Revolution FD3S RX-7 laps Tsukuba in 53.6 (HD)

This is not a Yokohama ADVAN car. We were pleased to get the in-car footage to promote time attack / super lap racing. This is the new benchmark time attack car. Well done Garage Revolution for building and tuning it. Christian T Hansen, Marketing Manager Yokohama Australia.

[@ジョーンズセイレーン]

まだカラーリング前の車体が、ガラスの内側に置いてあったよね。 皆が興味深く見ていたよね。 カッコイイ　凄い動画だ！

[@odertube]

I love how that rotary sounds when idling.

[@srrtbb]

@EleganceAutoDetails Thanks for the information. KZbin & magazines is the only sources where I get my time attack news!! Anything below 1 minute mark is consider fast there, these damn things are stupid crazy fast. Can't wait to see who's the next king of Tsukuba!!!

[@srrtbb]

Damn, that's some series speed for FR lay out!!! Great driving/car!!!

[@c312eal]

wow only 2 seconds off the track record. That Rx7 is FAST!

[@ipo7596]

amazing right!? that 2 secs is still a mile away though. :/

[@EleganceAutoRestyling]

@srrtbb Someone who posted just after you mentioned the ARTA NSX, which is why I included it in my response. The ARTA NSX is a JGTC car, making it a "race only" car, which did not retain it's STOCK chassis. Although the RX-7 looks like a JGTC car, it still has it's full stock chassis technically making it still a "street car:" There are many track records, it simply depends on what category. An F1 car would simply run 37-42 seconds on Tsukuba (My guess)

[@iXchani91]

Amazingly fast, really impressive to see that thing fly over Tsukuba. Sounds nice as well, a 3-rotor I guess?

[@GAG4IT]

awesome Run by this wicked looking wide body Sev!!!

[@vortexau]

Awesome! So worthy of the WTAC!

[@appleyard3]

simply amazing

[@weed46]

This car is sick... and still has a lot of room for improvement on the setup becase this is the only second time at the track

[@Warzoneplayer2024]

Omg that sound

[@tflLoTuS]

that is so blindingly fast. makes me proud to own an fd. also lol at 20b/cosmo/3rotor tags since its a 13b

[@NoirAntares]

It's still a long way though, Japan's GT cars are extremely fast, more so than the European GT machines. The ARTA NSX's restricted to 500hp, and it clocked a 51.8 in Tsukuba.

[@djkevin17]

@madmestesoskillz: Driver is Yasushi Kikuchi. He is actually here in California this weekend for the Buddy club Project X event @ Willow Spring Raceway.

[@ChrisKsan]

Damn cool sounding, looking and performing car! I would just love to have one of these as a daily driver, I could cry of laughter thinking about the faces that the "regulars" would have or even the cops! Although, my adventure would end facing the reality of trafic jams, poor quality roads and the curse of Europe, SPEEDBUMPS!

[@srrtbb]

Nice, almost beat the Tsukuba record holder HKS EVO 53.589 with a RWD....impressive!!!!!

[@LueXiong10]

insane car!!!!

[@fcukugimmeausername]

Super!! Japanese, Lemon Squishy, Apex Seal of the FUUTUURREE!!1!!

[@mrchams]

What a weapon!!!

[@CJAEY]

@SpoComMedia A lot of AWD turbo cars do well. A few STi's were on the 1:00 barrier this year as well.

[@evowario]

That's insane fast.

[@c312eal]

No the JGTC race cars prior to 2003 used the stock street chassis. Like any race car including this RX7 it went through chassis modifications. The 2002 ARTA NSX was used because it was an ACTUAL NA-2 production chassis. Tsuchiya wanted set a record with a production car chassis. The years after 2003 teams were allowed custom chassis as long as the race car LOOKED liked the production car.

[@FdSnakeEater]

lol @ the driver's victory dance at the end of the video!!

[@EleganceAutoRestyling]

@srrtbb HKS' website states they are at 54.739 and the ARTA NSX is a JGTC car, not a "street production chassis" car. So, for now, the Revolution RX-7 is currently the fastest.

[@GotYouTrolled]

This would be soo much fun

[@sasori1721]

sounds good just idling

[@tflLoTuS]

@Law19157 the cyber and hks were in Open4wd and the fd competes in Open-tb @gav240z just google search revolution rx7. If i remember it uses a crossported 13b, HKS to4z making around 450hp, they say that if it ran slicks instead of semislicks it would easily be able to handle the 500+ range its capable of putting down and possibly beat the gt500 arta nsx's time

[@ogdew1712]

Damn, this guy was really firing on all cylinders that day! (pun intended)

[@tommykaira8775]

sorry to inform there's no cylinders in this engine

[@tflLoTuS]

@SinHarvest64 Hell yeah its expensive hewland 6speeds are 25k or something like that new in Japan, and if you want one in America for the fd its another 15k for shipping

[@Ellisinho9]

I think if Mine's were too make a Track prepped R34, they would have the Tsukuba record. The Original Mine's R34 GTR clocks in at 57 sec in full street trim.

