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Old 04-06-03, 11:46 PM
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1st gen rally car

Here's a short vid of a 1st gen at the international Rally of quebec

http://www.havspeed.com/media/movies...ebec/Havas.MPG

ˇFinished 14th overall, 2nd in class G2.
ˇEarned the "Jacques Rainville" trophy for the most loved team by the public and the media.


And here are a few miscellaneous pictures of the car in action:












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And to finish off, a liltte incident at the charlevoix international rally in 2001:









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Hell yeah, that clip is awesome. And holy **** those crash pics are scary!
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More movies !!!!! That was awesome.
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Find out more info about that headlight conversion,
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You've got a waterbottle in your exhaust....
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It probably crashed, because someone put a pop bottle in the exhaust.
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Also, I notice in the first few pics.......did he lose those smoked covers on the taillights at one time in the race....or...is that 2 different cars?
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I'm gunna carry my spare tire like that, and strap that exhaust with the Civic-style muffler on, and make my car that loud.... then drive around town
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That was the best dirt powerslide I've seen since The Dukes of Hazzard!

Two thumbs up!
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hey guys there were two cars.
look at the doors, see?
one has 13 and the other has a 14 on it.
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Im with DirectFreak. Find out more about the headlight conversions .

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more vids, we need more vids!!!!
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Awesome car! I wish they told more about it on the site. Looks like a 13B in there, but what kind of tranny is that? Is that underbody skid plating plastic or metal (not the front part).
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Sorry guy's I could not find more video's of the car
Two short slide show's of the car:
Click on SHAKEDOWN and HAVAS on this page:
http://racingphotos.etapegraphique.c...voix2002.html#


the specs of his car back in 99.

Team Havspeed's 1979 Mazda RX7H specs:
- 1148cc non-turbo carburetted rotary
- 5-speed close ratio dog box
- modified wide track front coil-over suspension
- custom 3-link rear suspension
- oversized brakes with dual circuit cockpit adjustable front to rear bias
- extensive rollcage and safety features

Could not find setup of current car


As far as the light conversion, it seems to me, they just slaped on some generic rectangular shaped driving lights and covered them with lexane.

Here are a few more pics with the lights on:











http://www.rallyplanet.com/index.php?&pid=9156
http://www.rallyplanet.com/index.php?&pid=9070
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hmmmm calling all fabricators!!!!!!!........... make this headlight converstion!!!! thats the idea i had except with two lil circle lights.....
anyways...
seeing this makes me want to turn my other rex into a rally car once i rebuild its engine and do a 5 speed converstion and go ***** out
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that was one of the best powerslides i've seen! it's always cool seeing first gens anyway, and that movie kicked ***.

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