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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 08:31 PM
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8 sec street car?

Has anyone done an 8 sec pass with a rotary powered rx7 on a streetable trans with irs no tubs and no wheelie bars no lexan without a gutted interior?
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 10:38 PM
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Roan's 9.50 Fd is the fastest true street Rotary I know
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 10:43 PM
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 01:27 AM
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I'm saying you can use any streetable trans and any irs it doesn't have to be the stock trans and it doesn't have to be a 13b
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 04:43 AM
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roans is the true street car, there are 2 street legal mazda irs cars with stock glass (no lexan) here in the uk both running 8.8's interiors are stripped and caged though
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 10:34 AM
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You gotta understand to get an 8 second car is not an easy thing. and most people that shoot for said goal , are not worried about how comfy the car is to drive around in .
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:15 PM
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I completely understand I just wondered if it had been done
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 07:35 PM
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Hats off to Roan on his accomplishment
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 08:16 PM
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I have interior in my fb and full exhaust and it went 9.50s
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 10:21 PM
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mine might be an 8's street fd once I'm done with it. Full interior, no cage,20b,80mm turbo,8.8 ladderbar,stock tranny. Looking to sell it once I have my fun with it though
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 09:31 PM
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mine might be an 8's street fd once I'm done with it. Full interior, no cage,20b,80mm turbo,8.8 ladderbar,stock tranny. Looking to sell it once I have my fun with it though
Pics???
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 01:19 AM
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Pics???
Still in the making
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by jamespond24
mine might be an 8's street fd once I'm done with it. Full interior, no cage,20b,80mm turbo,8.8 ladderbar,stock tranny. Looking to sell it once I have my fun with it though
Stock tranny gonna hold together with 8 sec passes?
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 09:00 PM
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one way to find out... If your dead set on it then you may be able to pull it off with the liberty shaft upgrade. It seems to me that this is entirely possible. Ari went low 9's over a decade ago and even admitted he could have gone 8's had the trans held up. But back in those days though there wasn't much you could do to the stock trans.
when we can get better tires and newer suspension technology. with the ability to pull weight with dry carbon body panels available no class restrictions to engine size or which trans and diffs we can use. with the power we can produce now and turbo technology screaming forward. I think 8's are completely possible. If we ever get a twin clutch trans like what is in the gtr we will easily shave off the extra tenths of a second. The questions is who is going to start the new records.
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Old Sep 12, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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I know for sure 8's is possible with stock tranny. I seen my old fb went 9.12 and they were not trying.
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Old Sep 12, 2013 | 07:35 PM
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with the liberty upgraded output shaft I think you can. but completely stock I doubt it. The FB weighs a lot less which isn't just going to help with acceleration it will also put less stress on the trans by launching a lighter car.
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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A stock TII tranny can go 8's for sure with a light body.... El pa ran 7.9 with one, rooster datsun ran 8.6 and mistica starlet ran 8.50s with a TII..

the stock FB or FD rear will have a hard time getting into the 8s with the available gear ratios.


el maniatico rx7 ran 8.30 with a heavy FB unibody with no tubs..
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/r...maniatico1.jpg

El fabian rx7 TII ran low 9s with a fully body car at least 10 years ago..
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Old Sep 18, 2013 | 12:17 PM
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another one almost in the 8s... TII tranny, no tubs, 26x8.5


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=655822104429236
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Old Sep 19, 2013 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by rotaryB-2000
another one almost in the 8s... TII tranny, no tubs, 26x8.5

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=655822104429236
Hahahah lifting the wheel in second and third gear, awesome!!!!
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