NZ Performance Car – October 2019

GENESIS MASSIVE

FC RX-7

While Genesis Massive may have built a reputation
around the JZX100s that it brings over from Japan,
the company’s range is actually pretty vast, and this
particular FC RX-7 is one of owner Dan’s own personal
examples. With a limited background in rotaries, it
came via a good friend, Josh Marx, three-and-a-half
years ago, and Dan has gone down the Rocket Bunny
route to satisfy his soft spot for widebody cars — a
combination that had yet to be seen in a completed
state on this side of the planet. It currently runs a 13B
bridgeport single-turbo package that has been tuned
to the sum of 345kW at the rears courtesy of Mazin at
M&M Racing. But with styling that looks menacing,
Dan tells us that he has already acquired an insane
new engine package that’ll be fed a healthy shot of
nitrous to suit.

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.

Packing a stout SR20VET package under the bonnet and wearing the complete swag of Rocket Bunny

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