How much do you push your FD?
I don't do top speed anymore. My top speed was 155 in my 8 and that was the last time I ever saw of my 8. Yea, it was pretty bad.
Fastest I've gone in my FD would probably be just 110 and that was just to merge onto the freeway... yea, a lot more power than the 8.
Fastest I've gone in my FD would probably be just 110 and that was just to merge onto the freeway... yea, a lot more power than the 8.
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The fastest i've been up to is 130 mph. i let off because i got scared, the windshield wipers were flopping like crazy. When i just drive, i usually try not to boost at all. i just push it when i merge onto highway or something.
IMO, this is pushing it:
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/do-you-got-lean-470255/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/do-you-got-lean-470255/
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Originally Posted by HardHitter
I don't do top speed anymore. My top speed was 155 in my 8 and that was the last time I ever saw of my 8. Yea, it was pretty bad.
Fastest I've gone in my FD would probably be just 110 and that was just to merge onto the freeway... yea, a lot more power than the 8.
Fastest I've gone in my FD would probably be just 110 and that was just to merge onto the freeway... yea, a lot more power than the 8.
. thought u lost control on a curve at night doing 80 or so w/o your electronic stability/traction control. then u wanted a fd and everyone was like nooooo. good to see the 7 is still around. btw i saw the blue fd at the RE meet in april 
Mahjik...I'm surprised you didn't post this link already...this topic's been discussed for like 4 years now LOL. https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/whats-fastest-youve-had-your-fd-88955/. You're slipping man... 
~Ramy
PS: Yea the blue FD that Hardhitter has used to be Jason's (BlueRex) IIRC.
~Ramy
PS: Yea the blue FD that Hardhitter has used to be Jason's (BlueRex) IIRC.
On the street, I push it very infrequently. Theres a long highway straight that I sometimes take 100-120, but I've never tried for a top speed run.
I also don't push more than 75% grip on cornering. I learned my lesson not long after I bought the car and hit a patch of gravel at the apex of a corner. I used some non-pavement runout area and was very fortunate to only damage the front lip and undertray.
Now I do all my pushing on a road course or autox. Once you get out on a real race setup, you'll realize what a joke 'aggressive street driving' is.
Dave
I also don't push more than 75% grip on cornering. I learned my lesson not long after I bought the car and hit a patch of gravel at the apex of a corner. I used some non-pavement runout area and was very fortunate to only damage the front lip and undertray.
Now I do all my pushing on a road course or autox. Once you get out on a real race setup, you'll realize what a joke 'aggressive street driving' is.
Dave
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Originally Posted by FDNewbie
Mahjik...I'm surprised you didn't post this link already...this topic's been discussed for like 4 years now LOL. https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=88955. You're slipping man...
Originally Posted by dgeesaman
Ramy, it's 5am. Go to bed 
Originally Posted by Mahjik
Naw, "how hard you push the car" and "how fast you have taken the car" are two completely different things. You may never hit 140 mph on a particular road course (or AutoX course), but you'll be pushing the car a LOT more than just one 140 mph run on a highway stretch.
Originally Posted by rexhvn
Just curious to see everyone's answers. What's the fastest you've got your FD to?
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Originally Posted by FDNewbie
Oh and it's SLK Blue IIRC He only told me like 40,000 times
He only told me like 40,000 times I only told you 40,000 times because you never got it right
. Just wait til I get my new FD. If I can't find a Chaste White base it'll be a new interesting color again.I guess I should answer the thread topic question too; I never pushed my car (Hardhitter's car) too hard except maybe late at night when no one else was out. After being in an accident once I never want to go through that experience again. Fastest I've gone? Maybe 140, but that was in the middle of the night on the straight part of 101.
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Never actually pushed it that hard on the streets cause i haven't had the turbo's working properly for very long (although that's being taken care of now).
Top Speed in the FD=140, coming home from a trip to William & Mary around 7 in the morning merging onto the highway. 4, maybe 5 lanes wide, no traffic, straightaway, clear vision of no cops...and i just floored it. Too much traffic around where i live, plus there are cops EVERYWHERE!
Top Speed in the FD=140, coming home from a trip to William & Mary around 7 in the morning merging onto the highway. 4, maybe 5 lanes wide, no traffic, straightaway, clear vision of no cops...and i just floored it. Too much traffic around where i live, plus there are cops EVERYWHERE!
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Fastest I've taken it has been 158 mph, but that was when I was fairly stock. On the streets I usually push the car 5/10ths of its potential. I routinely hit 135-140 on open stretches of highway w/radar ON . Have yet to do an all out speed run with my new setup. Besides I've matured a lot since I originally bought the car.
. Have yet to do an all out speed run with my new setup. Besides I've matured a lot since I originally bought the car.
