omg, i hate it when Non-Car people BS me
SOME SAY....
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i know tooooo many of those,, "rx7" owners start talking like they know what theyre talking bout, calling streetports "bridge ports", talking bout things, that have nothing to do with anything. also talking about theyre driving skillz and work skillz.
then hit me up saying" how do i remove the shocks from the rear hatch..."
then hit me up saying" how do i remove the shocks from the rear hatch..."
Haha... I hate when that happens bro! I remember once when I brought my rotary FD to a meet, some idiot kid came up to me and was like:
Kid- "Is it turbo or non-turbo?"
Me- "twin turbo, like all FD's"
Kid- "Nah-uh, my friend has a non-turbo one at his house, I know for a fact that some FD's came turbo and some non"
Me- *facepalm*
And I just lightly let him off, and let him walk away back to his 4 door econobox.
This happened to me recently as well. Sigh
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From: Vacaville, California
my friend was telling me how he and his dad were working on a diesel truck, and i knew he was full of it, so asked him if they changed out the "spark plugs" and without hesitation he said yes! haha
look at my quote below my name. it comes from many lame comments ive received
look at my quote below my name. it comes from many lame comments ive received
I thought the same thing. I thought this was going to be about some fruity guys from Frisco
I dont know what you speak of
Haha... I hate when that happens bro! I remember once when I brought my rotary FD to a meet, some idiot kid came up to me and was like:
Kid- "Is it turbo or non-turbo?"
Me- "twin turbo, like all FD's"
Kid- "Nah-uh, my friend has a non-turbo one at his house, I know for a fact that some FD's came turbo and some non"
Me- *facepalm*
And I just lightly let him off, and let him walk away back to his 4 door econobox.
I had some guys run up to my FD once while I had the hood up. The conversation went something like this....
GUYS- "Nice car!! Is it turbo or non turbo?"
ME- "Look for yourself. Good luck finding the turbos"
The guys started looking around the engine bay and then asked me "It's non-turbo, huh?"
ME- "Yea. I gotta get a cold air intake for it because the stock air box sucks"
GUYS TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES- "See, I told you it was non-turbo!"
I had another guy try to tell me that he wanted to get an FD with a 6 speed tranny instead of the 5 speed. I told him none were 6 speed and then he quickly corrected himself by saying, I meant a Japanese RX-7 with the 6 speed tranny. I told him there was no 6 speed RX-7s from the factory. Then he said he saw an RX-7 with a Ferrari transmission and that he wanted to build a crazy RX-7 like that.
People always have the urge to tell you some crazy *** stories or mods they want to do or have done in the past. Its funny because they're always experts on the type of car you own and you as the owner dont know anything about your own car. For the most part, I usually go along with them and add to their story with some far out details. I figure I might as well make this interesting instead of getting frustrated trying to give them real facts.
I dont know what you speak of
Haha... I hate when that happens bro! I remember once when I brought my rotary FD to a meet, some idiot kid came up to me and was like:
Kid- "Is it turbo or non-turbo?"
Me- "twin turbo, like all FD's"
Kid- "Nah-uh, my friend has a non-turbo one at his house, I know for a fact that some FD's came turbo and some non"
Me- *facepalm*
And I just lightly let him off, and let him walk away back to his 4 door econobox.
GUYS- "Nice car!! Is it turbo or non turbo?"
ME- "Look for yourself. Good luck finding the turbos"
The guys started looking around the engine bay and then asked me "It's non-turbo, huh?"
ME- "Yea. I gotta get a cold air intake for it because the stock air box sucks"
GUYS TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES- "See, I told you it was non-turbo!"
I had another guy try to tell me that he wanted to get an FD with a 6 speed tranny instead of the 5 speed. I told him none were 6 speed and then he quickly corrected himself by saying, I meant a Japanese RX-7 with the 6 speed tranny. I told him there was no 6 speed RX-7s from the factory. Then he said he saw an RX-7 with a Ferrari transmission and that he wanted to build a crazy RX-7 like that.
People always have the urge to tell you some crazy *** stories or mods they want to do or have done in the past. Its funny because they're always experts on the type of car you own and you as the owner dont know anything about your own car. For the most part, I usually go along with them and add to their story with some far out details. I figure I might as well make this interesting instead of getting frustrated trying to give them real facts.
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Life As RE Know It!!
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i know tooooo many of those,, "rx7" owners start talking like they know what theyre talking bout, calling streetports "bridge ports", talking bout things, that have nothing to do with anything. also talking about theyre driving skillz and work skillz.
then hit me up saying" how do i remove the shocks from the rear hatch..."
then hit me up saying" how do i remove the shocks from the rear hatch..."
once someone called me while riding in a friends rx-7, i look over and hes in the passenger seat of a 95ish civic some other guy is driving in the lane next to us.
"My buddy would race you guys but he forgot his laptop, and he needs it to adjust his COMPRESSION RATIO before he can race anyone"
"My buddy would race you guys but he forgot his laptop, and he needs it to adjust his COMPRESSION RATIO before he can race anyone"
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From: San Jose, CA (NorCal/S.F. Bay Area)
once someone called me while riding in a friends rx-7, i look over and hes in the passenger seat of a 95ish civic some other guy is driving in the lane next to us.
"My buddy would race you guys but he forgot his laptop, and he needs it to adjust his COMPRESSION RATIO before he can race anyone"
"My buddy would race you guys but he forgot his laptop, and he needs it to adjust his COMPRESSION RATIO before he can race anyone"
Seriously man, learn your facts before you talk smack.
Compression ratio is calculated by the following formula: involving 3 variables: bore, stroke and combustion chamber volume.
, where
= cylinder bore (diameter)
= piston stroke length
= volume of the combustion chamber (including head gasket). This is the minimum volume of the space at the end of the compression stroke. Because of the complex shape of this space, it is usually measured directly rather than calculated.Does that device you mentioned alter any of the three variables here? I doubt it can somehow change the stroke length or the bore size on the fly- and as for shimming the head to alter combustion chamber size- i have my doubts there as well. If you have any proof of this id be happy to admit i'm wrong.
This is my daily driver my dad built it in my garage with only select tools...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeHSqrmYl3A&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeHSqrmYl3A&feature=fvw
kinda funny how someone here was under the same impression as the guy i came across- i wonder if someone is actually marketing a product that's supposed to change the Comp Ratio somehow.
Id love to see an explanation of how one of these mysterious boxes work if anyone has a diagram or something... mabye it would show a tiny wizard inside the box
Id love to see an explanation of how one of these mysterious boxes work if anyone has a diagram or something... mabye it would show a tiny wizard inside the box
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