Are our cars that fast ?

[bnaellis]

Hopefully we will have some really quick rx7\'s at rotorstock but thinking about it lastnight, we don\'t currently have any sub 11 sec rx7\'s on normal street tyres. The quickest is Geff reworx at 12.3 123 mph I think at elvington last year anything quicker than that has been using drag tyres. Hopefully at rotorstock this will change. I \'ve also lined a up a race at rotorstock against a 450 bhp mr2 turbo with NOS:D that should be a good battle.

RGDS

[J4P RX]

Depends how you define fast

If your talking about totb at Elvington, then everything was on road legal tyres and I dont remember mention of anyone using a drag radial.  Maybe they did though.

Id just like to see a fast track car, but thats even further off than a fast drag car I think

[Carl]

Geffs was on the Dunlop road legal race tyres.
You can get road legal drag race tyres too so that would be the way to go to do both things,be road legal totaly and be quick.
Kind regards
Carl

[Carl]

Originally posted by J4P RX

Id just like to see a fast track car, but thats even further off than a fast drag car I think

There are already fast track cars here,think of Dave Nixons RX3 and Stacy Vickers RX7 1st gen,they both won their championships last year!
Also there are a couple of 3rd gen RX7\'s that are near completion for racing here.
Kind regards
Carl

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by Carl
There are already fast track cars here,think of Dave Nixons RX3 and Stacy Vickers RX7 1st gen,they both won their championships last year!
Also there are a couple of 3rd gen RX7\'s that are near completion for racing here.
Kind regards
Carl

I forgot them two, probably because they dont post here and I natrually think of the 3rd gens.  Quite right though, they are quick.

[MONSTER]

Brian, I\'ve just spoken to James and it looks like they\'ve got his NOS running properly on the MR2  now so the race is definately on!!!

Should be a wicked day out,  oh as I mentioned he\'ll be using track slicks on the rear.

best regards

Steve

[gsb876]

only person i can think of who could be quicker at rotorstock is Ross, he\'d only just finished his car and clocked 11.6 secs, so by rotorstock might be quicker!!!

Not sure which tyres hes using though:(

[bnaellis]

Oh great just what I wanted to hear.
For those who don\'t  know I have arranged a race against a 450 bhp mr2 turbo with nos and racing slicks:D my white rx7 single turbo jap tyres:D I cannot wait.

rgds

[mr_tim]

Should be interesting, Brian!

Have you seen the video of the 700+ bhp MR2 attempting a launch - here

[bnaellis]

wow that\'s a bit scary. Saying that I might be doing the same in mine if i\'m not careful be good for the camera anyway.

rgds

[bnaellis]

I\'ve just told my wife about this race and she says the mr2 is gonna whoop me why did I pick I race that i\'m never gonna win.
Just the kind of backing a man needs from his wife.

rgds

[scooby_si]

yeah i\'m still looking http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_2_126.gif\' border=0> for a wife who can build me a 9 second car & then flash her ample & beautiful baby feeders to put the opposition off.....lol
Si (setting sights too high? lol)

[gsb876]

"ARE OUR CARS THAT FAST?"

To answer your original question i would say as far as road cars go then yes but when talking serious power drag cars then no.

I think for the rotaries to be serious power dragsters you gotta have more than 2 rotors, which brings me to the point of our cars being 1300cc\'s.

We cant compete with 1000bhp skylines and supras as they have more to play with, the rotors are too sensitive to boost to that power range. Giv we can rev to 8000-9000 rpm but with high power hikes we cant compete. I think this will be revealed at rotorstock, non of the rx7\'s will be anywhere near the big power invitational cars?

Might be wrong but as far as i\'m aware of the rotaries running Ross has the most powerful one running 11.6, i believe some of the invitational\'s will be running 10secs and below:(

But on my way home from the gym blasted a scoobi to shite!!!!:rollin

[20B_boy]

It\'s all relative; yes the UK rotary\'s arent competitive at the mo - but they will be in the nearish future hopefully. 1308cc is enough; there are LOADS of <10 second rotors about the world! You can build rotors to take 45psi - we just need to do the R&D to catch up with the rest of the world unfortunately. Look at aus; they were running 9s on carbs 15 years ago. Conversely we probably had fewer than 15 rotors on the road in the UK at the same time!

Just have to be patient. RS in 5(!) years and things will be different! We\'ll catch up and overtake the 4x4 brigade - honest :rollin

[bnaellis]

But the rotaries are not that fragile in my opinion and don\'t need a 3rd rotor to compete against skylines etc.  If I threw as much money on  a 3rd gen as these guy\'s  do on their 1000bhp skylines etc the rx7 would be quicker. Also these high powered cars are not semi daily drivers like most rx7 owners are and they have to be rebuilt frequently otherwise they would go pop after not too many runs.
Guess all shall be revealed this weekend. Hopefully will see some rx7\'s hit 11\'s in street trim and the 10\'s for the ones in slicks.

rgds