Great third gen site, check it out!
 

http://schlagheck.com/rx7

Ryan's a friend of mine and his rex is sweeeeet. Take a look!

uh, sorry to rain on your parade there dude, but Ryan sold that car (T-66 single conversion) several months ago, I almost bought it

Apparently Ryan ain't that great of friend :)
~Tom

All those mods and mid 14 second times? sold the car? I like the intro to the site anyway.

what the #&$% is that big 2 stage switch all about?

"...missles locked....... firing!"

http://schlagheck.com/rx7/intext/images/DSBC_anim.gif

Guess what? It's for sale again... Oh, new engine too. Hmmmmm....

Wow... that didn't take long did it?:rolleyes:

Yet another bitten by the 7.

http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/v...13291368396002

"Single turbo conversion. 385 RWHP. New engine (1500 miles,proper break in). 2mm Hurley HD seals springs. Street ported. T-66 Turbo, HKS Powerflow intake, V-band downpipe, ATR 3 midpipe, GReddy GP exhaust (all SS). Rotary Performance secondary fuel rail (1600cc Bosch injectors), SX Performance rising rate fuel pressure regulator. Competition fuel pump. Haltech E6K programmable ECU. KD Rotary rebuilt 5-Speed, Mr. Cs short shift kit, ACT 9.5lb aluminum flywheel. Custom, large stock-mount Intercooler, GReddy intake elbow w/ 2 additional injector mounts, Mazda Comp. race radiator, dual Setrab 25-row oil coolers, sandwich plate for oil pressure and temperature sending units (gauges in car). GAB strut bar, Stock Touring suspension (R1 suspension included separately). 17x8 front/17x9 rear Fittipaldi Avus rims with 235/40 and 255/40 Yokohama A520 tires respectively. Brembo Cross-drilled and Slotted front rotors. Rofren front pads. RP braided stee!!l brake lines. Interior: Black w/ Tan leather seats, A-pillar gauge pods with GReddy 52mm boost and exhaust temp. gauges, center console mounted three Autometer gauges: Elec. Water Temp., Elec. Oil Temp., Mech. Oil Press. gauge (all white-faced/backlit). Removed: A/C, power steering (excellent steering/feedback), Bose CD (included) and Bass Tube. Battery relocated. Exterior: RE-Ameniya Sleek Light Kit (H4 bulbs) and integrated side skirts, Mazdaspeed Type I rear spoiler. 26K OBO. FAST. Questions? Call Gavin (219)825-7887 Middlebury, IN.

I'm away from my computer for a few days...
 

...and you guys are talkin' shit :p ? Ryan is a friend, but I haven't spoken w/him in a while. He lives on the other coast, and is busy w/married life.

Just thought you'd all like the site, there are some great pics of his car shooting fireballs, among other things.

Rich
Doesn't have any friends ;)

Quick update...

After the 7 he bought an Audi S4 Avant... now he is driving an Audi A8. Very cool luxo-car.

hmmmmm...very interesting...I wonder why Ryan's old buddy Gavin is selling the car after he JUST BOUGHT IT a couple of months ago!!!! must of racked up a few tickets with it, ha

btw Jim, I'm pretty sure that is the same motor that Ryan sold the car with (1500 miles now, it had about 500 miles, or less, on the engine when Ryan sold it, I believe)...that engine was ported by Mandeville in Sparatnburg, SC....he does great work...Ryan had it tuned way rich, so it should be reliable at only 15 psi

I'd love to buy it, but not for 26k...and I don't really want a red car again and the wheels are freaky lookin

Trust me. It's NOT the same motor.

ok, do you know Gavin then or did Ryan fill you in? what's the story?

and that was no BS before, I do know a couple of guys that have been running single turbo for at least two years now, so it can be done

how many Vipers have you killed so far?

I like the layout of his site, thats pretty cool. The intro is great!!!!

As for his driving abilities......HE SUX!!!!!! I was running those times with Pettit intake and cat back!!!! Some of those times I could beat with my wifes Camery!!!!

Whats up with that, does he know the farther he pushes the petal the faster it will go!!!!!!!

Oh well, at least his site is cool, he should ditch that time slip section, it casts a bad light on the capabilities of the 7

Later,

I'm not saying it can't be done... just that it didn't happen with THIS car. Ryan gave me the scoop.

Haven't run into any Vipers yet... but there are alot of F-bodys and Mustangs that have been smacked down :D

Hey, I was thinking of buying those rims for my car! They're Fittipaldi Avus and Discount Tire has them for $165 apiece in 17x7.5. You really think they're that ugly? I think the straight spokes set off the curves of the FD well.

Opinions?

Rich

called Gavin himself and got the skinny...he says that the HKS foam air filter that came with the car when he bought it from Ryan had apparently never been oiled and there was all kinds of dirt and crap coated inside the IC piping and IC, which no doubt accumulated inside the engine and blew the apex seals...he also said the rotor facings had really heavy "deposits" for such a low mileage engine

dirt in ANY engine is catastrophic, not just a rotary....looks like Ryan screwed up pretty bad there

whew! glad I didn't buy it!!!!!!!!!

