Few Races Last Night
08-11-2003, 03:00 PM
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Met up with some domectic guys at Sonic last night. We went over to a strip in this remote industrial area and did a few runs. A modded Neon SRT-4 beat an esentially stock fd. I let Steve drive my car against a new Camaro SS. From what I could tell, he had heads, cam, exhaust, nos, automatic on et streets. Steve lined up with him and got a decent launch considering my car was ons treet tires. But my ailing trans caused him to miss evey gear. Still, he didn't loose by much. I got pissed and said lets take it on the highway. I drove this time. The Camaro didn't want to go due to his tires making him unstable at speed, so I went against a similarly set up Firebird. We did a 2nd gear punch, he jumped on me before the 3rd beep and then my intercooler coupler popped off. Now I was real pissed. I wasn't going to let these domestics think they are faster. I motioned to pull over into a gas station. Fixed the coupler, and got back on the highway. We did another 2nd gear punch. He jumped again and got a car and a half on me as I spooled. I started spinning near the top of 2nd but stayed on it. I somehow managed to get it into 3rd and chirp the tires. I was pulling him in. I granny shifted to 4th and shot ahead. Near the top of 4th I was about two cars ahead so I shut down. He wanted to go again, but my coupler popped when we tried. I dunno why, not like you can mess up much with an auto. Maybe he was planning to spray. I can't wait to get the new trans in. I'm sick of missing gears due to the fucked synchros.
08-11-2003, 10:54 PM
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I know the feeling. One of Rikkis buddies drives an SS and we ran a 3rd gear pull and he held even with me cause I missed 3rd. He talked **** for a week about " I thought your RX-7 would smoke me, yadda yadda"
My motor mounts suck ***** to boot so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
My motor mounts suck ***** to boot so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
08-11-2003, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Aug 11 2003, 10:54 PM
Iknow the feeling. One of Rikkis buddies drives an SS and we ran a 3rd gear pull and he held even with me casue I mised 3rd. He talked **** for a week about " i thought your rx7 would smoke me yadda yadda"
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
Glad I got my competition ones while my motor was out
08-11-2003, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='Aug 11 2003, 07:55 PM
[quote name='Fd3BOOST' date='Aug 11 2003, 10:54 PM'] Iknow the feeling. One of Rikkis buddies drives an SS and we ran a 3rd gear pull and he held even with me casue I mised 3rd. He talked **** for a week about " i thought your rx7 would smoke me yadda yadda"
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
Glad I got my competition ones while my motor was out
Because the engine vibrates so badly that it can cause you to miss gears.
08-11-2003, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Aug 11 2003, 10:55 PM
[quote name='1Revvin7' date='Aug 11 2003, 07:55 PM'] [quote name='Fd3BOOST' date='Aug 11 2003, 10:54 PM'] Iknow the feeling. One of Rikkis buddies drives an SS and we ran a 3rd gear pull and he held even with me casue I mised 3rd. He talked **** for a week about " i thought your rx7 would smoke me yadda yadda"
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
Glad I got my competition ones while my motor was out
Because the engine vibrates so badly that it can cause you to miss gears. [/quote]
Damn!
08-11-2003, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='Aug 11 2003, 07:58 PM
[quote name='Fd3BOOST' date='Aug 11 2003, 10:55 PM'] [quote name='1Revvin7' date='Aug 11 2003, 07:55 PM'] [quote name='Fd3BOOST' date='Aug 11 2003, 10:54 PM'] Iknow the feeling. One of Rikkis buddies drives an SS and we ran a 3rd gear pull and he held even with me casue I mised 3rd. He talked **** for a week about " i thought your rx7 would smoke me yadda yadda"
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
My motor mounts also suck ***** so those eurothene ones are goona be a Gods sent.
Glad I got my competition ones while my motor was out
Because the engine vibrates so badly that it can cause you to miss gears. [/quote]
Damn!
Yea Its a PIA going for 3rd and getting 5th.
08-13-2003, 01:59 AM
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Yea the whole driveline moves. Put the car in 3rd gear and get on it. Watch the shifter move as you get on it and back off. I had t bolts, but the one I had on that particular coupler was too big and was slipping off. I need to find a smaller one.
