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Old 08-08-04 | 02:18 AM
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Ever thought of mounting your camera on the roof? Maybe aimed down a bit to see your line and stuff? Nice vid btw.
Old 08-08-04 | 02:37 AM
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Another great vid. What tires (size and brand) are you using on the yellow car? The funniest thing to me because of the way it looks is the gloves your wearing remind me of yard work gloves

Thanks again for the 4 minutes of video that made me want to get back on the track.

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Old 08-08-04 | 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Fatman0203
Ever thought of mounting your camera on the roof? Maybe aimed down a bit to see your line and stuff? Nice vid btw.
believe me, i have though of MANY mounting points :-)
Old 08-08-04 | 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Benton
Another great vid. What tires (size and brand) are you using on the yellow car? The funniest thing to me because of the way it looks is the gloves your wearing remind me of yard work gloves

Thanks again for the 4 minutes of video that made me want to get back on the track.

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thanks tim :-)

well, before i was using the 285x30x18 kumo ecstas,... then a fellow cobraR racer told me to try used dulop GT racing tires ... so i did, and although the size currently available is almost a full inch narrower than the kumos, they have way more grip, .. i love em, and at $75 each they are relatively cheap in a dollar vs grip comparo.

ill post antoher thread with my tire source.

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those ARE yard work gloves!!! (hehehe)

just kiddin, they are longacre pit gloves.
http://www.longacreracing.com/catalo...id=651&catid=6
Old 08-08-04 | 03:01 AM
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sure, I think they are just the work gloves with stickers on them You get the tires (dunlop race rubber) at Tirerack or you have a hook up from somewhere else?

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Old 08-08-04 | 03:47 AM
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>>You get the tires (dunlop race rubber) at Tirerack or you have a hook up from somewhere else?

dont think you can get them at tirerack, I actually dunno where you get them if you wanted them new, but there are some guys that 'collect' used gt tires from GT race teams that just use the tires for qualifying or testing, basically they are just scrubbed in, bu the teams will not use them again, the toss em, so these guys pick em up and resell them to open track junkies.

I'll post my sources info soon in another thread.
Old 08-08-04 | 03:59 AM
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what kind of maintanance goes on with your car?
Any parts prone to breaking when doing this?
Old 08-08-04 | 05:42 AM
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this is my first season with the cym 93 yellow track car and so far its been relativly bullet proof (knocking on wood)... so was my mb 95 fd for 2 seasons. the biggest part of maintanance for me has been tires and brakes

..all the other stuff has been more like upgrades than cuz somthing broke.
Old 08-08-04 | 05:54 AM
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tire source info:
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/my-source-used-dunlop-gt-racing-tires-336239/
Old 08-08-04 | 09:44 AM
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Vids are amazing dude!! (As said before by others, but it's the truth)

How much horsepower does that car have?
Old 08-08-04 | 09:51 AM
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Old 08-08-04 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rx7twinturboboy
Vids are amazing dude!! (As said before by others, but it's the truth)

How much horsepower does that car have?

I just posted this on the other lambo vid thread:

by the way guys, i want to point out that im not running a cabillion psi boost and making 2 zillion horsepower, you dont need all that much hp to be fast on a road cource, its more about suspention and handling balance and braking, and my track car was setup very well in that respect, ...yeas it has power too, but concider this, I only run 11-12 psi boost, that is probably between 330-350hp (based on its dyno number of 370 at 15 psi) and the car is plenty fast on road cource because of the suspention balance ad braking power.

... god forbid i turn on the boost controller and run 15psi ;-)

(next year maybe I will, im still learnign the car and dont need any more power right now)
Old 08-08-04 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by damian
I just posted this on the other lambo vid thread:

by the way guys, i want to point out that im not running a cabillion psi boost and making 2 zillion horsepower, you dont need all that much hp to be fast on a road cource, its more about suspention and handling balance and braking, and my track car was setup very well in that respect, ...yeas it has power too, but concider this, I only run 11-12 psi boost, that is probably between 330-350hp (based on its dyno number of 370 at 15 psi) and the car is plenty fast on road cource because of the suspention balance ad braking power.

... god forbid i turn on the boost controller and run 15psi ;-)

(next year maybe I will, im still learnign the car and dont need any more power right now)

Ok Damian, give us your secret recipe, what are your suspension set up? spring rate, ride height, sway bar, shocks, alignment settings. What are your corner weights?
Old 08-08-04 | 04:10 PM
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Ok Damian, give us your secret recipe, what are your suspension set up? spring rate, ride height, sway bar, shocks, alignment settings. What are your corner weights?

hahaha, nope.... its my...prrrreeesious!!!! my prrrrrresious (hehehe)

here is the post from the previous owner, has the mods list, i have only added a few minor things unrelated to power or suspension (cf hood, et):

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=211166

i dunno total or corner weights, but ill do that soon, and ride height is about 25" front and a little higher in back.
Old 08-10-04 | 02:56 PM
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here are some pics a guy posted on another forum of the lambo and my car:













Old 08-10-04 | 03:17 PM
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Beautiful vids...Beautiful Car! Props!
Old 08-10-04 | 03:22 PM
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great video as usual!!

thanks for sharing, and keep them coming as these videos make it much easier to live vicariously though you!

Thanks again
Old 08-10-04 | 03:40 PM
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I don't know how you afford it all... I am jealous as h_ll.

You are definitely living the dream
Old 08-10-04 | 04:33 PM
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Nice video Damian,definately one for the collection.
Old 09-02-04 | 06:11 AM
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Who made that CF hood?
which underbelly tray is that?
Last one, is that a HKS Ti exhaust?
lolz sorry for the bombarding questions
Old 09-02-04 | 10:32 AM
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its a vis hood i got off ebay, its a knockoff of teh knighsport hood i think.
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/more-pics-cf-hood-track-320969/

the underbelly tray i made myself with the help of Noah at speedlab (a local speed shop)
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...9&page=2&pp=15

the exhaust is the RS*R gt 2 or whatever its called (heheh).
http://www.rs-r.com/products/exhaust/gt2.php

:-)
Old 09-02-04 | 10:29 PM
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My son cant stop watching that video.....he is 10 and you are making his dream car switch over to a third gen.........

How fast were you going in the straights............what do you think is the top speed of your car..........

Just awesome
Old 09-02-04 | 10:41 PM
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hehehe thank you son for me jim :-)

I hit ~160 right before the turn 1 at BIR and go through turn one at 140-150 ish, i have no idea the top speed, but i know I have a lot of RPM left at 160 and its pulling pretty good right before I tap the brakes for turn one.

there is another video showing a speedo overlayed on the video, its a few down on my movies page: http://www.myrx7.com/movies
Old 09-03-04 | 12:53 AM
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awesome. i wihs we had a track clsoer then 3 hours to my city all we do int eh summer is cahse pylons. i need to move to the states lol


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Old 09-03-04 | 01:15 AM
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That is awsome man, pure awsome. Thats exactly what I plan on doing with my FD after I get it set up some.



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