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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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I know the FD RX7 is good at handling etc. etc. etc but it can also be made to be a excellent drag/street car.

You take a look at the Supra, Dsm, Evo, Civic and even Neon forums and those guys have a big drag racing community.

Why can’t we have this? I see plenty of people talking about drag racing but nothing serious.

A separate drag racing sub-forum would be awesome.
cause its way to hard to make 600plus rwhp.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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drag is fun.. but too short and doesnt provide enough of an adrenaline rush as a road course or autocross would imho..
i thougth i was goign to love road courses but once i did it i found out that i didnt. Yes it was a great time but it stresses the hell out of me. I have a high stress job....so adding a high stress hobby doesnt make sense. I like drag racing...it gets the adrenaline going a bit but doesnt overload you.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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That's not my point. Here are my points:

1. The drifting guys have been asking for a forum for quite a while
2. Well, it doesn't exist yet so that doesn't show much promise for a drag forum
3. If the drag forum is added, they will certainly add a drift forum as well
4. The drift guys share your same passion and enthusiam for their sport as you do for yours
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why not add the forums? what are the cons of adding these??
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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fan, I will say that it does now have it's place in auto sports. AND, there are far more people that can sprint a car down a straight away verses ones who can perform drifting techniques without totalling their cars. You might be surprised at what goes into that sport besides flashy paint jobs and non-matching rims on the same car...
drifting is the silliest thing i have ever seen.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by LUPE
Well, they could throw the road-racing guys and drifiting guys in the same forum (Race car tech) and create another forum for us serious drag racers.

We need this.
Bah. We have a Race section already. If people are drag racing rotary cars and want a place to post about it they can post there. There are many drag racers here but fact is they don't post much. I can't see how anyone can insist we need a seperate forum for drag racers when there few posts from them...
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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Bah. We have a Race section already. If people are drag racing rotary cars and want a place to post about it they can post there. There are many drag racers here but fact is they don't post much. I can't see how anyone can insist we need a seperate forum for drag racers when there few posts from them...
What are you so worried about? You act as if you have something against drag racing. Hardcore drag racers don't post here for several reason, 1 being that they have no place to post (Currect Race section is for Road Racing), 2 being that this forum is full of people that think they know everything.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by matty
cause its way to hard to make 600plus rwhp.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. If we had a drag racing forum, the harcore guys know how to make huge power with ease. The currect racing section is full of people that are happy with making 200 hp.

I still see no legitment reason to not have a drag racing forum. The only people bitching are the Road Racing Guys who hate the fact that we're drag racing RX7's.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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I still see no legitment reason to not have a drag racing forum. The only people bitching are the Road Racing Guys who hate the fact that we're drag racing RX7's.
those are fighting words around these parts!!!

but hey i agree with lupe....drag racign section would be great. it would help to eliminate some of the clutter around the 3rd gen section on wheel hop or what times can i run with these mods...etc. But lets be honest lup..noone is making 600rwhp with "ease", man.

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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LUPE
What are you so worried about? You act as if you have something against drag racing.
I'm worried about nothing and I have no issues with drag racers. You're insisting there to be a problem that doesn't exist IMO. Since there is not much drag racing traffic I don't feel it needs its own section.

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Hardcore drag racers don't post here for several reason, 1 being that they have no place to post (Currect Race section is for Road Racing), 2 being that this forum is full of people that think they know everything.
So there's the problem! YOU are worried and YOU have something against the other racers in the section!

1 The drag racers do have a place to post: the Race section

2 WTF does that have to do with adding a new section or any other section here?

I'm not upset, I just think you make no point whatsoever other than YOU want a drag race section and you perceive that as some sort of slight or threat.

