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Joined: Nov 2001
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damn I am here as someone who likes and appreciates RX7's... I have taken out a few of them... and while mine is completely stock it wont stay that way.... It's been baselined at 14.8 in high heat. that is respectable...
Knock the mustang bashing off.... cmon chill guys....
oh and that was in 5th gear... with 2.73 gearing...
Thats right I dont even have numerically higher gearing to help me get off the line! Ok so some of you have beaten mustangs.... most of you can run with stock ones... but remember 01 Cobra convertibles bone stock off the show room floor with street tires run 13.3's! And Ford Lightnings run in the 12's with just a chip! So most pistons cant rev as high but thats not always the race. Motor trend had a comparo of the Acura Integra GSR/toyota Celica GTS/Mitsibishi Eclipse V6 GT. Now both the acura and toyota had similar power output and high revving motors. But the Eclipse had a bigger displacment V6 and lower revving capabilty. And the Eclipse was the fastest.....
Revving isnt everything...... sometimes low end torque can win you the race!
Knock the mustang bashing off.... cmon chill guys....
oh and that was in 5th gear... with 2.73 gearing...
Thats right I dont even have numerically higher gearing to help me get off the line! Ok so some of you have beaten mustangs.... most of you can run with stock ones... but remember 01 Cobra convertibles bone stock off the show room floor with street tires run 13.3's! And Ford Lightnings run in the 12's with just a chip! So most pistons cant rev as high but thats not always the race. Motor trend had a comparo of the Acura Integra GSR/toyota Celica GTS/Mitsibishi Eclipse V6 GT. Now both the acura and toyota had similar power output and high revving motors. But the Eclipse had a bigger displacment V6 and lower revving capabilty. And the Eclipse was the fastest.....
Revving isnt everything...... sometimes low end torque can win you the race!
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,097
From: Lynnwood, WA
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An old room mate of mine had a 89 5.0, and he hated hondas. One night we were out driving around and a civic wanted to race him. Well he ended up getting killed, by a civic of all things. He never heard the end of that one. That night I lost what little respect I had for rustangs.
An old room mate of mine had a 89 5.0, and he hated hondas. One night we were out driving around and a civic wanted to race him. Well he ended up getting killed, by a civic of all things. He never heard the end of that one. That night I lost what little respect I had for rustangs.
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,847
From: Marysville WA.
Well when I was in High school I had an 84 mustang GT 350 with a 302 bored 60 over, a competition cam, and a 4 speed auto with a shift kit. It was a pretty fast car and sounded absoloutely awesome! I raced my brother once in his 86 GSL and he beat me by like half a car length. I admit I was only like 16 then, and unexperienced, but those RPM's make a difference. I smoked a few with that 84, it was a pretty fun car. It was so loud I was always setting off car alarms.
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Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 17,839
From: NJ
everyone stop with the mustang bashing. we all know their weak and strong points. i'm sure if twinstangs wanted he could point out all the flaws in our cars, to which there are MANY. everyone play nice from now on. remember i can just edit your posts if you don't
