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Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: RX7TypeR on November 04, 2004, 06:30:49 PM

Title: Rx land speed record.... on ice!
Post by: RX7TypeR on November 04, 2004, 06:30:49 PM
Hi folks..

Not sure if ya will have seen this... but spotted this when i was browsing the fto forum!

Video (http://www.ftooc.org/contents/index.html)

Go to ----->

Forum --->  Other cars ---> RX-7 - 215MPH : Not Recommended

Click on the video link on the top post!.... different lol!
Title: Rx land speed record.... on ice!
Post by: MikeLMR on November 04, 2004, 06:35:22 PM
http://www.racingbeat.com/Gallery/92ElMirage.htm

quite a famous incident :)
Title: Rx land speed record.... on ice!
Post by: MikeLMR on November 04, 2004, 06:38:10 PM
and then "back in black"

http://www.racingbeat.com/Gallery/95Bonneville.htm
Title: Rx land speed record.... on ice!
Post by: gsb876 on November 05, 2004, 08:05:44 AM
Love the smoothness of the black version:)
Title: Rx land speed record.... on ice!
Post by: Martiny on November 05, 2004, 12:54:41 PM
Thats not Ice, its salt. Bonneville Salt Flats.

And, If you read that Mitsubishi forum, one of them says they got the Aerodynamics wrong. Well, I dont think so.

The Aerodynamics create downforce, so , whats going to happen when the car is going backwards through the air?