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Old 16-11-2012, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 'Dan [MPS 3
;Any reason why V6 over a Turbo-4 (SR20? FJ20?) or more to the point RX7 and not a Subaru?
Reasons for the horrible Moooooo sound were not based on good engineering or because we thought it would be good. In fact we kind of knew it would be shit but we did it anyway. The RX7 was a donation from a tow truck mate that was on its way to scrap. The rotary flywheel had exploded big time and cut the firewall, bonnet catch, gearbox etc all open. We had leftover commodore rally suspension and wheels from another defunct project and a rooted VR commodore auto wagon in the yard. We did not buy a single component for the project it was all shit.
It's got some sting in a straight line and getting into corners is ok, getting out of the corners is a big problem though! We couldn't fit a power steering rack in under the V6 sump so it had to me a non power rack which brings the excessive steering ratio. If we could be bothered to work out a solution it would be a lot better. It's only autocross though, realistically all you need is a FWD Impreza, Pulsar, Camira etc and you can win. Usually the less you care about the car the closer you can apex the tyre bundles and the faster you can go! the results are not based on consistency, only your fastest time counts so you just go for broke each run.
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