Do RX-7's handle THAT well?

i took my friend for a ride in my 87 TII not really expecting to impress him. i took an offramp...one of the pretty tight ones that turns 270 degrees at about 45-50 mph and he couldnt even believe my tires didnt squeal. he drove an eclipse so maybe thats why? it doesnt seem that amazing to me but to him it is i guess....

so to see if it was just him i took one of my other car friends out....and i took him to another exit ramp that does 270 degrees and this time i took it at or above 60MPH. the tires felt like they were just getting ready to break loose but there was minimal to no squeeling through the whole turn...


so the next day we went to school in my friends dads brand new 2005 Mustang GT convertible...he gets off the same exit i took the day before at 60 but he couldnt hold it and had to slow down...i mean i know the mustang isnt known for its handling but i figured...its new it should be better than my 7? does this make sense?


I LOVE MY 7!


-Matt

Makes sense to me. Especially since the Mustang GT was a Convertible. It could probably take the corner if it was not a convertible. But then, maybe your friend just can't drive? (no offense if he can) - Any way, thats just my $0.02

Well, I can say I have never been able to take corners as fast, or as solid, as with my 83 FB's. Those things are just planted in the corners.

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^ thats very true...well he isnt a great driver but still...neither am i. i just took the turn from out to in back to out at the end...


i mean i knew 7's held the road great but i didnt think they were THAT great...guess im just used to being around ricers...

Dude, your 7 handles extraordianarly well. That is the whole thing with the underpowered car. You can take people in the corners due the the wieght and suspension porperties.

Off ramp....similiar to yours but this one had a sharp right then a shart left (to straighten out) and the right turn lane had it's own lane so you could merge onto the street without stopping at a light by making a harder right.........Esses......

The Corvette cuts me off by going on the shoulder to get in the exit lane. I get pissed and stomp it and start pacing his exceleration as best I could.... 1/8 mile of exit lane he is way up there cause of his power.....he enters the first part of the off ramp and we are going about 80mph...he has to brake heavily to keep his car from sliding while I slow slighty but no brakes.......so I pull on him alot in that first long right. Then we enter the left part and he brakes further.....I am accelertaing out of the apex of the long right and I pull right up on his bumper inthe middle fo the left.......then we go into the right merge lane.......where he brakes again...harder....He knows I'm there and is going as fast as he can.....His wheels are squeeling under the load of the turn and brakes as I slowly fade to his left hand side of the merge and pass him as the road opens up after merge lane ends.....I am now in the left lane and he is in the right lane and my momentum is carrying me past him so fast that when I hear the his motor rev it was way too late...I was gone and......then a traffic light so I stopped. All this happened in about 2 minutes time maybe.......

The Vette driver wouldn't look at me....But, you know.....

haha thats awesome...the worst is how he cant even congradulate you...he is just pissed cause he thought his car could out-accelerate, and out-handle anything on the road.

7's are amazing....

Great story, jhammons01

I absolutely LOVE the handling on my 7. It saved my ass from hitting a black cow in the middle of the night

if you think the stock suspension is good wait untill you start upgrading it. I've spent a lot of money on suspension and wheels and tires and results are mind blowing. I think the only thing I have left on the list is adjustable control links but no point to get those untill I have a way to conner balance the car.

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I have 225's, poly bushings and adjustable sway bar links. It's definately tightened things up.

My vert handles much better than my hardtop did and they were the same year and model (98 GTs). The suspension is really stiff and it has AA traction rated tires... might be the diff.

Odd, I've always heard that (stereotypically) convertibles (in general) have worse handling. Supposedly because it does not have the hard top, then the body flex is greater. So my question is, did your vert have the stock suspension? If it did, was it the same as what is stock on the hard top?

Very true usually you can feel the car flex more in a convertible, don't have the strengthener of the roof.

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Has same suspension as non-vert im pretty sure. Has two or three X-braces connecting the control arms, sub frame, etc. underneath I guess to make up for the lack of a hard top.

That's probably what it is then.