Well I tried really really hard to show them some taste of my Little Rx3, but
Pica is one bad *** Rx7.I blew up my turbo trying to just stay alive for the
next rounds but lost my power around 3rd gear when i ran the Pica team in
the first round.

I ended up running my best time at Pomona on saturday with 8.7 run but some
ignition 2 step problems kept hurting my 60ft launch and part of the 330 ft.

I least i tried to beat him in some big burnouts but i am really
happy that i got to race Pica Rx7.This will be a rare moment for my Rx3 espcially
when he ran a 7.40 pass in that run. Well i hope to have a better car next year butthe Rx3 will come to a retirement soon.Don't know when but it will happen.

Here are some videos of the runs,enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FWkR...elated&search=

 

Cool dvideo, and nice ride; however I don't get the "makes you wonder comment..."

 

Rene, is just a privilige to be out there racing, congrats brotha..

 

Rene,

You may not have won this race, but your car is very fast for a untubbed real door slammer. The Pica car is in a totally different league right now. Even the fastest Rotaries on the track that weekend were no match for that car. They opened my eyes when I saw them go down the track. That car packs a big punch for a 2 Rotor. Whatever their recipe is for making big power it sure is working for them. I just could not believe how consistently fast that car was.

Good Luck next year

 

I was just at Rene's shop today and I still cant believe that RX3 runs what it does being untubbed. Too bad the 3 will be retired but cant what you will be bringing out next year. whatever it is hoped you the best of luck and success. Imagine the power the RX3 is making on a 3/4 chassis. oooooooooooohhh LOL

 

What-up Rene!!! That was a really tight race, it kind of made me wonder too, what if your RX-3 was tubed, had a carbon fiber front-end, and bigger slicks?... Still, much props to your notorious RX-3!!!Even if you do retire it, it will never be forgotten, good luck and much continued success in the future.
BTW, i'll be taking my REPU to your shop for some exhaust work sometime this week or weekend. Peace-out!!!

 

If rene's rx3 was tubbed 3/4 chassi I bet they would only run in the 7.8's to 7.9's with the set up they got on the rx3 now. Pica Rx7 is whole other story , That car runs a smaller turbo then Dee But runs way faster and consistent then any 13b in the world right now.Rene's car is fast but come on how can you compare a Stock chassi Rx3 that weights no more then 2100lbs with a monster like pica wich acutally weights 2170 with driver. Pica is the class Pig in modified,

 

Rene good Job and nice to see you out there mixing it up with the "Big Budget Guys"

Thanks for comparing me to Pica But i would like to clear the air on many rumors that are mysteriosly being raised about my car. My turbo measured in at 78mm inducer in englishtown and pomona and i weighed in at 2085lbs. According to the weight/turbo logs that are ubtainable from nhra Pica weighed in at 2033 and turbo measured in at 80mm inducer.

Please do not take this post as anything but factual for those that are interested in what it takes to achieve these #'s.

I have enjoyed racing with all the rotary's this year from both PR and America but i would like to say I am officailly retired I guess the USA rotary torch will have to be passed...............

 

dee say its not so no more reactive racing?

and on a side note usa and america are the same place ; )

 

Thanks for the the weight\turbo clarification; specially for not taking the "imagine if I had a 80mm inducer and 50lbs less comment"

Please say it aint so, retire?!?!?

Come on man, why? I enjoyed seeing your car run those time in literally no time

 

Not really...

The way I see it, America constitutes:

-North America (USA)
-Central America
-South America

 

Sorry Dee but Pica rx7 weights 2170lbs. The car before being sent to race in nhra it's weights was 2100lbs ,But Rafael (Pica's owner) decided to add more tubes to the chassi so it could certified 6.00. By modding up the chassi it brought the weight up too 2170lbs with driver.The car prob weights 2030 like u said without driver.Here is the proof.

 

Dee is going piston next season why dee why?lol

 

No need to apoligize. And without a doubt i am sure the car weighed 2170 at the time those pics were taken. My car has had weight moved around in it from time to time throughout the year with a starting weight of around 2120 with the nitrous and ballast to as little as 2080 without.

But i can also tell you it weighed 2033 with driver according to the official weights measured after our passes. Which is no big deal the car is legal and legally kicked alot of ***.

