I was picked up by a friend of mine yesterday and we began to compare our cars on the way back. He had recently bought a 1990 RX7 from a rotary specialist near our neighborhood. Only problem with the car is that at the moment the tires that he is using have very little tread left.
This former owner had taken a shell and turned it into a fast daily driver, it had the power steering and AC completely removed from the car. The 13b was both street ported and constructed from various FC, FD and FE parts, for example i believe the apex seals were from the renesis motor and mods like that. My friend took it to a dyno and was given numbers of about 195hp and similar torque numbers.
So when we got back to my house we decided to mess around a bit with our cars. We pulled onto a 4 lane road and started at about a 25 mph role. After a three count i down shifted to second and took off. I heard my buddy keep up for a moment then die off so a few seconds later i slowed down wondering what happened, and watched him take a separate entrance to our neighborhood looking really pissed.
I talked to him later and apparently what happened was that when we took off he was in third like i was, but in a higher rev. He didn't pay attention to his tach so when he down shifted he went from about 5-6k to around 8k. This made both a horrible sound in his tranny/clutch and caused his tires to completely loose traction. He told me that he swerved into the opposite lane of traffic and nearly hit a pole. (thankfully there were no cars on either side of the street when we went at it)
Now whenever the guy down shifts he can hear a similar grinding sound, and has lost the rest of his tread on his tires. It just goes to show you that street racing is fun, until someone nearly kills them self.
This former owner had taken a shell and turned it into a fast daily driver, it had the power steering and AC completely removed from the car. The 13b was both street ported and constructed from various FC, FD and FE parts, for example i believe the apex seals were from the renesis motor and mods like that. My friend took it to a dyno and was given numbers of about 195hp and similar torque numbers.
So when we got back to my house we decided to mess around a bit with our cars. We pulled onto a 4 lane road and started at about a 25 mph role. After a three count i down shifted to second and took off. I heard my buddy keep up for a moment then die off so a few seconds later i slowed down wondering what happened, and watched him take a separate entrance to our neighborhood looking really pissed.
I talked to him later and apparently what happened was that when we took off he was in third like i was, but in a higher rev. He didn't pay attention to his tach so when he down shifted he went from about 5-6k to around 8k. This made both a horrible sound in his tranny/clutch and caused his tires to completely loose traction. He told me that he swerved into the opposite lane of traffic and nearly hit a pole. (thankfully there were no cars on either side of the street when we went at it)
Now whenever the guy down shifts he can hear a similar grinding sound, and has lost the rest of his tread on his tires. It just goes to show you that street racing is fun, until someone nearly kills them self.
and sometimes i'd just park off campus.