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Old 10-16-10, 11:22 PM
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Supercharged RX4 Wagon New Zealand

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Old 10-16-10, 11:40 PM
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Jesus christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Radical dude!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to see and hear more of this wicked wagon!!!!!!!!!!! +1
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Holy **** that thing must be insane, looks sick in the wagon!
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Never seen A rx4 wagon I think they look better than the rx3 wagon and rx3's are my thing but wow nice
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Never seen A rx4 wagon I think they look better than the rx3 wagon and rx3's are my thing but wow nice
I have to agree with you there, that black/chrome sets it apart! Along with that engine


Now i want one.
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I know of an rx4 wagon that is for sale if you all are being serious in buying one.
Old 10-17-10, 06:05 PM
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I never really liked the rx4 wagon but this one looks good. I think it's that color and the mini tubbed rear. I also know where one is at if anyone is interested.
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You think its mini tubbed? Looks pretty stock. Well maybe the diff is shortened but still the stock wheel whell?
Old 10-18-10, 10:18 AM
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I wonder how much boost that blower actually makes? Definitally a different setup for a rotary, but wonder if it's really worth the weight penalty. Cool build though, definitally eye catching.
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Originally Posted by Buggy
I wonder how much boost that blower actually makes? Definitally a different setup for a rotary, but wonder if it's really worth the weight penalty. Cool build though, definitally eye catching.
also what size would that blower be
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I'm guessing it's a 671. By the size of the blower pulley, I'd guess it's severly underdriven, but still, WOW!! Not sure how well rotaries run on superchargers in general, not to mention, one this large. Would be fun just to get a video of it running.
Old 10-18-10, 04:46 PM
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Shot dude I wondered if someone would post this up! So sick.

Its making around 200kw at the rears on 12psi with a 6/71. He wants to run more boost but the motors a 13B bridgey not built to handle the stress yet. Bearings, E shaft oil apex etc all need a once over before he winds it all up. Fuckn Badass though.

Oh yeah the intake is made form two toyota 4age quad throttle bodies. Great ingenuity, first time I've seen them used like that.
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Originally Posted by el_rotary
You think its mini tubbed? Looks pretty stock. Well maybe the diff is shortened but still the stock wheel whell?
That's a big tire back there to fit in the stock tubs. I have a 8.8 in my rx2 and it was shortened a extra 1/2" on both sides from stock measurement , I am squeezing 9" tires back there any bigger I have to tub.

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I was looking at the picture on my phone I just looked at it on a real computer and it doesn't look tubbed. Just really nice wheels with a nice offset it's really nice looking.
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Would love to find a clean one of these.... That thing is SICK.
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wow that rx4 is ******* bad ***!!!!!!!!!!!
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Very nice RX4 wagon, he probably could have made due with a 4-71 blower.
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It would seem that a blower this big would sap almost all the power the engine could make just turning it. Almost bordering on the old Rat Fink cartoon cars, but I still love it. Anyone know where there is a clean one in the NW? I'm a big fam of wagons (Got a BMW 540iT, and an Impala SS cloned Caprice wagon in dark purple), and have a bunch of parts sitting on my shop shelves to build a nice DD out of one of these. It MUST be a 74 ONLY- Don't care for the later models.
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Originally Posted by el_rotary
I know of an rx4 wagon that is for sale if you all are being serious in buying one.
Can you send me the info on that Rx4 wagon for sale I like to see how much work to fix her up.I have a buddy of my who has a wagon but it need a lot of work maybe we can take 2 to make 1 nice wagon.So Pm me

Thanks Carlos
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That wagon I was talking about has some rust issues but, I guess its expected for these old cars. It does have the engine and trans last time I saw it and is a 74. Let me see if it still avalible.
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