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The new toy, 83 RX-7 GSL! New pics Page 2!

Reply #30
that is a sweet ride. i like the old-school import thing for some reason.
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Reply #31
Thanks fellas.

Yeah, it's a little small, and VERY low. It's a pain to get in and out of, but there's actually a ton of legroom (being just a 2-seater you know ;) ). Headroom is good until the helmet goes on...

The new toy, 83 RX-7 GSL! New pics Page 2!

Reply #32
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Thanks fellas.

Yeah, it's a little small, and VERY low. It's a pain to get in and out of, but there's actually a ton of legroom (being just a 2-seater you know ;) ). Headroom is good until the helmet goes on...


do 16 second cars require a helmet up there? :hick:
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Reply #33
No, but auto-crosses do, and that's what I got it for.

And I wouldn't assume it even does 16's yet :hick:

We'll know tonight ;)

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Reply #34
Local track here requires a helmet even if you run 20s (everyone that runs needs a helmet)
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Reply #35
Nice looking little car !  I like it .  Wanted one of those back in the day, ended up with a T-Bird
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Reply #37
I'm surprised wheel selection would be such an issue seeing as there is a HUGE following for the first gen RX7's in the SCCA.
It's Gumby's fault.

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Reply #38
It's weird. The S/GS/GSL's have a 4x110 bolt pattern, and wheel selection is kind of limited, and the GSL-SE has a 114.3x4 pattern, which is VERY common. Seems most everybody converts to SE specs. I'm still reading up, as this is my first 1st Gen.

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Reply #39
Well I hope for your sake that this red rocket ends up faster than 14.9 :P
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Reply #40
14.9? Layla even went 14.7 :hick:

*cough*
22. Aerobird Motorsports - 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, 2.3T/T5, SC50 and bolt-ons - 14.767@92.06 (2007)
*cough*

I bought the RX-7 to autocross and road-race. You know, racing, only with corners :hick:

One of these days I'll slap the 401/5-Speed in something to drag race. I found a cherry 68 Rambler 2-door post (straight-6, 3-on-the-tree!) but it was in Maryland (ugh). Oh well, I have nothing but time anyways.

I race to have fun with my friends and family, not for any kind of internet fame! (If I wanted to do that I'd be broke and living in a van down by the river instead of getting my degrees and paying a mortgage lol!)

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Reply #41
It's like this: The toadstool juice fires through the unicorn injector into the fairy dust chamber, where the tiny wizard does his secret work...Then a gang of keebler elves get hopped up on the crystalline byproduct of the wizard's tinkering, (they smoke it) and then the elves push the spinning triangle through a series of dimensional portals to a final realm codenamed the "exhaust port..." At least that's my undersanding of rotary sorcery.
I stole this but whatever nice 7.  Put a V8 in it.
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Reply #42
I like oldraven's explanation, spinning pizza slices!

This one is too clean for a V8. There was a 2nd gen at the track last night. 100% stock with a 100% stock 2000 LS1/T56 in it and 275 street tires on the back. Even had the stock LS1 airbox and stock RX-7 rear end. 12.92@114!!

A 2nd gen with my 401 would be a LOT of fun at the drags...