RX7 vs Supra

[LostBoyScout]

What would you take? The lighter, awe-inspiring, shortliving Rotary RX7, or the heavier, more dependable Supra?

Personally, I'd live with the fact my engine will be lucky to make it to 100K

[autofan]

I would go with RX7 hehe. I'll hope my engine also gets lucky to get till 100k. RX7 looks better, and is more of an exotic type, since it has a 1.3 liter rotary that produces 280 hp!

[LostBoyScout]

Yeah, and when it does blow, you can always get the 20B 2.0 tri-rotor motor imported, and go mega-fast

[JD@af]

I've heard numerous stories of drag racers, street racers, etc. who can rattle off countless tales of kills they have made, how they can beat anything on four wheels... except for this one time against a Supra Twin Turbo. They are mean, nasty tunable cars, just like the Mazda, with very capable engines great for boosting, just like the Mazda, but they do stand do thrive a bit longer than their rotary-engined competitors. And any engine problems encountered will be a whole lot cheaper and easier to fix (rotary mechanics are unfortunately hard to come by).

As much as I like the RX-7 rotary, and mind you this would be no easy decision, I'd take an MKIV Supra TT first.

[LostBoyScout]

I got to drive a mkIV Supra just Monday, and I must say it's a nice car.. fast too

But if I was actually on the market for a car of this caliber, I have it figured out: Buy an RX7 with a blown motor for cheap, and bring a 20B rotary over from Japan (the only place it's available). While the motor would cost an arm and a leg, it's easily tuned to 500hp (!!) and supposedly is a longer lasting engine than the 13B (although at 500hp I still only give it 100K )

A 500hp RX7 should be around the same speed as a 700hp Supra, going by power-to-weight ratios.. wow.

Mind you, this won't happen unless I come across a lot of cash from nowhere!

[JD@af]

Man, when I was car-shopping about a year and a half ago, I went looking for every MKIV Supra I could find. And none of them worked out, either the wrong transmissions (autos), or I'd miss the boat by a small margin. I am happy with my Integra (very much so), but I'd have taken a Supra first anyday. I still have never even gotten to drive one My time will come.. I hope, because I see so many fewer Supras in want ads today than I did even one year ago.

That's a shock, that an RX-7 (somewhere in the range of 2,800 to 3,000 lbs.) with 500 hp has the same hp to weight ratio as a 700-hp Supra (roughly 3,550 lbs.). Didn't even take that aspect into consideration... hmm. But I'd still take the Supra, partially because, well, there is a thing as too much speed and power. My Integra with.. say 230 to 250 hp weighing about 2,800 lbs. is at times all the power I can handle on the streets. But hey, who am I kidding, I still want to go faster, because too much is truly never enough.

[enzo@af]

RX-7, hands down. The looks, the sound, the looks, the looks, the sound, the performance, everything! I'd go with a '95 with an R2 package.

[gang$tarr]

I love the supra, it's amazing! The RX-7 is nice but it's so unreliable

All supra lovers go here, and see a 700hp supra, that does the 1/4 mile in 10 sec. and top speed of 220mph: http://www.suprastore.com/19suptur10se.html

[Supra Man]

The Supra is a way better car than the RX-7, hands down. Reliability,looks,cost,power,performance,the list goes on. The RX-7 engine isn't nearly as good as the Supra MKIV engine. If something goes wrong on the rotary engine it costs an arm and a leg to fix and you would have to wait for an engine to come all the way from Japan just so you could run it for a liitle whil before it blows up.

[kepone]

i love both cars.. but id take the supra..

btw, for you guys that think you can just swap in a 20b, you're terribly wrong..

its a long, expensive, painful process .. you need not only the new engine, but a new transmission, front clip, entire front suspension relocation, all kinds of chassis mods.. etc etc..

id just go with the supra..

[GOD]

i love both cars too their both fast as anything but i would have to go with the more dependble Supra b/c i've heard how much of a headache rotary engines are . Their both still great cars . Hell i'll take both of them

[pontiac_ws6]

I'd take the supra. If I'm going to spend that much money on a car, I'd like it to last over 100k.

[Bean Bandit]

I'd take the RX-7 the 3gen last a long time if you treat it right. And LastBoyScout is right if it blows put in a 20B adjust the suspension and transmission and you'll be as fast as a McLaren F1

[enzo@af]

The 13B isn't that unreliable if you treat it right. It's designed to burn a little oil, and a lot of people don't take the time to check the oil. Sure, that means that it does require some extra maintenance, but hey....If you like the looks, the sound, and the fact that this is a lighter car with just as much possibility for modifying...To me this is an obvious winner.

RX-7 in a heartbeat.

Oh, some people have taken the Supra for "price"? Well, if you're looking for one of these, I'd think the RX-7 would be a cheaper find. Just my thought...prove me wrong?

[kepone]

or you could just do a minor turbo swap on a supra and be faster than a mc laren f1.. lol

both cars ( even the rx7 with the 13b ) have amazing potential.. and even though the supra will put down better handling numbers, the rx7 will do better on a rack...

basically, the supra will make a better street performer/ drag racer, the rx7 will make a better auto x car.. either has the potential to make an ass of a mc laren f1..