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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 02:14 AM
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my car Phat or wack?

first of all my car is a 1985 mazda gsl rx7, ive been told its a girls car and its a POS rice car and you know the usual so id like to ask what you guys think of it. My car isnt by any standards a race car or a high performance car but its looking good and loud with the 2 12 inch clarion subs. Im considering investing in a streetported 13b engine for my car to boost up the hp lol! Not only are rotary engines rare in alberta finding a streetported one narrows my chances of finding one even more. Although the temtation of a piston engine conversion is tempting I must have rotors in my blood, heh what can I say I like to be unique. Recently on my car i did a basic tune up and got it running like new again. And for the record what do you guys say to muscle car losers that boast of there cars thinking there the best? please note these are old pictures im getting recent pictures off the digital camera tomorrow, my new pictures will be alot better!
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 02:25 AM
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The big sub box and neon is a bit much, but it looks clean.
and the silver with grey interior is my fav combo
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Max7
The big sub box and neon is a bit much, but it looks clean.
and the silver with grey interior is my fav combo
haha ya the neons were a little too much in your face while driving down the highway at nighttime so i took em out when i put my new deck in, haha i love the big sub box the 2 12's in such a small car sound amazing can hear me coming! Ill have pictures of my new deck and my 6 disc cd changer in my passenger bin tomorrow.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 06:21 AM
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Got rid of those mud flaps I hope!
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 07:23 AM
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Very clean. I like it...

Be careful with that stereo panel... The long one that has the vents at the top, the ***** below it... Ya know what I'm talking about... It's a bitch and a half to fine one that clean.

I dunno why people call it rice. If it's just because it's a Japanese car, then they're fucked up in the head. You have no rice... Rice is a 5 foot tall wing, underbody neon, and a huge tip on stock exhaust.

I dig the old American muscle just as much as the light Japanese sportscar... I'm just a little more interested in throwing a car through the twisties than going in a striaght line for a few seconds.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 08:38 AM
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yeah, its a good thing those neons are gone, not a big fan of that. what kind of amp are ya runnin in there??
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 09:10 AM
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dude...those guys don't know the defenition of rice...or at least was WE consider rice...you car is clean...

do you have any other pix? other angles, engine pix...i'd like to see more...i love silver on these
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Latin270
Got rid of those mud flaps I hope!
Why is everyone always hatin' on the OEM mud flaps?
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Mills
Why is everyone always hatin' on the OEM mud flaps?
It's a sports car, not a truck man... Hell, even my B2600 4x4 doesnt have mud flaps.



My truck should though...

I dunno.. it looks kinda... I dunno... Functional though... keeps **** offa your lower bodywork.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 09:48 AM
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Nice car, Clean but the box is enormous. I would've paid a little extra and got it custom. I'm sure it sounds nice but it's a real eye catcher. With the right tools you can do it yourself like me and my pops did. all in all it's a sweet ride and I love that reciver you must have paid a pretty penny for that.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Latin270
Got rid of those mud flaps I hope!

i'll buy em
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 10:35 AM
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thank you all for your replys i really appreciate it!
First off yes I got rid of the mud flaps, and the amp is a clarion apx401.2 even without sucking monster amounts of power it still pounds like nuts. And as for pictures im getting them off the camera and ill attach some to this post.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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heres some more!
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 11:02 AM
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sorry if some of the pictures are bad quality its all cause the resizing to make it under the 100kb mark ok heres just a couple more now. If you would like anymore pictures just ask. Got a few good ones in there of my tint! The picture of my rim shows why i want to get them sandblasted and then powdercoated so they look like new!
Thanks for taking the time to look at my car!
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 11:05 AM
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Ahhh much better w/o the flaps bro, gives it a cleaner look! Nice 7 baby!
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Latin270
Ahhh much better w/o the flaps bro, gives it a cleaner look! Nice 7 baby!
thank you!
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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now that you all can see my car... what would you first do to it? should i look into a engine swap or start adding performance parts?
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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My advice...

Take some time and make a plan based on what you want out of the car and then decide what modifications you want to do.
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 01:48 PM
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if you can dodge emissions then get rid of all the rats nest, and gut the cats/put in a test pipe.
do a search on DLIDFIS there is a great write up somewhere. that giant blue airbox can have a few holes cut into it around the flat sides*wink*wink* . if you are going to an aftermaarket exhaust then everybody is going to say Racing Beat, but its a bit pricey. i love the rb header, but the full exhaust im just not able to justify the price when pipe can be fabbed for way cheaper. the car looks great man. keep it that way

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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by flight_of_pain
get rid of all the rats nest, and gut the cats/put in a test pipe.
yes i was also thinking of getting rid of all my emissions stuff, just hope if I decide to do it that I dont hit problems since its my daily driver I need it to run good and since theres a lack of people who know anything about the rotary around here I dont want my car to be out of commission
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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What's the difference between phat and wack? Can you wack the phat out of someone?
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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 10:21 PM
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What's the difference between phat and wack? Can you wack the phat out of someone?
lol I dont think I should touch this one with a 10 foot pole. . .
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 01:09 AM
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anyone else have any comments/suggestions? Im really considering ripping my stupid rats nest out right away eliminate as many vacuum lines and stuff that I can!
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 01:55 AM
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WOW! Even cleaner than I thought... You don't even have the "belt spot" under the hood where the alternator belt dust collects... (As the belt wears down, dust from it gets stuck on the hood directly above the alternator... It shows a lot on the older cars.)

If you remove the emissions solenoids, keep em around if you for some reason need em for something...

Purple82:
Phat = Pretty hot and tempting... A compliment
Wack = Disrespectful, criticism, no good...
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