Sport Compact Car article on Gordon's RX7
02-20-02, 09:32 AM
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Originally posted by DomFD3S
This article was most likely in their archives. It may take a few months after the car is taken before it shows up in the magazine. Although in this case, it took over a year. Most likely the photo shoot on this car was overlooked.
Remember that comment made by the editor of SCC a while back in response to why aren't there more RX-7 articles....well....I'm assuming that this is their way to make up for it. They may have hustled to find an RX-7 article to print.
This article was most likely in their archives. It may take a few months after the car is taken before it shows up in the magazine. Although in this case, it took over a year. Most likely the photo shoot on this car was overlooked.
Remember that comment made by the editor of SCC a while back in response to why aren't there more RX-7 articles....well....I'm assuming that this is their way to make up for it. They may have hustled to find an RX-7 article to print.
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02-20-02, 01:04 PM
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I think my car is worth a couple page spread myself....still have a few more things I want to do, but it's very close...
ofcourse I want to dyno it...cause I dont want to make up numbers...I dont have huge power anyways..
gordon : nice car...it's nice to see us a "sort of" plain looking FD exterior wise make the mags...I get a little tired of seeing body kit only cars make it....
ofcourse I want to dyno it...cause I dont want to make up numbers...I dont have huge power anyways..
gordon : nice car...it's nice to see us a "sort of" plain looking FD exterior wise make the mags...I get a little tired of seeing body kit only cars make it....
02-20-02, 01:23 PM
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hey you should do what I did with the articles I got from sports car international. Cut them out of the MAG lay them flat on the scanner, and then send them to steve at www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/
he has a section on that webpage where he has a bunch of magazine articles archived. This way we can go back and read the article over and over if we want. While there, check out the articles from SCI the writing from those guys is sooooo much better then most of the other magazines out there. The articles I sent in to steve were all I could find from the back issues of sports car intl.
he has a section on that webpage where he has a bunch of magazine articles archived. This way we can go back and read the article over and over if we want. While there, check out the articles from SCI the writing from those guys is sooooo much better then most of the other magazines out there. The articles I sent in to steve were all I could find from the back issues of sports car intl.
03-01-02, 03:30 PM
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Very nice car, and so very deceptive! Looks so stock from the outside, and with so many mods done. But my only question is why after throwing so much money in almost every area did you get Autometer gauges? Why not a nice Defi set?
03-01-02, 08:32 PM
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Much props to you GMonen! It's about time someone from the forum represent us rotorheads. Especially a fine example like your car. Best of both worlds. Performance and straight line acceleration. An 11.2 1/4 mile is already way too fast for the street yet alone embarrass top-end (exotics) at the autocross/circuits. That does suck that it took SCC this damn long to put you in the mag when they took it when, in 2000 like AARotary said above. Wheww! Like i said keep representing!
03-01-02, 09:31 PM
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Hey guys just saw the article and had a question about the engine bay. Gordon has a metal box around the turbo is it a heat shield? or what? Sorry if it;s a lame question, didn't read the article yet just stopped by the store in between classes. Thanks
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03-01-02, 09:41 PM
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I remember Gordon having a lot of problems with melting wires, and hoses, burning hoodliner etc after he had the T78 put in. That is a custom heat shield to keep the hood from turning into a range oven.
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hey gordon, in the article, i read that you put in a bigger and lighter garret wheel in the t78. can you shed some light on this? i have a t78 and was looking to upgrade to a t88 but a compressor upgrade for my t78 would be cheaper. where did you get this done at and how does it run? and before and after dynos?
Thanks in advance,
Vic
Thanks in advance,
Vic