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Old Dec 29, 2021 | 08:42 AM
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From: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Originally Posted by mazdaverx713b
That's crazy to see how the ring gear was worn like that. Do you think the pinion gear failed and milled down the ring gear?
the broken pieces just shred everything, so figuring out what broke first is hard. it is weird that its just the one edge of the ring gear though, like the pattern was off or something.
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Old Dec 29, 2021 | 05:26 PM
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however if we loose anywhere its the handling and the drivers, we could really use better drivers. its hard to get a good lap time, there were 150 cars on the track, but the best was a 2:18, and a bunch of s:19's. i had half a lap that was open and ran a 2:27
Sounds like you need a dash of Lo and a sprinkling of Ko.
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Old Jan 18, 2022 | 04:48 PM
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Wow, I love this thread. As a Gambler 500 participant already, Lemons in an RX7 seems right up my alley. I sold my lifted Gambler FC to a guy in North Carolina who is building it into a Lemons car and it's gotten me thinking...

How much does it cost to get into, given that you need a bunch of safety stuff on top of the cost of a car?
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Old Jan 19, 2022 | 09:31 AM
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Wow, I love this thread. As a Gambler 500 participant already, Lemons in an RX7 seems right up my alley. I sold my lifted Gambler FC to a guy in North Carolina who is building it into a Lemons car and it's gotten me thinking...

How much does it cost to get into, given that you need a bunch of safety stuff on top of the cost of a car?
it costs the same as any other racing series, really. you still need tires, a seat, a cage, helmet, Hans device, fire system, seat belts, window net.
we built this car so that we could also do NASA, or SCCA if we wanted. its just ugly on the outside
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Old Mar 31, 2022 | 03:01 PM
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so we blew it up. we keep thinking the transmission, which is original is going to pop, but we broke the diff
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Old Mar 31, 2022 | 03:02 PM
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we broke it, we were worried about the diff, cause it was a loaner, and blew the engine.

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Old Mar 31, 2022 | 04:21 PM
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