RX4 at Play

[88GreenVN]

This is the RX4 my dad and me repaired when I was 17. Paid $375 for the car. It was rolled over on the Mt Gunson copper mine dirt road about 45kms south of Woomera.

This was a great car to have fun in! + it had a LSD

[Wagon_Wheel]

Sweet, looks like a lot of fun.
I love the old RX series !!!
Dont still have it do ya?

[minux]

Only a 12A? gawd would barely move it lol.

RX3 Coupes FTW

[88GreenVN]

Only a 12A? gawd would barely move it lol.

RX3 Coupes FTW

13B was the motor with a huge thirsty 4 barrel. Ported with extractors and twin system out behind the rear wheels. ...Loud!

Could shread a set of Bridgies in 1/2 hour ($80) each back then.

Top speed off the clock and you could have the buzzer coing off in all gears.

The buzzer went off at 7250 rpm from memory.

Just noticed the photo code 12a Ha what a boo boo.

[88GreenVN]

Sweet, looks like a lot of fun.
I love the old RX series !!!
Dont still have it do ya?

One of the stupidest things I ever did.

Traded it in on a 1981 Sigma SE 5 speed.

Brakes failed badly one day and the car left the road sideways. Went home changed undies and sold the car the next week.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Ahhh damn, but a sigma isnt always bad They are tuff too

[88GreenVN]

Ahhh damn, but a sigma isnt always bad They are tuff too

Not the one I had - Broke it inside 6 months.

That's when I got the VB 253 - 4 speed with the creative car kit on it (read heavy bolt ons that slowed the car down). But it looked cool back then.

[88GreenVN]

Photo name changed to 13b

[ProphetVX]

One of the stupidest things I ever did.

Traded it in on a 1981 Sigma SE 5 speed.

Brakes failed badly one day and the car left the road sideways. Went home changed undies and sold the car the next week.

I know which one would be worth more these days.

RX4's and RX3's go for a fortune if they're in remotely good nick now. Make some damn fine drag cars with a bit of money put into the 13b.

[88GreenVN]

I know which one would be worth more these days.

RX4's and RX3's go for a fortune if they're in remotely good nick now. Make some damn fine drag cars with a bit of money put into the 13b.

Yes I know - rare as now - If only I had known that I could have re-done the brakes for less than the stamp duty... - but as I was just a kid and I did not like leaving the road sideways. I just sold it for $1,700. Sigma was $6,250, one owner 80,000kms blar blar blar. It was a heap of pooh.

[UNKNOWN]

Man that woulda been a fun car! I used to have a S2 RX-7 with a J ported 12a... Never should have sold that I still like the odd rotor!

[88GreenVN]

Man that woulda been a fun car! I used to have a S2 RX-7 with a J ported 12a... Never should have sold that I still like the odd rotor!

You could do dounuts in second gear (on dirt) with the front wheel tracking a 2 m circle.

Did this for about 1/2 hour one Sunday (arvo - dusk) out at the Phillip Ponds clay pans and when we left and drove up the hill we had created a dust cloud bigger than a footy oval. Washed fine dust from the car for weeks and weeks after that.

[88GreenVN]

Anyone else owned a RX4?

[UNKNOWN]

Havent owned an RX4 but I definatly miss the BUZZing noise from the dash!!!

[vs_ss_matt]

I used to have a series 4 RX7 turbo, I loved that car, it was so **** on petrol but. YOu gotta love the sound of a rotor! brap brap brap

[88GreenVN]

I used to have a series 4 RX7 turbo, I loved that car, it was so **** on petrol but. YOu gotta love the sound of a rotor! brap brap brap

I may just still get me one of those RX7's. And yes more like Brrrraaaaaaaap Beeeeeeeep Braaaaap Beeeep Braaap Beeep Brap = 210kph.

And the flame outs. I had the pipes out the side infront of the back wheel for a while and after hiting the limiter in 2nd one night the town had a blackout. I lifted the foot off and had huge flames out the side that lit up the area and reflected off the big windows (large groups of flats) It was like faaark did ya see that to the 2 blokes in the car with me. Spent the next 6 months trying to do it again without luck.

[Pimpt6]

Fully sick bro!!! Love the rotors my self. . Only problem is I keep riding them off!!! killed 3 geniune rx4s so far .. . . sniff sniff

[f1tzy]

Writing them off you mean. Perhaps you should stop driving

[88GreenVN]

They were very easy to KILL.

[f1tzy]

But written off 3 of them?

[Pimpt6]

I know I know. we all make mistakes though and yes I can drive bro. . feel safer in a commodore any day

[SLY LS1]

Anyone else owned a RX4?

Just came across this post searching for something on google...

Ive got one, the rotar is long gone though...

[Steery]

that thing would clearly be slow.

[CANYONERO]

now that is very tidy

[Reaper]

Ahhh the memories of my youth

Reaper