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Yeh S14 are faster, but damn those things must be the ugliest model, unlike R32's, what they lose in speed they make up for in looks. They have a nice speed - looks ratio so they win overall.. for example a S1 R33 gts-t would lose in a 1/4 as well, but they're fugly and weigh more than a truck, they have a bad speed - looks ratio. Same with all magna's camry's and other cars that are identical to S1 R33's.

Basically the R32 wins overall so u still win assuming u were voting against the s14

Well based on this:

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~slunk/400m.pdf

and this:

http://www.importdriver.com.au/Coupe_Targa.htm

Both r32gts and s14 run 15second 1/4 mile.

BUT keep in mind these are like cars out of factory in good condition.. over so many years compression drops blah blah blah..

i'll take a r32 over s14 for looks BUT S14a (series2) > r32 any day of the week.

my 2cents

i drove my mates s14 series 2 turbo stock nothing done to it and to put it simply it was the slowest sports car that i had ever driven, my golf mk4 gti is faster

but stock they are both slow the s14 and the r32

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