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well for the the last year I have been collecting parts for the klze motor(clutch, flywheel, hotshot headers,ms motor mounts and pulley).so meanwhile I have to race with my hyper 1.8v6 which for some reason gives pijamas to done up civic si's(not sir), jetta vr6, mazda protege5, celica gt, rsx(base)and now an 86 rx-7 wants to run with my 1.8v6. I know what you all are thinking but I am a superstar driver and his 7 is 160hp with exhaust and decent driver. All I have in my 1.8v6 is mobile 1 synthetic oil, cold air intake,2 1/4 cat back exhaust, sunoco 94 plus octane boost, no A/C, no back seats, no spare tire, custom short shifter, ground controls, tokicos with both front and rear strut and sway bars and p7000 to transfer the power. I have punched it with this 7 b4 and dominated him but it was at the speed limits. What do you all think? will I give pijamas to this 7 or not.

make sure he didnt slap on a turbo, I got a buddy with an 87 7 and his car smokes mine, i run a flat 16 sec 1/4 with my near stock gs

I know it is non turbo and I am more concerned about my 4th gear against his. I don't think he could take me right from the start but the second 1/8 mile is what makes me nervous against any 7. I am not racing for money so it will be interesting to see what happens. I have smoked a lot of mx-3s of my kind and I feel that I am one of the lucky mx-3 owners that have good performance from this 1.8v6. A lot of guys think I have the swap already so I go along with it but when I finally do have the swap there will be a suprise for those guys.

4th gear, what the hell is 4th gear? keep it in third till 75mph then hit 4th by then the 1/4 will be over, ok so redlining is bad but hey...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lazzyie:<BR><STRONG>4th gear, what the hell is 4th gear? keep it in third till 75mph then hit 4th by then the 1/4 will be over, ok so redlining is bad but hey...</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>3rd to 75mph? Mine was crossing the traps at ~7200 in 3rd @~86mph. [img]shrug.gif"%20border="0[/img]

my 4th gear redlines at around 100mph

In my opinion 6700rpm is best to shift at to maximize power.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nvrsrndr:<BR><STRONG>In my opinion 6700rpm is best to shift at to maximize power.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>And you came up with that number how?

MX-3 GS redline = 7k<BR>Stock tires = 205/55/15<P>At redline:<BR>1st goes to ~33mph<BR>2nd goes to ~58mph<BR>3rd goes to ~84mph<BR>4th goes to ~108mph<BR>5th goes to ~130mph when you run out of power....

since we're on the subject ANYWAY, with the v6 1.8, when IS the best rpms to shift at when youre racing? just thought it'd be good to know later

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Frank Addesi:<BR><STRONG>since we're on the subject ANYWAY, with the v6 1.8, when IS the best rpms to shift at when youre racing? just thought it'd be good to know later</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I got my best times bouncing it off of rev limit. Though that was the only way my crappy stock clutch would even pretend to grab....

protege-----I find if i push it further it sometimes won't let me shift.

oh ya, I dynoed the car when I first bought it and at 6700rpm I had 114 whp and 103 pounds of torque. At 7000 I had 113 whp and 102. I don't care about my engine right now but I am trying to baby the tranny. <P>And yes these numbers are not 100% accurate but I dynoed the car 3 years ago and this is all I remembered. The car was bone stock at the time.

from a topic on probetalk they say its about 6200 but thats with a different gearing, i just redline, dave i mean 1/4 time i never hit 4th gear

ok a vr6 jetta would rape your a-- and so would a base rsx....but whatever....good luck with the rx7 you might take him....only one way to find out