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Genom 12-20-2003 04:56 PM

Abel Ibarra is nuts
 
Well, what else do you call a guy with a 1400HP RX-8?

http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/ga...27-03/0299.jpg

http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/ga...27-03/0300.jpg

http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/ga...27-03/0301.jpg

http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/ga...27-03/0302.jpg

Sadly, dunno where to find more pics.

mikeb 12-20-2003 06:31 PM

I want in! I'll take two

AlexCisneros 12-20-2003 09:43 PM

sick!
:D

r0tor 12-21-2003 02:54 PM

well at least it has stock rear tail lights....


I think I actually saw this car on tv - I was watching Super Tuner TV and saw it in the background sitting in a shop where they were doing a 3hr Honda engine swap for the show... of course it was never mentioned or shown fully since a riced out crx is way more important <shrug>

syntrix 12-21-2003 08:07 PM

That's just nuts!

RobDickinson 12-22-2003 04:20 AM

Its nutz, but its a drag car.

Its NOT an rx-8, it only just looks lik eone (barely).

I think he has mazdas approval tho

XDEEDUBBX 12-22-2003 04:27 AM

the rear doors don't even hindge..the chasis is nukkin futs!...

Genom 12-22-2003 09:30 AM

I know it's got all of the basic chasis design from an 8 and nothing else.

But who cares? :D

MPester 12-26-2003 12:17 AM

On page 38 of Feb 2004 issue of SCC, a small blur refering to the same car:


IBARRA STICKS WITH MAZDA
At about the same time that Abel Ibarra's old R-100 was being shoehorned into NHRA's museum, the racer himself was rolling out his completed weapon for the 2004 racing season - this swaggering, tube-frame, K&N-sponsored RX-8. It's no secret Ibarra has been working on this car. Now it's ready to run.
The body has been stretched, chopped, lopped and twisted for optimal on-track performance, but it's still recognizable as an RX-8, isn't it? Power will come from rotors crushed under massive turbo boost to produce about 1,400 hp. That should push the car well pass 200 mph at the end of the quarter mile and haul the Pro RWD e.t. record down into the 6.60s.

1stRX8 01-12-2004 05:39 PM

I guess he REALLY complained about his 8 being short 9hp.

RX-jimenez 01-15-2004 01:11 PM

well i guess he won't complain about beening slow.Right?? lol

visitor 01-16-2004 06:38 AM

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zthang 01-16-2004 05:31 PM

Does it have the RX8 Renisis motor? I'm confused.

SA22C 01-16-2004 10:35 PM

Nope, it's 20B powered.

CERAMICSEAL 01-17-2004 08:12 PM

For the uninitiated, a 20b is a 3 rotor motor. He has been running twin turbos; I don't know if that's still the case. The last numbers I saw posted for him were 6.95 @ just shy of 200 mph ( Still in his RX-7)

Genom 01-18-2004 11:22 AM

I dont think the season has started yet, but this new car is rumored at running a 6.6. Havent heard anything at all about the engine though, other than HP.


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