Rip rx7

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Haha. Now im confuse.

[lukevl]

The composite transverse spring rear end in the vette is a thing of beauty.

Forg you're a full blown retard and need to stop posting about anything automotive. You may as well compare the handling to a refrigerator because they both contain hex head fasteners.

[Captiva Fan]

Chicken swindle noodle hats.

[MRMOPARMAN]

forg, volvo 343/360's must make your head explode.. you know, the IRS with leaf springs and all that

[Captiva Fan]

What did the 343 do 'round the 'ring?

[MRMOPARMAN]

What did the 343 do 'round the 'ring?

doesnt matter. felt much more fun and didnt get thrown off line on bumps.. unlike the corvette.

oh and something something interior plastics.

[Sturmovik]

Mitsubishi Rosa bus has a transverse composite leaf spring in the front, and it handles like shit. HTH

[Captiva Fan]

doesnt matter. felt much more fun and didnt get thrown off line on bumps.. unlike the corvette.

I'm actually quite surprised the Fat Men From Kentucky haven't yet managed to eclipse Jan's work from the 70's.

[perthdrivers.txt]

Mitsubishi Rosa bus has a transverse composite leaf spring in the front, and it handles like shit. HTH

Nurburgring time wasnt that flash either

[Captiva Fan]

Is it true that Mitsubishi stopped making the Rosa due to a breach-of-patent law-suit launched by Chevrolet?

[Rdyno]

BUT NEITHER OF THOSE CARS IS IN THE SAME MARKET AS AN RX-7.

You need to look at the ZR1 comment at the bottom to assume my point, do you even know what a ZR1 is?

[Rdyno]

Frog go download the documentary I think it's a mega factories one, it's about the corvette factory it is also about the C6 variety of vettes you will soon learn what Z06 and ZR1 really mean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...eife_lap_times

Now look where the vettes are on that list.


Edit Also frog I do believe that the rear leaf of the vette has a variable rate or non linear unlike (most) coil springs, I bet the shocks are god's work. Also FWIW I did a set of coilovers in a RX8 the result (all other suspension standard) was a very nice drive it was as neutral as a porche in handling (and no that dose not necessarily mean it will out handle one)(and yes I know not an RX7 but I have not worked on a late model RX7 for 5 years now).

[clutch-monkey]

No, I said the Corvette had inferior handling in a throw-away line a couple of pages back, when I said Marco's car would handle better. It was clutch-monkey who said Corvettes get thrown off line in that quote you've given there,

eh? you said the C6 would get thrown off on a country road for having stiff suspension, then said IMOA's super stiff car did not:
on the C6:

The problem with poor ride-quality is that, in the context I'm talking about (over-firm suspension so a car gives the impression of handling while you drive it on a racetrack), it affects real-world handling due to loss of traction.
*skip*-*skip*-*skip* across the road like a 60's VW Kombi ...

"Not very", and that's my point. Making suspension so hard that the car loses traction on mid-corner bumps doesn't mean it's a brilliant handler. IMOA's car is really firm, but irregularities in corners on country roads don't throw it off line.

ok but why would a corvette get thrown off then?

[Walt Kowalski]

You need to look at the ZR1 comment at the bottom to assume my point...

ROGER that.

?.do you even know what a ZR1 is?

You poor stupid person. Have you tried boostcruise?

[Captiva Fan]

eh? you said the C6 would get thrown off on a country road for having stiff suspension, then said IMOA's super stiff car did not:
on the C6:

In that case ... the answer to the question "why does a C6 get thrown off line in circumstances when an 86 does not?" would still have to be "because it isn't as good" ... nesspah?

Edit Also frog I do believe that the rear leaf of the vette has a variable rate or non linear unlike (most) coil springs, I bet the shocks are god's work. Also FWIW I did a set of coilovers in a RX8 the result (all other suspension standard) was a very nice drive it was as neutral as a porche in handling (and no that dose not necessarily mean it will out handle one)(and yes I know not an RX7 but I have not worked on a late model RX7 for 5 years now).

Oh, I've got no problem with the suspension design, as lukevl said it's a bit of a work of art. That was just the PF Collective playing the usual tag-team.
If you carted it over to Opel & got them to tune the various rates they'd either drop or gain a few seconds 'round the ring ... and I could drive one in Targa Tassie 2015 to beat Jim Richards.
But they'd be idiots to do that, because I'm not exactly the target-market & they know what their market wants.