RX-7 Laughing stock of Track

[95mustanggt]

Went to the track last night. A lot of fast cars out. Most cars were running 8's down to 5.0's in the 1/8th.

The funniest thing was there was an RX-7 out, He didn't crack the 10 second barrier even once! His buddy had an Acura (I don't know what model, don't care) he broke into the high 9's once or twice.

What was so funny was that the RX-7 ran a big dually dodge truck (80's vintage) and LOST!! LOL, people were laughing for like 5 minutes after. It was great.

Hammer was running some good times, but he was having a hell of a time getting traction, but I'll let him post his times

[JRowlette]

That's damn funny!!! But no joke, I have seen a modified powerstroke run 113 mph in the quarter. No Sh**, saw it with my own eyes. Granted the ET was crap, but once the turbo spooled up, that damn thing was haulin!!! I guess people in Kentucky get really bored.

[6T9PONY]

My grandpa has a new Dodge pickup. Extended cab and the turbodiesel engine. It's a ******* straight 6. With a turbo. It just amazes me that a 6 could make the power that thing does. From a standstill if you punch it you will not keep traction, it will screech immediately then after about 10 yards the tires will be completely loose. It's not fast by any means, but it's torquey as heck. My cousin and I got to fart around with it a lot this summer. We worked for his contracting company so he let us take it on trips to get materials and stuff like that.

I HATE the smell of diesel.

[OnMy3rdStang]

that must have been an older non turbo rx7. My bf wants a hard to find 93 yellow with black interior rx7

[95mustanggt]

Originally posted by OnMy3rdStang
that must have been an older non turbo rx7. My bf wants a hard to find 93 yellow with black interior rx7

It was the newest generation RX-7. It was silver with a big fart pipe. It was so slow I thought it was non-turbo also, but I didn't think they made an NA version of the latest Generation RX-7.

The guy totally sucked at driving too. He bogged off the line everytime. I think he was shifting way to early. Anyway The best I saw him run was like a 10.1 in the 1/8th.

[MustangDanny]

They did make the newest models of RX-7's in non-turbos. Actually it's harder to find one with a turbo than not. You've got to admit though, they are sharp looking cars. I like the curves. Almost like a Vipers. But if this guy was bogging and shifting early... it's no wonder he was getting spanked. Those wenkels (rotorary motors) are non exsistant under 5 grand. The way to get any power out of those is to rev the crap out of them.

[Stang Runner]

if it was the newst years It is alest a low 14 to High 13's He needs to learn to drive!!!!!!

[95ragtop]

Actually,

The last generation of the RX7 was only available in the states with the twin sequential turbos. There was the R1 and R2 version. The R1 had a much more road race set-up, and the R2 had the killer stereo.

A 93 would have to be twin turbo, and driven well, they go pretty deep into the 13s. If I remember correctly, around 13.6 stock.

[Unit 5302]

The Gen III RX7 TT was a 14 flat car. Trap speeds right about 100mph even.

It had a very good hole shot potential due to the 2800lb curb weight, but the car really fell off about 80mph or so. Race one with a bone stock fox body GT from 80-120. The GT will beat it with a competent driver.

Rated 255hp, 217lb/ft. The thing to note is the really narrow powerband on those cars. The keep accelerating to a higher top speed than the Mustang, but it's a drag thing, not a power thing. Their IRS robs more power than a solid axle car like the Mustang, so that's a big deal for RWHP. Also worth noting is they are junk after about 80,000mi. Kiss performance goodbye. That and reliability is rather poor, and when it does break, parts are super expensive. There's a reason that neat little car didn't sell for **** here....

[OnMy3rdStang]

According to the people on NoPistons.com the last generation RX7's came with and without turbos

[bigtime1148]

rx7s didnt sell well??? HA WHAT KINDA CRACK ARE U SMOKING BOY. rx7s sold fine. at least u dont see an rx7 every other car like u do a mustang. stupid me 2 caRS. if u walk up to someone on teh street and they ask u what kinda car u have and u say mustang they are gonna say yeah me to! cuz everyone has those pos fartcans.

