The news :

Mar  2001

AIM Tuning Dyno day 3-23-2002

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What a nice day for a drive 131.6 RWHP / 117.2 RWT
Compression Test Front 7.3/7.5/7.3 - 341 RPM
Rear 7.5/7.7/7.9 - 348 RPM
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Mar  2001

T h e      R X - 7     i s     A w a k e !

First day of spring......... is here ! ! ! !

And the new wheels and tires are on!

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Rolling on 17's Konig Imagine 17x7
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Stock 14" next to the 17" Sticky, Sticky, Sticky
        

Dec  2001

T h e      R X - 7     i s     s l e e p i n g

Now all we have to do is wait for spring......... is it here yet?

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Dec 6th  2001

I    h a v e   a   n e w   R X - 7 ! 

a mint 1985 GSL-SE, more details and a website update soon.

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Oct 21st  2001

Well I have sold the car  :(
Don't worry it has gone to a good home.
I did however keep the custom parts and wheels
to put on my new project.

More info to come soon.
It will be another GSL-SE with a few more tweaks.
MANY more tweaks to come !

      
Sep 9th 2001
        Mid-Ohio Sports Car Club Autocross

        1st Place in CSP
                    

May 19th  2001

        Sad day for the Max7 car.............

It appears I'm fighting a loosing battle with the evil one.......

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You can see my battery box thru the rust holes.
That's not a good thing to see from outside the car.
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Upper mounting bracket
is pretty much gone.
From the inside you can
see the evil rust.
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The Drivers side has started
to follow suit.
Looks like a previous
repair job.
  • So lets look at the big picture

*Lots of rust appearing everywhere
*3rd gear broken in tranny
*Quite a few dents from accident
*In need of fresh paint

I think it's time to find a replacement for the car.
I no longer feel the need to put more money into it.

I will be stripping the car to the bone and be transferring
all of the good parts to the new car.

So I will soon be on the lookout for a RUST free 84-85 GSL-SE
car or perhaps a mint 84-85 12A since I still plan on doing
the Turbo conversion anyways.

Don't worry.....the next project will be even better !

           

May 5th  2001

Well all the new found power with the clutch found its
way to the weakest link, which turned out to be 3rd gear.
It was a used tranny  with an unknown amount of miles
on it, so know telling what condition it was in.

While driving  "normally" (yea right) Going into 3rd produced
a rather loud crunch.  I figured 1st or 2nd would be the first
to go, but I guess I was wrong.

So it's off to replace the "4-speed" tranny with another.

          

Mar 16th  2001

    It's been a long cold winter, time for some fun

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my new clutch is in
Racing Beat Street/Race 4 Puck Sprung disc
Racing Beat Street/Strip Heavy Duty Pressure Plate
New Throw out bearing, Clutch pilot bearing and seal
Also new Clutch Master and slave cylinders - No more slip !

          

Sep 24th  2000

        Mid-Ohio Sports Car Club Autocross

        1st Place in CSP - 2nd FTD overall
        

Sep 4th  2000

        Mid-Ohio Sports Car Club Autocross

        2nd Place in CSP
    

Sep 1st  2000

        just to let everyone know my car was the victim of a hit and run accident. parked out in front of my house since the driveway was being resurfaced.
someone decided it would make a great target for their bumper. no structural damage from the way it was hit, however the rear driver side quarter is
pretty much toast and the rim will need replaced or or some grinding an polishing.
they hit along the side of the car so it wasn't to bad, they hit my mirror too which knocked the glass clean to the other side of the car. and in the process bent up the door area around it pretty good. also cracked the rear taillight lens. So it looks like I will be rearranging the schedule a bit, and getting it painted sooner that I want. Oh well, just last weekend at the
picnic I was talking about how everyone else is getting bodywork done and how I'd like to a get a paint job. So watch out for what you wish for.

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  ouch
  
oucher
  
ouchie
  
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Rim ribbed a bit Crack lower
bumper area
 
cracked lens
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toasted mirror broken bumper mount
  

July 23rd 2000

         took 2nd place out of 51 cars in  bracket 2
         with a best time of 14.942 @ 92.61MPH
         Sport compact Nationals @ Norwalk, Ohio
   
May 25th 2000
        Mid-Ohio Sports Car Club Autocross

        3rd Place in CSP

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