Just correcting your statement that My turbo was bigger then his and it was the pig of the class.

As for why for my change the answer is "Money" I do not have the funds available to me to continue to do all my own research and development on the 13b. Up to this point all my funding has come from my own pocket. I have been running a modified car for two years and only two years on methanol and achieved some decent times and a couple of wallys but just dont have the bank roll to keep testing. It upsets me alot but I do not have the funds to continue testing the 13b.

 

Dee sorry to hear that man. It seems it always comes down to the funding to keep competing at that level. You have to thank NHRA for taking import racing to that level yet they don't offer the returning funds to be able to do so.
I was speaking to Jesus(Killo)Padilla about the very same subject at a local race here this weekend. We both agreed on the subject of funding as being a major factor for competing at the level NHRA has brought import racing too in the last couple of years. It's funny because he said he always have more fun running at the local event mainly not because of the performance advantage but because the cost of racing vs the payout is much better than racing at the proffesional level where you don't get payed for being a professional winner.

 

Dee,

I don't blame you at all for going to a piston motor. There are so many companies making aftermarket parts blocks, heads, pistons, and cranks. Not to mention the prices of a lot of the parts are cheaper because they sell more of it to a wider market.

I love Rotaries, but lets all be honest guys Drag Racing is expensive. There needs to be more companies like the Atkins Rotary, and the Rotary Aviations of the world to bring the cost of the parts down.

 

Dee sorry to hear that aswell. I was really hoping of seeing you at a local event down here in fl with the rx7 but I guess that wont happend. Wish you the best of luck with your new car and hope you can bring home the championship next season, I know that Tito Chassis is building your new car. Are you planing on testing out the car down here in FL when its all done to get the chassi sorted out? Would love to see that thing in one of our local 1/8mile events that get really packed. Dee I wish I had the funds to get an engine build and tuned by you, In less then 2years you got in the 7.4's . Not an easy task. Congrats on all your sucess with the 13b and hope in the future your go back to rotarys

 

Dee,

So you are out of the game, or swapping to a piston engine on the mod class?

I have lots of respect for you man, 7.4 on your own on only 1.5-2 years demosntrate your knowledge. Hope you can race a 13B again some time in the future

 

Quite some time ago, Siguel said something VERY similar to what you are saying

 

The local events down here In Fl are way better then nhra events anyday. Payouts are better and way more cars go to them aswell. I remember everytime kilo would win a local event in lakeland he would use the money he made to go to the national events, Those where the days" lakeland".

 

As everyone pretty much knows by now we have a new car underconstuction at Tito's in florida because I have seen many chassis and when it comes to quality, price, and completion date it is hard to beat tito.

As for the engine configuration of the new car I can only say one thing it is not set in stone!!!! I only know I can no longer afford to do R&D on any engine configuration ecspecially at the rate i was going.

I vote for a 3 rotor but I am only the driver

 

Yup that is so true Dee. Tito makes some of the nicest and best hooking chassis around, Best import chassi builder in all of florida and i think the whole east coast.

 

what up, thanks for all the responses,it is true what dee says about racing.
It takes alot of money and time to get results.I would do the same if i were
in his shoes.I am a rotary diehard but buisness is buisness,Pro racers want
to race with the best results from their race cars to be in the top game.

I have been racing for a long time, but i do wish to be in the top to like everyone outhere and to have a better car.But i have struggled also with my engines to
be running at this point and it is not easy to make run after run without having
to hurt the motor and rotaries are really easy to blow up with the wrong tuneup.

I have made it this far without any help from major sponsors but it takes a
large budget to be in the game.I love racing,this is what drives me to go race
at large events,especially when you see and talk to others witht the same
stories.I would like to see many others at least try to go out and race,especially
all the rotor heads outhere.You'll learn alot from racing and tweak that little
rotary engine to the max.

 

Rene I can get you everything it takes to run a 7.4 once Seriously if you need anything let me know i will give you all the knowledge i have up to this point.

DK

 

hey i was told by a reliable source jesus was n the 8.s all motor with his diff car. crispeed have u seen it, and also heard honda wont let it in and its fornt wheel drive