ITT: Car Talk thread

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Originally Posted by Escalante

The Veyron is aesthetically nice, but engineering wise it's pretty inferior now. It's already been knocked off the pedestal for being the fastest street legal car in the world. It's been replaced by the SSC Ultimate Aero.

Stock it has 1,200 horses and can hold a top speed of ~280 mph. It can blow brand new Lambos right out of the water.

http://jamezzyy.files.wordpress.com/...mate20aero.jpg

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Dat is a very polished car.

http://www.cartype.com/images/page/d..._frontside.jpg

The Dodge viper.. :o

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/...go_on_fire.jpg


http://cdn-www.rsportscars.com/image...rter-close.jpg

My two favorite car pictures.

Both my posts got deleted :(

post them again! :p

The last time I posted, it said "Thank you for posting Zephra. A moderator will have to approve your post before it appears in the thread." I doubt the mods want to bother with approvals at this time, so I'll have to wait before trying that again...lest it get lost in the mess. :(

or you just post now and edit it with a picture later.
It works

hmmm. okay.

Post was about rotaries. Pics can be found at the URLs listed.

The Mazda rx7 (known among young drifter enthusiasts because of its appearance in The Fast and the Furious) runs on rotary power, not on pistons.

The FD - 3rd generation rx7 - is the newest model. (After this one comes the rx8, but that's a different story.)

Pic of FD: http://damox.com/cars/wallpaper/Mazda/Mazda_RX7.jpg

The FC - 2nd generation - older model. Sometimes comes as a convertible.

Pic of FC: http://www.ridejudge.com/rides/00047552.jpg


The FB (or still earlier model - the SA) - 1st generation - pretty old school. The convertible versions were conversions made by Pacific Avatar. It's pretty rare to find one (Pacific Avatar) in perfect driving condition. FBs still get a lot of love in the present day, particularly for those who drove it as their first car/first sports car. There is also a GSL-SE version of the FB.

Pic of FB: http://www.452-engines.com/uploaded_...n01-786036.jpg


My personal favorites (although FDs are always fun for their speed) are the FB/SA and the rx3 (which is also a Mazda, but seriously old school). I also like REPUs (rotary trucks).

Pic of rx3: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC07532.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC07527.jpg

Pic of REPU: http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...6/S6300141.jpg

EDIT: Removing repost...

Yay links approved.