[@yagam1]

Some people need to get 2 things straight . Firstly the evo is only 1 second faster not 2 seconds . Secondly the nsx is on slick tyres but this rx7 is only on semi slick tyres . Production chassis wise this car is still using the original skeleton of the body but to strengthen it here n there . Dont complain if ur rival can get so low timing .

[@MrTheMrhappy]

The evo is actually about 0,1 second faster and the arta nsx 1,7s faster and you are absolutely right about the tires. Time attack cars only run semi slicks for some reason. The fastest ever time is 46.935 in a formula nippon but it's not the same category at all...

[@Bunrithk]

Squash.

[@gav240z]

Tyres are regulated for all competitors in time attack.

[@Indarow]

sweet.... but this is REAL.

[@srrtbb]

@EleganceAutoDetails Thanks for the info, but you lost me on the ARTA NSX! Where's the NSX time in this vdo or the lab record? Did ARTA NSX beat the track record? Either way bad ass time attack and awesome car/driver/team!!!!

[@iamstd2]

DSPORT magazine wrote a feature on this car! :D

[@aoinanase19]

who would dislike this? rly now

[@dabigesii]

very random, but what is the name of the song at the last 10 seconds in the vid? O and very badass that the rotary is throwing it down like that.

[@Uniquemovievault]

woooooah listen at that wobbel sound when he shifts up *-*

[@KyleLampart]

@orochiThing its a sequential gearbox. look it up

[@tflLoTuS]

@dorio180 An fd owner looked into it to have one that was made for the fd when in japan. It had something to do with the fact you have to use a shipping crate because of the size to import it to US. might have been a bit less than 15k LOL got excited but its pretty much your first born child

[@symustafa1996]

@SinHarvest64 Yeah, kinda hope it would beat the HKS's time. So they would build even faster cars to beat it.

[@tflLoTuS]

@Law19157 actually most of the top cars are rwd, and most of them are fds, with the notable exceptions being the hks evo, cyber evo and tomei/cusco impreza. @masrider555 not sure what youre saying mate. the hks ct230r ran 53.589. this ran 53.6xx, with less hp, with rear wheel drive. also how can you not love the sound of that semi PP? its brutal :D

[@topnotchblood]

If the Rx7 were running Advans instead of Hankooks, there's a chance it could have performed better. Keep that in mind when comparing the HKS evo to the Revolution FD

[@arrivendrive6831]

Wow. I have been a around rotaries for a long time but this thing sounds different. Does not sound like 2 rotor 3 rotor nor 4 rotor. Maybe it's the video sound.

[@CJAEY]

@SinHarvest64 IMO, I got more respect for the HKS Evo since its on its production chassis. This car is so close to a GT500 car.

[@ipo7596]

fucking hell... wtac cars are amazing..esp that fd.

[@livesockets]

what yokohama tires are they running?

[@Mish93Will]

Anyone know what happened to the panspeed Rx-7. That car was so ahead of its times years ago

[@Law19157]

So...is the HKS & Cyber EVO in a different class then this FD?

[@xjohnnyxriverra]

@a2dds i think sequential transmission...google it or search in youtube

[@SP2333]

Was this tuned by Rice Racing with water

[@Law19157]

@tflLoTuS Ummm....can FIA GT & LMP1 cars compete in Open-tb? cause in RedLine Time Attack the all wheels dominate...it seems to be the case here as well

[@madmestesoskillz]

@xraidedlok Are you bloody serious mate? 54.7 fastest? what year are you from? The HKS posted an official time in 2008 of 53.589 sec. This Revolution Rx7 posted a 53.673 sec lap time.

[@IRTermite]

@ogdew1712 "firing on all cylinders"? In a rotary? Cylinders? ;)

[@symustafa1996]

You guys know that this RX-7 is still 2 seconds away from beating the HKS CT230Rs time, right?

[@xraidedlok]

track was built in 1970 this is the fastest lap ever.

[@the_little_car_project]

does he get to go on facebook on that flatscreen? :p

[@Slipstream0001]

The dash setup is a scream.

