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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Crash Test Joey
Let us have an RX-7 meet at scooters
That's actually a pretty cool idea!
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tenacious
Whatsup guys?!?!?!
hey, come to the meet next weekend dummy, is your new 7 up yet?
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Hah! My first car was a used 1981 Tercel SR-5 3 door.

In that car I learned....

"Lawn jobs"
Dropping the clutch
understeer
oversteer (after slamming the brakes and turning the wheel)
how to break axles (and then how to fix)
off road driving
parking brake turns
that a slow car can sometimes beat a faster car from A to B if you are just a more crazy driver

I think I got mine up to about 90 once... but it was terrifying!

B
let me put it this way, I beat a 90's camaro SS and a Mustang 5.0 in a burnout competition with that car. break the wheels loose, pull the parking brake and just floor the gas
i even did a bleach patch once just to see if i could make even MORE smoke.

I also did a 40 MPH 90-degree right turn in front of the assistant principle of my HS. her jaw hit the sidewalk

considering this it the 5th edit ive done to this post. lets just say its more a matter of what DIDNT i do in that car. best had to be driving from rockville to Kent island in 23 minutes. I honestly dont know how it did it.
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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Hahaha

Front wheel drive + ~80 HP + 165 tires = burnout KING! hahah
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Tenacious
Whatsup guys?!?!?!
get yer *** out to fudds on the 17th
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Hahaha

Front wheel drive + ~80 HP + 165 GENERIC tires = burnout KING! hahah
edited for correctness
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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hey guys, im running into trouble. my car is having idling issues would it be because of my seals or do i need to tune the car because i upgraded the exhaust to 3" piping straight back from the down pipe
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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hey guys, im running into trouble. my car is having idling issues would it be because of my seals or do i need to tune the car because i upgraded the exhaust to 3" piping straight back from the down pipe
I'm assuming it's a TII, it wouldn't be from your exhaust, it's probably due to a vacuum leak. if you bring it to the fuddruckers meet next weekend I can take a look at it.
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by junkyKB
hey guys, im running into trouble. my car is having idling issues would it be because of my seals or do i need to tune the car because i upgraded the exhaust to 3" piping straight back from the down pipe
+1 to what Myk said, vac leak most likely.

If you're really worried about your seals, I can bring a compression tester and a socket and we can test your compression then and there :P

Originally Posted by Wargasm
Hahaha Setting fire to your car = burnout KING! hahah
Fixed!
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by eage8
I've buried the speedo in my corolla

it only goes up to 110 though...

that was also before I put the 205s on it too...
I buried the speedo in the Civic once... It woulda been twice, but the first attempt resulted in some flashing blue lights in the rear view...

I tried to blame gravitational anomalies in the vicinity of my right foot, but he didn't buy it. 118 in a 50, sustained over 10 miles.
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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ok thanks..im actually out in PA for school right now..so i cant make it to the fuds meet. but i will check the compression and keep an eye out for the leak.
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by eage8
You have to remember too that joey's car is an S5 so it would be a lot more work switching it over than just dropping in the new engine.
+1 to rebuilding my existing motor

(didn't look at the models... )
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by VAXHeadroom
+1 to rebuilding my existing motor

(didn't look at the models... )
Psh, we can do it, it's not that much work to swap them over

(Unless you want to keep the emissions crap)
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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my car is proof that you dont need an EGR system for a car to pass emissions. only EGR type thing i have on my car is the cat.

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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AkumaKuruma
my car is proof that you dont need an EGR system for a car to pass emissions. only EGR type thing i have on my car is the cat.
EGR = exhaust gas recirculation
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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EGR is Exhaust Gas Recirc.

It's not really as much for emissions as it is for making your car ping less under heavy load.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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Looks like I won't be able to make the meet. I'll be on my way back from TN with my new black/black interior FC as the shell to my subsequent incarnation.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by f1blueRx7
Looks like I won't be able to make the meet. I'll be on my way back from TN with my new black/black interior FC as the shell to my subsequent incarnation.
that was fast
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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Woot, lets strip it down to bare metal . . . and paint the whole body with POR-15
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by AkumaKuruma
that was fast
It's too much of a waste to let that **** just sit around. FC shells are plenty easy to come by and I've got plenty of free time.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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yay, I got my rx-7 running again last night w/ new radiator, brakes, and coil-overs, then replaced my brake fluid with DOT-5, and drove it to work this morning

everyone needs to come to the meet this weekend, this will be the first one my 7 will be at

EDIT: btw, speed bleeders are amazing.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:01 AM
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is it painted yet?
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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is it painted yet?
no, but is still looks cooler than your supra
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by eage8
yay, I got my rx-7 running again last night w/ new radiator, brakes, and coil-overs, then replaced my brake fluid with DOT-5, and drove it to work this morning

everyone needs to come to the meet this weekend, this will be the first one my 7 will be at

EDIT: btw, speed bleeders are amazing.
whered you get those speed bleeders mang?
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by f1blueRx7
whered you get those speed bleeders mang?
http://speedbleeder.com/

for 4 pot front brakes they're 8100s on the front and 7100s on the back.

I tried getting them at advance auto or pepboys, but they never had the right sizes in stock.

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