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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 07:01 PM
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Unhappy Fd accident today

Today I just installed my new clutch and took it out 4 a ride .. So I get on it cut the wheel fast and started spinning out till I hit the curb , fence and finally stopped in a tree. 3 rims are fuckt front bumper gone radiator gone 1 What day for me ..... ! I had to drive the car 4 like half a mile with coolant dripping from radiator and the coolant light came on but drove like 100 f.. after that ..do you think my engine will go bad because of that ?.(2000 miles on the brand new engine) .. ?? what do you think people ... thanks ... once again what a fuckt up day for me

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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 07:41 PM
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 07:43 PM
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 07:48 PM
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Now you are REALLY to_slow.

Sorry to hear that, man.
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 07:55 PM
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https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=43240 Thats my rx
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 07:57 PM
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I guess it's a touring
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 08:04 PM
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no its not a touring..
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 08:05 PM
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that sucks .....by the way , I have a used stock bumper...let me know if you interested.
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 08:09 PM
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Now that my car will be in the shop I will go ahead an get the c west full kit single turbo (greedy )the works ...
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 08:26 PM
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Oh, then I think it's a base. My favourite model
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 08:44 PM
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Before you do any of that, I think you need to take your car into a shop and check for frame and suspension damage.

Sorry to hear about your loss-- next time you're gonna go out hot rodding with some brand new mods that you're not comfortable with yet, make sure you're in a safe open area...
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 09:00 PM
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Yes the the suspension is getting changed to apex n1 dampers and its at body shop right now my brother shop... Down the street where a hit the car ..
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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 09:21 PM
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I may sound like an ******* here but I agree with the last guy about donig a few things before you do all that, like learn to drive. If you couldnt handle the way the car was before what makes you think you can handle it with a big single turbo upgrade??? Maybe there is something I am missing, like there was a cat in the road that you didnt want to hit but what happened in the first place, why the spinout?? I dont mean to come off like an *** and I am sorry if I did, I do feel for ya though, it sucks,

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Old Jan 12, 2002 | 09:35 PM
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Well this is how it went I cut some one of and in the prose's I cut the wheel to much and spun out ..my bad.......
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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 01:29 AM
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no its not a touring..
Are you sure? Base models don't have a rear windshield wiper or stock fog lights(couldn't tell in the pics if it had a sunroof too)

Sorry to hear about your loss
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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 03:15 AM
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Aaaahh!! Don't tell me this stuff! It's going to give me bad dreams for a week!
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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 07:40 AM
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Are you sure? Base models don't have a rear windshield wiper or stock fog lights(couldn't tell in the pics if it had a sunroof too)

Sorry to hear about your loss
its the base model ..
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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 02:16 PM
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Well this is how it went I cut some one of and in the prose's I cut the wheel to much and spun out ..my bad.......
Oh, now I gotcha, thats too bad. Good luck on the repairs,
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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 03:17 PM
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Hmmm sorry to hear about your loss, but I bet they (the people you cut off) were having a pretty good chuckle to see you spin and wreck after you cut them off.

Well at least some good (upgrades) will come from this event.

Best of luck

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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 09:47 PM
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Yes I think they were very happy to se me spin out here are some pics of the damage ...
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2..my radiator busted and all the coolant went to ****.The coolant light came on ,drove like 200 f with the buzzer going of ... man that suck big time when I felt the rear slip from under me .. man...!!!

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Old Jan 13, 2002 | 09:50 PM
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I may sound like an ******* here but I agree with the last guy about donig a few things before you do all that, like learn to drive. If you couldnt handle the way the car was before what makes you think you can handle it with a big single turbo upgrade??? Maybe there is something I am missing, like there was a cat in the road that you didnt want to hit but what happened in the first place, why the spinout?? I dont mean to come off like an *** and I am sorry if I did, I do feel for ya though, it sucks,

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I don't know, call me a jerk too, but even cutting someone off, you need to know how to handle the car. Especially before going out and hot rodding on public roads. Had you had a single turbo 350+ rwhp car then, you probably wouldn't be here posting for a while, if at all.

FD's are fun, but they are dangerous too. I'm not saying I've never lost the rear end of my car, but I was able to recover it, and I actually do practice that in empty parking lots (helps to know how your car is going react in certain situations, that way you aren't surprised when it happens).

Sorry, but at this point, since you owned your FD for a little over a month before you wrecked it... adding in a single turbo just sounds like you have some sort of a death wish. Mainly it scares the crap out of me to hear stuff like this as you could have easily lost control of the car and hit another car.

If you do go for the single turbo, keep it safe on the roads until you learn how to handle the car.

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