I have a buddy who has an FD shell, and a 4wd tranny from a mazda b2000 truck. He makes it sound so simple how to make it work, and has already done some of the math/thinking that is needed... I guess one day ill let yall know.

 

OMG! WTF!

:faint:

 

the real ? is what was its topspeed? how well did it handle(we all know awd sux at that) and really would any of you drive that . it would be a huge pain inthe *** to drive waste of time in my opinion.

still a cool vehicle but an rx7? no
buy a suby its gonna handle just as bad

 

^+1 HAH! Amen to that, man.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Mr-fu6i5k

for you guys : ) Everyone needs to play this soundtrack whenever they drive their cars....

 

I'm amazed that sign at :44 is still standing... Niiiice ebrake-inducer at 2:09 - That knowing your car. Too much and reigning it back is is unfathomable. 2:18 Wheelie? Sheesh.

+1 ! Thanks for the awesome old school footage... Rod Millin is a damned icon.

 

It handled well enough to win the pikes peak hill climb. So my guess is pretty damn good

 

driving on dirt is easy because you can slide to avoid the understeer try drivin it on tar

 

thought i would resurrect this thread agian heres some pics of the actual millen pikes peak car coming apart ready for the big restoration

 

Wow, i didnt realize it was a tube framed car, i though it just had a tubular front end. Thanks for the photo's

-Jacob

 

nice exhaust

 

Sick

 

Oh that's funny! Looks a lot different with the shell off huh?

I love these guys going "how hard can it be?"..... yeah not much modification needed, just a complete one off fabrication. jeez louise.

 

Dude I just picked up an 86 base and I have an extra $500. I'm going to build an AWD 20B FC

 

sweet, don't forget to put some air bags and 33"s. lol

That Rod Millen video is classic though, very cool.

 

Gotta remember millen drove for mazda in the mickey thompson stadium truck series, were mazda raced two or three trucks, dont quote me but i think they used some old imsa gtu motors and a under driven tranny. I think alot of parts for millens rally 7 creations came from the stadium trucks.

 

Heres some progress pics

 

Good god that has to be loud as all f^%$ so awesome

 

You should put a turbine engine in it. Seriously, how hard could it be...

 

*twitching and foaming at the mouth....*
PLEASE RACE THIS CAR WHEN IT IS DONE!!!!!
Or atleast build a clone car to beat on around rally events... i hate retired race cars stuffed in garages or museums, just crush them...

 

rx74wd, sorry if this is a dupe, wondering what front/rear diff and tranny/bellhousing that is. Any idea what the final drives are inside the diffs?

 

Front diff is ment to be alfa romeo but its made up , rear diff s4 rx7 with competition MFR lsd the bellhousing is RX3
Diff ratio's are 4.1

 

This is oh so sweet... Definitely looking forward to more progress pics!

 

im an engineering major and dont even want to think about an AWD fc. ill keep my RWD and stay slidin :P

 

i was digging that '70s soundtrack from the video..