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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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Good luck with the sale Mike.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 01:51 AM
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Wow..Jimlab won. It's amazing!

It's also funny that the auction ended with a grand total of 0 bids. I guess noone's ready to own a car of that magnitude.

And yeah, there are quite a few reliable rotaries making big power on RACE GAS reliably
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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What experience are you basing this opinion on? Have you ever driven an automatic with a higher rpm stall converter?
You ******, can't a guy talk out his *** around here without being called out?

No I haven't driven a high stall converter car on a road course or back road, so strike my comment from the record, your honor.

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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 88IntegraLS
You ******, can't a guy talk out his *** around here without being called out?
You have to ask?

No I haven't driven a high stall converter car on a road course or back road, so strike my comment from the record, your honor.
I have, hence my comment about it not being a road course car.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 01:39 AM
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3.8 litre turbo motor belong in buick regal, not a FD
why would you outfit an FD with junk.. at least put a LS1
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 11:52 AM
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Why would you purposely put a rotary engine in anything?

Go back to the 1st gen. forum.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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Thought I'd add the pictures for posterity.

:-) neil

BTW: weren't these V6 in the Busch Cup series . .
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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Here's the text:

A third generation 1993 Mazda RX-7 equipped with a 1987 Buick Grand National 4.1-litre V6 engine! Before you start knocking your head on the wall and although personally we wouldn't attempt an engine swap on a RX-7, this is not your everyday Buick V6 powertrain. According to the seller, the V6 engine was heavily modified including the addition of Turbonetics 70 MM turbo pushing output to 621HP at 25psi on the dyno. And that’s not all; power is delivered to the road via a Dodge Viper derived, Dana 44-4 Hydra-Lok speed-sensing limited-slip differential. -Continued after the jump

The seller says that the Buick powered RX-7 gets 30+ miles per gallon on the interstate -yes, we're curious too to find out how he accomplished this figure with a 625 Hp car, and that it manages mid 10 second quarter mile times on street tires -that we understand. The current price on eBay is $16,000 or about 11,900 euros.
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