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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 09:53 AM
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 09:56 AM
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holy crap

pretty sic
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 09:57 AM
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wow...what numbers its pushiing?
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:12 AM
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wtf
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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holy ****, I remember when you were first talking about this. Glad to see you made it a reality. how does it handle?
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:49 AM
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mm..... something different from the hard line....
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:51 AM
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doesnt look bad at all!
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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me likes it alot!
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:56 AM
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very cool
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:03 AM
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crazy!!! nice project
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:05 AM
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Damn, talk about a sleeper
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:06 AM
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Awesome hybrid.
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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rochester muscle at its finest

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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:14 AM
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very nice. theres a black 93 7 here in town with an LS1 in it. it has nothing but a cam, and it runs 10.1's on slicks. it kept running away from titan's white supra until they shattered their CF driveshaft. that was an orgasmic day.

but yeah, i bet this car is nasty
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:27 AM
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Thats a cool car for sure. I know back home several years ago there was an old later 70's model 280z or 260z cant remember but it had a pretty mean engine in it.

How hard is a swap like that?
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:29 AM
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:41 AM
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Damn, that's awesome. I always wanted one of those. I drove one with a 308 once and it haaauuullleeddd.
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 11:59 AM
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oh its handling is incredible on the Tein Flex setup, even still on stock swaybars f&r. I'm still confused on how the RX7 is so much stiffer then my EG with rates just uder what I have on my EG... but its in the design of the RX7 suspension arms and chassis, somehow, but its cool you dont need to buy 800 lb springs to get the car stiff which means you also dont need super rebuilt Konis to damp the springs. Its not as precise as an S2000 but it is very similar, I cant wait to autox!

the weight gain for the entire swap project is under 100 pounds, possibly even less for me since I removed A/C entirely and I removed the P/S pump. most of the "new" weight is in the tranny tunnel since the T56 6 speed tranny is a lot bigger and beefier then the original rotary tranny... but its the perfect space to gain weight... center of the car and down as low as possible!

I figured some of you guys would like the end result... too bad the paint is flaking on the wheels and the body has dents but all in all its sick for the cost and power, 340hp/350tq!
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 12:00 PM
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Which kit did you use and how much is the total bill inclduing car running?
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 12:06 PM
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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Hard ******* core .
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 12:08 PM
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http://www.hinsonsupercars.com for the mount kit
$9500 including the Sparco seat.
I did some fab work myself and had a friend do the exhaust too.
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 12:42 PM
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that car is hard man
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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Ultimate sleeper!
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