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MR_DR_PEP 05-19-2003 02:08 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
Hey Johnny, was that the chevelle? Pretty good run.

I got that 9.1 with street tires, slipping and the worst wheel hop I've ever felt in my life.. I hate wheel hop!

J-SMITH69 05-19-2003 02:52 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
no that was one of my embarssing jacked up runs in the camaro, i launched at idle, floored it, went sideways.. almost crashed, speed shifted into 2nd... almost crashed, missed 3rd, then floored it all the way through 3rd, missed 4th, then coasted. i was so frustrated, cause i was on street tires and the shifter linkage was so bad i couldn't find 3rd or 4th gear. it was terrible :)

have you dyno'd your car? that'd be cool if you could run high 13s in it. that'd be pretty fast

MR_DR_PEP 05-19-2003 02:59 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
I've looked at the prices of 69 SS Camaros and they're pretty expensive. Where did you get yours at?

J-SMITH69 05-19-2003 03:22 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
bough the car totally rusted out and no egnine or interior or anything. completly restored.

its worth about 18k with a nice paint job.

btw its a 67

Last_Mohican 05-19-2003 10:21 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
dang i love the late 60's ones they are jsut sweet lookin. It is good to have random-strike here to keep people from being so honda narrow minded.

wannabfst 05-22-2003 06:03 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
you are definately faced with a hard one. i love both cars and have had to of each. i now have a crx but am looking for an rx7 again. i have a buddy that is a bad ass with them rotary engines. best beleive in all cases ive seen and he's seen the rx7 while blow by 150k miles. rotaries are this guys life and he knows. he can do anything to a rotary. so if your looking for reliability go with the honda or just rebuild the engine and you'll know what your working with

crippledgiraffe 05-22-2003 06:25 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
Buy both and make a CRX-7.

WhiteTeg24 05-22-2003 07:35 PM

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I couldn't have said it any better than Last_Mohican! A rotary is a different engine. It needs a little different care. Don't shut off the car until it's warmed up. It floods it. Misc, ---- like that. I've had a 79, an 82, an 83, and an 87 Turbo II and I loved everyone. We are also in the process of building another 87 Turbo II. They all had over 130,000 miles on them too. They all ran great! 45,000 miles my ass! Keep up regular oil and filter changes and it'll run forever. By the way my old stock Turbo II went 13.9 in the quarter on only 8psi boost since it has a fuel cut at 8.6psi. Stock exhaust, stock everything excluding boost. Oh yeah that was in Colorado too. I also use to rev my 82 RX-7 to 11,000 on a daily basis. Never any problems after 2 years. Don't knock the rotary if you don't know anything about it.

crippledgiraffe 05-22-2003 08:12 PM

Re:rx7 vs crx
 
I find the rotary to be very impressive. The amount of power the FD motor can put out, being less than 80 cubic inches.

MR_DR_PEP 05-23-2003 12:05 AM

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^ yeah, very true.. what, like 1.3 liter motor... impressive


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