BTW, anyone who talks trash about corvettes has never driven an auto-x prepped 'vette. I had the opportunity to ride shotgun in the car that won BSP at nationals this year, it is a blast. I haven't ridden in a prepped RX-7 yet, but I wonder if it would be able to compete against the instant torque that the V8 produces.

-s-

 

'What kind of car is that?'

My standard answer -

'A very fast one', and walk away.

Beast

PS - definitely gotta give the 'vette props, folks. The C5R has done very well respresenting itself in the GTS class in ALMS. Good races between it, the s7 Mustang, and the Ferrari 550LM.

Oh, and Jim - I know someone who worked on the GM rotory powered concept cars. The Corvette almost got one ... who knows what may have happened.

 

the S7 isn't a mustang... its made by Saleen, but it has NO ties to the mustang at all.

i got a new one today. a guy at the gas station asked me what type of kit car it was

 

Uh, did you say you got a new S7? Congratulations if that's the case. That's quite a car....and quite a bit of money to spend on one. However, fully justified if you can afford it.

I'm aware it's not a Mustang, but you can't deny the heritage or Saleen's background. Technically, most of the cars past the GT series don't have much connection to their stock origins. The c5R, s7, Viper Comps, bmw's, Porsche Cup cars and Jags keep only the skin, but the guts change dramatically.

Beast

 

NO sorry.... geez, that's not what i meant at all. i was just saying that the S7 has no heritage its not derived from the mustang at all (as far as i've ever understood) and then as a SECONDARY note i was saying that i got a new question asked of me today. soo sorry for the misunderstanding there

 

Really? 1:18th scale or 1:24th?

 

I was just surprised that you had 350K to drop on an s7 (when they're still only taking orders) AND you were 'working on a dp and cat-back' in your sig. With that kind of change, the only reason you'd be working on it was if you were building your own smelting factory....

Kit car .... geez, what are these people thinking? However, I had a young boy compliment me on my Shelby Cobra .... only problem was I was driving my Triumph TR6 roadster at the time.....kids nowadays....

Beast

 

He was talking about getting a new comment about his FD... but the lack of any segue from discussing the Saleen S7 made it seem as if he was talking about getting a new S7...

 

I had shifted to people calling his rx7 a kit car, not his s7.

Sometimes Engrish just sucks as a language....

Beast

PS - all motor, no rotor ... should read 'all motor, no rotor .... but doesn't run yet'. I swear by the time you get yours done Christ will be on his third or fouth visit....

 

Not my fault.

 

i think its been settled, but just for the record, NO i don't have, nore sadly will i ever, have an S7. i'm a mechanical engineer so i'll use the same excuse here as i do anywhere else in life... i communicate all day with numbers, graphs and 3D cad models... english is pretty much my 3rd or 4th language anymore

triumph TR6 huh beast? i had a 1974 Triump Spitfire 1500 for my first car as much trouble as an RX7 can be, i still think that was by far the worst "love/hate" relationship i'll ever have with a car.

 

I still have the car - modded to Group 44 racing specs. Triple Weber DCOE40s, .030 over, moly pushrods, racing cam, headers, Koni's, urethane bushings, ...... doesn't go or sound stock.

She's a good runner for a car that's over 33 years old!

Beast

 

Most people dont know about these cars, so you guys should give them brakes. Haha, thats why i sold my civic and bought one of these cars. How many civics do you guys see a week, well over a hundred. How many rx7's do you guys see in a week? the only one that i see is mine, lol.

 

Then how are we gonna stop?

 

Jay Leno owns many rare cars, many rarer than the RX7. cut the guy some slack!

Most recently I got asked if my car was 2003......
a 2003 what?

 

 

Hello-

Unfortunately, it can't compare :-(.

That's why, I suspect, the Vettes are ruling the auto-x circuit right now. Their suspension is good, but so is an FD. The problem is that auto-x doesn't have any real straightaways - the times to accelerate are very short... and we have turbo lag. Brake before the corner, pull through, give it power, and it takes time to get accelerating. That's a big problem! And, even when we have full power, we only have 255hp to 2800lb, so 11.0lb/hp., whereas a Z06 has 405hp to 3100lb, so 7.7lb/hp (assuming stockish-like configuration). It's not so much that it handles any better... it just has a crapload more power and zero lag to get it.

Take care,
Shad

 

what do you mean, i beat a z06 on the street!










....he just didnt know he was racing

 

Nevermind..

 

The best story i have is when a guy in a fly yellow 911TT pulled up next to me on Westhimer in Houston at a light, he flashed for me to roll down the window, so i indulged him, he said sweet 3rd gen, i used to have one just like it, i said, looks like your moving up in the world. then unfortunatley he smoked my fuc*in ace!!!! oh well, at least he had respect for the 7, and knew his ****.

 

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