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I still see no legitment reason to not have a drag racing forum. The only people bitching are the Road Racing Guys who hate the fact that we're drag racing RX7's.
I still see no legitimate reason TO have a drag section. Everyone bitches about something everyday and we have to seperate bitching from fact. Here's the facts: The drag guys aren't posting much. If all of the drag guys start posting and the race section is overwhelmed with drag race traffic I think you'd have a valid point. Fact is there is not much posting about it and therefore your case holds no water IMO. You refuse to believe that however and are trying to play the martyr claiming it's only because others (especially the evil road racers) don't like drag racers

I don't see anything you've presented that says we need a drag section other than you want one. There's no history here to support your claim that 1) there are (or will be) lots of drag race posts or 2) that you can't get a drag section because everyone hates drag racers. Everyone hates the piston guys and yet they have a section, so where's that leave your evil conspiracy theory?
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DamonB
I'm worried about nothing and I have no issues with drag racers. You're insisting there to be a problem that doesn't exist IMO. Since there is not much drag racing traffic I don't feel it needs its own section.



So there's the problem! YOU are worried and YOU have something against the other racers in the section!

1 The drag racers do have a place to post: the Race section

2 WTF does that have to do with adding a new section or any other section here?

I'm not upset, I just think you make no point whatsoever other than YOU want a drag race section and you perceive that as some sort of slight or threat.



I still see no legitimate reason TO have a drag section. Everyone bitches about something everyday and we have to seperate bitching from fact. Here's the facts: The drag guys aren't posting much. If all of the drag guys start posting and the race section is overwhelmed with drag race traffic I think you'd have a valid point. Fact is there is not much posting about it and therefore your case holds no water IMO. You refuse to believe that however and are trying to play the martyr claiming it's only because others (especially the evil road racers) don't like drag racers

I don't see anything you've presented that says we need a drag section other than you want one. There's no history here to support your claim that 1) there are (or will be) lots of drag race posts or 2) that you can't get a drag section because everyone hates drag racers. Everyone hates the piston guys and yet they have a section, so where's that leave your evil conspiracy theory?
How many times do I have to say this.... None of the drag racers are going to post or look for information in the currect race section. It's already been established that it's for road racing.

Open your eyes, it's not just me. 98% of the people in this thread have been for the idea of adding a drag race sub-forum. Doesn't that say something?
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:26 PM
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+1 for drag racing section
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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do it the american way...start a poll!
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by matty
do it the american way...start a poll!
I don't like polls, people voicing their opinions works much better.......

You can see from this thread that it's very clear that the majority wants a drag sub-forum.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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i would like to see a drag race forum, most other sports car forums have them.. the rx7 club must dominate!! we need one!!
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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So Eric you volunteering to Mod these sections?

If you are serious I will throw this thread in the Mod Sec and see if it flies.

Later, Jeff

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I don't like polls, people voicing their opinions works much better.......

You can see from this thread that it's very clear that the majority wants a drag sub-forum.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffShoots
So Eric you volunteering to Mod these sections?

If you are serious I will throw this thread in the Mod Sec and see if it flies.

Later, Jeff
Me a Mod on this forum? That would be intersting but I doubt that would ever fly

You can toss it in the mod section if you feel that would help...

Thanks!!
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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I can make it happen. I just put the Mod thing in as a joke you know how many times I had to Ban you "back in the day".

But it's cool
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffShoots
I can make it happen. I just put the Mod thing in as a joke you know how many times I had to Ban you "back in the day".

But it's cool
Yes, I know....... I was a mess "Back in the day"

If this happens, I can get Bret Kepner from ESPN to post some great drag racing information. Surprisingly, he likes rotaries

Make it happen

Thanks a bunch!

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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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I'd love to see this idea become a reality. +1 for the drag racing forum.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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+1 here too, I would not mind to see a drag racing section on the forum...since we got a useless lounge section that takes up bandwidth why not a drag racing section....
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 06:41 PM
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+1 huge knowledge needs to be organized
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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33 people for it
9 people against it
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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33 people for it
9 people against it
That sounds pretty unanimous to me.
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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Im not a hug drag fan, but I do like to take my FD out to the strip occasionally, and IMO it would be nice to have a forum devoted for people to ask drag-specific questions. I think it would be advantageous to have a devoted forum for things such as this than to have to search for questions that may be spread out between 3-4 other subforums. What wheels/tires, suspension, body mods, etc.
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