mattreeve

Yep Its still a neon.

Nihilanthic

Hey, uh...

You heard of that there "13b" there buddy?

dumpsterdriver

the full list of amenities consists of the windshield wipers.. heh


its just a ***** out play car at this point. *** ugly is the point its also got adjustable konis, huge 4 wheel disc brakes, and polyurethane everything.. so it isnt a one trick pony by any means






and the original point of me talking about it was just that there are a lot of people that want a new fast car but cant afford a nice one. would i rather have an m5 or c6 vette over an srt4? hell yes i would, but i cant afford that... the srt is an alternative for people living on a normal budget, and its fantastic that the option exists.. even though it means a lot of them end up in the hands of jackasses.






and i know a lot of people on this board may think im crazy, but i think a fast aries or omni or whatever is a whole lot cooler than a fast dsm or 7 or 240 or whatever.. just because no one expects it and its different... my omni is a rolling embarassment dispenser ha.. the thing about it is though, it never fails, once someone races it or goes for a ride in it they always fall in love with it just because its so god damn weird

dumpsterdriver

heres a k car for you. gary donovans reliant. 8 valves, one cam, auto chrysler tranny,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2R-L2u1qus


and heres a minivan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rmj1zY1itA


and finally, stephanes charger.

http://www.turbonation.com/charger.htm


last i heard 7's arent too far off. hes not running some crazy exotic custom motor setup either, just a commonblock 2.2 with a tIII 16 valve head. no big sponsors until very recently.


the chrysler turbos are completely under appreciated and under respected.. oh well, keeps parts cheap for me

dream77

lol. good replies.

i love the fact that no one expects it. originality goes very far in my book. gj man.!

jic

iTrader: (1)

srt-4 owners around the bay area fit the exact stereotype descrip. listed in this thread unfortunately...

SLOASFK

iTrader: (5)

uh...except there's signifigant differences between the S4 13B-T, S5 13B-T, S6 13B-REW, S7 & S8 13B-REW and 13B-RE.

Not to even mention the differences between the GSL-SE 13B, S4 13B N/A, S5 13B N/A and RX-8 13B-MSP.

Samel displacement doesn't make the same engine...

SLOASFK

iTrader: (5)

you're HOPING for high 11's and you're calling out RX-7 owners for a race for cash? are you nuts?

dumpsterdriver

95% of the rx7's out there arent 11 second cars, and no im not literally calling anyone out over the internet, i was illustrating a point. its a fairly safe bet that most of the **** talkers in this thread dont have 11 second pump gas daily driven rx7's.



the car went 13.3@106 all last year on *bald* radials and a rediculously bad alignment... 2.3 second short times... an ignition breakup under high load due to the crusty old wiring harness in there, a stock tune running 8 psi past 14.7 with big injectors and an afpr to compensate, and the stock exhaust cut off where the cat would be. all of the **** im doing to it this winter was supposed to happen last winter but i got set back for an entire year because some drunk peice of **** hit my last glht while it was parked and twisted it in half, so i got to spend all last year building up a new shell car from scratch and working out all of the little issues that came out of that.


this year it is running msns-e with a wideband, 24.5" MT slicks, a balanced front end with some rear suspension tweaks as well, a 3" swingvalve, and short side exit 3" exhaust... im expecting to pick up a ton of mph from the exhaust and tune, and a half second in the 60" since i wont be spinning halfway down the track anymore heh


well see what happens, but considering the car would have been well into the 12's last year had i been able to afford slicks, ive got high hopes for this season

Nihilanthic

Considering a lot of RX-7s are HOPING to maintain compression, avoid a knock or make it home....

Rotary Noob

Props to you! Hope the season goes well!

dumpsterdriver

thanks


ive been a long time lurker/occasional poster on this forum so ill probably have some videos for you guys when the weather starts to clear up.... there are a shitload of local guys that i am itching to race badly.. my buddy is building up a galant gsx into a gvr4 clone right now and that is the one that im anticipating the most.. but there are quite a few other interesting cars around here that i have lined up




actually, tonight is the night that i am going to fire up the omni for the first time under megasquirted power... been in the garage every night for a month or so now working on it, ill post up some pics of it back together whenever it *is* back together haha.. that engine bay shot earlier is with all of the ic piping and wiring stuff stripped out.. the stock wiring and computer setups in turbo omnis is a ******* mess, i cant wait to see what it looks like with these clean wiring runs


heres a pic of what the engine bay looked like with the stock stuff in it. this was the first day i had the car running after the 3 month build up from a bare rolling chassis so its a bit sloppier than normal, but still.. its damn cluttered

mattreeve

this is a rx-7 club take it where it counts not here.

Rotary Noob

Hey, jerk face, read the rules before you make yourself look like an artard. Tell you what, ill even post them here for you.

"- All forum guidelines are to be followed which includes all personal attacks, name calling and anything that we consider to be a flame or inappropriate. This will include variations of a cars name such as "rustang", "shitstang", "5.slow", "Honduh", and all the like. If we see a post with anything like that in it, the entire post will be deleted. If it is seen again in that thread, you will be banned for a week. We respect all types of cars and people here and it will not be tolerated any longer." Meaning of course, do not say the type of retarded crap you just did. Because you should respect what another person says, even if you dont agree with it.

