There is a guy at my school with a 96 ESI talon 5 speed.

I HATE HIM.

his only mod is APC cold air intake. the rest of his money is in indiglo gauges and stickers. i have ridden in his car and i know his only mod is cold air intake. he still has stock exhaust.

anyway his car is a piece of **** and i hate it. first of all it has 14" PLASTIC FAKE CHROME WHEELS. It also is PURPLE!!!!


HAHAHAHA

he is always talking **** on rotaries and i hate him. he always asks to race and says he will beat me because he is a "good driver" (by the way i made fun of him for that...i said oh so you shift mad quick yo???)

WHO WILL WIN from a dead stop??

1990 RX-7 5-speed with minor weight removal, RB headers, presilencer, 2.5" exhaust????

OR

1996 eagile talon ESI w/ cold air intake??

 

Man, those things are retardedly slow. I havent ridden in a good running N/A Rx7 though, especially a S5. My guess is its an easy win for you.

 

unless you have a tII don't *@$! with him
get a TII and smokem

 

you definitely have the advantage.
you have more power and a lighter car.
if you can get a good launch you should leave him a few car lengths behind after a 1/4 mile.
i have a 90 GXL with a midpipe and i can take the ESI's and the eclipse GS's.
spank him hard and teach him a lesson

 

Yep- If you car isn't f*cked up you will definately beat him... You may even get him off the line (not an rx-7 strong suit!!) because he has kindof a heavy car and FWD!!
Dig in and eat!!

 

Getting off the line is not our strong suit? I coulda fooled myself, lol. I can take my friends 300zx TT off the line when my car was bone stock.

 

oops just thinking of my friends 91 AWD eagle Talon with 350 Hp all stock except for the port, polish and balance
go ahead and smokem
letem see your lights

 

Well like nashman said...forget the $$$ for now and see what happens. Like it or not i still give you my support!! But play it smart!!

 

Oh yeah........kick his *** seabass.... practice your launch, where ever you're going to race, prior to the race, and get it down pat. the EXACT rpm, and then go show him, what's up. Don't want to lose out of the hole and then have to play catch up. Also shift with your wrist not your forearm.

 

Easy win, man thats like racing a Toyota Corolla

 

hey 787b,,you plan on going to Heartland Park when it opens on April 4th,,i will be out soon after that if the t2 is finished

 

You should beat him 140hp+fwd= slow pos

 

Well, honestly, that doesn't say much at all... the Z is a DAMN heavy car, and has some very aggresive anti-squat geometry in the rear suspension... They are fast cars though, but they SUCK off the line... they are very hard to lauch consistantly as well.
They are very few 300z's in the upper levels of drag racing.... very bad 60 foot times. (with one or two exceptions I'm sure..)

I beleive there was a Z in sport compact car a while back, and they reworked the reasr susp., and they use and automatic tranny because of such bad launch inconsistancies!
Anyways.... back on topic... smoke....the...freakin....talon.....and...his....f reakin.....hubcaps....!

 

Yeah, you are going to smoke him, but don't get too pumped up and go out racing every talon/eclipse you see.
Those turbo ones (crazy mod. potential) will F*CK an NA RX-7 up and down and all over again.

 

u shouldnt have any problem with the esi talons or gs eclipses.go smoke the fool

 

You will win. The non-turbo Talons are quite slow.

 

Eclipse GS.. shoot , I beat the new GT quite easily.... He had intake to.

 

Preach on brother

 

Practice that launch!

 

i forgot to mention he has performance chips.

so his mods are cold air intake, performance chips, and walmart hubcaps...haha!

so does this make the tables turn???

i will still win....right??

 

I have actually seen 2 1st gen Mistubishi Eclipse GS's that were turbo. It said GS on it, but in the very little letters under "Eclipse GS" it said "16 Valve Turbo".