So last night, I'm talkin to my buddy who is in his Del Sol and we are both revin our motors at Sonic. We decide to leave and he takes a left, me a right. Just as I start to pull out an Acura Legend pulls out from the other side of the street goin the same way really punchin it hard. The light ahead turns red and we line up next to each other. It goes green, I mash the pedal in my XR4Ti and the Legend spins the tires taken off. I kept ahead by about a fender and let off at about 55. As it passes, I look over to see the driver and it was some blonde chick in her 20's with her boyfriend ridin shotgun. I couldn't help but laugh.

 

yeah a lot of the "younger" people, dont know even what my 84 rx-7 is, i guess they think for mostly stock it doesnt have a kick, or that i just cant drive, its fun seeing them **** themselfs when ill go 80+ (i live in city area not much faster u can go without blowing a light) like i said 80+ and smoke them cuz there scared to go over 30 :p i love when its girls around here theres a like a pink honda civic a little work done not much, i see her a lot pretty fast but still cant keep up with a 84 stop trying and OMG. dont get me started with this **** neons that dont know what my car is. i ******* laugh for about 3 hours whenever they try
p.s. my first post ever.

 

Right on LoneCorp

 

hey if u have msn or aim can u add me Lone@LoneCorp.Com or BaMbAm3703 for aim, lol sorry if u dont want its fine, just would be nice to talk to someone with almost the same car, ive never seen another rx-7 like mine in person, not many people to ask questions too

 

Why is your XR4Ti so slow? I thought they were quicker than that. Love that 2.3T, awesome potential in that motor.

 

My XR4Ti runs 16.3 stock. I put a high flow dual exhaust(no cat, tip mufflers only) on but it didn't run any quicker. The car stock has 145hp at 15psi boost in a 3000lb car. It also has a 3speed slushbox.

 

Okay..so the XR4Ti had a detuned motor? That sucks, I thought they made more power than the SVOs.

My mistake.

 

They were more the pre 87 turbo coupe motors than svo motors. The svo had a better turbo and had a top mount intercooler. The xr4ti's didnt have intercoolers on them from the factory, so their turbos werent all that effecient.

 

Thanks for the input bigdaddyp. People always think that it will run faster than it does. But considering that the 2.3 started as a 88hp N/Amotor, 145 isn't too bad.

 

being a mustang fan, I know what the 2.3T is capable of, but I never looked into the XR4Ti or TC, I just assumed they were equal to or faster than the SVO since they were newer.

On a side note, want to sell that XR4Ti? It'll get a nice home.

also on(I believe) pre-91 Mustangs, the 2.3 had 80hp