mrFD3S

Time to buy a car. CAn you guys help meon what should I get? Supra or Rx-7. I really want the rx-7 but it will buy my car for a while. soo.. anywaiz can u discuss the pros and cons of each car. be honest!, dont favor the rx7 cuz this is an rx7 forum!
thanks

Vick

Do a search for it. I'm sure there has been a thread on this topic with a lot of useful info on both cars.

Rx-7Action

because ****** drive supras....

Donovan

Kiflin

The supra is a bigger vechicle, different engine, drives differently. If your going to want a sports car but have a possible family, go with the 4 seater sportster - supra. If your out there for fun and kicks, get the 7. All depends on the driver.

hapa

mrFD3s- Your asking a question in the wrong place if your looking for unbiased answers. I would look for the most logical biased answers here, then go to the supra forums and do the same. Find your conclusion somewhere in the middle of the road. If you want my BIASED honest opinion, go drive a good perfoming modified MKIV, then drive a good condition, well taken care of modified FD3S. After driving the two it's pretty easy to decide which one you want. By the way after a 5 minute drive in my friends STOCK FD3S, I started looking for one.

eric

DK

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Get the JZA80. It takes less of a brain to own.

White94RX

The Supra is bigger, heavier, and less nimble. They were also typically about 5-8 thousand bucks more than the RX when I was looking for one.

Ralgh

All I know about that is the RX-7 is going to be a lot cheaper for comparable condition. pretty damn fun too. Supras are also very hard to find with a manual trasnission. The Supra almost seems to be going up in price. On the other hand it sounds like Toyota way over built the engine which makes it reliable with HP increasing mods.

The biggest thing I have learned with questions like yours is that it is best to get as much info as possible on both cars. Drive both cars. Stop litening to people telling you what to do and do what will make YOU most happy.

DK

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My RX-7 is worth about 50% more now if it was in stock form than I paid for it several years ago. They're going up.

mrFD3S

Im the only one going to drive it and I wont have a family anytime soon, but i will have to use this car for a while and the supras are more relaible, and they have brute force. on the other hand the rx7 is almost the same in performance and is funner to drive. can people tell me the stock 1/4's and the 0-60 of the two.

thanks

SoCalLove

If you live your life a quarter mile a time, get a 7. If you dont take hand outs and earn your step of the way everytime, get a supra.

DK

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

God I hope that was a cheesy *** joke and you aren't serious.

jf4828

um, just test drive each one....... They feel way way way different and you will know what you want once you drive each one......

BlackR1

...no comment

you sound kind of young... like 17 or 18. FD is cheap to buy, expensive to maintain. Not something you can just buy and expect to be all Fast n Furious from the get-go. Supra, yeah. A little more expensive, but pretty maintenance free...albeit very...common.

Rotaries have a much higher learning curve, but for certain people...all the money, blood and sweat is worth it. FD3S is a well balanced, and unique package.

Supra is raw horsepower.

A lot of people buy sportscars because they want to show off and impress people. RX7 isnt really suited for those kinds of people, as the car tends to stay in the garage most of the time

mazdaspeed00

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go post on the honda/acura forums for an unbaised answer.

fdslave_g

Depending on how you are driving. If you like aggressive kind of car seven is your car! Look way much better. Only problem is that not many machanic familia with rotary. (well, at least there are more peole familia with those JZ engine) If you don't know anything about car you should go with Supra.

If you choose seven that means you're spcial like me ha ha ha!

Silex

Between you and me, this statement actually isn't very true. I don't wanna bash the Supra or what not cause this isn't the place for it, but this is my unbiased opinion about Supras being "reliable". I heard from my room mate from a reputable source (he has a black 15 Ann. TT auto 1997 Supra) that most people who check their car into some of the 'Supra Shops' [names to remain annoymous]; he was told by some of the tuners there that alot of the supra owners who check there car in actually get rebuild or even engine replacements by 100K-120K miles . He said that they keep this under wraps because this info, if leaked, would lead to detrimental effects to the Supra community. Not so that I blantantly leave it at this, to be a tad bit more specific, most of the time, people who own Supra's seek more power sonstantly because they know how bulletproof the engine is. The problem is that it gets so addicting that they care less and less about other things. Hence the engine rebuilds. This seems to be the norm with "most" Supra owners and there really is no reason for anybody who doesn't own a Supra to know since they might misinterpret the info which they receive . I'm glad I vented this though because it has been on my mind the past 2 weeks and it's great that i can finally let is all go in this supra-*** long post. Please reply with your concerns, I would love to hear them .

BoostedRex

I have driven both and what's been said already in this thread is right on target as far as I'm concerned. As far as all out fun and especially for handling, nothing touches the FD without breaking the $200,000 mark. For all out ***** muscle, a 2JZ is amazing. I personally prefer the FD, that's why I bought one after driving both. But I'm not you and can't make your decision for you. Best of luck with whichever platform you choose. I'm sure you'll love either one of them.

Zach

Silex

Yea seriously, you have to test drive it yourself and do what you gotta do (albeit internet search or read up!) until you can finalize your own decesion. Just make sure you make the right one and don't base it on what other's tell you. They aren't you .

mrFD3S

thanx guys for all ur suggestions ur really helping me. I test drove a friend's supra the other day and its kinda slow at launch, but at about 4000rpm it just takes off. I drove the rx-7 today and it was fast at the launch, but thne at about 3rd gear id think the supra will smoke it. The rx-7 is more fun to drive but then its just that maintenance that bothers me. help me out!

shmaLbus

eh well that doesn't say much. were they both stock or modified or what? stock they are about the same. sounds like the supra was single turbo?

like they said.. test drive em both a few times. basically the 7 is a true sports car while the supra is more of a GT. which means the 7 is a raw, great handling, fast car and the supra is a little more cushy and weighty and more of a cruiser/highway racer.


i'd have to say if you need to debate which one you want, supra is for you. you probably aren't worried THAT much about the handling difference and you'd rather have something that'll require less maintenance.

fdslave_g

duh! I told you. You should know how to maintain her. so that you can treat her nicely man!

However, you have these experts here at rx7club to help you out These people are real cool!

kwikrx7

The RX7 will always be faster at take off because of it's sequential turbo system (sucks to work on but there's nothing like it) Although the Supra's turbo setup is similar, it's weight (3400-3500 lbs) becomes a factor, thus the harder it is to launch. Once you're in the power range of the Supra it's hard to beat the power. But if you modify a FD, beef up the suspension some, you have a supercar that will perform with cars that costs $150-200K in both acceleration and handling. Both cars are about the same in cost if you figure on a $14K FD - then you'll need about $4-5K for a new engine and about $2-3K for turbos and your up to what you get a comparable stock Supra. If you do buy a RX7, get one with a blown motor for like $8K and go from there, otherwise, even if you find a mint on with only 30K on it, the previous owner could have overheated causing the stock coolant seals to fail at around 60-70K miles on the engine. I'd try to find one for $19-23K that already had everything done that was built by a reputable tuner - then you can have a 350-400 rwhp FD that's has a new engine and turbos for less than what a BPU Supra costs (and you'll spank him every time )

BoostedRex

You can go to Jerry Strickland and his crew in Raleigh, NC if you wanna buy a newly rebuilt FD. They have great prices and are an incredible shop. I fully recommend them to anyone and everyone that is looking to get or fix up any gen RX-7. The net address for the is www.cleanandfast.com Please check them out.

And Kwik, if you do go through Jerry at Clean and Fast you can get a new motor and new turbos installed and out the door for $5k. Not bad huh?? Check those guys out sometime. You'll be impressed. Just thought I'd drop that info for you guys.

Zach