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The RX7 is a serious proposition.

It can challenge the R33 GTR on both strip and track. The two cars have very different driving characteristics and styles.

For very little the RX7 is put into low 12's on the 1/4 and factory stock is superior to the GTR as a track car with reasonable endurance. In the first bathurst production series (93/94?) the RX7 raced the R32 GTR I believe and the 'others' and beat them. It went on to dominate for the next few years in that particular area.

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Both cars is a cult in their own right. Really depend on you want to set up the car for i reckon. I have seen mad RX7s drifting like no tomorrow and mad GTRs runing like crazy down the drag strip. But than again RX7 are great for the drags as well. GTR have the advantage of the Attessa and probaly have more grip but other than that both cars are SICK. I think the RX7 are sexier and the GTR are more meaner ;)

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Originally posted by Nismodified

i think in the right hands the RX7 is a faster car.

That is debateable, but whatever the case, the Supras, NSXs, and GTRs tend to dominate the JGTC in Japan. Looking at the results of rounds 1-3 it's GTRs, NSXs, or Supras in the top 5, with the best RX7 result being 18th in round 3.

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JimX,

JGTC, does not provide a real insight into the 'true' car. I mean none of those things are even remotely like the road going versions.

Talking as you drive on the Australian road, the RX7 is more than a match.

18th isn't a bad result for the 1.3 litre chooker.

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