Just so happens that a fella here at work (goes by the name of megastream) has a stock Type-RA V-Ltd, and im taking delivery of a '93 RX7 Type-R 3rd gen, modded to 300BHP.

Chances are we may meet on a private road when it comes but wanted to guage opinions on here on which would win in a race? any ideas?

He says it felt quick against the 1.1 Nova he raced yesterday but I still believe the RX7 will take it

 

 

Not only has it more horse power, but only drives 2 wheels too.

RX7

 

Wait till it rains

 

Usual story, road conditions, type of road and driver ability!

I'm sure a well drive FWD hot hatch would leave a badly driven RX7.

 

Make sure its a private straight road and its dry

 

RX7 to win.

 

Nah, I say mine would beat this in a standing start sprint

Not tried a 0-60 sprint in mine as I'm not into caning my car, but IIRC i've seen 4.2seconds quoted...

 

I can't race you, I'm a cr@p driver!!

If you drive my Golf, I can drive your RX7 and we'll see a Golf kick the RX7's ****!!!!

 

Sprint the RA would win, but how long is the road? cos a 300bhp car would start reeling a 4wd car in.

 

Hmmm, 4.2 eh,you best get NOS Vin Diesel stylee

Yeah, initial launch will be tough, but the 0-100's I think are pretty similar, will come down to which car hauls *** once moving, will be a tough one, and Andy, you got yourself a race!! what kind of Golf is it again?

 

just do it and stop acting 12 year old.
my dad is big than yours ****.
i'm sure you'll let us know.

 

What do you mean your dads bigger than mine!! thats so not true!!

Chill you mature old get, its a bit of banter, we will try it out soon enough, and yes, Ill be sure to come on here boasting

 

Hey, you've passed as a 12 year old again Graham

Does that mean you get away with that schoolgirl you pulled the other week

 

Dunno, her dad didnt seem to impressed

 

old not, tried maybe, just jealous i'm new and still looking for me scooby.
but me doy looks like scooby doo if that helps..

 

1995 SUBARU IMPREZA TURBO WRX RA
95 (M) red, a/c £5995.

just seen this on autotrader

 

no worries, tired I can do too, and for the record, I take being called a 12 year old as a compliment, people usually tell me to stop acting like an 8 year old, so Im getting better

 

Ive seen various jap vids with nsx's, scoobs, skylines and evos up against the RX7. RX7 always seems to win. Think its a fair bit lighter. Could have been down to driver ability but the thing was flying.

 

Ive seen a few of those P1Fanatic, Best Motoring vids, it even beat a GT-R34 in a straight line!! pretty impressive, but then again, the Type-RA is the king of the hill of Impreza's, and very different methods of power delivery will be at play, scoob has low down torque, and 4wd, RX 7 has torque higher up the range, and is lightweight, no matter what thou, dont think either of them will be hanging around (unless the RX-7 breaks down or runs out of petrol, both very likely scenarios )

 

I've had the pleasure of owning a 290bhp RX7 twin turbo a couple of years ago and of currently owning a WRX STI RA impresa at the moment!! The RA would cream the RX7 of the line and a reckon about a second quicker to 100mph, after that the RX7 would disappear into the horizon. I managed to get over 170mph out of mine on the autobahn once.
I do reccomend that you drive a rotary engined car, a very unique experience!

Dom.

 

Dom,

In what way?

 

I know the noise is unique, and once on the move, not a lot stays with it, also, for such a powerful car, its very light and chuckable.

 

When do you actually take delivery Sideshow? Just so I know the specific date I need to be on Scoobynet

 

Lol, feb the 15th Andrew, and we'll be sure to go out immediately after that to see how they compare

 

Post pics as soon as you can mate.

 

Wanna,

Because the rotar works like a turbine once they start spinning it just keeps going stronger and smoother up to the 9000rpm rev limit!

It is very different from a conventional engine, unnervingly quiet, no engine braking as such, not alot of low down torque, the higher the rev's the more alien it feels!

They are not that light as most people think, a standard car weights about 1250kg's using a lot of Alumimium!!

The car was one of the most rewarding that I have ever owned.

Dom.

 

Cheers Dom

Guy

 

OK. Has the race taken place yet?

 

Are you Dominic from the film "Fast and the furious"? He had an RX7 didn't he?

Ha ha!!

Have a race down a wet, twisty country road.. the Rx7 will be in a field on its roof and it will be the STi5 disapearing into the horizon..