This afternoon I'm heading down I-40 to go to work in Chapel Hill. There's hardly a cloud in the sky--a pleasant relief from the overcast conditions of the past week. I've got the sunroof open and I'm cruising at 75 in a 65mph zone. I'm in the far left lane of an interstate that's 3 lanes in each direction.

I'm moving past a truck when I look up into my rearview mirror and realize that some kind of 4 door car is riding my ***--bigtime. He's probably 5 feet from my bumper. I figured it was some kind of shitbox economy car but I didn't recognize the front end.

I decide to get on it a little so I drop it into third. I immediately open up a car length of distance as he's downshifting, but then I continue to pull away slowly until I hit about 100mph or so and shut down, pulling into the middle lane. I probably had at least 3 car lengths of distance between us. I'm slowing down to about 75 again and he goes past me. It was a Sentra SE-R Spec V I believe. It appeared to be stock.

My mods include street port, RB header, straight midpipe, RB duals, SAFC. Dynoed 160whp a year ago on a Dynapack, with a cat still on there.

 

Good kill!

Kicking *** NA style .

 

I'm curious as to how fast you can get in third. My stock n/a convertible can hit just above 80 in third. I think T2romad said he can get up to 90 in third with his T2.

 

Shouldn't it be higher gearing on a vert?

Non-Turbo
(Note: Standard transmission gearing used, not GTUs)
Final Drive RPM
5th gear @
60mph Speed (mph)
7500rpm
1st gear Speed(mph)
7500rpm
2nd gear Speed(mph)
7500rpm
3rd gear Speed(mph)
7500rpm
4th gear Speed(mph)
7500rpm
5th gear
3.90 2350 38 66 97 133 191
4.10 2500 36 63 93 126 181
4.30 2675 35 60 88 121 173

 

Er, I hate school PC's so slow!

http://www.rx7.com/store/rx7/fcdrivetrain_rearend.html

 

ah ha! that makes more sence I forgot they raised it on the vert cause it weighs so much more. Thanks!

 

I can hit 70 in 2nd and 100 in third but i have the 3.909 lsd.

 

What probably slows those cars down is all the ******* single-letter nomenclature! WTF is it called? A *something* SE-R SpecV-and-now-I-know-my-ABC's-next-time-won't-you-sing-with-me? I couldn't remember the first part. Sylables are so much harder to remember than random letters.


Holy **** they were right! I turned into Timothy Leary!

 

Yeah I shifted around 7500-7600 and the speedo did read about 95, but you gotta figure it's not totally accurate. So 93-95mph is probably about right. I do have aftermarket wheels though (17's with 225/45/17 tires) so that might affect it slightly.

 

Word, by straight pipe you got a presilencer correct?

 

No presilencer, just a welded 2.5" straight pipe. The whole system is welded together right now, which is a bit of a pain in the ***, but oh well. Honestly, it doesn't sound much different from having the cat on there--maybe a bit more harsh at WOT. I'm not gonna bother spending the money on a presilencer, and I think that's a testament to how well designed the RB mufflers are.

 

Still have your old Apex' setup? I might be interested.

 

I sold it right after I got the RB, about a month ago. Sorry.