[MustangDanny]

There is no doubt that they did come without turbo's because I was going to buy one way back when. But then I started hearing all the horror stories about the reliability and scrapped that. I actually ended up buying a 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo. That was a much better choice. And no... I didn't have a fart-pipe on it. I had a very modest exhasut. It was actually too quiet to even sound like if was aftermarket.

Actaully, last summer, a buddy and I took a non turbo out for a test drive from a used car lot. It was the latest version. There has got to be an RX7 enthusiast website out there... they have a pretty decent following. I'm sure it would have more info on it.

[Unit 5302]

Originally posted by bigtime1148
rx7s didnt sell well??? HA WHAT KINDA CRACK ARE U SMOKING BOY. rx7s sold fine. at least u dont see an rx7 every other car like u do a mustang. stupid me 2 caRS. if u walk up to someone on teh street and they ask u what kinda car u have and u say mustang they are gonna say yeah me to! cuz everyone has those pos fartcans.

Why was it discontinued here, bright boy? Some people should come with a defective stamp on their forehead, like yourself if you think the RX7 was a hot seller.

I'll give you the answer, Ford told Mazda to nix the damn thing cause they couldn't sell it for a profit. Car companies do not nix a popular flagship model that is selling well and making money.

[SuperchargedRex]

Just to be clear:
The first gen RX-7 (79-85) was non-turbo only in the US.
The 2nd gen (86-91) was available as either turbo or non-turbo.
No new cars were brought over to the US by Mazda in '92.
The 3rd gen (93-95) was available only as a sequential twin-turbo.
The RX-7 continues to be sold in Japan.

A third gen hitting 10s in the 1/8 either has something wrong with it or the driver doesn't know how to shift, which by the original description its the latter.

[bigtime1148]

ok genious learn to read before you respond next time.... i said it sold fine... no where in my reply did it say that it was "popular" or was a great seller. i said it sold fine now go back to preschool and learn to read.

[Unit 5302]

Look, bigtime. You ask me if I'm smokin crack cause I say the RX7 didn't sell. You also say "sold fine." It did not sell "fine." Like I said, it sold like ***. Which was why it was discontinued here.

Hot seller is pretty open for interpretation, and the tone you set comes across as my statement is completely false. Here, let me spell it out for you a little more.

Car companies do not discontinue "fine" selling profitable flagships without replacement models lined up.

I read your post, but quite frankly, I don't give people **** for credit when they come surfin around trolling for a reason to be a dick when their favorite car is insulted.

[bigtime1148]

sorry i can't understand you i don't speak redneck. learn english and try again.

[SuperchargedRex]

On behalf of all rational RX-7 owners, let me say that we, like most other enthusiasts, realize the shortcomings of our favorite car. By the time the 3rd gen came out, prices had skyrocketed, it was difficult to find a mechanic that understood rotaries so support was limited, the cars were abused leading to what I think is an undeserved bad reputation (while shopping for a 3rd gen, I found too many stupid owners that had turned up the boost without the appropriate fuel and ignition upgrades, which leads to detonation and a blown apex seal) so Mazda wasn't making sufficient money selling them in the US.

Me, I'm looking forward to the upcoming RX-8. With its rear suicide doors its a true 4 seater as can be seen in the attached pic, its supposed to have ~250hp, but a measly ~170lb-ft of torque. Hopefully in a year or two, they'll add forced induction, or maybe I'll just migrate the Paxton.

Peace

[fastang]

SuperchargedREX you seem like a very rational and decent person here and your input is helpfull.

bigtime however, seems to be a bigtime sore ***. WTF are you doing here? The whole "I dont speak redneck" deal is just plain LAME. Thats like me saying "sorry I dont speak chink, learn english and try again" Grow up.

I have yet to see an RX7 hit a 13 totaly stock but thats just me. Im sure it happended somewhere.

[1969Mach1]

Originally posted by Unit 5302
Some people should come with a defective stamp on their forehead

ROFLMAO! That is freaking hillarious. lol I gotta use that one sometime. lol
Either way back to the orignal post that was funny too. I gotta learn how to drive my car so I'm sure I will get laughed at when I take my car up to the track but I'm sure I am very capable to beat a truck. lol