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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:20 PM
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ok with a 2200-2400 pound car you would need about 145-165 horsepower (at the wheels?)to get a 14.4 timeslip @ 95mph.

this, as far as I know, is not doable with a stock port, even if we're talking good intake and exhaust.

I do not think that a street port with a nikki can get over 180 at the motor.

peejay says he got 135hp on his stock carb street port. I forget if that is at the wheels though.

that all said I do beleive a 12a can beat a Cobra. If the 7 driver is good and the 'stang driver cannot drive.

Just my $.02, somebody tell me if my numbers or thoeries are wrong.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:38 PM
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ok with a 2200-2400 pound car you would need about 145-165 horsepower (at the wheels?)to get a 14.4 timeslip @ 95mph.

Those are stock weights of an RX-7. If the car weighed 1900 lbs, how much would you need, then?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:46 PM
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i dont have emmisions here so ask me if i care that my car polutes 10 times as much as a mack truck.

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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:52 PM
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Oh **** then what am I gonna run at 275hp in a 2400lb car + my fat butt? Holy ****, im starting to get anxious now, and if anyone wonders why the hell I sit the whole weekend on this forum, well I got my 4 year old and we tried that 'play in the garage while daddy works on the motor' Well turned my back and he was trying to put a stick in the air intake. Rounded up my 4 year old and headed back in the house Be glad when he gets a wee bit older he will become a GREAT helper ... Just right now, i dont feel like fetching nuts/bolts/sticks outta the motor Anyone blame me?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:57 PM
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Those are stock weights of an RX-7. If the car weighed 1900 lbs, how much would you need, then?
a car weighing 1900 lbs needs
125 hp to pull off a 14.43 @ 94 mph.

anyone care to tell me i havent added 25 hp to my engine?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 06:00 PM
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oh my weight was 130 then im at 125 now.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 09:07 PM
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I think you need to leave it at that and also write down the threadid # so that the next time this crap starts up you can simply tell the critics to shut up and hit the link....
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:01 PM
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Originally posted by V8kilr
oh my weight was 130 then im at 125 now.
Damn are all you guys thin? Damn am I the onlyt 'big boy' here?

Im 5 10, 185 pounds
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 10:04 PM
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28


Damn are all you guys thin? Damn am I the onlyt 'big boy' here?

Im 5 10, 185 pounds
6'3'' 140 lbs of raw muscle
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 02:51 AM
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mike,

When I used cartest I came up with these numbers for my project.

I would expect a 0-60 in the high 4 sec range, running the 1/4 in high 12's low 13's and a top end of 160 - 170 mph.

I used this on cartest assuming 2300 lb FB and using an average of turbo 7 dynosheets.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 03:01 AM
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Damn are all you guys thin? Damn am I the onlyt 'big boy' here?

Im 5 10, 185 pounds
im 5'11"

normally weigh 135-140 but ive been very very stressed lately,
havent been eating good.
it seems like ive been only getting one descent meal a day,
weighed myself today at 124 lbs
with digital scale and still had all my clothes on with my big jacket.

the worst part is im a medium bone frame,so you can only imagine,
i look like a cocaine addict right now,

well thats enough of that.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 04:17 AM
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Originally posted by V8kilr


a car weighing 1900 lbs needs
125 hp to pull off a 14.43 @ 94 mph.

anyone care to tell me i havent added 25 hp to my engine?
that should be at the rear wheels, you would have to have way more than 25 more horses, at 25% loss more like 60.

I still dunno about a 160hp stock port 12a.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 07:51 AM
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Good job with the timeslip V8kllr, I retract the flag lol. I agree that you've likely got somekinda ported motor in there...

at 25% loss
Yaya,

I'm pretty sure rotaries usually have rather small percentage losses. Look at the FD, 255 flywheel and usually 220-230 to the wheels stock. The SCC FB project car put down a really good number stock too, I can't remember exactly but I think it was approx. 95 to the wheels. So he might only need around 140-145 flywheel to make 125 to the wheels. That IS definitely possible with a stock port, albeit not likely with a stock carb.

That said though, are you assuming a 1900 weight with driver? That is very light indeed, but I know nothing about lightening FBs so I won't comment.

i look like a cocaine addict right now,
Hehehe me too man... I've been sick for 2 weeks and have been going like a **** writing exams and papers for a month. I'm normally around 160 but I feel like about 140 right now lol.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 08:55 AM
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28


Damn are all you guys thin? Damn am I the onlyt 'big boy' here?

Im 5 10, 185 pounds
5' 8" and 168 lbs...sounds like you've got a baseball player build. You we're killing me with the tales of working in the garage with your 4 yr. old. I keep telling my wife that the boy's gotta stay inside when I'm in the garage "working." He's just short of 2.....

---> yayarx7, auto trannies suffer that kind of parasitic drag loss from friction. Stick cars generally won't unless they're running a combo that has a ton of extra weight for durability introduced into the drivetrain, ie., Jericho tranny, Moser axles, heavy drag slicks, etc., all at the same time...
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 02:44 PM
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Man you all are making me feel bad! I am only 14 Yrs old, weigh 196, at 5' 7"! I need to go on diet So NO you are NOT the only 'BIG BOY' here LATERZ,
Andrew
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 04:03 PM
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6' 1" 185. perfectly ratioed, 'cept for the little bit O gut I have been working on.
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 04:07 PM
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Originally posted by yayarx7
6' 1" 185. perfectly ratioed, 'cept for the little bit O gut I have been working on.

Post a pic standing next to your rex, braggart!!
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 04:22 PM
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mike,

When I used cartest I came up with these numbers for my project.

I would expect a 0-60 in the high 4 sec range, running the 1/4 in high 12's low 13's and a top end of 160 - 170 mph.

I used this on cartest assuming 2300 lb FB and using an average of turbo 7 dynosheets.
HOLY CRAP, that would be awesome, this is one of these things I dont know what the hell im getting into before I do it. Reminds me of my buddy and the blazer he wanted a lot of bass and we did 8 12" JL W3's and we got a vehicle we couldnt ride in, felt like someone was jabbing a pencil in my ear, I mean IT HURT!

Well I was at work and seen an FC I dont wanna race... DONT FLAME HIM, he was really cool. Hes got a small block Chevy built to the HILT. I bet this car is fast, I got some pics of it, but this is probally not the right forum for em.

I think maybe I need some MORE STRESS, i could stand loosing my beer gut I have accumulated

Oh and Mar3, he also threw a piece of gravel into the air intake hose, I got it out, but damn he PISSED daddy off. Put it this way he wont ever touch it again, he knows better now
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 04:39 PM
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 11:53 PM
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just for ***** and giggles, i ran on 3/14/2K2 and got a 15.161 @93.29mph...i missed 3rd..damn ghost gear b/t 3rd and 5th. still beat impala ss-15.818 @ 88.20mph. second go around i beat a fox body mustang (probably a 92 model) with a 14.857 @ 93.25mph to his 15.636 @ 90.57mph. all this with a measley ole '85 GSL.
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 07:04 PM
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I'm 17 6'-3" 210 lbs, also "perfectly ratioed" I'm the quiet tough guy at school, no one ***** with me. Everyone who sees my car wonders how the hell I fit in it, I'll tell ya how my hair rubs the damn headliner and my right knee hits both the steering wheel and parking brake. I don't care it's worth it first gen's are the coolest car ever made, hands down.
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