"- Have fun in this section, but not to the point where people stop coming here because they fear getting flamed. Everyone is welcome here, all types of kills are welcome here. It is not limited to kills that involve RX-7's." This could be extrapolated, to say we do not limit cars talked about here...to just RX7's

STFU with the not an RX7 crap. You shouldnt be so jaded that you cant apreciate another car for being fast, or being different. Oh, and just because you didnt like it, doesnt mean that someone else didnt. Not to mention it would probably kick the crap out of your beloved car.

TehMonkay

iTrader: (-1)

MY friend has had an omni a shadow and a dart, i like dodges, much more so than any chevys out there.

It is really too bad there is so much brand assery, not brand loyalty, but brand assery out there. Where if it isn't the brand you like it's a piece of ****, i'm loyal to mazda but everyone always picks at every little thing about cars they don't like.

Sounds like mazda in the early 90s, ever seen a white 90 FC and the interior? White FC paint flakes like nobodys business. How well do FCs interiors hold up? Mazda nearly went bankrupt before Ford helped them out of their hole. Mazda hasn't sold **** cars for 30 years since they've hardly been around that long anyway, but dodge hasn't sold **** cars either. The worst thing they make is transmissions. You're so closed minded a mouse couldn't fit through the hole in your ear if all of it's bones were replaced with cartilage.

I don't mind seeing a Turbo Dodge, i'd rather see 15000 turbo dodges before i saw some pos eclipse or civic. You don't see these guys running around like teenagers(except the srt-4 kids) acting like they own the world in these cars because they look funny.

dumpsterdriver

^^

and that is why the turbo dodge boards were such a relief from the import ones when i first got into these cars a few years back. i started off in dsms, and their boards have always been somewhat bad.. mainly just honda hate, but there was a lot of brand nutswinging going on. then i started getting into the idea of a gm grand national 3.8 turbo setup in an fc, so i started lurking here and found that this board is even worse than the dsm ones for close minded arrogance as far as brands are concerned... finally i sold my gsx and decided that i was going to go back to my roots, to the first car i ever owned... albeit in a different form... a dodge omni.


i got onto the turbo dodge boards and felt as if i had stumbled into internet car forum heaven... there were virtually no ********, there were no "dont do that because THIS is the RIGHT way to do it" type posts regarding modifications, there was comman brand love for turbo chryslers of course, but all makes and models were discussed honestly with very little fanboyism attached


i have years and years of experience with this and what it comes down to sadly is that the chryslers are basically ugly cars, so they only attract the true enthusiats, whereas dsms and 7's and civics and so on have the mainstream image, so every retard with an internet connection and an opinion decides they are an expert and starts posting.


i cant say that i think that that is a total bad thing, because my car feeds on that type of persons ego (and wallet)... and there are plenty of them... but it is a shame that real intellegent discussion is so hard to come by on damn near all of the mainstream car boards.






i mentoned above that my red omni got hit by a drunk while parked, well, the next day people on the turbo chrysler forums started collecting money on their own, and in 2 days i received a paypal deposit of almost 900$, a bunch of letters in the mail, people were mailing me parts left and right, i was offered garage space by people id never met before... all because the td scene is a bit older, a shitload wiser, and most of them are always open to reconsidering their opinion when new info comes around


if that would have happened to my dsm, or to a 7, i would have got some sympathetic posts and 15 ******** telling me i was stupid for leaving it on the street



but again... i built my car specifically to feed on that type of person. most anyone that has built their 7, or their dsm, or their f body to a level of relative performance comprable to my omni is going to appriciate the car for what it is, not dog on it for what it isnt. its only the fakers with a 900hp mouth that talk this kind of ignorant ****... and thats fine, i embrace it, so far i have not lost a race in the omni against someone that couldnt understand that i *like* the fact that it us unconventional looking, i dont care that the 20 year old paint is peeling, i didnt build the ******* thing to have leather heated seats, and the fact that it is a "low tech" american car doesnt bother me... and i doubt that is ever going to change


my car is the original sport compact, its the original turbo hatch, its the original pocket rocket, and the fact that most of the import scene today has their heads so far up their 300$ carbon fiber intake pipes that they dont appreciate the car that started it all is kind of sad, but oh well.

my intercooler pipes were free because i cut them out of a wrecked mustang's exhaust. my manual boost controller cost 5$. i hand built and designed the entire electrical system on the car. the intercooler was 40$ out of a diesel box truck, and the thing starts every day, i drive it to the track and hot lap it on pump gas, and then drive it home.



sigh




heres the black car 2 or 3 days after i built it racing my buddies 99 turbo si that runs mid 13's. there was still a little bit of meat left on my drag radials for this run.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG642dk91ao

dumpsterdriver

ps... mattreeve-i *like* rx7's, thats why i post here, im just talking about my omni because its my current project and i figure its weird enough that some people on here might like reading about it. there are tens of thousands of other rx7 specific posts on here if thats all you want to read about.

