On Tuesday Mschafe came down to take a look at the car and brought his video camera. Soooo.... we took the car out and got some action shots

This first one is getting onto the freeway right after comming out of a drift in 3rd gear.
http://www.rx7page.com/movies/13bt1.mpg

The second one is getting on the freeway also, trying not to hit the car in front of me hehe. It's hard to tell how hard I got on the brakes sometimes.

http://www.rx7page.com/movies/13bt2.mpg

The third is getting on the freeway again (all 3 are different entrance ramps) I go through the intersection easy then floor it after the hump in the road. You can see how 1st and 2nd are pretty much worthless but when I shifted into 3rd it bogged a little. I'm sure the 95deg F nd high humidity were stacking up against me On a nice night 3rd doesn't bog like that. I get up to ~100 then have to jab the brakes before rearending people on the freeway

http://www.rx7page.com/movies/13bt3.mpg

Thanks again Matt for uploading the vids!

 

wtf, no replies but it has 5 stars? how did that happen?

 

Nice video's.. what u got under the hood? 12a/13b?

 

see sig, thanks

 

read his sig


Very nice man I wish I had the money/time to do that swap

 

Very Nice. How many ponies aprox?

 

Nice car.... makes me almost want to part out my fc and stuff my motor into a fb

 

Brings back memories! Damn I want another ride!!!!!
Car is insane fast..

 

Keaponlaffen- thanks. You are right, it takes a lot of time and money but even more patience.

XLR8- don't know, haven't had it on a dyno. I can tell you that it keeps up with a 486bhp V-8 FC though.

dr0x- Fb's are fun cars, feels more like a gocart than a car.

1Revvin7- yeah, I'm still trying to get the **** stain out of my passenger seat!

 

486 BHP V8 FC? The white one, with the 350 in it and the triangle shaped air cleaner out of the ghetto chopped hood?

I sure hope you mean a different one....lol. I met a guy back at a Minnesota Sport Compact Club meeting, who drove the car I am describing. We hadn't talked much there......me and Matt pointed and laughed at his car though. Then, afterwards, on the way home.......he was playing around on the highway.....and I EASILY kept up with him......and I have an NA 12a motor, with very limited modifications.

I believe he said something about yanking the motor out of a truck in a junkyard and just slapping it together.

Same guy? Different guy?

 

I know thats why im buying one But alas... Im not putting my turbo motor in it. Bridgey + nitrous

 

I agree with the "Go-Cart" comment !
Hey, Setzep - cool videos - especially the sound, nice - but do you have any of you actually in the "drift" ? Now that would be sweet. . .

 

nice vid, thanks! I can't wait till I make enough money to start modding my 7 (read: many years from now!)

Anyways, someone want to clarify on a 486 bhp v8 rx7? Dude, those things are supposed to be FAST! x_x

 

Nice Vids!!! Hope my swap turns out half as good as that. Oh, and why not just shift from 1st to 3rd...because second seemed completly worthless?

 

I agree. If I end up with that much wheel spin, I am definately replacing the 4.076 for a 3.27 when I put the 8.8 Ford in.

Longer Vids Cam, those are just a tease!

 

ooooohhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! nice videos!!!!! , nice car too

 

Cody- Nope different car, that white one is LUV94RX7's nephews. When both my friend and I were up at university Ken saw my buds car and about ****! I'll try to get a pic of his car up here in a bit.

dr0x- sounds fun to me! I have a 12a in the garage for a project like that someday

Bayce- I don't know if he just edited the first part of the first video or just started the camera a little late. But you can hear the tires for a split second right at the beginning. It wasn't a huge drift with the wheel at lock or anything, I'm not going to try that at 60mph. I'm not that confident in myself yet.

1984special- those cars are fast! He has a T2 rear and a th-350 auto trans that is built. His top speed is probably about 110mph but it gets there in no time at all. He has the same problem as me, traction.

CheddaKing- Thanks, it just takes time and money. I started on my project way back in oct '01.
haha, If I shifted from 1st to 3rd it would bog like it did in the 3rd video. The answer to my problems are more/better tire. Right now I have some gay touring 205-60-14's on it. They came off my parts car with ~95% tread. Furture plans call for some different wheels and tires.

Directfreak- Hasn't Cris got to your car yet? I want to see vids of yours too!
Like I was saying, more tire and I think i may be able to use second. I hope so anyways.

680RWHP12A- Thanks! Yours aint bad either!

 

oops, double post

 

Cody- Here is the best pic I have of the car. Kinda shitty but as you can see it's not white and not some old truck engine either.

 

yeah that white v8 7 is ghetto.... haha..

 

Sorry about the videos being so short.. we didn't have much space to do a long run because of traffic, etc... I'm happy to come up there anytime and take some extended video (inside AND outside the car while driving).

Matt

 

We'll be waiting!

 

Nice Videos! Hopefully I'll get my clutch situation figured out so I can drive my own, get it tuned, and make some good teaser flicks.

 

Thanks again Matt for getting the vids up!

fatboy- once you get it tuned you will have a hard time getting out of the car! They are addicting! Durring the long build up there were times when I wasn't sure if it was worth it all. But after I spun the tires in 2nd like that for the first time I was hooked! I'm still pig rich in most areas but averaging 17.5mpg with out closed loop hooked up. I'm sure mid-low 20's will not be out of the question once I get it tuned 100%.

 

Nice vid .