Why would someone do this?
Originally Posted by ForsakenRX7
Funny you say that cause the whole time I'm watching the vid I was sayin "come on flywheel, stop the lil bastard, fight back lil 7".
What a total waste of motor.
What a total waste of motor.
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"come on flywheel, stop the lil bastard, fight back lil 7".
I think it is a testament to how strong a rotary is. Even with broken apex seals it still runs over 8,000rpms for 5 minutes and it didnt even give up. The guys gave up cause the rotary barbecued the bumper.
I saw a similar video where they redlined a vert for more than 5 minutes. (I think it was 8 minutes, and they left the radiator caps off.) Seeing that actually factored into my decision to get a FC.
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Originally Posted by 2wankel
I think it is a testament to how strong a rotary is. Even with broken apex seals it still runs over 8,000rpms for 5 minutes and it didnt even give up. The guys gave up cause the rotary barbecued the bumper.
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Originally Posted by Twofer
Word. I'd like to see any other blown engine do 8000+ rpm for 5 minutes.
I saw a similar video where they redlined a vert for more than 5 minutes. (I think it was 8 minutes, and they left the radiator caps off.) Seeing that actually factored into my decision to get a FC.
Why would they run it without the radiator caps? What would that do?
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I saw a video of some guys doing that to a 'vert.. not sure if it was an S4 or an S5. It was probably close to 10 minutes long, 9k rpm constant. They had a few more in the driveway, so I'm sure they had a reason to be doing it.
Have any of you guys seen that? It's incredible... yeah, it's sad that they'd ruin it if they have no reason other than being jackasses, but it has to bring you some joy. I mean.. that amount of time at 9k rpm.. dunno how old the motor was, but seeing such stamina brings a tear to my eye. :P
EDIT
just saw a post above about it, haha.
good to see!
Have any of you guys seen that? It's incredible... yeah, it's sad that they'd ruin it if they have no reason other than being jackasses, but it has to bring you some joy. I mean.. that amount of time at 9k rpm.. dunno how old the motor was, but seeing such stamina brings a tear to my eye. :P
EDIT
just saw a post above about it, haha.
good to see!
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Originally Posted by Tiderfish
Why would they run it without the radiator caps? What would that do?
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when u run a rx7 at redline for that long im sure the water must've expanded alot.
but i do not condon any of these actions, not only cause im apart of the rotary club but cause anyone with any respect for a sports car would know better
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Originally Posted by Prôdigy2nd
some people need to be castraighed, thats just BS maybee some old crapie ford or chevy but not the 13B that just pises me off, those freaking jackasses
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some people need to learn how to spell castrate and crappy, along with pisses and maybe.
that's 4 in one sentance. one or two might have been typos, i'll give you that, but dood.... www.dictionary.com please. for the sake of all humanity! if that's the standard for prodigy where you come from, i'd love to know what your definition of idiot is
