Black fd racing

[gsb876]

All comes down to the same thing really, IF you have the money you can make almost any car very quick, in the end the actual marque of the vehicle wont even matter.

James on here with the H8 NOS runs a 12.2 in his Renault 5Turbo, not many of the rx\'s on here will run that tbh :Giggle

[gmogle]

Hmmm his fellow Coop forum folk paint a different picture to the 360 tale:
http://www.fccuk.org/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=113509&an=0&page=1#Post113509

An R33 GTS ?!!!? Doesnt he know a GTR is the more powerful model lol

Also makes for some interesting reading !!
http://www.fccuk.org/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=52585&an=0&page=5#Post52585

Someone put this guy out of his misery and show the guy what an RX7 can do !!!

The Fiat Coupe is one of THE most ugly cars I have ever seen.....its horrid !!! No amount of kits, wings etc can disguise the fact that its horrid. Plus were the designers bored and thought.....we like the Skyline rear lights, lets just ahem copy them !!!

[AshRX]

whats their beef with Ross??

[gsb876]

Looks like even the Coupe owners think Trappy\'s a dreamer :rolleyes:

[andyroi]

had a play with one of these a while ago. Saw him go past me at about 90 ish on dual carrigeway, and seeing as it was a fiat, didnt think it was worth it. Anyway, he was obviously accelerating hard (hard as he could lol) when he got half a mile infront, i changed my mind, stayed in 5th(not really that bothered still), and floored it. wasnt that long until i was 50 - 100 yards behind. Fast car? yes. compared to a rex? no! was a blue one near york if you know of the owner trappy?

[Adriansturgess]

Trappy probably just has a vivid imagination...no harm in it really....:bandit

[Trappy]

I have gotta say lads that trappy in this very thread here has had the biggest flaming since my time here on mrc. It is like a thread from the lounge of rx7club.com,not that i am complaining but sarcasim is good:evillaugh :evillaugh  It is good to finally hear peoples real views.:rollin

Trappy just take it on the chin and come back with some witty remark to **** us all off, just dont let it get too personal ok? because it is just over a  car

I gotta post this bit, you\'re gonna love it. Whilst on holiday i had a word with the guy sorting out me coop. It\'s fooked basically. After the cambelt snapped at 6,600rpm (well power steering belt actually but they\'re real close ) the pistons wacked the valves at a fair old speed. Up shot is all 5 pistons have holes in the top.  Now it\'s no longer £700 for a new head... gonna have to leave the show down for some time methinks while i source a new engine or get a recon unit. Got a new job now so will need a mile muncher. I promise I\'ll get a meet sorted before i sell it so you will all see
Can\'t believe it had to go now, would love to have met up with Ashrx last week.

I had the belts all changed 21,000 miles ago.

Back to the rowing bit, a coop with a £25 chip we do on the forum has as making 13.9secs at 104mph. That\'s 245-250bhp. It makes a huge difference to the 14.6@ 100mph of a standard car, because it overides the boost limitter fitted as standard that takes effect in 1st and 2nd gears. Supposedly reducing it to 0.6 instead of 0.9bar.

[J.j.]

Sorry to hear that.  All the trash talks aside, Im sure no one on here would have loved to hear that anymore than you do.
Hope you get your motor out soon.  :Thumbs-up

Just out of curiosity.  What would happen to our engine if out steering belt snap?

[Trappy]

The power steering, cambelt and alternator belts are all located on the same pulley. When one snaps they all get caught up. Apparently there is no recorded case in which the actual cambelt has snapped, it\'s ALWAYS the power steering pump belt that goes...
One of the Coop specialists is developing a shield that will sit between the belts protecting the cambelt from this type of accident. Too late for me though...

[craig]

sorry to hear about you loss Trappy and you get it sorted soon with out to much cost.


If you are going to sell it  what are you looking for next??

[Trappy]

Did contemplate getting an S15 silvia (I really need better economy and space than a rex) but it\'s going to have to be something sensible and spacious like a mondeo for a few years. When i can afford it I\'m gonna go for a Noble.

The idea of a performance motor that had space and \'relative\' economy/ reliability sounded great but it doesn\'t work out. The coop is not focused enough for real fun and it\'s not practical enough for a main driver. Nope i need a mile munching tank for the family and dogs and a Noble for fun evenings/ weekends.

[Ed_RX7]

i enjoyed this thread...very entertaining!

[craig]

Did contemplate getting an S15 silvia (I really need better economy and space than a rex) but it\'s going to have to be something sensible and spacious like a mondeo for a few years. When i can afford it I\'m gonna go for a Noble.

The idea of a performance motor that had space and \'relative\' economy/ reliability sounded great but it doesn\'t work out. The coop is not focused enough for real fun and it\'s not practical enough for a main driver. Nope i need a mile munching tank for the family and dogs and a Noble for fun evenings/ weekends.

I no  there not that good on the old economy  but a fast bit of spacious family fum  a LEXUS SOARER fits the bill

[JapSceneUK.co.uk]

Ha this guy is making me laugh...

When we were soley a Euro Performance orientated company a few years back , we looked closey into Fiat Coop\'s , spending alot of time involved in the Fiat Coupe Club.  But it was the ownership of our first RX7 (1995 Std RB) that changed our direction to Jap performance. Simple reason.. it outclassed what was on offer from the Coop, yep they may be good cars.. not bad for a FWD. At the end of the day we feel the RX7 outclasses the Coop simple ... the coop might produce compareable power compared to a std RX7 when modified even more if you spend alot..but it wont handle like and rx..it wont brake like an rx7. The coop was built for 220, not the 260-280 like the RX7 was.

And the Subaru... we may have owned 7 rx7s... but the scoob is also another great car.... again it will out class a Coop... for similar reasons.

And going back to the other RX7 commented posted on FCCUK , i owned that car... and mate you may say it your so called "pin me back in your seat" coop will beat it.. it wont!! That was our own personal rx7 before it was soldto a good friend in Holland..to be totaly blunt it WILL F*UCK ALL OVER A COUPE! so you might want to listen to the guys on there!

I think the only way you are going to prove us here is for one of us with similar matched power to show you how its done.. as how do you know the rx7 you raced was on full chat as you were?

Finally... is it sensible to be racing on the road tut tut :Tongue1

Sorry guys dont usualy rant... but this guy is dreaming!! Hes getting excited because he has beating so he tells us :Talking1  a std rx7 in his highly modified rx7...well played matey!

[MikeLMR]

Just out of curiosity.  What would happen to our engine if out steering belt snap?

your power steering wouldn\'t work ... there are no cambelts to break on a rotary and no valves or pistons to colide if it did have one to break :Giggle