Enquirey for a mate.. Regarding RACE CAR.. FC RX-7 or R32 GT-R.

[Cefiro_PWA]

Hey guys,

My mate has a budget, he is building a R32 GT-R at the moment, and it is going to be somewhat seriously braced,power/response.

Now, he has been offerd a RX-7 FC from japan, it lapped 1 minute flat around tsukuba circuit....

The R32 GTR has a fullhouse engine at the moment,but everything else isn't YET touched...

It is a straight trade for him at the moment...

Here are the pictures of the car :

The specs he knows are :

Fully built car by PAN SPEED...

It has :

550PS

FD3S ENGINE Type R

TRUST/GREDDY T67-25G TURBINE - BIG HOUSING VERSION

HKS F-CON V PRO ECU

HKS CDI TWIN POWER IGNITION

TUBE FRAME

V MOUNT

BIG THROTTLE BODY

WATER INJECTOR

BOSCH 1600CC INJECTORSx4

STAINLESS MESH FUEL LINE

STAINLESS MESH BRAKE LINE

RE AMEMIYA BRAKE PAD

BOSCH FUEL PUMP x 2

PETROL CELL SURGE 1.5LTR

TWIN HKS OIL COOLING

ARAGOSTA COIL-OVER

EARLS BIG RADIATOR

RACE LEADS

RACE PLUGS

FULLY BUILT CHASIS REINFORCMENT

TOMEI PRO LSD 1WAY 4.4:1

12POINT ROLL CAGE

AP RACING BRAKES

BIG DISC ROTOR

CARBON FIBRE FRONT AERO BONNET

CARBON FIBRE BUMPER

CARBON FIBRE GUARDS

CARBON FIBRE DOOR'S

MAZDASPEED BRACING UNDERCAR

MAZDASPEED BUCKET SEATS

SABELT HARNESS x2

**MANY MORE MODIFICATION ON CAR**

1 minute FLAT tsukuba circuit lap...

TOTAL GROSS : 1150Kg

It has heaps heaps heaps more mods... this car is unbelievly fast...

What would you do in this situation?

Im telling him to get this thing, its a monster...

how will the GT-R he is **planning** to build compare with this?

I reckon it will be trial and error for him and the GT-R to make it right....

it would have to cost him another 30k to build his GT-R like this.. but its a GT-R ?

Who knows.. his mind is extremely tied up at the moment, he had the whole GT-R thing planned up... this comes along and stuffs it all up.

Thanks

!!!!!!

[Trust33]

What is your friend doing man.Get the rotor.

Are his plans for the gtr to race in a specific category.If not then go for the rx i recon.allot less hassels in seting up the car to race,and a 1min flat tskuba lapper is definently no slouch.

M2C......

[lang]

i think hed have to spend a huge amount to build his gtr so that it can lap tsukuba in 1min reliably.

in this case id be taking the rx7, he could allways build another gtr later, but cars like that one, that have had every aspect of the car modified, almost never come available

[Silver-Arrowz]

Depends on what class racing he wants to get into. No point buying the car then realising he can't complete in the class he wants because of the mods.

But if it were me, I'd go the RX7. Easier to set up for different circuits with front wheels to steer, and rear wheel to get power to the ground.

[Duncan]

What does he want to race in? Is he serious?

Because neither a 1min Rx7 nor a highly modded GTR will be able to race in *any* class in Australia

[Cefiro_PWA]

What does he want to race in? Is he serious?

Because neither a 1min Rx7 nor a highly modded GTR will be able to race in *any* class in Australia

Just a winton race car mate.. and maybe a car club with lots of track days?

Also looking at doing some hillclimbs as its a ultimate response machine.

[Roy]

How much money has he got? GTR ultimately should be the quicker car if its completely gutted and well sorted, but sadly the things cost money, just to get the diffs, gearbox, clutch and suspenion setup he could be looking at another 12-15k then he has to suss out brakes and cooling.

Id be tempted to buy the RX7, and as quick as it sounds, consider that the HKS drift S15 did 59s so a light car with mid sized turbo will always be quick when sorted.

[Cefiro_PWA]

How much money has he got? GTR ultimately should be the quicker car if its completely gutted and well sorted, but sadly the things cost money, just to get the diffs, gearbox, clutch and suspenion setup he could be looking at another 12-15k then he has to suss out brakes and cooling.

Id be tempted to buy the RX7, and as quick as it sounds, consider that the HKS drift S15 did 59s so a light car with mid sized turbo will always be quick when sorted.

I will be going in the car next weekend, it is now in Australia under the 15 YEAR OLD RULE :love:

The car is an ultimate response machine , it has massive power output 20psi running that lap time believe it or not.. with some more tweaks and agressive tune id say it would have much much more power.

Hmm... ill see how it goes next weekend and update everyone

This has a twin plate carbon clutch and a straight cut gearbox :whackit:

Heh, i think he will do the trade lol...

[Roy]

Convince him to bring it to Winton mid July, SAU-Vic are rocking up to compete in teh WRX run Sprint, check out events in Vic section:)

[Cefiro_PWA]

Convince him to bring it to Winton mid July, SAU-Vic are rocking up to compete in teh WRX run Sprint, check out events in Vic section:)

Yeh, whats the date?

I think he will need to get the FCON V PRO removed and replace it with a MoTeC M4.

Whats the exact date, he might be lucky :fart:

Any other fast serious cars going from SAU?

[Duncan]

The rx7 would be interesting....as long as he is ready for the regular rebuilds it is probably the way to go.

A gtr race car is a great thing, especially if you can take a heap of weight out of it.....but not cheap.

[Roy]

Yeh, whats the date?

I think he will need to get the FCON V PRO removed and replace it with a MoTeC M4.

Whats the exact date, he might be lucky  :fart:  

Any other fast serious cars going from SAU?

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=78697

There is always some pretty quick cars at these days...but who really cares, just get out there and give it a go:)

Ultimate response machine...lol you seem to like that term:)