on the topic of weight reduction
07-28-02, 01:59 AM
#1
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: AUCKLAND NZ
Posts: 76
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
on the topic of weight reduction
what have people chucked out to make the car lighter?
the handling of the rx7 is **** compared to the skyline. lightning would make faster but make the handling worse, is this the case or not?
the handling of the rx7 is **** compared to the skyline. lightning would make faster but make the handling worse, is this the case or not?
07-28-02, 03:36 AM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 390
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Suspension makes your car handle better dude.... I don't know where you got your figures from either, but I see a lot more FC's in drift/road racing videos than I do Skylines... That says something there.
But there is more to it than "weight reduction makes you go faster..." :shrug:
But there is more to it than "weight reduction makes you go faster..." :shrug:
Last edited by Sonic; 07-28-02 at 03:47 AM.
07-28-02, 03:44 AM
#3
1JZ powered
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Where there's only two seasons, hot and wet! I love Okinawa
Posts: 4,423
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: on the topic of weight reduction
Originally posted by ROTA_MOTION
what have people chucked out to make the car lighter?
the handling of the rx7 is **** compared to the skyline. lightning would make faster but make the handling worse, is this the case or not?
what have people chucked out to make the car lighter?
the handling of the rx7 is **** compared to the skyline. lightning would make faster but make the handling worse, is this the case or not?
My 7 has NEVER been beaten when going thru the twisties here. Those heavy fockers always fall back...can't keep their cars from oversteering.
07-28-02, 03:52 AM
#4
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: AUCKLAND NZ
Posts: 76
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i sold my skyline gtst after owning it for 5 years, i can drift for forking ages. i got my 7 and its too easy to lose control, it goes sideways so you button off and the thing just hanges out the other way. the skyline just snaps back. i havent heard of 7s handling too well.
07-28-02, 04:08 AM
#5
1JZ powered
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Where there's only two seasons, hot and wet! I love Okinawa
Posts: 4,423
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by ROTA_MOTION
i sold my skyline gtst after owning it for 5 years, i can drift for forking ages. i got my 7 and its too easy to lose control, it goes sideways so you button off and the thing just hanges out the other way. the skyline just snaps back. i havent heard of 7s handling too well.
i sold my skyline gtst after owning it for 5 years, i can drift for forking ages. i got my 7 and its too easy to lose control, it goes sideways so you button off and the thing just hanges out the other way. the skyline just snaps back. i havent heard of 7s handling too well.
Could be the suspension on your 7's old. Possibly your front sway bars have taken a crap if you turn and your front bottoms out...
07-28-02, 05:14 AM
#6
Old [Sch|F]ool
Sounds like his dampers are ***'ed up... usual cause of "tank-slappers" - not enough damping to control the springs, so when the tires get traction they grab and send the *** out the other way.
07-28-02, 05:38 AM
#7
inteligent extratarestril
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: The Sunny B.O.P, New Zealand
Posts: 1,313
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
the 7 was ment for race style cornering, brake on the straight, turn in and power thru the apex of the corner, not hanging it out sideways style that a skyline must use because its the only way it can corner.........
hit me on ICQ i'll tell you how to get it to handle
hit me on ICQ i'll tell you how to get it to handle
Trending Topics
07-28-02, 02:59 PM
#9
boost on the way(GTU II)
i think amemiya is right lol
but where u got that a 7 has bad handling from i do not know ..... all i have to do is let go of the steering wheel when hitting a corner and it corrects itself then i grip it back at the right time..
i think u have that disease goin around...
non driver disease
but where u got that a 7 has bad handling from i do not know ..... all i have to do is let go of the steering wheel when hitting a corner and it corrects itself then i grip it back at the right time..
i think u have that disease goin around...
non driver disease
07-28-02, 03:25 PM
#10
Full Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Newton, NC
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Don't know about the handeling. I am chucking out the back seat. There will never be anyone sitting back there any way. I will try to find a liter hood.
My ReX doesn't run right now so I have not actually drove one. So I can't comment on handeling. And I sure as heck have never drove a Skyline.
Halo
My ReX doesn't run right now so I have not actually drove one. So I can't comment on handeling. And I sure as heck have never drove a Skyline.
Halo
07-28-02, 03:56 PM
#11
I'm a boost creep...
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 15,608
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes
on
8 Posts
An FC Turbo and an R32 GTS-t both weigh about the same (~1320kg) and have the same front suspension, the R32 has better rear suspension and the FC has better weight distribution. But there’re likely to be tuned differently from the factory (shock/spring/swaybar rates), plus the RX-7 is 4-5 years older, so unless they’ve been replaced the shocks are at the end of their life.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
renjiv2
3rd Generation Specific (1993-2002)
57
01-25-24 03:34 AM