Simviation Forum - Much better than a Wankel...

Jul 9^th, 2008 at 1:24am

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My friend SZ got rid of his RX7 and got into a "wolf-in-sheep's-clothing" 5.0 Mustang; just drove it up here from New Orleans. I haven't driven it yet, but he will be storing it here, and no doubt Baby will need to be started up and aired out every couple of weekends... what are friends for, eh? Wink

He's planning to put a GT nose on it and Capri lights on the back, but if it were mine I'd keep it the way it is and paint it white. Grin

If it looks like a Capri at a glance, when you blow past a trooper at 95 it'll look like it's going 70. Grin

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Reply #1 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 3:10am

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Hmmm...depends on which RX-7 it was, twin rotor? Twin turbo? Some of those can be tuned to silly BHP, although its a car i considerd in my japanese turbo fun moment, rotor tips where somthing i didnt fancy doing every 30-40 thousand miles Sad

and swayed me towards somthing more conventional Cheesy

The original Wankel in the NSU Ro-80, now that was a car!

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Reply #2 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 4:40am

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Nice. That one is a bit 'newer' than the one I had. I once had a '86 Mustang fastback GT 5.0/HO. It had the 5-speed B/W manual, sun roof, quad rear shocks and trailing arms, factory header manifolds, stainless exhaust, and SEFI fuel delivery. It had closed chamber cylinder heads wich dropped the horsepower a bit, but it had scads of torque and got around 30mpg highway. I picked up a lot of tuning tips over it's life and it was a hoot to drive, but after 14 years and 240,000 miles I let it go on trade for my current daily ride. Last I heard it was somewher in south Texas. Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 11:16am

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beaky wrote on Jul 9^th, 2008 at 1:24am:

and no doubt Baby will need to be started up and aired out every couple of weekends... what are friends for, eh? Wink

To be honest Sean, he really should be paying you do that & throwing in some petrol so that you can really blow out the cobwebs - I think a blast in the countyside every few weeks is actually part of the mandatory service requirements. Wink

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Reply #4 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 1:23pm

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he'll have fun with that thing! I own a '98 Convertible Mustang and I love it!

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Reply #5 - Jul 10^th, 2008 at 8:34pm

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I'd be wary of any car coming from New Orleans. Thousands of cars spent two weeks under salt water and sewage after Hurricane Katrina, and many have still managed to make it on the used car lot. Undecided

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Reply #6 - Jul 13^th, 2008 at 6:42pm

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DaveSims wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 8:34pm:

I'd be wary of any car coming from New Orleans. Thousands of cars spent two weeks under salt water and sewage after Hurricane Katrina, and many have still managed to make it on the used car lot. Undecided

Good point... but this one was high & dry; I believe it was out of town at the time; he may have bought it in Shreveport.

I drove it down to 47N and back today... fun!! Cool

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