[@KyleLampart]

@Law19157 but they are on a tubeframe

[@eeeen321]

@SinHarvest64 the CT230r could MOST CERTAINLY have gone faster with more development, NO DOUBT. "only 2-3 seconds at most..." ... that would put it near a 50.xxx lol The CT230r is not the running King of TimeAttack any more, it has some records that have been hard to topple since its retirement, but there are cars running in 2011 that have the potential to topple it. They are all Evos, lol, but still, there are more capable cars, finally. The CT230r has been GOD for a long time.

[@tflLoTuS]

@SP2333 Way to troll, you know this car costs more than most exotics right? and goes faster too right?

[@nonSanlis]

the record is 51.875 by dorikin in 2001

[@gav240z]

Where can I find the specs on this car?

[@KyleLampart]

@Law19157 no all cars must be on production chassis and actually based on a real car

[@sebzero2]

fastest street cars,fastest drag cars, fastest race cars rotary rules

[@symustafa1996]

@SinHarvest64 Wasnt it 51 something?

[@eeeen321]

@madmestesoskillz well said, this is BS as far a "new benchmark"..... the CT230r still holds... and just wait for the current build Cyber Evo to run at full bore, or SSE's crazy evo.... the CT230r's record will fall at some point soon, but I bet HKS has something in the works.

[@madmestesoskillz]

this Rx7 will take out Taneguchi and the hks evo8, by the way who is the driver for this Rx7 anywase?

[@snaga-dc5hf]

もはやGTマシン

[@JesterMcPants]

issues with the strain guage in the sequential shifter? looks like he has 2 bites at changing gears down the back straight? Either way, great lap. Hope its allowed to run in Aus.

[@島田一行]

チューニングカー?レーシングカーだろ恐ろしく速いな❗

[@jlunettaa]

what gloves are they?

[@ballinlove]

!!!

[@shuttersounds__jpg]

this rx7 is not just any rx7 it's very much not an rx7 at all it's just a shell if anything

[@a2dds]

does anyone know what that shift is called?

[@Mcboernester]

Dear Santa...

[@101TheKMan]

Shxxxt!!

[@nikke1024]

it looks like the GT version more than a time attack car

[@shuttersounds__jpg]

is your rx7 an S700 or A600?

[@shuttersounds__jpg]

with the silvia i did 54.2 one time on s class

[@DinGroguDinDjarin]

@orochiThing sequential shifter

[@arrivendrive6831]

Sorry I viewed the video again. It sounds like a rotary outside the car but inside the car it does not

[@iani05]

@xraidedlok no no fastest is tsuchiya in the arta nsx 51.875

[@SpoComMedia]

Not much RX-7 left in that thing. Still more impressive when streetable cars are breaking 1:00, which are all Skylines and Evos.

[@LilleyAdam]

The ones that give another 15 hp.

[@synco357]

Keiichi Tsuchiya, AKA drift king, I believed have the fastest time on the circuit... .51 sec

[@emperorbobarino]

The production chassis excuse already is old. The HKS Evo isn't even close to a "street car." Not even remotely, if anything it's on it's production chassis so it can use that excuse. If the car follows the rules and regs of the race it's in, than it's legit. If to cars are in the same power class, ie unlimited, modded, street, etc, than you can compare them. Plus any car that sounds that good is a winner in my book. Also it's about damn time rotaries started winning/breaking records again.

[@sepultribe666]

keiichi's nsx had so much better engine sound than this, but its nice to see an fd do such a good time on tsukuba.

[@MidKnightFD]

It's not the fastest lap ever. HKS still holds the record. It is the fastest for a RWD time attack car. It is also not a 3 rotor. It is a 13b turbo. I think it will be the fastest TA car overall pretty soon though.

[@bhoppin18]

Eventually using the excuse, "this car is using it's production chassis" will get old...

[@eeeen321]

@BAHO30 lol.... the gtr?????? ha!! the evo platform still owns TA globally... rotary has to get by that old iron 4g before you can claim "1st" for rotary....

[@pit19931]

is that a gt300 rx-7?

[@wills.junks7]

No its not. It just has the GT300 RE Amemiya bodykit in it

[@stekhouse]

lol this competition is getting out of control remember some years ago which cars were around?

[@KyleLampart]

@symustafa1996 its the closest so far though

[@Tj1056]

I think it was S class but I forget now I have since run faster time with a viper

[@Tj1056]

damn haha... best I can get on forza 4 with the rx7 is 58 seconds, maybe if I had some more tuning on grip and gearing I can do better

[@NANOmasion]

avenger

[@MrDJWn]

Chris rado's sciontc can kiss my ass i prefer this nice rx7 :)

[@Tj1056]

a shell and engine :p

[@funkjaw]

I think the FD will eventually beat the NSX here.