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Lets see, I am running 350RWHP or so on the street at 10PSI and I just did 2 trips to North Carolina where I put 1800+ miles per trip. I beat the snot out of the car on the mountain roads and on this last trip Bell co-drove with me at an AX in Tavares.

I would get in it tomorrow and drive back to North Carolina without hesitation. (I was getting 22 MPG on the way home BTW)

If you change the oil, tune them up, change the fuel filter and do not do something stupid like turn up the boost and get greedy for horsepower they are stout cars.

I have a friend that races SCCA ITS in his RX7 and did 7 season on the same engine and he was a top 3 runner.

They are only unreliable when you do not maintain them and get greedy for power.


BTW- Want to co drive Saturday night at an Equip Rapid event at Moroso go to drivers registration and sign up. I am registered and will be running my street tires since I discovered we were racing on greasy finished slicks that are slower than the streets, imagine that and we were right there with the fast guys.
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