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Old 10-19-07, 06:16 PM
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Finally ran the 617rwhp RX-7........

.......out to the grocery store 2 nights ago. She ran great. Who says that high hp RX-7s can't be driven around town. It is actually my daily driver as of right now. A lady ran a red light on my way to work this morning and totaled my 311,000 mile 1993 Honda Accord daily driver.

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very nice.

streetable to me is street legal
much more hp but no rotary for me.
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High hp cars dont have to be run at full power all the time!
\But its nice to spin the tires in 3rd with a trunk full of groceries.
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have you taken it to the track
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Originally Posted by justturbo2
have you taken it to the track
Not yet. C16 is a little hard to find around here, but I've found a supplier not too far from me, and he is out right now. Probably another week or so. Then, I should be able to run it.
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Originally Posted by Islander
High hp cars dont have to be run at full power all the time!
\But its nice to spin the tires in 3rd with a trunk full of groceries.
Very true, but alot of people think that high hp cars(especially RX-7s) are just trailered everywhere. Not here.
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Although not in the 600 rwhp club, I was daily driving my 400 rwhp RX for the last two weeks all over. Ran perfectly except it does smell bad and suck gas
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I need to get mine tuned a little better for low rpms......my spark plugs fowl quickly if I'm driving slow!
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Mike, that might have more to do with the heat range than the tuning.
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I had the BUR9EQ's all the way around but put the B10EGV's in the leading since the 9's all the way around are supposed to be only good to 400hp. What heat range do you think I should be at? I guess I could always run 9's when driving on street and turn down boost, and only use the 10's for drag racing.
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i would opt for vp import
c16 doesnt really suit rotaries as well.
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Originally Posted by mr2foryou
Very true, but alot of people think that high hp cars(especially RX-7s) are just trailered everywhere. Not here.
good stuff. really good stuff, but considering what happened to your beater, you must cringe a little everytime you drive the Rx-7 out for mundane ****, eh? still nice to see you post this though.

Originally Posted by Islander
High hp cars dont have to be run at full power all the time!
But its nice to spin the tires in 3rd with a trunk full of groceries.
here. here.
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Originally Posted by icydude
i would opt for vp import
c16 doesnt really suit rotaries as well.
If it's tuned for c16, I don't see a problem. As expensive as C16 is, I don't want to even think what VP Import is.
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Originally Posted by diabolical1
good stuff. really good stuff, but considering what happened to your beater, you must cringe a little everytime you drive the Rx-7 out for mundane ****, eh? still nice to see you post this though.



here. here.
I'm scared everytime I come to an intersection now.
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Originally Posted by mr2foryou
If it's tuned for c16, I don't see a problem. As expensive as C16 is, I don't want to even think what VP Import is.
VP import is about twice as much as c16
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