i saw this and i was in shock

[drdisque]

stock NA FC's only had 160 hp in a package that wasn't the lightest in the world, I can even see a V6 Galant beating one.

[Drifty]

Originally Posted by 97Tsi

Exactly, maybe it was a modded vr-4. I can see that taking an rx-7. Did you hear a turbo or BOV?

Negative Ghostwriter NO BOV from Neither Just burnt tire

[Sleepr awd]

my friends vr4 doesn't have a BOV sound...just the dump tube and if you listen very closeley, the spooling of a turbo, but its very hard to tell

[BlackGT2000]

Could be that the Galant was just running properly. We are talking about a 15 year old RX7 that is known to be one of the least reliable cars on the road, its quite likely that it wasn't running corretly. I have seen those old RX7s run and they are usually not that fast anyway, although i have seen some fast ones that were definately not stock. I would definately believe that one of those old RX7s would be beat by a Galant.

[drftk1d]

i never lost to a galant.

and i have the n/a FC.

Originally Posted by drdisque

stock NA FC's only had 160 hp in a package that wasn't the lightest in the world, I can even see a V6 Galant beating one.

its 160 hp but the weight ranges from 2600 lbs (like mine) to 3000 (for convertable). (note: you can get like 20hp from an exhaust on an n/a with cats removed, its really that restrictive)

all i can say is that i think the galant would have the upper hand if that FC was not running right. honestly the n/a model is not that fast compared to todays cars but we are talking about a car that was considered to have decent performance in 1988, which is slow compared to modern cars. really the race should have been even. sadly its a drivers race. (he must have been a shitty driver because a galant weights 2700 lbs and has 140hp), and to add a side note, there was no 96 galant v6 (and the vr4 was only a 92 model of a different bodystyle).

also might i add the n/a RX-7's are EXTREMELY reliable, the only time i was left stranded on the side of the road was when i ran out of gas (damn gauge wont work). just gotta defend the slow car for now.

[Sleepr awd]

i guess i missed the 96 part, even so though, 96's have the 4g64 engine (? prety sure) which except for the extra cam is the same as a 4g63 except upped to 2.4 liters so you can turbo one pretty easy (2g turbo parts interchangeable)
the GVR-4's were made in 91 and 92 and both the same body style 2k in 91 and 1k in 92

[97Tsi]

Originally Posted by Elchicoloco86

i guess i missed the 96 part

Same here

[street_racer_00]

Eh, maybe it's just one of those things you gotta let go with "anything can happen on the street".