Gumball 3000 in a 7g!

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11-14-2006, 11:17 PM
bmxmike

Allright so im goin to take it that everyone nows what the Gumball 3000 is. Well i plan on entering in 2008 or 2009. And yes i now how much it costs thats not a problem Maximillion said around $55,000 by then but im covered. Well my car is in the process of being fixed up and all. So do you guyz think i should enter the rally with my 7g? Right now i have two sponsors who wanna take me the whole way and put the first 7g in there with the lambos and exotic sports and show it off that it can hang. Also if anyone else wants to go i know about 12 sponsors who are lookin for more cars i tried to get them to use other galants! Though you can only have two sponsors on your car i dont know if that means you can only use two sponsors or you can only use 2 sponsors logos on their car but i know some ppl who will fully sponsor ppl or if you wanna ride with us. So what you think crazy huh?! First to represent for 7g in the rally!
11-15-2006, 12:02 AM
krispy03

only advantage: being a grocery getter while cops are looking for anything thats apart of the 200mph+ club, do it.
11-15-2006, 12:04 AM
mapid145

ok well.. crazy.. sure watever u say.. it doesnt matter if u have 150G for the entry fee.. ur car will go up agaisnt all of the other applicants.. also.. they want something that is different and that has some "balls".. sure u may have a chance u saying.. Hey max.. i got myslef a 7g galant.. wat do u think of that.. he'll be like... HEYYY OKKKKKK.. unless u have a VR4 hidden in ur engine..he doesnt pick more then like 100 or a 150 cars i think..and then out of those..its even less that go in the end.. so good luck with that..
11-15-2006, 01:53 AM
thebirdman13

yeah... that event is invite only...
11-15-2006, 02:40 AM
Reelax

if u've got it all lined up, then why are u asking us if u should do it?
11-15-2006, 08:07 AM
bmxmike

well its not only invite only anymore and last year he took about 240 cars last year ranging from lambos to a tank that was on the starting line. When i talked to max he said that by 2009 he plans on taking around 300 if he does do it agian. He said only reason it might be difficult to enter is the extremly high entery fee that most ppl would just rather go buy a brand new car with! So ill probably enter in 2009 cause i dont turn 21 till 08' anyways and would like to make sure my cars in top shape for it.
11-15-2006, 08:30 AM
BigMike

shit if i had a VR4 then i would try to get invited...
11-15-2006, 09:05 AM
seth98esT

Last year there was a 240sx. If you had a reliable 500whp AWD 7g, then you would be capable of hanging with everyone.
11-15-2006, 09:44 AM
4-G-rim

I am sure the experience is priceless...but the entry fee is sure not. I would love to participate in a Gumball ONLY if:

-If I had sponsors that paid for EVERYTHING for me to run in the Gumball
-If I was filthy rich and I had $50,000 of petty cash.

I am a normal blue collar worker that makes enough to live comfortably...by no means I am "rich". Though if I were to get a 7g or a Galant for that matter to this event, I would have to strictly build one for the purpose of running the Gumball. I wouldn't enter my 7G or my Galant VR4 since they hold more personal value to me. You can pretty much count after the event IF your car makes it that it would of accumilated as much wear and tear a normal car would in probably 5+ years.

Though if you do get a 7g into next years Gumball...you BEST reserve a nice spot either on the roof or hood for a TGC logo :cool:
11-15-2006, 10:53 AM
Bezzle

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4-G-rim

I am sure the experience is priceless...but the entry fee is sure not. I would love to participate in a Gumball ONLY if:

-If I had sponsors that paid for EVERYTHING for me to run in the Gumball
-If I was filthy rich and I had $50,000 of petty cash.

I am a normal blue collar worker that makes enough to live comfortably...by no means I am "rich". Though if I were to get a 7g or a Galant for that matter to this event, I would have to strictly build one for the purpose of running the Gumball. I wouldn't enter my 7G or my Galant VR4 since they hold more personal value to me. You can pretty much count after the event IF your car makes it that it would of accumilated as much wear and tear a normal car would in probably 5+ years.

