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Old 06-24-08, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdatim
Yeah if you're running a manual boost controller on the stock ecu you might wanna remove it until you get an aftermarket ecu installed. And the PowerFC is a great choice. If you're in Tacoma you should consider coming out to the July Steve Kan tuning session and meeting THE MAN. He'll impart a lot of knowledge throughout the day. One thing I like about us NWesters is we tend to appreciate the stock body lines of the FD... Just add our own little twist with wheels, suspension, and spoilers.

Also fyi, you might wanna add quotations around "sleeper" cuz it's not possible to make an FD a "sleeper" lol Imean the closest you can get is throwing an LS series motor in it. Or keeping it all stock on the outside with big single and lots of power
sleeper as in look wise. under the hood is a different thing, if u catch my drift.
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Originally Posted by themcneal
Fd=sleeper? Lol
well compared to the fast and furious: tokyo drift with the veilside wide body kits and my rx7, my RX7 is nothing.
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Originally Posted by mazdatim
Yeah if you're running a manual boost controller on the stock ecu you might wanna remove it until you get an aftermarket ecu installed. And the PowerFC is a great choice. If you're in Tacoma you should consider coming out to the July Steve Kan tuning session and meeting THE MAN. He'll impart a lot of knowledge throughout the day. One thing I like about us NWesters is we tend to appreciate the stock body lines of the FD... Just add our own little twist with wheels, suspension, and spoilers.

Also fyi, you might wanna add quotations around "sleeper" cuz it's not possible to make an FD a "sleeper" lol Imean the closest you can get is throwing an LS series motor in it. Or keeping it all stock on the outside with big single and lots of power
yeah, i will be there for steve kan tuning day. heard so much about them and i'll make sure to ask THE MAN as much question as possible on everything about the 7 no matter how dumb the question is.

btw mazdatim, pm me you cell and i will text you when i'm on my way to del taco.

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Old 06-24-08, 01:50 PM
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well yeah, fd != sleeper, but when you keep it nearly stock on the outside people dont expect 400hp on the inside.
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i heard the tokyo drift FD wasnt rockin much when it came to mods lol could be wrong though
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Brown single turbo rew FB = sleeper
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Originally Posted by mazdatim
Currently stock other than a 99spec lip fitted to the 93-95 front end and a HKS SSQV blow off valve
You forgot to the mention the red interior led lights.
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Originally Posted by point5chink
well yeah, fd != sleeper, but when you keep it nearly stock on the outside people dont expect 400hp on the inside.
that's the definition of a sleeper right?

i might be wrong.
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^hahahah oh yeah forgot about those =P
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FD killing Volvo wagon = sleeper.

Thanks David
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Originally Posted by RX7_GRL
^hahahah oh yeah forgot about those =P
did u install a strobe lights?
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Jordan the tokyo drift car made barely 400hp on a bridgeport REW with gt42
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It had a HKS T04Z turbo.

Per the Edmunds inside line test:

"Mazda rotary engines love to rev, and given enough turbo pressure can produce startling horsepower numbers — even if their peak torque output remains modest. But this car was beat up during the production and on the chassis dyno it produced only 306 horsepower at 6,650 rpm and 256 pound-feet of torque at 5,950 rpm at the rear wheels — better than stock, but nowhere near its potential. More importantly, there was little low-end torque to get those big wheels turning. It took 6 seconds for the flying brick to hit 60 mph and 14.1 seconds to run the quarter-mile at 104.5 mph. Stock third-generation U.S.-spec Mazda RX-7s easily bettered those times when they were being sold new in the '90s."
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Ouch... that's even worse!! For some reason I think it was just a really terribly built car and those power numbers have nothing to do with the car being beat up during production. I don't think they bothered to get it tuned very well
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Originally Posted by rotorette
FD killing Volvo wagon = sleeper.

Thanks David
This is why Michelle is the most awesome wife evar.!!! Volvo Battle Mode Engage !
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Originally Posted by rotorette
FD killing Volvo wagon = sleeper.

Thanks David
not my fd...i hope...i would cry...im sure others have!
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Originally Posted by themcneal
It had a HKS T04Z turbo.

Per the Edmunds inside line test:

"Mazda rotary engines love to rev, and given enough turbo pressure can produce startling horsepower numbers — even if their peak torque output remains modest. But this car was beat up during the production and on the chassis dyno it produced only 306 horsepower at 6,650 rpm and 256 pound-feet of torque at 5,950 rpm at the rear wheels — better than stock, but nowhere near its potential. More importantly, there was little low-end torque to get those big wheels turning. It took 6 seconds for the flying brick to hit 60 mph and 14.1 seconds to run the quarter-mile at 104.5 mph. Stock third-generation U.S.-spec Mazda RX-7s easily bettered those times when they were being sold new in the '90s."
yeap, that's the same information that i got too. you know, hollywood is all about being flashy and bling bling. anyway i don't think the director cares so much about horsepower of the cars as the featurette of the dvd shows that.
Old 06-24-08, 07:23 PM
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tim i receive your pm. i'll send you a text when i'm on my way this friday. thanks
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Originally Posted by woundup7
This is why Michelle is the most awesome wife evar.!!! Volvo Battle Mode Engage !
You're only saying that because you just barely beat her time on Sunday afternoon.

Originally Posted by point5chink
not my fd...i hope...i would cry...im sure others have!
At a recent Autocross event, I was beat by a Subaru Forester. I'll take being beat by their Volvo monster any time.
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that gotta hurts!
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well yeah, at autox you can be beat by the craziest things since hp isnt as much a determining factor.
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I don't bring the SHO to autocross cuz it gets no traction at any throttle point, even at idle it burns tires
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Welcome to the forum! I've got a S5 Turbo 'Vert. I'll pop out this friday to say hello too!!!
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Originally Posted by Boost Lee
Welcome to the forum! I've got a S5 Turbo 'Vert. I'll pop out this friday to say hello too!!!
Thanks Lee for the warmth welcome!

i appreciate it. I hope to see most of the NW RX7 owners this friday even tho is kind of sad to see some of us is not able to make it.
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Originally Posted by mazdatim
I don't bring the SHO to autocross cuz it gets no traction at any throttle point, even at idle it burns tires

Chris and I both got beat by a SHO at the last event

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