If that's what you want then maybe you should consider getting a Subar.... oh... right...

RX-7's in general just aren't the best cars for what you describe. Mainly because they're all old. Old **** is going to break if you keep driving it. Especially if you drive it in the snow, right Cody??

 

shut it Jimi xD

yeah im considering this N/A in trade... im thinking its gonna kill me trying to move so soon, my roommate agrees and we're thinking we'll wait until spring... itll give us a better chance to save up money and all that... still, end of the summer ill be in the Marines!

 

I LOVE MY WIDE BODY!!!!!

 

Looks like I'm gonna have to build a faster first gen, Hellbent

 

dude i wanna see the widebody in action... i didnt even see it start up... wtf guys?! xD

 

drive a na in the snow and ull probably end up working on it in the ******* cold in the grass behind your house and trying to find a wheel for it.....fun times

 

why? TII would be worse anyway.

 

Neither is going to be any good. TII has wider wheels, which is actually a hindrance in the snow but there's not much difference. Most N/A's have an open diff though, which will make them all but undrivable. You probably won't get a base model N/A out of your driveway.

 

wait....Id think the LSD would cause more problems than anything else, but any RWD car is going to be evil in snow, its just physics. But NO car is great either unless youve got specific tires and a PLOW attached to the nose.

But a boosted car will be double teh headache as everytime you hit a wet patch the wheels spin, turbo spools, wheels spin faster, over rev, awwwww ****....rebuild time!

 

Pfft, it's not hard to keep the turbo from spooling. Just a wee bit of foot control. As for the LSD, it's better to be spinning both wheels than just one. But yeah, no RWD is going to be good in the snow. And the RX-7 is too low for that anyway. Let's face it, they're horrible winter cars. Which is part of why I traded for the Subaru. Two summer fun project cars and a project bike just wasn't cutting it.

 

heh ive driven RWD in the snow, hell i drove a mustang in the snow...

and this N/A has a Turbo II Diff so.

 

haha, i dunon bout you but my FC rides high...and so does the conquest, though I dont think its going anywhere till I get tires put on it.

 

I'll be driving the Subaru in the snow as soon as the Dragon gets a snowstorm this winter. Woooooo!

 

So can we then expect to hear the mountain sustained a nasty injury when a green subaru plunged over the side, taking multiple trees with it and setting a few acres of forestry on fire?

 

Eh, I dunno Derrick... it would be hard to start a decent fire with the snow cover but I'll give it my best shot.

 

xD that car will handle the snow like a champ... i never even bothered putting snow tyres on it... enjoyed sliding in the snow too much

so... i heard this winter is supposed to be bad? that true?

 

Guys, I have driven my n/a FC and my FD in the snow, when I lived in Maryland. I thought it wasn't going to be any problem, both had manual tranny, but on frozen road and blowing snow, I did a 180 in both of them. Luckily I didn't hurt either RX-7, just ended up going the other way in an instant.

Holly

 

ah its not so bad Holly xD i drove an 65 Mustang in the snow once... it was "manageable"

 

I'm just saying these cars are so light and weren't made to run in snow. They are so light and I was only going under 15mph. I figured, what could happen if I was taking it slow? lol I wouldn't attempt it again, unless I had ATV tires

Holly

 

I managed to 180 an N/A FC going uphill in the rain. That's how bad those peg-leg diffs are. I always wanted to take the RX's out in the snow but since I live in the valley, the opportunity seldom arises. Hopefully I'll get to take the Subie out this winter. If nothing else, I can go to where the snow is up in the mountains.

There's still three unavoidable disasters that you face in the snow:

1) Ice - Unless you're running some studded Blizzaks or chains, it doesn't matter how many wheels you have turning. ****'s gonna slide.
2) Other people's crappy driving - you may have no trouble driving in the snow but "Joe the Plumber" in his 2WD Expedition will T-bone your madd skillz right off the road
3) Salt - Even if you manage not to wreck the car, a winter of driving in that crap will. Just ask Brian about the loaner FC from Ohio and the "weight reduction" it got on the way down here

 

yeah i had a guy nearly rear end me in the snow in the Subaru once
i was stopped at a stop sign, looked behind me and see a 4 ton dualie pick up sliding sideways at about 40 miles an hour straight for me... so i gunned it through the intersection... guy slammed into the curb and rolled the truck. would smashed into my car if i hadnt took off... people seem to forget that snow = SLIPPERY.

oh and WOOT! http://img370.imageshack.us/my.php?i...scn0062rr0.jpg

 

Well that was fun... I had to call work and explain to them that I was going to be late because I was breaking into my own car. Damn electric locks. Gensai... why don't the keys match the doors? I guess I'm going to have to get some made.

 

i have no idea man... i got it that way, previous owner had it that way too, it wasnt a big deal to me cause i never lock my car xD

 

Welp... gotta do something about that. It was mean to me this morning. After I got into it, I tried to get it to do it again and it wouldn't. I think it's just a bit evil.

 

just a bit evil?

So yeah...gonna repaint the 'daily' BBS wheels black using the same type of paint I did my old T2 wheels in...dont harp on me, these wheels are kinda scruffy around the edges already and the race wheels are in much better shape oddly enough.