SLOASFK

iTrader: (5)

well 2 things..
1: for reading about weird projects. I love reading about different random, uncommon car related things.
2: I wouldn't think of a turbo Omni build as a "weird" project. I've seen quite a few around, and all the owners are freaking retarded.. sorry, but I have yet to meet a turbo Omni owner who wasn't full of ****.

arghx

iTrader: (3)

there's a guy in our club who has an FB and an SRT-4 and he's a cool guy. There are plenty of ******** Rx-7 owners too.

dumpsterdriver

most PeoPle ive come across have no idea what the cars are, and even though ive owned 5 of them, ive never seen one that i didnt own in my life.. not a single one, they are rediculously rare cars


there were just under five thousand of the cars built, for 2 years only, so at this Point its safe to assume that there are only twentyfive hundred or so of them left, and most of those are in bad shaPe.



factory cars dont get much rare, weirder or more unique than turbo omnis

TehMonkay

iTrader: (-1)

My friend owned one like i said, he really misses it.

dumpsterdriver

was typing on my megasquirt beater laptop out in the garage earlier.. the p key doesnt work and the rest of the keyboard is only marginally functional heh.. i would have typed more but it was pissing me off having to copy and paste p's


93vr, i can only assume that you are implying i am somehow full of **** with your previous post, so please feel free to either explain why, or stop posting passive aggressive **** like 12 year old girl


you added a winky face emoticon to soften your implication, so i guess i will too so were even






and.. since ive already babbled on about my omni so much in here, i guess i may as well post that tonight i finished most of the megasquirt wiring

its powered, all the sensors are responding, and all of my wiring runs are done aside form the headlights and windshield wipers and crap like that.. and for some reason the fuel pump isnt priming when the ignition is turned on, but im going to deal with that tomorrow.

hopefully ill be able to fire it up in the next few days. once i get it dialed in as far as functionality is concerned i will start welding in all the final bracketry and finalizing all of the wiring runs and get some pics taken with a camera better than the peice of **** ive been using for all the progress shots


heres a pic of the sensors telling me that it was 37 degrees in the garage tonight

redslide7

iTrader: (3)

i own both an fc built that wont run right with an e6x and an 05 srt that gets me from point a to point b rather quickly and reliably. im not anything loyal i just like cars in general and (affordable) horsepower. i have respect for all people that try to do something more with there cars and make it better than stock no matter what. hopefully a couple people can say they know a descent srt and 7 owner.

ps everything has there ******** i just try to be the quiet guy in the back that is down to run and if i lose ill shake your hand and ask you what you have under the hood. then i would be motivated to find more power in the 7 or the srt. if i win ill just smile and know im on the right path!!!

anyway thanks

trent

sleeper7

i just read this entire thread.. DUMPSTERDIVER.. i think its cool that you have a sleeper.. i really do.. i am building a sleeper fb currently..(hence the title) however a sleeper attracks no ladies!! (there is a few auto enthusiest females out there that will respect it though)

my opinion on the srt4 owners.. *most are total winey zit faced bratty punk kids that run their mouth until somebody shuts it for them. (like i said... most are)
while the viper is a good looking car.. i seriously dont like it. (and its there top of the line car!) i wouldnt drive one if it was given to me. (i would sell it and buy another fd )

"rx7 owners are just like everybody else".. and "dodge owners are the nicest people.." << THATS A LINE OF HORSE ****!!

the only dodge nuts i have ever respected are the guys that have the 6 pack carbs, hemi's (old skool) and the 440's.. guys with chargers, challengers, cudas, road runners, etc...those were the days for dodge.. in my opinion dodge built the best cars out of any manufacture (worldwide) from the 60's through the 70's (asiide from the vette). They had so many cars those years that are badass.. and they are rare today because they didnt sell that great.

i do respect the srt4. i think it is a good car for the $.. but its still a chick car. everytime i pull up next to any neon i expect there to be some hot chick in there. (one that i will get the phone number from.. ) BUT.. the neon cant handle for ****! the neon cant put use to the power potential it has. The value of the car used (even if in immaculate condition) is half of what it is NEW!!

while i am a rx7 nut.. BUT i would trade it all for a 63 split window vette, or a 69 challenger.

Rotary Noob

I have to challenge you slightly on the best cars out of the 60's and 70's. I agree, Chargers, Challengers, Superbee's, and all other B/E bodies were awesome. But dont forget the 70 Chevelle, with its holy-mother-of-god-I-have-an-assload-of-torque 454, or the 68 Camaro. Even ford did alright with the 65-68 Mustang. Oh, and the complete underdog, the 65 Chevy II Nova. That thing looked like a shoebox, but weighed next to nothing when compared to a Charger/GTO sized car.

Not trying to argue, just throwing my .02 in there.

Anyways as for the trade part, I would have to agree with you, if you threw the 70 440 Six Pack RT Charger in there.

Back to the topic though. I would love to see a Neon converted to RWD, at that point I may actually like it, but then, it wouldnt be a neon anymore...