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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 06:29 AM
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Car is a '93 Mazda RX7. The engine is a '01 LS1 with T56 combination. The LS1 has stock heads, B1 cam, upgraded valvetrain, ASP pulley, and a ported TB.

Video is a compilation from different events in the past year. Size of the video is near 15MB. You may need to "right click & save as."

Enjoy.... Video
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 06:55 AM
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Very nice. Have you taken it to the road course yet (besides the auto-x)?
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Old Oct 11, 2003 | 05:36 PM
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You got my respect.
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Old Oct 12, 2003 | 06:40 PM
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just seen that video on corvetteforum.com !!

definetly has my respect too !!!
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 01:32 AM
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You got my respect.
Unfortunately, we have not yet had a good opportunity. I'm eager to try out the Barber Motorsports track just outside Birmingham, AL.

Thanks for compliments guys.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 03:27 PM
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Hopefully you will be building for me one day. Great work.
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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hey brian, i love the car! awsome video too! i was the guy that talked to you saturday night up at moreland before you "raced" the mustang. too bad he wimped out. but ill be bringing you a turbo 2 here in a few weeks, what should it run with absolute speed stage 2 heads, g5x2 cam 112lsa, and 125 tnt wet shot? all bolt ons of course. how are the custom headers coming?
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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Hey strokedmti422 -

Good to hear from you again. We'll be looking forward to seeing you again soon at our shop. Sorry you didn't get to see the whole show Saturday night, but atleast you got a taste of it.

A TII car with those modifications should be able to run low 11s to high 10s on motor. Low tens to high 9s are easily done on the spray even with a daily driver setup.

The headers will be finished soon. We've been spending a couple hours a day with them lately, and we'll be accepting deposits on the first production batch in the coming weeks.

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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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that is killer.. import guys eat your heart out. What does it run in the quarter i asume that was 1/8 mile that is showed
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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Thats a awesome car. Best ls1 swap in a late model I have seen.
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Thanks guys. The 6.71 second 1/8 mile pass would be near a 10.80 pass. It has since been much quicker, and it is fully capable of 9 sec passes with the 6 speed in daily driving setup (excluding tires).
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 09:17 PM
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That can't be a stock RX7 rear is it?
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by redmist
That can't be a stock RX7 rear is it?
The stock Mazda rear held through 1.4X 60' times and mid-10 second 1/4 mile passes. It finally let go after we passed 6.6X in the 1/8 or mid 10s in the 1/4.

We now run upgraded KAAZ LSD units and racing axles in the car.
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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What kind of exhaust is that? From the stills I saw a single muff with RX-7 style big-ol' tip. I may need to get a "Ricer" exhaust for the Z. That thing sounds awesome!!!!
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Zo6Killer
What kind of exhaust is that? From the stills I saw a single muff with RX-7 style big-ol' tip. I may need to get a "Ricer" exhaust for the Z. That thing sounds awesome!!!!
Thanks for the compliment. The exhaust system is a true dual 2.5" with H pipe, two Bullet mufflers 1/2 way back, and a pair of Dynotech mufflers at the rear of the car.

We've been experimenting with mufflers to achieve different sounds, and I'm pretty happy with the current setup.

Hinson
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 12:59 AM
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Brain,

That is a bad looking, sounding ride you got their.
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