Ryan's a cool guy... really... We( Jim and I) know him...
 

Yup... Ryan's a great guy, and to call him thorough would be an understatement... right Jim? ;) That guy is down right (almost) anal... but that's a good thing. I don't think that Ryan would do something like forget to oil a filter either... not doubting you GSXR1000, just saying that is highly unlike Ryan... And he sure does know his shit too... that guy is technical... and he's a great guy to boot!

Jim-

He sold the S4 already? Geez... you guys like selling cars a lot... when are you taking me for a ride in the Supra? :) Better yet, when are we taking it down to Benson for some door slamming? Call me! Or email me! jason-ece@engineer.com

Jason

I might be late to the party, but that doesn't make me guilty as charged.

The Single Turbo FD I sold Gavin was definitely set up properly. Those who know/knew me understand my design philosophy and approach I used when converting the car from stock to non-seq twins to Single Turbo w/ Haltech. The bottom line is that at the point when I sold the car, that car ran like a champ. Gavin and I spent all morning on a shakedown run and high-boost runs before he committed to the purchase. We ran the car at 16psi, pedal to the floor all the way up through 4th at one point. At no time was I ever concerned that the car would blow up and why would I be? I had a certified clean bill of health from KD Rotary and Dave Barninger was personally familiar with my particular setup. To quote Dave when I picked up the car from KD... "You could run that car for 100,000 miles without a problem. Just get in and drive." I later chanted that mantra when I posted the car for sale... "Just get in, Sit down, buckle up, and drive it like you stole it." The dyno curve shows a richening curve after 10psi, getting way fat (10:1) after 15psi. Rich is good. Rich = Long Life. Speaking of which...Rich Farrell...how are things my friend! :-)

Unfortulately, I cannot speak to the condition of the car after Gavin bought it. I spent the better part of $40k modding my car, bringing all systems (cooling, IC, oil, and fuel) up to specs and then some. The car was overbuilt - a Spearco IC big enough to run front-mount duty, twin 25-row Setrab oil coolers with -12AN line (as big around as a quarter!), MazdaComp radiator, and RP fuel system with NEW Nippondenso 550s and big Bosch 1600s. It was my daily driver and I truly did take it to and from work every single day. Women and children winked and waved respectively, and male drivers moved right to let faster traffic through. It was a great experience to floor it and not wonder...and why not?...for added comfort, I had a 12-month warranty against any ofthe work KD performed.

Heavily oiling the HKS filter is worse than not oiling it enough. That said, the filter had been cleaned and oiled to spec. The carbon buildup on the rotor faces is normal with break-in as I used organic oil until the 1000-mile mark. Organic oil mixed with the premix that we feed our Oil-Metering-Pump-removed cars would cause a small buildup, but nothing that is in the least detrimental to the apex seals. Eventually it burns off anyway.

I've been following RX-7's for over four years now and I have seen a lot of things (not everything, but a lot nonetheless). 9 times out of 10, people are only parroting what some tuner they've never even met said to them in an email and are taking the word as gospel.... Here's a newsflash for you: Every tuner is different and every tuner has a different approach to the way a car should be set up. It took me three years of sorting through the BS to get to the real "meat" of what makes an RX-7 powerful and reliable. All that "meat" can be written on ONE sheet of paper. In that time, I spent HOURS with Dave Barninger, HOURS with Roger Mandeville (factory Mazda racer in the 80's), HOURS with Peter Farrell and Cameron Worth on the phone, and HOURS with both Brian Richards and Ray Lochhead at Laguna Seca. I've met a lot of people, shared information and learned a lot. No one will accuse me of not knowing what I'm talking about when it comes to rotaries because I only speak on what i know...(hint)...not of what I do not know.

I think it's great that after selling my car there are some people that are willing to stick up for me. Thanks to Jim Swantko, Jason Occena, Rich Farrell, and I was gonna thank (Mark Strong) GSXR1000 but his confidence is swayed too easily.

Respectfully,


Ryan W. Schlagheck
Raleigh, NC
http://schlagheck.com/rx7/

No problem man... true friends are hard to find and I definetly consider you one.


Now if I can just get you outta that Teutonic mode you are in and back into a high boost Japanese car!

There's no reason I can't have both!

Hohenester in Germany makes a twin turbo kit for the A8 4.2q. Hoppen Motorsport will import a supercharger kit for the A8 as well. I'm saving up. The only issue is the ECU modification for the Tiptronic transmission. The Tip can only handle 325ft.lbs of torque, so the real issue is how to map the ECU for that limitation, or how to modify the valve bodies/gears/etc. in the tranny to handle it.

We will replace my wife's car, a 180,000 mile '94 Honda Accord, with one of the following:
2002 Passat W8 Wagon (278 hp/275 tork)
2002 WRX Sti
2001 C32
1999 C43 (and mod it out)
Mitsu Evo if they bring it over here.

It's a short list, but a good one. :-)

Ryan,

good list... I vote for the C43... or an E55!!!! :)

By the way... there is a Bentley Turbo R in the showroom of Leith Mercedes on Capitol... go check it out.

Jim