first RX-7 BBQ in Florida. I have a short Video blip of it somewhere that does the car no justice at all. Did you know he had about 150K into that particular car?

****!



I was under the impression that there was more than one Banzai, so I just assumed SOMEONE would have a video.



It's definitely my dream car.



Well, an FD is my reality car because it's feasible...a Banzai upgrade is a dream, LOL.

Jims5543 08-04-2003 08:43 AM

There are lots of them. Pettit builds them for customers they generally cost about 100K. Although I have heard you can give them your FD and 30K and they will build you a 3 rotor. It just will not have all the body accents of the Banzai.



I thought you were talking about Camerons personal flagship car.

Dysfnctnl85 08-04-2003 08:55 AM


Originally Posted by Jims5543' date='Aug 4 2003, 09:43 AM
There are lots of them. Pettit builds them for customers they generally cost about 100K. Although I have heard you can give them your FD and 30K and they will build you a 3 rotor. It just will not have all the body accents of the Banzai.



I thought you were talking about Camerons personal flagship car.

Well I guess in a way I was. I didn't know that was Cameron's personal car, but I guess that should be common knowledge.



The performance figures for that car are CRAZY. Did he ever top it out?



I just wanted to see some video!

Dysfnctnl85 08-04-2003 10:10 PM

*Bump*



In case anyone has something else to add or they didn't see this topic...

artguy 08-05-2003 04:03 AM

i watched an orange one at an autox in san diego...the same orange one that was at sevenstock last year and was owned by a snotty rich kid.....he drove it hard as hell...he did donuts with it..tires smoking...ive never..EVER..seen an rx7 behave like that....torque is goooood.



no way is that car worth a hundred k....the craftsmanship of pettits is not refined...though it is very functional...id not pay for that....hell just think of the car one could get for a hundred k....something that looks like it was built by a shop isnt what Id go for...but i must say...i wish mine performed like that 3rotor.



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Dysfnctnl85 08-05-2003 06:44 AM


Originally Posted by artguy' date='Aug 5 2003, 05:03 AM
i watched an orange one at an autox in san diego...the same orange one that was at sevenstock last year and was owned by a snotty rich kid.....he drove it hard as hell...he did donuts with it..tires smoking...ive never..EVER..seen an rx7 behave like that....torque is goooood.



no way is that car worth a hundred k....the craftsmanship of pettits is not refined...though it is very functional...id not pay for that....hell just think of the car one could get for a hundred k....something that looks like it was built by a shop isnt what Id go for...but i must say...i wish mine performed like that 3rotor.



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I thought they were cheaper than that!



But then again, with that car you can outperform just about everything.



I mean 0-60 in 3.1? That's faster than a 911 Turbo, a GT2, maybe even the Enzo.



That's impressive.


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