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Old 12 May 2009, 06:21 am   #31 (permalink)
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Default Re: My (new) FC RX7

Been awhile since I been on here.

I attended a practice day at Wakefield Park some time ago and had the rf JIC coilover let go. Oil everywhere. Still managed a 1.13 on cheap shitty road tires so still very happy. Decided to get some standard style struts for it. Standard style but with Ohlins 32 way adjustable dampers! Anyway as good as all this appeared, when I fitted them we noticed something really not good. With both struts in place, set the same, the left wheel has a substantial amount of positive camber. Seems we have something majorly bent. The chassis. The car was iinvolved in crash, which I knew about and had been on a jig, but apparently wasn't repaired correctly.

So at this point I am intending on stripping the car. The engine/box/computer/fmic/fuel system wil be fitted to my 1st Gen 7. Along with a T04z. The rest of the car will then be sold to a mate who will then use it as a track car, or it will be completely stripped and the good bits sold off. With good adjustabe strut tops (as on the JICs) the bend can be compensated for so as a track car it is still ok, just not perfect and not worth spending big money on.

Not a real nice end but this was supposed to only be a stop gap car until I finished the 1st gen. Now I have two good engines, the 13bpp full race na engine and the 13bt out of the fc!
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