Zimax FD3S: Into Oblivion

Friday brings an end to the individual Wangan features, and to finish properly I conclude with this Zimax constructed FD3S RX-7. This car is perhaps the most "classic" image of personal Japanese race vehicles. The exterior is extensively and well modified. Aerodynamic improvement is the only rule; leaving showmanship and taste in the background. The fact that they managed to improve a beautifully car in both form and function at all is an accomplishment. RE-Amemiya sources the bumper, wide body, canards, splitters, hood, diffuser, vortex generators, and wing. When you do something well you may as well entirely dominate at it, and RE-Amemiya is no stranger to the finest RX-7s in the world. The car is balanced on Volk CE28Ns, of course covering Brembo 6 pot fronts and 4 pot rears. Additionally, the light weight of this car allows for a much more aggressive tire compound to be used, and this car takes that advantage with Advan AD08 semi-dry slicks. The ability to shed speed with this tire setup plus the same Brembos used impresivly on cars almost twice as heavy makes "track worthy" an understatement. Inside, the car is stiffened with a roll cage and lightened with a stripped rear hatch and the jaw dropping carbon kevlar Bride Zeta III seats. These weight in at around 6 lbs a seat, a pretty absurd comparison to factory leather recliners. Motivating the spinning triangle Mazda calls an engine is again a T88 from Trust, while the entire motor is race ported and capable of applying an unruly power number around the 800s. Somewhere close to oblivion this car met a top speed of 350 kph, or a deafening tunnel blast to 218 mph.