Though if you do get a 7g into next years Gumball...you BEST reserve a nice spot either on the roof or hood for a TGC logo :cool:

x2.couldnt have said it any better. if youve got it all lined tho go for it.
11-15-2006, 12:08 PM
T-double

I agree as well.....I can't say that I don't get on the gas every now and then to just murder some honda or whatever I see is fit, but gumball. these guys have money to wip shit off the wall with..... I love to work on my 7g and I love to see the results and I just could not see my self going 120mph and run the risk of getting pulled over or even crashing into some 240sx or anything for that matter.....
11-15-2006, 12:19 PM
SinSere

You will either have to beef up your motor or do a swap to even be in the vicinity of the rest of the cars. Looks is one thing. Being able to hang at high speeds is another. If it was all paid for, I would do it.
11-15-2006, 01:10 PM
peanotation

beef up that motor and you could at least stay within the ballpark of all those cars running 12-15 psi
11-15-2006, 11:45 PM
bmxmike

Ya i plan on puttin the tcg logo nice and big on the car. And as for horse, yes this is kinda a race but most ppl do it for the expierience i mean i dont plan on take like top 10 or anything, there have been jeeps and other cars runnin, in 2003 there was a jeep that had a top of abot 98 and he still raced. Im mainly entering for the experience part of it and i do plan on beefing it up but i dont plan on goin out and tryin to race any gt2 or lambos. But ya for most part its paid and i wont race till like 09' cause of age requirement plus im waiting cause i dont want to go to austrailia as much cause thats the most likely spot for 09' he said.
01-20-2007, 12:40 AM
zippyflu

if u wanna win.. pull ALL NIGHTERS!! need a good nitetime driver.. PICK ME
01-21-2007, 03:10 AM
evil-G-nius

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyflu

if u wanna win.. pull ALL NIGHTERS!! need a good nitetime driver.. PICK ME

Or me! I do runs up the 5 to the bayarea at night. Made it to LA from Santa Rosa (60 miles N. of San Francisco) in 5 hours flat baby! Thats 422+ miles...no sweat
01-21-2007, 05:51 AM
bronxbombr

Werd, you better have the ultimate sleeper there.
01-29-2007, 01:30 AM
zippyflu

i can drive from south jersey to NOrth CAROLina, 6 hours.. there and back. 12 hrs round trip!!! no speeding ticket.. and made good time..
02-08-2007, 08:43 AM
frag_daddy_2007

Make it look completely stock and get it up to 500whp.
they will be makin fun of you tell you smoke their asses in a galant
02-08-2007, 11:47 AM
jake26

fresh new paintjob would be nice, brand new everything, if u gonna run upagaints all those exotic cars, wow, and yeah definatly like peano said beaf up the motor, or swap it or do something. you worent planning to run stock 4g64 wore u?
02-08-2007, 10:24 PM
vr6

if you have the means which you mentioned you have, then do it. good luck to you and keep us updated.

any concrete plans on how you and your sponsors plan to beef up your heavy grocery getter slush box to even tag along with the euro exotics all the way?

from time to time, i track my galant at two real circuit race tracks. the euro exotics just blow us away in the highway going to the track. hmm... i am in 5th gear and they are just probably in 3rd gear and these babies overtake us like we were parked. haha!

it does not matter if you have a 7g vr4 twin turbo or an 8g vr4 twin turbo (engine wise - stock of course), these monsters are just going to eat you up in the straights.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...6_141_full.jpg

if its a stock 3.0L v6 twin turbo nissan fairlday z, a wide body mr2, a silvia, imprezza or an evo, our jdm galants can hold their own.
this is my friend's fair lady z turbo and my galant side by side at around 170kph on a funrun.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...6_131_full.jpg
02-10-2007, 02:48 AM
evil-G-nius

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyflu

i can drive from south jersey to NOrth CAROLina, 6 hours.. there and back. 12 hrs round trip!!! no speeding ticket.. and made good time..

Do you one better! I made it from North Jersey (Bergen County) to Memphis TN in a little over 15hrs! That includes gas stops and a 25 minute stop in a fireworks store! Also no tickets
02-11-2007, 12:50 AM
bmxmike

Well i didnt make this years as some problems with the sponsors so where shooting for next year and the bull run here in the u.s. that some guyz are planning on havein. I plan on gutting the beast and were goin to take as much weight off first. We are goin to try and get carbon fiber doors, hood, trunk. Though for the doors its a ridiculos price so not sure bout those. Plan on staying with the 4g64 goin 63 1g head thats being ported and polished with new valves and all the goodies. New pistons, basically a completely new rebuilt motor everything ported and polished new crank, transmission. Removing the a/c, and everything else i can live without. Goin to run a twin turbo were looking at a few set-ups right now but might just stick with a single turbo. We actually thought about taking the back doors off and welding a piece of sheet metal or something and taking the door off to save some weight. Also plan on removing dash because we cant think of whut to do with it and its just giving us problems. I dont know bout driving this car if it turns out like the sposors want its basically goin to be more of there car cause they want to take it to every show to show people that they can do anything to a car. I dont know as i have just came into possesion of a Subaru Wrx STi Limited 07' which might be alittle easier to do and i wont have to basically loose my g for months at a time.