well, i only spoke to him once, so i don't think i'd go that far. he was definitely more stand-offish than Vinny though. i just figured it was because he didn't know me from Adam. on the other hand, i met Vinny several times, but i still remember the first time and he was just cool with me from day one - sorta like that cousin you don't see or talk to very often, but you guys click and wanna jump someone everytime you do meet up.

 

yeah, from what i understand the NSX was pretty much a dismal failure and to be honest, i never even knew he had setup a Civic. the Rx-7 was his 15 minutes, i guess. perosnally, i think he had a lot more left in him and could have lasted much longer if he had not tried to outdo himself - sorta like premature ejaculation or something ... either way, he still has my respect and no one can take his accomplishments from him. love him or hate him, he still ran one of the most phenomenal rotaries in history and i'm glad i was able to witness some of it.

i thought i read/heard that he has a shop now where he's focusing on modifying and tuning exotics - Ferraris and such.

 

you have pics of this car?

 

wow that classic beauty is wicked!

 

 

yup,it was efren vazquez.I was there when he ran 7's.It was in palmdale california

battle of the imports.

Adams car is sweet,luckly i got to race him with my Rx3 back in the day when he was running low 9's .

 

Anyone know what tranny and rear Adam used?

 

G-force 5 speed clutch less and stock rear end.....

 

Wow, fastest I've heard on the IRS for the 7.

 

Adam is deffinately the quickest on this side of the world for an IRS RX-7. I still have a set of brand new axles for a FD that were made by the same person who did them for him. One set have many low 9 sec runs with 1.3's 60ft's.

 

Wanna sell em????

 

He's probably already got 40 pm's with people wanting them

 

...but ErnieT deserves 'em!

 

I only have one set left for the FD and they are going into something special!
They are just regular 300m but for some reason they seem to work the best out of all the other ones that came about later to present.

 

Ahhh... I doubt if that's Chicago as the video indicates. The announcer is speaking spanish the entire time and the track looks totally unfamiliar. Probably some track in PR.

 

DOMINGO? .........................NICE

 

It's strange since I also have a set of OLD 300M axles that also seem to work the best. They are about 7 or 8 years old and I got them from the driveshaft shop. These were one of the first sets they ever made. They are lasting so I'm not complaining.

Anthony

 

the track is in wisconsin, at the begining of the video the announcer does say the driver name and where he from, plus if it was PR, where the mountain and ect...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4va7vO3veu8

 

I sold my old car as a roller to some guys from chicago, im surprised how it hooks up and straight it goes......looks good
here is a pic of my old car.......

 

what was ur best time

 

Well the only descent quater mile time came with the car bogging and short shifting at 6,500 rpms with a 1.5 60 foot, 9.05@145 with a 5.85@124 on the eight and a boti race in bakersfield, the week before I ran nhra in pomona and ran in the 5.50s in the eight at 98-100mph letting off each and every time and rolled to 3 9.90s runs those came with 1.27 60 foots, I never trusted that car always use to get away from me as soon as i hit third gear....I figured If i would stayed in it from the pomona times I could of ran at least 5.30s in the eight witch would make what et's in the quater? hopefully the guys from chicago had better luck than i did.....

 

5.5 in 1/8 isnt bad for a full metal body, this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SpGbG0cjZk&feature=user, i think he is runing on alcohol

 

vinny has has own shop now. babylon, new york i believe.

 

cool. i'll have to go check him out when i get back home. i saw him in an interview a while back and he went all family now ... so i thought that was the death certificate of his racing career, but maybe there's hope yet.

 

this interview?
http://grs-motorsports.com/noticias/...1oct/flaco.wmv