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Originally posted by Moppie
RX7 all the way. The winner of the last 3 Targa New Zealands has been a lightly modified RX7. And the field consisted of everything from R34 GTR N1's to GT3 Porsches.
They are heavily underated cars, but a little resurch into thier achivements shows that are really a super car in disguise.
Then the NSX, but only becasue its a little to civilised, then the 300zx and the 3000 I put in the same boat, thier a little to heavy for my taste, and the WRX bringing up the back of the field. Simple because all the other cars are purpose built sports cars, while the WRX is still a 4dr shopping cart underneath. They also have a very limited top speed, most of thier great performance comes from short gear ratios.
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Ok, a little off-topic here.
Moppie by any chance do you have some links for a couple of good Targa Newzealand websites? We here in newfoundland just started our targa last year. It wasn't that spectacular but i guess it wasn't bad for the first year and all.
The website for Targa Newfoundland If you'd like to check it out is:
www.targanewfoundland.com
The main problem with our race was the drivers. The cars were great(althought there was one very tacky 6th gen civic with an essentially stock d16, a nitrous kit and a big aluminum wing from a local shop). We had the normal array of porsche's, 911's, 944's. An old celica from New Zealand, a cobra replicar, an old datsun or two.
Then there were the oddball entries, a new Jeep Grand Cheerokee(which actually took first in it's class
) and even a Kia Rio from a local dealership.
As for big power vehicles there was the over all winner, a yellow mustang fastback with a boss 302 from either austrailia or new zealand. And an (at least apparently) full race spec Viper from a tuning shop in detroit. The worst part was the viper was one of the slowest entries. The guys just wouldn't push it.
I mean, we were keeping split times with our watches and we beat the viper by half a second almost in a mercury villager mini-van.
Oh well, hopefully that was just the jitters of the first year, this year should be better. And if not, then I'll just have to wait a few years until i can afford all the entry fees and win it myself
