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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 09:12 AM
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Car is rebuilt and no longer sounding like a Subaru... pics!

My stance.


Rotary love.


The daily & the racecar.


Where racecars belong... in the garage.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Rotary_Redliner
Where racecars belong... in the garage.


racecars belong on the track, trailer queens sit in the garage.

Quick rebuild, this time take your time tuning, hope the motor works out for you

And we want numbers.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 09:20 AM
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nope, rotaries are good for 1 track day a year.... then it stays in the garage to get rebuilt lol.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 11:13 AM
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Congrats on the rebuild. Is it tuned yet?
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Rotary_Redliner
nope, rotaries are good for 1 track day a year.... then it stays in the garage to get rebuilt lol.
That only happens if you can't tune or service them...
I'm selling my rx after 6 years of ownership and 3 years of 100% track driving with the engine still in great shape
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 12:36 PM
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absolutely not, idles like crap. probably because of the porting I had done... waiting for the next MM session.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 02:41 PM
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Welcome back and hope the rebuild is successful...
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 05:21 PM
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i cannot take any post seriously with that avatar.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 06:21 PM
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What turbo kit are you running?
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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Why do you still have massive number plates if its a race car?
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 02:45 AM
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Greddy turbo kit w/ uprgrades... and your car has to be street legal to take it on the Nurburgring

Last edited by Rotary_Redliner; Apr 22, 2013 at 03:02 AM.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 02:47 AM
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Car looks great. Hope your tuning goes well
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by paimon.soror
i cannot take any post seriously with that avatar.
I've tried to change it, it's stuck.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 03:29 AM
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looking good!!! good luck on tune :D
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 03:31 AM
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That IC is doing a great job of blocking flow to the rad. If it overheats ..... move it up.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by paimon.soror
i cannot take any post seriously with that avatar.
Me either someone should make memes with it and post it all over the site
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 06:58 AM
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Congrats on the rebuild. Good luck. Looks good.
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