last night i was driving home from work, and a red 93-95 model rx-7 tt pull up right next to me. this was like one of those thing that i always wanted: to race a rx-7. it was a dream come true but it end in a nightmare because i got smoked by 1 car length. i didn't know if he was running stock or not, but i have a CAI and a cat back exhaust. all i saw on his car was a exhaust system, it looked like a sleeper. anyways we were about die even in first and second gear, but when it was third he started to pull even faster. do you guys know what is the spec on a stock rx-7 tt?

 

rx7 is a monster. Stock for stock will pull an s2k, and responds to mods extremely well.

Its the same weight as an s2k(a little lighter actually) but it has moer horespower, and WAY more torque. I think the best stock figure for an RX7 is probably 13.4ish

 

The RX-7 TT's, as noted above, were monsters. Man I wish they still made them.
And when it comes to mods, simple ECU changes to turbo'd cars (even just to tune them for 93 octane pump gas, for example) can net some serious HP gain for little money.

 

Yea... Then you stop dreaming. And realize you love your brand new car. And like the nice feeling that you have some type of warrenty =P

 

i wanted a 93-95 rx7 before i got my S....but like kkyntmoon said i get a new car with a warranty...instead of always thinking of blowing up a 13b rotary =)

 

There wasn't any dreaming involved, other than to wish that Mazda would have never stopped making such a great car.
I completely agree... I'd never substitute a new car with a warranty for something older and more prone to break (except for a few exigent circumstances).

 

One car lenght is hardly "smoked".

Figure in hte 1/4 mile, every car length equates to one-tenth of a second, which means this RX-7 beat you by around .1 seconds (assuming you raced the appx. lenght of a 1/4 mile).

I have been flat out smoked (5-6 cars) by some modded RX-7s, but the stock ones usually aren't much of a problem.

 

"There wasn't any dreaming involved, other than to wish that Mazda would have never stopped making such a great car.
I completely agree... I'd never substitute a new car with a warranty for something older and more prone to break (except for a few exigent circumstances)."

It's called working on and learning the in's and out's of your own car. You don't necessarily need a warranty.

The cars are not even in the same class of performance. Equal mod for equal mod an FD will always out-accelerate, out-brake, and out-grip an S2000. It has a CG, weight, braking, and power advantage from the start.

The S2000 comes from Honda fairly well tuned, NA-wise.
The FD3S comes from Mazda choked to death with smog-equipment, multiple catalytic convertors, and smaller exhaust piping to keep the boost and power output under control. All of this being present *mostly* for cold-start emissions. The stock setup is pretty detuned.

Alot of effort is being spent on reliable large HP (450+) production while identifying problems with the 13B used in forced-induction/high-heat applications (NA rotaries have no problem going over 150k). That being said, 400+ hp single-turbo FDs, when properly tuned and prepped, are fairly reliable cars.

But straight-line performance isn't even half the story.

 

i think if i supercharge my car plus other mods i would hang with it or bet it.

 

Yes. Once you add that supercharger to your 11.0:1 CR open-deck engine you'll beat everything on the road.

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1993 FD3S R1
1993 EG-6 (B18C1)